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- Blog - Shelly Peiken
The AirPods, The Keys, & The Elderly
With a nail-biter of an election coming up, I thought I’d share a few anecdotes that might offer a little comic relief. Quite frankly, my favorite person to…
- Blog - Shelly Peiken
Kelly-Gate
My daughter and I have been going back and forth on this social media feud gone viral. My first thought was that Kelly was a plant for the store. I mean ever…
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Let’s Do This
That’s Kimberly, Lucy, Me, Adam and Jill. We’re as ready as we’ll ever be for 2 performances of SNIPPED! – the Non-Cutting Edge original musical we’ve been…
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Tinnitus 3 yrs. & counting
If you and I were having a conversation you’d never know you were competing with a hiss in my ear. Or a squeal. I don’t make faces. Or cup my ears. (Ear. It’s…
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Life After Pop Songwriting
I remember asking my friend, hit songwriter Jon (“Crazy For You,” “Boogie Wonderland”) Lind – he took that pic of me during one of our writes – if he missed…
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Trader Joe’s
Dear Trader Joes, Lately I find myself lingering leisurely, pushing my wagon up and down your aisles, considering superfluous acquisitions long after my…
- Blog - Shelly Peiken
Start Me Up
I go to the gym every day. I hate it. But I’m happy when I’m done. Since my knees have curtailed my running practice I’m all about the elliptical. Lately I’ve…
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Clive
Who was I to Clive Davis? One of hundreds of songwriters who walked into his office with a cassette and a dream. Sure he had his favorites – like Diane — who…
- Blog - Shelly Peiken
Chasing Lizzo
My friend Evelyn forwarded me a promo from Lizzo’s Insta. – She’d be signing her new album, entitled Bitch in Studio City in a few days. As you may know, Lizzo…
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Cafe Luxembourg
Couple weeks ago I was invited to a show and I must’ve texted about 10 friends to see if they wanted to go with me. It was last minute and no one was…
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Lizzo Sings Bitch
I keep meaning to tell you how excited I am about Lizzo singing, “Bitch.” Well, her ‘interpolation’ of it, anyway. If you’ve heard it, you know what I mean. At…
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30 Greatest Living American Songwriters
Click on image to read article This was just stupid. But it was catnip for music lovers, musicians and especially songwriters. Irresistible click bait. You…
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Happy Hour
For years, I’ve been trying to put into words what it is about NYC that thrills me so. And I’m finally finding them. It’s that something unpredictable around…
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I Got a Ticket To Paul
I’m a firm believer that if you really want something, tell the universe. Tell everyone. Something or someone will hear you. Which is what I did after I…
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Man On The Run
Last week I got an email from AXS Ticketing inviting me to register to buy tickets to see Paul McCartney at the Fonda – an intimate theatre in LA. I’m like…
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Starry Starry Night
@KayHanley This isn’t to bash AI in Chat or Claude. I’m just sayin’ – because there is and will continue to be an onslaught of non-human made music, and…
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Something Funny Happened at The Cutting Room
Gary Burr and Georgia Middlemanasked me to be a guest for their ongoing Nashville To New York Songwriter Series. I love playing, I love Gary and Georgia. I…
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The Blizzard
I’m in NYC. My friends texted today from California, concerned about my well-being. Why? The blizzard? Feh. I’m more worried about Gary and Georgia who are…
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Billy
I’ve noticed something in common with the few people I’ve sadly witnessed in the throes of succumbing to cancer. There’s a grace about them. It’s as if they…
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I Survived Grammy Week
As a Recording Academy Voting Member I’ve voted every year since the early 90’s when Julie Lipsius at Hit and Run, a little publishing company that could, told…
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I’m Old
What do I know? I still listen to “Brandy … you’re a fine girl.” And, to be fair to ME, John Mayer. I mean it doesn’t get better than “It Shouldn’t Matter But…
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Meet The Hubby
It felt fitting to ring in the new year by introducing you to a human who plays a starring role in my life and is so often mentioned in this space: my husband…
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Palm Springs
I believe we have to speak up and tell the Universe what we want. That doesn’t guarantee we’ll receive it, but if we never ask, the chances are even slimmer.
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Olivia Dean
Ok, so ”Man I Need” is not “Man In The Mirror,” but it’s delightful, no? It’s not trying to bedazzle me with substance-free wordplay. It’s a good-old fashioned…
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Regrets
It’s therapeutic to ponder ones regrets because in doing so one can change the way one lives their life moving forward. We can only keep trying and I say…
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Barbra’s Book
Surely Barbra was given a rare gift at birth AND the favorable anatomical equipment with which to deliver that gift. But it takes more than that. It takes…