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		<title>free christmas music is BACK!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello dearest internet beings, I bring news&#8230; some good, some less than good.
The Good: 

All four of my past volumes of &#8220;festive.mood.inducing.music&#8221; are back and ready for your downloading or streaming consumption now!
I put together a special Christmas album called &#8220;the best-ish of&#8230; festive.mood.inducing.music.&#8221; This features my favorite 12 songs from all of my Christmas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelrakes.com/2011/11/29/free-christmas-music-is-back/</link>
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		<title>new song = the dictionary version</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello there&#8230; I am still alive believe it or not, and have actually even been writing a few new songs.
I performed a brand new song called &#8220;The Dictionary Version&#8221; a few nights ago at 3rd and Lindsley during a special Music City Unsigned 4th Anniversary show.
It&#8217;s always a bit nerve-wracking for me to unveil a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelrakes.com/2011/07/27/new-song-the-dictionary-version/</link>
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		<title>free EP download + bonus track</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So for the next month or so, I&#8217;m going to be giving away my first EP, &#8220;A Sudden Change in the Atmosphere&#8221; and a special acoustic bonus track.
This album was made back in 2008 in Nashville with up &#38; coming producer, Mike Odmark. It was a really fun record to make, and I still play [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelrakes.com/2011/03/01/free-ep-download/</link>
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		<title>so i am an uncle and my song was true!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A quick update&#8230;
For those who were following along with my Christmas tunes this year, you probably remember the last song I released, &#8220;Nobody Wants to Be Born on Christmas Day&#8221; was an original song about my future nephew.
My nephew was due on December 23rd, which was alarmingly close to Christmas day. So I wrote this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelrakes.com/2011/01/04/so-im-an-uncle/</link>
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		<title>2010 christmas ep recap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s volume 5 of festive.mood.inducing.music was a lot of fun to make. Overall, I was pretty proud of how it turned out. Recording the album during November/December and releasing them each week is a bit stresssful at times, but it&#8217;s really worth it and I&#8217;m glad so many folks streamed and download the songs!
To [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelrakes.com/2011/01/01/christmas-ep-volume-5-recap/</link>
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		<title>top albums/ep’s/songs of 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These are just my personal favorites of the year. What I really loved.
Comment back with your own “top-whatever” lists if you’re up for it.
Top 20 Albums
20. Judd &#38; Maggie &#8211; Choose
19. Trent Dabbs &#8211; Your Side Now
18. Andrew Peterson &#8211; Counting Stars
17. Dave Barnes &#8211; What We Want, What We Get
16. Jenny &#38; Tyler &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelrakes.com/2010/12/31/top-album-ep-songs-of-2010/</link>
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		<title>f.m.i.m.v.5 song #5 = “nobody wants to be born on christmas day&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every time a new song is released I will post a little write-up about the song from festive.mood.inducing.music.vol.5
Song #5 = &#8220;Nobody Wants to Be Born on Christmas Day&#8221;
Phew&#8230; the last song! I didn&#8217;t know if I was going to make it with this one. Typically, when I&#8217;m recording these Christmas songs I give myself at least a two [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelrakes.com/2010/12/24/nobody-wants-to-be-born-on-christmas-day/</link>
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		<title>f.m.i.m.v.5 song #4 = “wonderful christmastime&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every Monday I will be posting a little write-up about the song released that week from festive.mood.inducing.music.vol.5
This week, song #4 = &#8220;Wonderful Christmastime&#8221;
Some people really love to hate on the song &#8220;Wonderful Christmastime.&#8221; If we&#8217;re being honest here&#8230; it IS a bit annoying and repetitive. And Paul McCartney can really do no wrong as far as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelrakes.com/2010/12/19/wonderful-christmastime/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;god rest ye merry gentlemen&#8221; @ the bluebird cafe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of playing at the historic Bluebird Cafe with some dear friend&#8217;s in special &#8220;Christmas-ized&#8221; writer&#8217;s round.
See below for video footage of me playing the Christmas Carol, &#8220;God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.&#8221;
Make sure to check out my studio recording of this song too.

(Video footage filmed by Ryan Mitchell)
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		<link>http://www.joelrakes.com/2010/12/19/god-rest-ye-merry-gentlemen-live-video/</link>
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		<title>f.m.i.m.v.5 song #3 = “o holy night&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every Monday I will be posting a little write-up about the song released that week from festive.mood.inducing.music.vol.5
This week, song #3 = &#8220;O Holy Night&#8221;
&#8220;O Holy Night&#8221; is one of my all time favorite Christmas songs. I&#8217;ve tried to tackle it for the last three years on my Christmas EP&#8217;s but I&#8217;ve never ended up with an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.joelrakes.com/2010/12/12/o-holy-night/</link>
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