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We honor Martin Luther King Day Peace & Love,

  so I will go on automatic pilot and play online for you to simply decompress and maybe share a message of peace .. so much stress in the world it's easy to find an excuse to play some music. As usual I don't go out public to play .. that doesn't not sound relaxing whatsoever to me so you re in luck as  I simply stay here in my bedroom and jam for ya. It's fun to do completely spontaneous performances from home...

I feel like this song "Watching The Wheels" go by..  "Watching the Wheels" a single by John Lennon released posthumously in 1981, after his murder. 1975–1980, during which he retired from the music industry to concentrate on raising his son Sean
..an easy song for me to identify with because I  feel like living outside  the rat race .. I tend to glamorize being a drop out and focusing on simple things as I feel society is a complicated mess right now and moves  too fast for my tastes... ... lol so this was an easy song to feel and escape for awhile.. the US news is so bad the flu must be awful with RSV and covid continuing to loom..Ive got nothing to lose by  torturing you with some singing if you can stand it...

John Lennon was definitely into Peace and Love and also was sadly assassinated not unlike Martin Luther King

Watching The Wheels by John Lennon
VIDEO LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cA5QK3XhhIO8SGIGqx6zpwyU9FouMVwd/view?usp=sharing

I definitely am not seeking fame or fortune or going out competing in the limelight with others. I encourage other musicians to do the same. Just jam out online! I'm not that great but at least I'm having a great time with ya...

Killing The Blues by Rowland Salley
VIDEO LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HkI-xBpgIA6Yenp2typ1xyhAhK7rwBKH/view?usp=sharing


Lets do that again but now I share with you some of the magic of being online.. Even though I am isolated (if you wanna call it that.. what some call isolation, I call heaven and peace) I still get to play with others! Not only that I get to play with all sorts of people..For instance in theis next one I am actually playing with some guy named Colin who is from the Worcester Ukulele Club so as you can see I don't have to leave the safety of my home to meet or play with other musicians as a matter of fact this guy sort of taught me how to play this song because He gave me the chords and music to this song online to play along.. all sorts of opportunities for musicians and artists to collaborate and learn from one another online remotely from the safety of their little home studios.. I'd say there are more opportunities to be had and more longevity as an artist or musician or thinker by sinking back into the comforts of one's own chair and  home and being creative online...

Now I sing it with Colin of the Worcester Ukulele Club! Ive never sang with anybody from Worcester before so I gotta admit it's pretty awesome for a guy like me hiding out in the mountains to get to sing with some ukulele playing dude who lives across the seas on the other side of the world!

So to celebrate diversity and hopefully harmony, another Martin Luther King theme and message we get to freely sing with a guy from another country! (I don't get tariffed or nothing for singing with this guy from another country..neither of us got tariffed for singing this song!  I get to sing with Colin from across the seas!...

Killing The Blues With Colin of the Worcester Ukulele Club
VIDEO LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gDztL50J9LgP1DUu7MvtsI2iUr6w3wdo/view?usp=sharing

Hope you enjoy my Pro Mask Music Concerts for Maskers out there! Mask For Airborne Diseases & Stay In Play it Safe From Your Home Concerts!


It only goes to show how we can share stuff we love online and simply have a grand old time online! Please be safe and share what you love online and remotely! To me it always better to live with what they call 'cabin fever' than to risk having a real fever.

Peace,
The Masked Man

P.S.
I'm trying to save some of these old rock star's lives.. Don't care what others think but I think my favorite musicians need to stay at home and write music and be creative from home studios and stay off the stage! That way they would live longer and produce more neat music for us. I don't see why they are onstage its just goofy because it ceases to be creative... it would be so much cooler to see these old rock stars be healthier and do work from there home studios and share online and maybe get ten to twenty more years of creative recorded music out of them I could listen to rather than watch them dance around singing the same old stuff. It would be so much better to hear some studio work that's creative. I bet they could produce some incredible music if they just stayed off the stage and worked from their own studios! Stay at home and write and compose some new stuff incorporate your music with neat videos and get creative take advantage!

As Usual
Be safe, if you must go out wear an n95 mask, otherwise stay home brothers and sisters.
I prefer to stay at home and jam from my bedroom for ya hoping you will share what you love, what interests you, and always try to work out problems and even your feelings remotely and creatively online!

For me I always  get a thrill jamming and messing with music for ya online! Thank you for letting me share safe online fun in the face of todays challenges. I don't like goin out there.. it's a hassle to me.. more fun is to be had from inside my home!

I don't understand why there is so much hurt in the world. I don't see the sense in half the stuff I'm seeing on the news today. There's got to be better ways of working things out than what I see. You catch more flies with honey anyway so I don't understand the violence on the news I'm seeing. Many of us don't choose violence or force to work out conflicts and its hard for many of us to witness all we see on the news right now. That's all I have to say for now and I bet a lot of people agree with me. Anyway my heart goes out to all victims of violence regardless of political views. I detest human suffering in any shape size or form. I hate viruses so therefore I hate violence too! On that note I most musicians don't have any problems with peaceful interaction..
.. why is that? Is it because all we music lovers share music from the heart and we are busy trying to simply not hit the wrong notes? Maybe there is something to be learned from today's troubadours and artists when it comes to peaceful conflict resolution. I sure did enjoy playing with that ukulele player, Colin, from Worcester! What a wonderful evening!


