Archive for the ‘Guitar’ Category

Historic church with beautiful acoustics

Friday, November 25th, 2005

Nice article about my aunt and uncle's efforts to preserve one of the last buildings left from Preston Ranch - it's church: Cloverdale site testament to religious leader, healer The acoustics in that church are supreme for classical and folk instruments. The room is 100% seasoned wood paneling, giving it perfect ...

Mov’d

Monday, July 18th, 2005

We are all moved in to our new pad. Oh my god my legs are tired, my arms are sore, and I am so totally exhausted. I finally have a dedicated practice room/office space. I have my desk set up, my bass in the corner and the guitar next to it. ...

Developing a practice plan

Sunday, May 22nd, 2005

Way back, when I was practicing 4, 8, or even sometimes 12 hours per day, I used to write up these detailed practice plans to plan my practice time into the most efficient patterns possible. I'd break sections of music and exercises down into increments and plan for strict observance ...

Music Saturday

Friday, May 20th, 2005

I've been getting more and more back into my music lately. Gone are the days where I could practice eight hours and still have time for rehearsals and performances, but I'm getting in a solid hour or two every day which is good to keep the fingers loose. In the ...

Practice

Monday, April 18th, 2005

As The Slat Rat duly noted, I recently resumed posting after at least a month of nothing, and sort of light posting this year in general. Part of the hiatus was due to the conversion process of this thing from my homegrown PHP/MySQL contraption to the ever-popular WordPress, a process that ...