What a great post that Crunchgear made regarding how Pixar violated copyright law. Apparently, they don’t respect the current copyright laws and are, by example, telling us to not respect the laws either. Maybe we should re-write the existing laws so they work in today’s world to increase content creation rather than limit it. The [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Music’
Guitar Repair Maintenance
I bought a DVD talking about Electric Guitar setup and maintenance. The DVD is titled Fret MD: Electric Guitar and Bass Setup and Maintenance with Al Markasky. Short of a class on this subject, I thought the presentation of the areas covered were excellent. He covers the main areas of setup which in his process [...]
Guitar Scale Sheets
I’ve been working on all my Guitar Scale sheets which you can find the current version in my downloads area (see tab at the site of my blog site). I’ve decided to update them and add additional keys to fill out my collection. The updates are around making the graphics (which are JPG files) have [...]
Guitar – String Bending and Vibrato
Now, I’m probably not a beginner guitar player anymore but I’m not really sure that I’m that far from a beginner. I guess this is one of those areas that I lack confidence in. Yes, I’m building up knowledge and even some skill but putting it all together so that I can replicate the guitar [...]
Harmonic Minor Scales – Guitar
So in my last post, I shared with everyone the generated printouts of the various scales that I’ve produced via the lessons that I’ve had from my teacher over the last year and half (Mick Radcliff). My motivation for the last post was that Mick was teaching me about a new scale (new to me) [...]
Guitar Music Scales – File Download
I’ve cleaned up all my guitar related PDF’s in my download area so check them out. They include Modes (Ionian, Dorian, …), Pentatonic, Blues and such. They include scales for the keys of A, C, E, and G as well as some useful diagrams. I’ve added a new scale which I’m learning about called the [...]
DigiDesign/M-Audio M-Box 2 Pro Vs Roland/Edirol FA-101
I’ve had an M-Box 2 Pro for about a year now. I’m a hobbyist and use it to record practice sessions on my guitar so that I can help myself get better (not sure it helps but hope springs eternal!). DigiDesign/M-Audio who is the manufacturer of the M-Box 2 Pro is very well know for [...]
RIAA get a victory
I know I’m reporting on this very late. In Virgin v Thomas, the RIAA wins a verdict of $222,000 against Jammie Thomas, a single Mom who makes under $40,000/year for 24 songs with a value of $.99/each for a total real world value of $23.76. As an outsider, it is nearly unfathomable at how a [...]
Check this out…
Over at our Gallery, you can listen to Mitchell playing the piano. He is playing Take Me Out to the Ballgame which is very appropriate given that he is totally into baseball right now. Let us know what you think of his incredible playing (we obviously think it’s wonderful!).
New Guitar
After changing guitar teachers, it became pretty evident pretty quickly that much of what I was leaning towards now (and what my teacher was eacher to teach) was more focused towards electric guitars. I had an accoustic (see Gallery/Hobbies/Guitar for a photo) – it’s an excellent guitar. Kathy approved (she is wonderful!) getting a new [...]
Thanks, Wierd Al!
It’s been a while since I laughed this much about a serious topic. I got this from A Typical Joe so thanks. Here is a Weird Al song talking about the RIAA and copying songs. It’s absolutely hilarious and you should definitely go follow the link and listen to the song – Don’t Download This [...]
Guitar Update
I’ve been taking 2 summer classes in addition to my normal lessons. The first is about recording and recording equipment. I bought a small personal stand alone recorder about 6 months ago so that I could hear my playing and determine if progress is being made. The reason for it is that I don’t think [...]
Xander Playing the Piano
Here is a video of Xander playing the piano. Download Link Sorry about the lighting. I learned that one shouldn’t have the windows and blinds open behind the subject while shooting a video. I’ll try and do better next time. Notice Mitchell in the video. What’s he doing? Well, the piano bench has a crank [...]
Piano lessons
Xander completely fell apart today. We managed the whole late afternoon wrong and created a disaster. Usually, we make sure he’s in the house and near the piano a few minutes before his teacher shows up – maybe even practicing. Today though we had a friend over and she didn’t leave till after the lesson [...]
The Song of One Chord
I haven’t talked about my Guitar in a while. On Monday, Edward, my teacher and I were discussing 2 new songs. One of them was Creeque Alley (Mammas and Pappas) and the other was Horse with No Name (America). We had run short on time when we got to Horse with No Name and Edward [...]