We all have our ways of decompressing, relaxing and finding our 'zen zone' or whatever so I hope everybody finds their inner bliss this weekend and I hope everybody gets to hopefully stay home sweet home safe and sound! Maybe there's a little message of hope & peace in there for somebody out there that likes  music & the arts, &  meaningful online activity for whatever reason or rhyme there is to it.


For now I leave you with a healthy protest amongst musicians link..

SUMMARY:
15 major artists and counting have opted against playing shows at the Kennedy Center since Trump assumed control ..

LINK:
https://www.facebook.com/consequenceoffilm/posts/15-major-artists-and-counting-have-opted-against-playing-shows-at-the-kennedy-ce/1297048239130775/
&
https://consequence.net/2026/01/kennedy-center-every-artist-concert-canceled/

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It's been a hard winter for everybody I imagine. I am worn out from snow shoveling paths through the yard and then the trucks would plow the road forcing me to have to reshovel my drive  again each time they drove by but it could be worse...I'm pretty beat for now but I guess I'll recover. I'm not sick! I masked and we made it through so I should thank my lucky stars and be grateful for what health I got and do a little pro mask concert stay at home concert to celebrate getting through the snowstorm. Once again lets take advantage of Data Report's site to push my masked way of life onto ya!

Its been rough so lets be rebellious and play some wild Jazz, Blues, and Swing for ya on my old classical nylon string guitar! Ive had this guitar since I was 16 years old! Under my bandanna I wear a big clunky respirator mask outdoors when I tackle my chores and errands and I have big old clunky guitar that's survived since I was 16, and I wear a bandana over an old old clunky head that has survived 55 years thus far .. nothing like old clunkers that survive ...

Now for some rebellious Jazz in C7 on nylon string! My old trusty classical guitar
VIDEO LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jpHwcgnkZwG91xuz4ZwgkUP7jeN4e4SY/view?usp=sharing

Let's do another Rebellious Sad Blues In A minor on My old Yamaha classical guitar this time just audio no video...
Audio Mp3 LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xNgG6bo1F1vOFNAyeoDUjHvncJuqowon/view?usp=sharing

And now one more let's do a Rebellious Cool Swing In D on My Yamaha classical guitar (yes old clunkers are the best!)
VIDEO LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gNoAUUZDPPnqF_ljU_xj1L30fBQifQfG/view?usp=sharing

Keep On Rockin'
The Masked Man

P.S.
As Usual
Be safe, if you must go out wear an n95 mask, otherwise stay home brothers and sisters.
I prefer to stay at home and jam from my bedroom for ya hoping you will share what you love, what interests you, and always try to work out problems and even your feelings remotely and creatively online!

Its Always a Thrill getting to play music for ya safely online here at Data Report Info!

There's a handful of musicians out there not playing regularly in public anymore ...

"The Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA): The organization canceled its in-person 2026 Midwinter Convention (scheduled for Feb 12-14, 2026) in Minneapolis, citing a "climate of fear and uncertainty" that made it impossible to safely gather, ensuring the safety of vulnerable students and educators."

"Boston Philharmonic: For the 2025-2026 season, the organization continues to offer high-quality live-stream options for their concerts at Symphony Hall for those who prefer to watch from home, adhering to specific health and safety policies."

"Individual & Independent Artists: Reports indicate that many independent musicians continue to take a cautious approach to touring, citing that COVID-19 remains a "daily existential threat" to their health and livelihoods, leading some to limit in-person interactions, such as skipping meet-and-greets or requiring strict masking backstage."

Then there's me Richard The Masked Man..There's never been a better time in history than to just be a nobody! Lemme tell ya the last thing on my mind would be leaving my den! I ain't going nowhere brothers and sisters I'm just gonna sit here and pluck a guitar at home for ya! Let's mess with this old Harmony It might be a 1957 guitar.. Its got super heavy strings on it and I tuned it down just a little but lets see if I can lay some jazz on ya for kicks!

Jazz Swing Feel In F
VIDEO LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/143Pt2KZHkDo2eUdUu8B7InjD93HXIqgf/view?usp=sharing

Fast Swing Feel In F
VIDEO LINK:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dFnxpJRqws5wcAAi4217S-iL0EH9mzDg/view?usp=sharing

Gawd I'm glad to be at home! Its more fun just playing guitar for ya sitting in this chair with my little dog snoozing all curled up in the chair. I can't stand the rat race out there. 
Later,
Richard The Masked Man

P.S.
As Usual
Be safe, if you must go out wear an n95 mask, otherwise stay home brothers and sisters.
I prefer to stay at home and jam from my bedroom in my long underwear for ya hoping you will share what you love, what interests you, and always try to work out problems and even your feelings remotely and creatively online!

Its Always a Thrill getting to play music for ya safely online here at Data Report Info!