I am quickly coming to the realization that life if short. It’s taken a while, but now that I know, I plan on doing something about it. I suppose I can do two things. Either I can find a way to extend my life, or I can change my life into something that’s worth living. […]
Entertainment
I've got many different hobbies, but some of my favorites revolve around listening to music, watching movies, and learning how to play guitar. My favorite type of music is New Wave and New Romantic from the early to mid 80s and I currently play a Martin DRS2 Road Series guitar. I've been playing guitar on and off since 2012 and have begun practicing in earnest in 2018. As far as music goes, I own an Onkyo stereo receiver along with some Polk and Klipsch speakers. In this category, I write about my musings on various music genres as well as a few movie reviews and thoughts about my playing the guitar, among other things.
Working Through the Sharps and Flats
I am pretty excited right now. For weeks, I have been looking ahead in the material and had this sinking feeling that something terrible was on the horizon. I think it was those sharps and flats I told you about yesterday. Well, as it turns out, they aren’t so bad after all. They are actually […]
Guitar Sharps, Flats & Naturals
I have great news – I am officially moving on to the Sharps, Flats and Naturals section of Session 4 in Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar. This is pretty exciting because it means that I am comfortable with everything up until this point, which was a lot. Now, I’ve heard that it’s quite common to […]
Octave Jump Exercises – Session 4 Bonus Materials – Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar
Ahhh, the dreaded octave jump exercises in the Session 4 Bonus Exercises. I’ve been reading the Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar Forums regarding these and they are by far, the most difficult skill to master so far. I did well with the first octave jump exercise in the “Sixth String Exercises” (bonus materials). It took […]
Learning To Play the Guitar
Man, I feel like it’s been such a long time. I’ve been tied up with all sorts of stuff, one being my new adventure with the guitar. I don’t want to get into a long post about it here because I’ve been writing pretty consistently on the new “Guitar” pages I set up in the […]
Hal Leonard Guitar Method – Book 1
My copy of Hal Leonard Guitar Method arrive in the mail today. I decided that I’ll log my activities for that as well. The series is comprised of three books, bound as one, which keeps things nice and clean. Since this is in no way as comprehensive as Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar, I’ll be […]
Practicing Guitar – Session 3
June 4, 2012 Practice time: 4:30 – 5:00 I warmed up with “More First and Second String Exercises” in Session 2 a few times. I felt comfortable with that and moved on to a few rounds of “Ode To Joy” and “Jingle Bells.” I am good at playing both of those songs at 90bpm and […]
Practicing Guitar – Session 4
June 15, 2012 Practice time: 4:00 – 5:10 Good news – last night, after I finished writing my update on this blog, I started fooling around with my tuner again. Apparently, my guitar was wildly out of tune. I had to adjust every string a pretty huge amount. Now, it sounds completely different and actually […]
Learning to Play Guitar – Practice Logs
Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar Practice Log I’ll be using this post as my practice log for my learning the guitar. I first picked up my new guitar and began learning on May 15, 2012. Since then, I’ve been practicing between a half hour and an hour per day. I haven’t missed a day yet. […]
Finished : No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
I’m not sure what to make of this book. Before I began, I read the reviews. They were very positive. People loved it. Changed them. Told them something they’ll remember forever. I’m not sure if I agree. The book was more of a reflection than a story. It was a point of view that was […]
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