{"id":307,"date":"2021-12-13T10:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertcottonband.com\/?p=307"},"modified":"2022-12-04T10:34:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T10:34:20","slug":"307","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertcottonband.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/13\/307\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Live Again!!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\"><strong>News Flash!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">Celebrating a New Year.&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">New Beginning.&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">New Hopes &amp;&nbsp;Dreams\u2026.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><em>2022 starts with a new Blues Project\u2026..<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>\u201cRobert Cotton\u2019s Southern Brotherhood\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>I Can\u2019t say too much right now but \u2026<\/em>\u2026. you wont be disappointed friends!<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>STAY TUNED!<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\"><em>Hello Folks, well here we are. We survived 2021!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\"><em>It was indeed a challenge at times. I surely know I had my share of challenges to attend to\u2026 I am sure you all did as well.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\"><em>As far as Music is concerned, a very quiet year\u2026too quiet. We had a lot of time available for organizing, creating songs, polishing guitars\u2026\u2026. some times it just made me want to SCREAM!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"677\" src=\"http:\/\/blueslife.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/unnamed-756x1024-1-e1669799505259.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertcottonband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/unnamed-756x1024-1-e1669799505259.jpg 500w, https:\/\/robertcottonband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/unnamed-756x1024-1-e1669799505259-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9Robert Cotton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\"><em>oh\u2026 and I did a little side gig in 2021 called #<strong>\u201cThe Voice of Germany\u201d<\/strong>\u2026 started back in December of 2020 while watching TV, an advertisement appeared for TVOG\u2026. I thought hmmm \u2026might be fun! Nothing else going on, \u2026. gigs being cancelled, couldn\u2019t even get together with my friends to rehearse, life was void of all social, artistic, pretty much all we know as normal human stimulation \/ interaction \u2026. But you know all that, you were there!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"503\" src=\"http:\/\/blueslife.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/on-stage-Voice-2-2-768x772-1-e1669802543451.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertcottonband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/on-stage-Voice-2-2-768x772-1-e1669802543451.jpg 500w, https:\/\/robertcottonband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/on-stage-Voice-2-2-768x772-1-e1669802543451-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/robertcottonband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/on-stage-Voice-2-2-768x772-1-e1669802543451-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9Robert Cotton \/ The Voice of Germany<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\"><em>It was a wonderful, once in a life time experience, working with fantastic professionals, TVOG team, the Voice coaches, #Naomivandooren, #catt that showed me how to take care of my voice, \u2026.they showed me that just by smoking a cigar and drinking a Bourbon before going on stage won\u2019t cut it\u2026. and of course, the great bunch of young singers that made me feel like I was 28 again\u2026. I made it up to the Quarter final, when it was all over for me, I was sad and it felt empty. \u2026. But then after a couple days, contacts with fellow musicians, friends, words of congratulations for having achieved so much, I was motivated again and began setting up rehearsal and performance schedules, made the necessary contacts for my new #\u201dThe fabulous Robert Cotton Band\u201d CD,\u2026\u2026.. I am back in the game!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"http:\/\/blueslife.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P7S1_TVOG_2277695-768x511-1-e1669802595407.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/robertcottonband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P7S1_TVOG_2277695-768x511-1-e1669802595407.jpg 500w, https:\/\/robertcottonband.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P7S1_TVOG_2277695-768x511-1-e1669802595407-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9Robert Cotton \/ The Voice of Germany<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\"><em><strong>Thanks The Voice of Germany\u2026\u2026.for this Fantastic Journey it was!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\"><strong><em>I am looking forward to a FABULOUS 2022 filled with Life.\u2026\u2026 great music, great friends, great memories!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>\u201cNever Stop!\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\"><strong><em>\u201cThe past is a memory \u2026. make your memories unforgettable!\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Flash!! Celebrating a New Year.&nbsp; New Beginning.&nbsp; New Hopes &amp;&nbsp;Dreams\u2026. 2022 starts with a new Blues Project\u2026.. \u201cRobert Cotton\u2019s Southern Brotherhood\u201d I Can\u2019t say too much right now but \u2026\u2026. you wont be disappointed friends! STAY TUNED! 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