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Posts tagged ‘music’

Learning the guitar, a progress report  

I started playing late-August of this year and I try to practice a little every day. I still love playing it. It’s a very relaxing hobby. This is a little bit of I’m Looking Through You by The Beatles.

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Listening to lately…  

A friend asked me what I’ve been listening to lately so I put this list together for him. Some of these are free downloads from Amazon… the rest are links to where you can listen to a sample or a YouTube video. I listen to a lot of different styles of music (translation: my wife [...]

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DRM is Bad  

Spengler: There’s something very important I forgot to tell you.
Venkman: What?
Spengler: Don’t cross the streams.
Venkman: Why?
Spengler: It would be bad.
Venkman: I’m fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, “bad”?
Spengler: Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
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I’m sailing! I sail! I’m a sailor!  

I bought a guitar last month. I’m not sure why except that I thought it would be fun. I’ve never taken to playing an instrument before. My first and last attempt at musical training ended early in my elementary school career (the violin) for lack of enthusiasm/patience/interest.
I bought a Seagull S6, an acoustic 6-string, based [...]

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