The important thing about rehearsal is also cross training. I am obviously not a personal trainer or health expert. The struggle is real. – Musician and writer Davin Michael Stedman has many ventures, such as the AMAZING blog, 100milesofmusic.com. Davin’s new song has become a global earworm and Caribbean dancehall hit. Listen here on Reggaeville: …
A work in progress. This song ‘Life Yard’ has a great story behind it. I wrote it right on the spot on location at my ‘Free Your Mind’ music video shoot when I meet the young folks behind the organic community farm, The Life Yard. They would be at first glance to some, Rude Boys, …
Not to in any way diminish the Weather Horrors currently being visited upon so many parts of Our Great Nation. All atmospheric phenomena are of course relative, and very few towns or cities in America are notably prepared for significantly sub-zero weather conditions. But “facts is facts”, as Will Rogers surely said! And my hometown …
One thing that has changed the way I see the world around me, is witnessing so many people in my little algorithmic universe struggling with depression. I wonder about those hiding it. Talk therapy is powerful stuff. I can say I am not depressed. Seeing those struggle I realize that can change. I feel like …
My boy Benny Franklin refused to patent the Lightning Rod and his Franklin Stove, because he said, “Look, I’m rich. I’m already hella’ famous. I have enough money. What am I gonna’ do horde all this money like some chump, and have my own vanity Space Program?” America rose because of people like Ben. But …
Lately we’ve seen this term in every article, think piece, blog, Tweet, podcast, and broadcast. Books are using it in their titles, and it’s being printed on everything from socks to t-shirts. It’s even been co-opted by advertising, to sell products for corporations. But what exactly is a “Badass Woman”? There is no universal, objective definition of …
Finally finished both Fyre Festival documentaries, then read about why the midwest is so cold — (due to climate change ice melt, the polar vortex is no longer contained to the North Pole) — and realized that we are all trapped at Fyre Festival. — Emily Pothast (@emilypothast) January 29, 2019 Finally finished both Fyre …
Bigotry is dumb on every side. Playing the music in your Soul is what it means to be human. These humans teamed up with other humans to lovingly record and collaborate on so many of the iconic productions we associate with the greatest fist in the air Black Power anthems of all time. This is …
I want to have an old school kegger & listening party for the people that are actually reading my posts. I am trying not to write a song and a 1000 words a day, and striking out every time. I want to do something cool for those of you spending time to read my rants, …
Time to try to level up once more. My friend and fitness trainer Corey Galusha was always trying to get me to write down what I eat and keep track of it. I saw this last night for under $10, and it’s a small investment if I can fill it up. It tried to write it …
Quincy Jones once said that it’s hard to know what the future held for Tupac, because if you killed Malcolm X at 25, you killed a Pimp named Red. Well the same can be said for the weirdest muthaf☆cka in history, Rasputin. You kill Rasputin at 28, you killed a slutty farmer named Randy. No …
Singin’, thinking…trying not to write a hook a day. There are few things better to fail at that, than not songwriting. I can’t help it. I programmed my mind at the tail end of college to make playing my upside down guitar like a diary. A way to think outloud and collect my thoughts. To …
Well this is quite epic for me. This my dear grandmother Audi with her beloved Grandfather that raised her. She tears up every time she talks about this wonderful man. This is man is my strongest link to Africa, Jose Rosario. There is legend of his father being referred to as “The Frenchman,” which is …
Fyre Festival was our generation’s Woodstock. Our culture is dominated by Rich thieves selling fake things that are doomed to fail, because they are built on big lies. We create billion dollar companies that are built on nothing but disruption, in a less than zero sum game that is pushing the middle class out of …
Check out this song idea! Should I call it ‘Old Bold Pilots’ or ‘Young Man’s Game’? This hit me when this story about Sinatra arguably inventing the album said “Sinatra was on the wrong side of 30 in a young man’s game.” Then before I could pull over to write this song a train stopped …
