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	<title>Indie Music Blog &#187; Melissa</title>
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		<title>American Idol, Season 9. (:P</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Celebrity News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Lambert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american idol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crystal Bowersox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Cook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Glee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee DeWyze]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On May 27, The ninth season of American Idol crowned their champion.   Lee DeWyze, a paint store employee from Mount Prospect, Illinois used his sultry voice and knowledge of the classics to beat the odds and earned the title of America&#8217;s Ninth Idol.  And nobody really cared. The debate is still circling the Interweb about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tale Of a VMA Concert Attendee</title>
		<link>http://www.prex.com/blog/the-tale-of-a-vma-concert-attendee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Concert Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As with every year, the first moments are spent looking back at the success, defeats, and&#8230;er&#8230;peculiar moments of the past year. One this same note, I will use this time to look on a particular moment in 2009 that, for me was its highlight. Our story begins the a few days before August 28, the date All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If it&#8217;s a eulogy for a show, can it  be categorized under &#8220;Honoring Lives&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.prex.com/blog/eulogy-show-categorized-honoring-lives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Honoring Lives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carson Daly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damien Fahey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justin Timberlake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Live]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ludacris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lyndsey Rodrigues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mtv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[musicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pop culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Request]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taylor Swift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Total]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TRL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VJ]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As many know, the MTV show Total Request Live, known by its nickname TRL, ended its ten-year run on November 16. Many fans and musicians, who made their big breaks appearing on the show, attended the &#8220;Total Finale Live&#8221; special. I&#8217;m guessing millions more saw it on television. It was a poignant ending without the fact that it was the end of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vma&#8217;s: Not As Scary As I Thought It Would Be</title>
		<link>http://www.prex.com/blog/vmas-scary-thought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Concert Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[britney spears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katy Perry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paramore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russell Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taylor Swift]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VMA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prex.com/blog/?p=389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First off, I apologize for the recent unprofessionally long absences. I have been shirking my duties, but it will cease and desist, I promise. Now that&#8217;s out of the way. Most may remember my rant about music these days going down the toilet and that all the good stuff is gone or hiding. Well I start to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rock Band: Must Be Played To Be Remotely Understood</title>
		<link>http://www.prex.com/blog/rock-band-played-remotely-understood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Add new tag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[encounter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[frets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guitarist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[popular]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, everyone! Today, for your reading pleasure, I will give an account of my brief encounter with pop culture. That is, pop culture that is actually still popular at the time of the encounter: participation in the Rock Band video game. Okay, there&#8217;s something I must admit: the reason I don&#8217;t usually deal with popular entertainment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Thrills and Spills of Opera: Finale!</title>
		<link>http://www.prex.com/blog/thrills-spills-opera-finale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[What's New]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacques Offenbach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[musical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rehearsal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[score]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[singing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[songs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prex.com/blog/?p=219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now comes the hour of departing, glad were I be were it not true: Fondest regards I&#8217;ll be imparting, one final fervent fond adieu&#8230;. No, I&#8217;m not quitting the blog crew. I am, however, mourning the end of the WCYOW&#8217;s 2008 season.&#8221;Pandora&#8217;s Box&#8221; had a very good run, and I hope a lot of you got to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Thrills and Spills of Opera: Part 2!</title>
		<link>http://www.prex.com/blog/thrills-spills-opera-part-2-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[What's New]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accompaniment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[auditorium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backstage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[costumes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[keyboard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[microphone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piano]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[string bass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theater]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Busy, Busy, Dreadfully Busy! That kind of describes opera rehearsals as of now. We have gotten further since the last entry. Our accompaniment has increased into a mini-orchestra consisting of a piano, a high-quality keyboard, and a string bass. All our costumes and finished and two dress rehearsals are lined up, the first of which happened earlier tonight. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Thrills and Spills of an Opera Rehearsal</title>
		<link>http://www.prex.com/blog/thrills-spills-opera-rehearsal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[What's New]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chorus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conductor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[warm-up]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prex.com/blog/?p=188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the delay. I haven&#8217;t been near a computer for a bit. Regardless, I carry on. Anyone who has any experience in musical performance knows that it&#8217;s not a simple task. There is lots of preparation to do and many hours are spent rehearsing, making sets, and choreographing dances. However, it doesn&#8217;t seem as meticulous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Did I Not Think Of This Earlier?</title>
		<link>http://www.prex.com/blog/earlier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Add new tag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[program]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[theatrical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westminster]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prex.com/blog/?p=174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, which I am assured was not my best, I said that not much was happening musically in my world. However, over the week I just remembered that it&#8217;s not necessarily true. I would like to maybe take some time these upcoming weeks to chronicle the production of a musical event that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Cool Songs To Graduate To</title>
		<link>http://www.prex.com/blog/5-cool-songs-graduate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prex.com/blog/5-cool-songs-graduate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garfunkel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Godspell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gradutation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[milestones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[queen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not too much happened in my little world, so I decided to make a post about Graduation. The time where we celebrate milestones in ours and others lives. Many people think that certain songs can be used for certain times, a belief that shows through during Graduation. Below is a collection of my favorite graduation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>O Be Joyfull Is A Preservation of Old Tunes</title>
		<link>http://www.prex.com/blog/joyfull-preservation-tunes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Concert Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anthem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[composer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[minstrel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.prex.com/blog/?p=148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I was in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as part of a volunteer program that does work to preserve the battlefield. As part of our reward for painting barns, building fences and other things in 95 degree-weather, we were treated to a concert by Rick Garland and his lovely musical presentation O Be Joyfull. In a nutshell, O [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fans Fight in Defense of Beloved Band</title>
		<link>http://www.prex.com/blog/fans-fight-defense-beloved-band/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[emo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[goth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[My Chemical Romance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[soapbox]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Emos. Goths. A cult. An army. Weird. Whatever you call them, there is one thing certain of the fans of My Chemical Romance. They are not joiners, but faithful listeners who stick through thick and thin. And looking at recent times, the group is going to need it. The New Jersey quintet, best known for such tunes as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Good Stuff Is Gone. Let&#8217;s Find Where It&#8217;s Went!</title>
		<link>http://www.prex.com/blog/good-stuff-find-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.prex.com/blog/good-stuff-find-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 19:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s face it. Music isn&#8217;t what it used to be. Every generation has said this statement, but it&#8217;s most true in recent days. To quote Leela James,&#8221;Where&#8217;d the music go/ It&#8217;s all just for the dough&#8221;. Modern musicians ares becoming less like musicians and more like ridiculous images who only entertain for money and don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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