Before you can take guitar lessons, you need a guitar. But which one to buy and how much to spend on it? Here are some things to consider before taking the plunge. It’s going to get thrashed, so don’t buy something expensive This isn’t about you being irresponsible, it happens[…]
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Think of this meditation as a ‘micro-vacation’ to the Oregon coast. Sunny but then the clouds roll in, then they blow away and it’s sunny once more. The original idea for this song came out of a 2-chord progression I first played with a dedicated group of hobbyist guitarists many[…]
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As promised, there is new music! Ocean Amblin’ This is a song that has been in development for many years. It all started at a jam session when someone suggested we groove on a 2-chord progression that was quite pretty. The person who suggested it said that he was working[…]
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Good analogies get harder to find all the time. Everybody’s seen everything and every possible kind of comparison has been made between everything because you never know when the right set of variables will trigger a marketing algorithm. So when a good analogy comes along, it deserves to be celebrated.[…]
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I’m in between two interesting weekend gigs right now. Last Sunday (Oct 27) I played with another 1/5th of Dyssband and this Sunday (Nov 3) I will be playing with some fraction of The Imperfect Strangers. For those who may not be aware, this isn’t that unusual. Musicians are a[…]
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I’m so excited about this I don’t even know how to begin. My first EP has been released! I had a fun and extremely educational time doing a recording session and decided to keep the momentum going by taking those tracks and making an EP out of them. So not[…]
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A lot of stuff has been going on lately. A website renovation, several new show dates, and now some fresh & crispy demo tracks courtesy of Jon and the rest of the critters at Pyrate Llama. It took a bit of doing to dial in the microphone setup for[…]
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I like distinctive instruments. Not just because they’re distinctive, although I have always been attracted to the unusual. They also make fantastic ice-breakers. People who may be reluctant to come up and talk to me will often comment on an instrument, and the conversation can flow freely after that. Why[…]
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