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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 03/07/2026

This will be my first video upload attempt on Bluesky. It's the official music video for my song "Waiting At The Window" from my new album "Hues Of Blue." My trusted friend Damon told me it is the song from the album he can't get out of his head. Like all of them, I made it myself. Here goes...

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 27/06/2026

Just as my new album "Hues of Blue" is racing up the charts, a song I co-wrote with Ultimate Rick Jones, "Bon Voyage," featuring the amazing vocals of John Serrano, has also recently dropped. Listen to it, download it, and read all about it here: ultimaterickjones.bandcamp.com/album/bon-vo...

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 19/06/2026

The new Scott Cooley album is in early this year on Bandcamp, the music mall that has everything. scottcooley.bandcamp.com/album/hues-o...

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Hues Of Blue, by Scott Cooley

11 track album

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 30/05/2026

When I was 9 yrs. old, I remember the Bicentennial celebration stuff. Gerald Ford got the Beach Boys to play. They also had Elvis, Elton John, Eagles, Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Talking Heads, Ramones, ZZ Top, Lynyrd, BOC, and Willie Nelson performing in association with our birthday event.

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 01/05/2026

Happy Friday! If you're like me (no judgement), you often find yourself listening to and/or reading about music on a Friday night. I get it if you don't feel like finding and listening to any of mine, let alone becoming a supporter, but if you do: blog.scottcooley.com/2026/05/this...

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This one time, at Bandcamp...

A blog by award-winning American songwriter and independent solo recording artist Scott Cooley.

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 30/04/2026

Tomorrow @ Bandcamp, you can stream all of my music for free, download/own it all for five bucks via subscription, or if nothing else, if you would follow me as an artist, it would be wonderful. bandcamp.com/fansignup

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Sign up for a Bandcamp fan account. Follow your favorite artists, build a wishlist, and get instant streaming and downloads of your purchases via the free Bandcamp app.

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 29/04/2026

Bandcamp allows you to download & own high-quality formats of my music you can play without an internet connection, while meaningfully supporting me as an artist and maintaining control as a collector/curator of your personal library. music.scottcooley.com/music scottcooley.bandcamp.com/subscribe

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Scott Cooley

Award-winning songwriter and independent solo recording artist specializing in lo-fi DIY acoustic rock.

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 29/04/2026

The next Bandcamp Friday is May 1st. Since the Covid pandemic, they have been waiving revenue share and passing it directly to artists, which helps offset recording costs. Thanks for your support of independent music like mine, and for a $5 subscription fee, you can get all 13 of my albums!

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 23/04/2026

This one time, at Bandcamp... I set myself up as a solo artist there. Now you can follow me on there, if you want to. If you don't already have a Bandcamp fan account, you can get one for free (or log in if you already have one), by clicking this link: music.scottcooley.com/follow_me

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When You Need To Fly, by Scott Cooley

19 track album

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 17/04/2026

Why isn't our military using our taxes to try to find Iran's uranium, which is supposedly already underground, and then bury it even deeper and permanently seal it off to prevent any future access? The recommended way to dispose of uranium is to isolate it by burying it underground anyway, right?

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 28/03/2026

My Official Artist Channel on YouTube has 90 free music videos I made that feature songs from my studio albums. You don't have to subscribe to it in order to watch/listen, but if you like my songs, it would be cool if you did. www.youtube.com/scottcooley?...

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Scott Cooley

Giving you interesting things to look at while you listen to original songs from his studio albums for free since 2013, this is the official artist channel of Scott Cooley, award-winning songwriter an...

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 27/01/2026

Some conspiracy theorist made a video claiming a daycare center possibly run by Somali immigrants in Minnesota misappropriated federal Covid-related food assistance funds, then Trump sends thousands of armed people there who kill 2 innocent peaceful protesters? Struggling to connect the dots.

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 12/12/2025

Update: Now that I look around in there, GuitarTuna has a bunch of my songs, but none are quite right. Must be AI-generated somehow. For better results, try my free songbook: www.scottcooley.com/songbook

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 12/12/2025

I have no idea how one of my songs got into the GuitarTuna app, but apparently you can now use it to not only tune your guitar, but also learn to play my song "Where There's Smoke" with approximately 90% correct chords & lyrics, if that's something you aspire to: guitartuna.com/chords/where...

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Where There's Smoke Chords by SCOTT COOLEY | No Sign Up Required!

Learn how to play Where There's Smoke on guitar with easy chords — perfect for beginners! Sound just like Scott Cooley using GuitarTuna.

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 02/12/2025

It's one thing to read what this guy writes, but it's so much more fun to listen to him speak. Very entertaining. Great ideas, like increasing the minimum wage to name one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac-j...

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Why Trump's Presidency is All But Over: James Carville | The Daily Beast Podcast

YouTube video by The Daily Beast

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 08/11/2025

The song "Revolving Doors" from my last album is unexpectedly picking up steam with plays, so I decided to make a music video for it. One never really knows for sure which songs will resonate. I recommend headphones because the left-right shaker panning is trippy. youtu.be/HB8wjCtkHuY?...

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Scott Cooley - Revolving Doors (official music video)

YouTube video by Scott Cooley

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 30/10/2025

It feels good to work hard to earn a living. There are not enough jobs for everyone, which isn't likely to change. I would happily volunteer to solve problems in our country in exchange for a basic income. It's time for America to make this happen: www.techrxiv.org/users/685558...

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The Embui Protocol: Designing a Merit-Based UBI to Complement AGI for Human Advancement

It is apparent that artificial general intelligence (AGI) and large language models (LLMs) are and will increasingly displace traditional labour. Some might urgently advocate the need for a universal ...

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 18/09/2025

Unlike countries like China where you get punished for it, one thing that makes America great is that we can publicly make fun of politicians, the government, and large corporations here. Colbert, Kimmel, who's next? South Park? SNL? They're not inciting violence, they're inciting laughter.

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 28/06/2025

Tonight I got to listen to legendary Flint DJ Mike Norton at Blackstone's. He brought his A game.

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 21/06/2025

Stream my new album: YouTube Music: music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Album - When You Need to Fly

YouTube video

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 16/06/2025

My friend who struggled to understand the election outcome concluded that Trump voters are "not very smart" and are "easily manipulated," which was oversimplified but the best explanation I've heard, until I read this historical perspective: chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-rule-o...

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The Rule of Idiots

In the last days of all empires the idiots take over. They mirror the collective stupidity of a civilization that has detached itself from reality.

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 15/06/2025

You can now tell people you know that you heard Scott Cooley is releasing a new album soon. Or not, of course, but it would be cool if you did. For those interested in learning more details about it, check out this long-form post in my macro-blog: blog.scottcooley.com/2025/06/when...

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When You Need To Fly

A blog by award-winning American songwriter and independent solo recording artist Scott Cooley.

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Scott Cooley @scottcooley.com · 14/06/2025

For the guitar solo on the title track of my new album "When You Need To Fly," I proudly played a custom Michigan-made "frankenstrat" EVH replica built by my cousin Mike of Michael Cooley Electric Guitars. The cover art photograph of birds in Murcia, Spain was taken by my nephew Riley Hart:

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