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Book Review: “Confessions of a Bad, Ugly Singer” by Collette McLafferty

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Colette McLafferty lived through an unbelievable, yet true, experience and Confessions of a Bad, Ugly Singer is her account of that time. She is a professional musician, and at the time of this experience she was working as a session singer and singing in several tribute bands. but then in 2011, she was hired to sing […]

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IT HAPPENED TO ME: I WAS SUED FOR $10,000,000 FOR “NOT BEING ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH”

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Like thousands before me, I moved to NYC in 1994 on a Greyhound Bus in pursuit of THE DREAM, a record deal, and a mansion. After a decade of odd jobs and waitressing , I got signed and briefly appeared on MTV Buzzworthy. Like 99.9 percent of those who came before me, however, I never quite […]