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Depression is for Winners.

Total success would mean a complete lack of sanity, and total sanity would suggest a complete lack of success.

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Krister Axel 2025-02-23
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California

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Gen X: Feeling Crazy in Crazy Times

Exploring the concept of 'necessary delusion.'

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Krister Axel 2024-10-08
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USA

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Who doesn't love a good September surprise

I'm sorry, Sacramento, I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Anyone need a sublet?

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Krister Axel 2024-09-17
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USA

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September Update - Looking Back

Humidity. It might be the humidity.

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Krister Axel 2024-09-04
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USA

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Here I am in Sacramento

I think I'm gonna walk over to Old Sacramento and take some pictures.

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Krister Axel 2024-08-18
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USA

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We are live

Six months is plenty of time to customize a template. Huzzah!

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Krister Axel 2024-07-30
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USA

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I didn't write this with AI

We tie God to the devil to the moon, to the rain.

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Krister Axel 2024-07-01
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Just a Little Taste of Sunshine for the New Year.

First it is too slow, and then it's too fast.

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Krister Axel 2024-05-31
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USA

Archive

Krister Axel Live. - From the Mail Tribune archive

Once there was such a thing as a local newspaper. Krister performs Weightless Heart on the Weissenborn from the studio in Medford.

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Krister Axel 2023-01-14
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USA

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Everybody Wants to Die Where They Were Born.

Im going back to Ruby, which feels like coming home.

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Krister Axel 2022-11-22
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USA

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How Wildfires and Covid Changed Our Lives Completely.

This one is written as a testimony to the power of family and personal conviction. Weve given up a lot to get here, but weve gotten so much back in return.

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Krister Axel 2022-09-01
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USA

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Why I Created GETSEEN. - A Short Tour of the CHILLFILTR Workflow.

Email is broken. And a series of anonymous Airtable forms will only get you so far.

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Krister Axel 2022-06-27
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USA

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Crypto

An Important Update: CHILLFILTR and Related Entities

The goals have not changed, but the timeframe is now slightly different.

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Krister Axel 2022-03-20
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Nft

An Unverified Collection. - How did we get here, and what can we do about it?

We have other collections in the pipeline right now, and all I want is for our fans and investors to know that our heart is in the right place.

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Krister Axel 2021-10-27
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USA

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CHILLFILTR On Hold Until the New Year.

I have a few more pieces to write, and then I will be taking a break until January.

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Krister Axel 2021-10-13
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We have finally read through all the submissions of the last few months.

The level of quality and originality is always stunning to behold. Thank you to the hundreds of authors that submitted to us over the past six months.

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Krister Axel 2021-10-02
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USA

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We Seldom Take the Time to Write for No Reason.

Yes, it is a form of procrastination. But its also an important component of the creative process.

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Krister Axel 2021-08-23
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USA

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Another Update from North Country. - Still Waiting to Close on this House.

Even in the most generous of predications, it would be hard to make the case that I have anything to complain about. So I will attempt to simply explain.

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Krister Axel 2021-05-21
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USA

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Hello Music Fans. — CHILLFILTR® News from Upstate New York.

I want to personally say thanks for being a part of the CHILLFILTR® family. We couldnt do it without you.

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Krister Axel 2021-04-09
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USA

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My Story About Tom DeSavia. - Wherein We Discuss the Merits of Mahavishnu Orchestra.

The world is full of interesting details about obscure progressive rock bands.

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Krister Axel 2021-03-11
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USA

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Update for February. - Song Contest News, and Some Comments About the User Experience.

Announcing our biggest contest yet, changes to the navigation experience, and a few notes for the future.

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Krister Axel 2021-02-02
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USA

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Happy New Year from CHILLFILTR.

Some notes about submissions, what we are looking for, and how to make your precious work stand out.

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Krister Axel 2021-01-05
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Our Year End Prizes and List of Award Submissions

2020. — Every year we send our favorite submissions out for Best of the Net and Pushcart Awards.

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Krister Axel 2020-12-31
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USA

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We Did It. - Welcome to CHILLFILTR 3.0

This site now runs on Craft CMS, with assists from TailwindCSS and Servd.host - plus a whole bunch of cloud services.

