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Unreleased Track now on Sound Cloud

Hi there. Been digging through the archives. So much stuff. Found this song that was recorded in 2003 that didn't make it on my 3rd album (called LESLIE NUSS). I loved the song but wasn't 100% on my vocal and…

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Whazzup

Hi. We are in the middle of recording 5 tracks at Gravity Studios in Chicago. We, include producer Doug McBride, Keyboardist Andrew Bray, Guitarist Nic Byrd, Bassist Scott Pazera and Drummer Kevan Watson. It's going well. We did the basic…

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new album

Well, I'm back to making records again. Did two songs with my side project, Specx and now doing 10-12 or maybe even more songs in New York with producer Kyle Paas. The Specx songs are crisp and clean and the…

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Video

Here is a link to a video of Ignore You that was shot by the amazing Dan Turek who just worked on the movie Accidental Love..Dan's so wonderful and I'm still grateful that he shot a bunch of videos for…

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Mention of our new band

You have to scroll down this article, but our new band SPECX got an early mention by Tom Lounges in the NWI Times:

http://www.nwitimes.com/entertainment/locally-shot-music-video-makes-web-debut/article_1ae613a5-2911-546c-b026-1bd42dc17fb9.html

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Still Raising money

Here's another youtube video where I'm being interviewed about the need for inclusive playgrounds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSWHMAvrQbs

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Mayor's Council

I'm a member of the Mayor's Council on Disabilities in Valparaiso and was mentioned in this article due to my fundraising for special needs playground equipment...

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/valparaiso/group-gives-disabled-kids-chance-to-play/article_d8b2d4ed-7c21-52a4-bf2c-fee79a9229ac.html

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Chicago Marathon

Here's a link to my fundraising page from when I ran the Chicago Marathon in November. Crossing the finish line was amazing.

https://www.crowdrise.com/leslienuss

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Raising money

We started raising money to provide more playground equipment that children with special needs could use. This link is not active to donate, but here's what I had to say about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M69jO4IAFeA

and we even shot a music video…

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Club Wonder

For a long time, I've been involved with a group called Club Wonder that is part support group and part social group for families who have a child with special needs. We've been part of a larger organization called Opportunity…

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New Gig

Hi, lately I've been performing as Vale of Paradise with my friend Elizabeth Brauer who plays cello. Right now we've got a local gig in Valparaiso, IN every other Saturday at a place called The Silver Spoon during Brunch from…

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has it really been that long

am I a luddite? so much inspiration and working on new songs, but have to finish them before the end of the year/end of the world