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May 20, 2013 Uncategorized Leave a comment
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There has been some confusion about where this quote originally came from. It was used in Metal Gear Awesome, by Egoraptor back in 2006.
The quote actually came from an old “Reading Is Fundamental” public service announcement that ran during Saturday morning cartoons in the late 80′s. It’s one of those things that when you are a kid, sticks in your head and for some reason known only to you, it remains funny and one of your own personal inside jokes.
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Dec 14, 2012 Blues Guitar Leave a comment
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This gets a bit wordy, so if you’re into light reading, you might want to click away now! My current interest is in the blues. If you’re playing blues guitar, you may never play a major scale in your life, but you should know what they are if you’re ever going to play in more [...]
Aug 22, 2012 Blues Guitar, Near The Beginning, Uncategorized Leave a comment
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No doubt about it, I’m not a kid anymore. You know that when people stop referring to you as “wet behind the ears.” I never knew what the meant anyway. LIfe started out for me with a definite bent towards music. I played accordion for a number of years, until the accordion joined most Americans’ [...]
Jan 12, 2012 Computing Lunacy, Recording Audio Leave a comment
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So I’ve become somewhat comfortable manipulating various audio files around and Ardour is a really user friend and relatively easy to learn piece of software… at least relatively speaking. It’s still a beast, but it’s strangely addictive. After working with Ardour for probably a month or so, I decided I wanted to add something new [...]
Oct 2, 2011 Not Music Related - Misc. Ramblings Leave a comment
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Sorry I haven’t finished my trilogy about recording software. I will eventually get around to it. What I would like to talk about today (and after all, this is my blog) comes from my observations about a contest that my son is competing in. Sony Computer Entertainment America is conducting their third annual contest. This [...]
Jun 17, 2011 Computing Lunacy, Recording Audio Leave a comment
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So this new computer is happily running Linux and I’m starting to get used to it. It does pretty much everything I ever asked my computer to do. There is Bluefish, an excellent HTML editor, to replace an ancient copy of Homesite (for Windows) that has been on my computers for time immemorial. Open Office [...]
Jun 15, 2011 Blues Guitar, Computing Lunacy, Recording Audio Leave a comment
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Anyone who knows me knows I’ve been a geek for pretty much all my life. When I was 11 years old (back when dinosaurs roamed the planet), I had a workbench in my bedroom, with soldering iron, a Simpson Volt-Ohm-Milliameter and a Knight-Kit oscilloscope (homebuilt). There was always a twin bed rather than something larger, [...]
Apr 5, 2011 Not Music Related - Misc. Ramblings Leave a comment
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My older brother died last week. He was 65 years old. He just dropped dead of a heart attack while preparing breakfast for a men’s prayer group at his church last Saturday (March 26, 2011). I commented to the pastor of his church that if you’re going to go, a massive heart attack, at your [...]
Mar 24, 2011 Blues Guitar Leave a comment
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Before I proceed any further, I want to make sure the person who inspired this post is acknowledged. His name is Griff Hamlin and he has produced several DVD based learn-at-home guitar courses. I’m currently studying his Blues Guitar Unleashed (BGU) course. Let me say that I am very impressed with his course material and [...]
Mar 20, 2011 Near The Beginning Leave a comment
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So here we are, now a two accordion family. On top of that, I’m teaching. So I’m signed up for an advanced class with their best instructor and within a few weeks they determine I can probably teach any of their new students. The operation ran along the lines of a class of 8 to [...]