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FENDER TELECASTER, MORE THAN A FEELING

Playing notes and chords on a Fender Telecaster is an act of history. Even more if it’s a butterscotch Tele. Why? Because it has a legacy. It’s an historical artifact, a throwback, brought up to date every year. Playing one puts you in the legacy no matter how long, whether from 1950 to yesterday. But […]

MUSIC MUSCLE: USE IT OR LOSE IT

Where is the music muscle? In your fingertips? In your ear? In your voice? No wrong answer here. It’s all three, but there’s still something missing. Whether it’s ambient noise, sounds, notes, or whether it’s so important you buy tickets and make travel plans, there’s something about music I still don’t get. On one hand […]

LESSON PLAN FOR TODAY: COMMON HISTORY

First we review what makes up a lesson plan. Wiki says: A lesson plan is a teacher’s detailed description of the course of instruction or “learning trajectory” for a lesson. A daily lesson plan is developed by a teacher to guide class learning. Details will vary depending on the preference of the teacher, subject […]

READING FICTION IN DECLINE?

Reading fiction has been in decline since the first person put a book down and said, “Not for me. Thanks.” A reader doesn’t finish every book. They don’t go into a library with the goal of reading everything. Maybe read everything one author ever wrote, but not everything from everyone. Which brings up one question:

“THAT’S HOW GOOD I AM?”

I watched Bruce On Broadway, his one-man show, and heard him say, “Because that’s how good I am,” a few times. It was Springsteen On Broadway from 2018. I saw it this week because I like to keep up to date. It’s important to stay current in the second by second blogosphere. Here’s what I […]

MONDAY MORNING STARTER: COMPLAINING?

Monday morning, like every morning of the week, starts with a quick look online to see what’s up in there, to see if anything sticks past the first scroll. What stuck? Complaining. My online peeps are disappointed in their engagement numbers. No one reads their posts. And it hurts soooo bad.

WHAT IS A PHILOSOPHICO DIARY

A philosophico diary is where the writer writes what comes to them, like boomerpdx. What comes to me are examples, evidence, of the past coming forward. Today is reflected in the past. How does that work? Everything worth doing has been done, just not by you. Or me. Take last night for example.

MUSIC LESSON AT GUITAR CENTER

A music lesson with the usual suspects? Nooooo. With an array like this, from first guitar to last, there’s only one thing to do: Guitar lesson. Which means go looking for another guitar at Guitar Center. So I did, and much to my surprise I found someone else doing the same thing. Well, almost the […]

FENDER TELECASTER, MORE THAN A FEELING

MUSIC MUSCLE: USE IT OR LOSE IT

READING FICTION IN DECLINE?

“THAT’S HOW GOOD I AM?”

WHAT IS A PHILOSOPHICO DIARY

GOLDEN SILENCE? WHAT’S THAT ALL ABOUT

MUSIC LESSON AT GUITAR CENTER

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