Stories give our lives meaning in a universe where there may be no meaning, by Davin Michael Stedman
Stories give our lives meaning in a universe where there may be no meaning. I like stories. They sound good with music. We have only been able to record them for a little over a hundred years. We’ve been jotting them down for centuries, passing them from one singer to another for thousands more. When …
Saying Pence would be worse than Trump is the equivalent of being a flat earther. It’s no less true today as on election night. It’s simply for those who repeated such a falsehood, now as f☆cking senile a statement as I said it was the first time someone repeated such a claim in my presence. …
To all you out there helping me, I salute you. Thank you. There is no such thing as a self made man. Some of us start a little closer finish line, but this race is about how we all can lift each other up. How we can be each other’s champions. I have a little …
Abstract: Okinawa Japan, one of the world’s “Blue Zones”, where people aged over 100 years are most intensely concentrated, is home to the Shikuwasa citrus fruit, a member of the mandarin orange family. Shikuwasa fruit is 40X more potent in flavonoids than oranges. Senior residents have enjoyed this fruit their entire lives on a frequent …
I have to go to sleep early but thankfully I have an incredible sleep aid: British lectures from Gresham College. Gresham died in 1597 and left behind enough money to fund lectures in London until London ceases to be inhabitable. As long as there is a Bank of England, Gresham’s lecture circuit lives on ad …
Prior to seeing the Blazers play the Kings on New Years Day, I took a slight detour to the northern California coast to get a therapeutic dose of nature. The state may have its share of problems, but it’s got some things, such as the tallest trees on earth and ocean sunsets to die for, …
Though my last two trips down to Sacramento have seen losses for the NBA Kings, there is a feeling of optimism there perhaps greater than any since Chris Webber and Mike Bibby brought the Kings within a questionably officiated 2002 Western Conference Finals Game 6 to a likely championship. At 19-18, the Kings are just …
Davin Michael Stedman, East Portland Blog‘s notorious songwriter, singer and thug historian has signed to legendary reggae label Tuff Gong and you can read all about it at Seattle Music Insider!
It’s a Sunday night in late December – post-Christmas blah, still a day to go before New Year’s eve (when I MIGHT have screwed up the energy to go hear a band), when my wife and I heard about a ska-punk band we wanted to hear playing on a bill at Southgate – a bar …
You want a true story? How about a true story about how I dealt with Westboro Baptist Church today at the game? Take note. Because I unleashed mental Jazz on those evil muthaf☆ckaz. Ever since I saw the meme of ‘Satan’ offering free hugs next to them, my wheels have been turning. Because you have …
(New York, NY) Walk Off The Earth has confirmed that band member Mike “Beard Guy” Taylor passed away from natural causes on Sunday, December 30th. “Mike had a love for life that was unmatched and a willingness to give that went beyond ordinary means,” the band says. “Our deepest sympathies are with his two children, …
This is why musicians need help. It’s why I am going to need help to continue to produce music. I really really really want to. But the systen is broken. Spotify and the major labels made billions as planned when Spotify went public. Phone manufacturers and carriers make billions every week selling devices and services …
My earth angel, my sonic Queen, my guiding light in the booth, my Everythang, Mrs. Mell Dettmer is heading back to Mali with her husband Mamadou Diakite for the first time in YEARS. She is planning on doing some recording with some of the greatest West African artists you have yet to discover. Please consider contributing to her campaign. …
2018 should be remembered as the “Free Your Mind” year. We tend to take Davin Michael Stedman for granted, but 2018 was his year and we should look back and celebrate it. Very few people will ever have as fancy a trip around the sun as DMS had in 2018. He traveled to Jamaica and …
Singer-songwriter Audra Mae, the great grand-niece of Judy Garland, shares her rendition of the enchanting classic “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”. Mae is also known for writing songs and singing with artists such as Christina Aguilera, The Chainsmokers, and Avicii. The intimate live video, presented by Jammcard, shows the captivating one-take performance of just Mae and …