HeyJaredMichael Brandmeier
I’m an indie-pop artist, author, producer, and publisher of hundreds of tracks and songs in film and TV. www.michaelbrandmeier.com
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Sometimes the Signs Come First (opens the original)
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SIGNS“Watch out for Hollywood. It can hollow you out after a while if you’re not careful.”—Matthew Lee Chudacoff, a great and wise friendWhen Sandy and I lived in West Hollywood, her parents, Jim and Carol, came out from Northwest Indiana for a long weekend. We had a blast. Monday morning, they got in their car and drove away as we stood outside our apartment, just down the steep hill from Sunset Boulevard on La Cienega Boulevard, and watched them go.Sandy, bawling her eyes out, said wi
The Best Cocktail Lounge on the Planet (Part Two) (opens the original)
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In my last newsletter, I shared a demo of the “Brother’s Version” of my song, “The Setting Sun.” I’m excited to focus here on the “Universal Version,” which explores why sunsets resonate so profoundly.Please subscribe for free to receive exclusive demos, new posts, and to support my work.<input class="button
The Best Cocktail Lounge on the Planet (opens the original)
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Do you have one place that’s your absolute favorite? A place nowhere else compares, especially when sharing it with people you love?Beam me and our all-guy bromance group—including my brothers, family, and close friends—to a peaceful lake at sunset in Northern Wisconsin aboard a pontoon stocked with cocktails, beer, and enough food to sustain us until we dock at a local pub once the horizon fades. I should mention the lake is peaceful—until we get there.We will set sail at 5 o’clock somewhere, r
When Tom Dreesen made Hanky’s Sinatra dreams come true. (opens the original)
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For years, comedian Tom Dreesen opened for Frank Sinatra.Through appearances on my oldest brother Johnny’s top-rated Chicago morning radio show, Tom somehow became a fairy godfather for our saintly mother, Hanky the nurse. I owe so much to him, as do all my siblings.Tom passed away recently, and my heart dropped thinking of how, out of the kindness of his heart, he made some of our mother’s unimaginable dreams come true.Our mother was sane, sweet, and joyful in just about every corner of life.Ex
Christmas in July: Five Brothers. One Bedroom. And One Questionable Rewrite of Rudolph. (opens the original)
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~Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself, said it best:“The ever so slightly stupid will act more stupidly in clever company.”In honor of Christmas in July...One of the most gloriously acclaimed—I mean, not at all acclaimed—immeasurably stupid, actually, yet somehow one of the funniest “stationary touring theater groups” ever opened on 288 Gillette Street in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, way back when the Dead Sea was still sick. Sorry, an old joke my dad us
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