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Krister Axel 2020-12-21
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USA

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Beyond Writers Block. - Im Sure Everything Will Be Back to Normal Soon.

Maybe what I feel right now is how everyone feels, but that doesn't make me feel any less alone.

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Krister Axel 2020-09-15
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USA

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CHILLFILTR Announcements. - What Have We Learned So Far?

If anyone tells you that music isnt good anymore, just go ahead and punch them in the mouth.

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Krister Axel 2020-08-25
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USA

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Say Their Names. - A Tribute to Black Lives Matter

I think of the parents, the children, the communities. We have to do better. This has to stop. End police violence, now.

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Krister Axel 2020-07-06
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Local

Alchemy in Ashland, Oregon: Annual Dickens Feast Since 1982 Features 6 Delicious Courses and Music by the Winchester Singers.

We love supporting this holiday tradition which began in 1982 and features Santa, Scrooge, and the Winchester Singers.

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Krister Axel 2019-12-24
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Oregon

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Ashland, Oregon: Local Songwriter Krister Axel Gets a Moment in the Spotlight

Its been 15 years since I recorded Georgia Rain, and 12 years since I recorded Something Beautiful, which have turned out to be my top tracks since they got put on the Netflix release of Friday Night Lights years ago.

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Krister Axel 2019-12-15
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USA

Discovery

In Search of Organic Discovery. - Bringing Listeners Together with Music that Moves Them.

If you want to hand-off the process of marketing yourself because it feels like a hard problem to solve - not because you have too much success, but too little - then you are guaranteeing yourself a bunch of bad choices.

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Krister Axel 2019-12-08
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USA

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Put It in the Cloud. - How a Retired Web Engineer Built a Worldwide Indie Music Network in Less than 2 Years

The truth is, I am pulling together my main 3 skill sets, and it is turning out to be very synergistic. I am a poet, first; that was always the calling for adolescent me. Later in life, I fell in love with music, and I just figured out today that Ive been playing piano for 33 years.

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Krister Axel 2019-11-03
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USA

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My only surviving test from Composition school

My teacher had a thing for Copeland and Bartok. They were kind of a big deal.

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Krister Axel 2019-09-14
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USA

Live Review

This is the best I have ever looked on TV.

Remember me thusly when I am at the pearly gates.

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Krister Axel 2019-09-14
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USA

Local

Southern Oregon is Truly Gorgeous

I happen to live somewhere that I think is absolutely gorgeous, pretty much year-round.

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Krister Axel 2019-08-05
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Oregon

Local

In Ashland, Oregon, the Local Businesses Come and Go

Kids were excited, lots of parents got dressed up, and the streets were buzzing with talk of Hufflepuffs and games of Quidditch.

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Krister Axel 2019-08-02
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USA

Live Review

Andy Frasco & the UN Perform at the Talent Club in Talent, Oregon

This is the type of hedonistic self-sabotage that just feels right every once in a while. --- live video and photography by Krister Axel

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Krister Axel 2019-06-30
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USA

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Ashland, Oregon: CHILLFILTR Celebrates 1 Year of Independent Music Reviews

Thank you to all the record labels, publicity shops, and individual artists that send their songs in for coverage.

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Krister Axel 2019-05-11
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USA

Logistics

Introducing CHILLFILTR 2.0

This is a true 2.0 rollout, in the sense that I have a full handle on what my tech needs are now, as well as a full handle on what the visual aesthetic needs to be.

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Krister Axel 2018-07-16
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USA

Politics

The Case for Incrementalism is the Case for Half a Sandwich.

It is clear that a significant segment of the US population is captured, to an alarming degree, by the tough-love notion that to get things done, we must give away half the sandwich.

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Krister Axel 2018-07-04
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Oregon

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The Rules of Engagement

This was one the first things I ever posted to CHILLFILTR - the blog was just a few days old.

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Krister Axel 2018-02-02
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USA

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A Trip to Austin to perform at Austin City Limits and Willie Nelsons Ranch

A big shout-out to my buddy Shawn Pander, who called me up to sit in on his ACL gig because his main keyboard guy was in Italy.

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Krister Axel 2016-10-15
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