November 30, 2007
Where have I been?
I’d always say to myself.
I’m never one to be an “early adaptor” in terms of new technology or new music. They have to go and explore the world for a while before they get to me.
But 20 years?
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November 29, 2007
So, in the first installment I talked about the song’s origin and song structure.
Today, let me tell you about one of my favorite subjects — guitar parts.
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November 27, 2007
I don’t know if you noticed, but I changed my location to St. Paul, MN.
Because I’m moving there in December.
I’ve been living in Austin, Texas for the last 10 years. It’s a great music town.
But it’s always been a bit of unrequited love for me. Austin loves roots music — folk, country, blues, Latin. There [...]
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November 26, 2007
I know they mean well.
And they’re often right, too. A lot of us fail. Not because of them — no, we can’t blame anyone else. Because most of us just can’t win the battle against ourselves, inside.
But we can’t let their helpful advices become self-fulfilling prophecies. Like I said, I [...]
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November 23, 2007
Well, all my family’s been sick (including yours truly) and we cancelled all our plans.
But guess what? I’m not a least bit unhappy. If a common cold is the extent of health problems in this family, I’d gladly endure it. I won’t go out of my way to get it, but still, this is [...]
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November 19, 2007
I’m a man of many mistakes.
Which is fine, except my day job is a web professional. In anything computer-related, little mistakes can have grave consequences. One misspelling can make the whole thing crash. Nothing is acceptable than 100% accuracy. And when you achieve that, do we get recognized for excellence? No. That’s what’s expected of [...]
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November 18, 2007
Today I was playing a Winnie the Pooh Matching Game with my daughter. You know, the kind where you just spread a bunch of cards face down, and try to find pairs by turning cards over 2 at a time, taking turns.
At first, obviously you don’t know where any of the cards are. [...]
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November 16, 2007
I constantly get ahead of myself. I have a very active imagination, so I can imagine 1000 when I see 0.1. That’s a good thing. But I do get ahead of myself.
So it’s been almost a month since my album came out. And I had a terrific start on spinning the [...]
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November 15, 2007
Ah, the age-old question. It goes like this.
We musicians are not in it for the money. Heavens, no. We are in it for the ART. We don’t care about becoming rich and famous. Hell, everyone who does is a sell-out. We’re not selling anything. We’re just creating our [...]
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November 13, 2007
By far the heaviest song on my album, Diamond Sleeps Tonight started out from a simple comment my friend/ex-band-mate Nathan made: fast songs tend to be simple. He was talking about structure of songs, especially in rock and metal. We’re both turned on by songs that are more sophisticated than just doing the [...]
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