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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day Miracle Campaign Journal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR MOST CURRENT UPDATE: Please visit www.haileyandcartersdream.com for updates on my sister&#8217;s Valentines Day Miracle campaign during my leave of absence. For information on lessons, please contact Steve Kelly at 815-519-0407. Thank you for your loving prayers and support and gifts toward my sister&#8217;s family. We are making a miracle happen! DAY FIVE It&#8217;s 8:00 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeroberts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=585170&amp;post=497&amp;subd=mikeroberts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hailey Goranflo, 2002-2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may remember the story of my niece Hailey and her fight with Battens Disease. After a long battle which has included fundraisers to help pay for treatment, flights to China for stem cell research, and much financial and emotional support, Hailey has gone on to Heaven. At 11:55PM January 17, 2002, Hailey passed peacefully [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeroberts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=585170&amp;post=480&amp;subd=mikeroberts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Talent Myth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word talent conjures up images of an elite individual, one with special, superior, even superhuman abilities. What they are capable of is beyond the grasp of most people. There’s a bit of a mystery to them, and it seems a lot of people would have it stay that way. There are talented athletes, talented [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeroberts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=585170&amp;post=470&amp;subd=mikeroberts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Habits of the Effective Mentor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 16:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Roberts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now for the next installment in the series: 5 HABITS OF THE EFFECTIVE MENTOR. (NOTE: a little longer intro than usual, but hang with me!) Mentoring happens anytime we influence other people, or even just one person, young or old. Sometimes the very best role a mentor can play is to simply listen and allow [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeroberts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=585170&amp;post=429&amp;subd=mikeroberts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Streamlined Techniques for Building a Repertoire that Grows You</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 14:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The songs you learn are the &#8220;parents&#8221; of everything you become as a musician. They teach you the techniques you will incorporate into your playing, and they form the basis of ideas that will shape your personal style and sound. The sum of everything you learn IS your musical personality. So be careful what you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeroberts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=585170&amp;post=353&amp;subd=mikeroberts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Common Mistakes Practicing Musicians Make</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 13:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All the time I get to talk with musicians who&#8217;ve been at it for a while but feel like they&#8217;re in a rut. They don&#8217;t see where they&#8217;ve improved in such a long time and they&#8217;re wondering if they&#8217;ve &#8220;peaked.&#8221; We&#8217;re all susceptible to certain habits which can creep in and slow or halt our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeroberts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=585170&amp;post=316&amp;subd=mikeroberts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Ways to Overcome Doubt &amp; Discouragement</title>
		<link>http://mikeroberts.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/5-ways-to-overcome-doubt-discouragement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 19:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Roberts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burnout can happen to the best of us. It&#8217;s not that there&#8217;s something wrong with us, and it&#8217;s certainly not that it&#8217;s the end of the world. But it can sure feel like that when we&#8217;re discouraged. To help you through the inevitable stages of frustration that come with any endeavor, here are some tips [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeroberts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=585170&amp;post=299&amp;subd=mikeroberts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Predictions About the Future of Making Music</title>
		<link>http://mikeroberts.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/5-predictions-about-the-future-of-making-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 19:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Roberts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The enjoyment of being a musician and the thrill of spreading one’s music around the world is no longer about the thumbs-up or thumbs-down of the &#8220;experts.&#8221; It’s about democracy. I have some predictions about what music&#8217;s increasingly democratic state mean in the not-too-distant future. I admit that some of these are more observation than [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeroberts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=585170&amp;post=293&amp;subd=mikeroberts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 &#8220;What Ifs&#8221; Every Musician Should Consider</title>
		<link>http://mikeroberts.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/5-what-ifs-every-musician-should-consider/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 20:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What If&#8221;can be a big question. Often, it&#8217;s framed in the negative, like &#8220;what if I fail the test?&#8221; or &#8220;what if I never get any better at this instrument?&#8221; But something powerful can happen inside us when we frame it in the positive, like &#8220;what if I nail that test?&#8221; or &#8220;what if I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeroberts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=585170&amp;post=286&amp;subd=mikeroberts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>5 Solutions for the &#8220;Indifferent&#8221; Student</title>
		<link>http://mikeroberts.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/5-solutions-for-the-indifferent-student/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 20:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Roberts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Help your student (or yourself) get back some of the fire that may have died with these 5 tips.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeroberts.wordpress.com&amp;blog=585170&amp;post=277&amp;subd=mikeroberts&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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