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Health

My favorite juice mixture

Here’s how I make homemade juice: Get a juicer – I use Jack Lananne’s juicer Get some fruit and veggies, preferably organic Put in the stuff, not too fast, and leave some carrots for the end Get a toothbrush to clean out the juicer afterwards (the sooner you clean the juicer, the easier it is […]

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Health

How to make a good smoothie

I love fruit smoothies.  Here’s how I make one and the ingredients I use.  I always use bananas and then add whatever frozen fruit I have.  You can use non-frozen fruit to but I just happen to have a lot of frozen fruit around.  Usually I just use bananas, strawberries, milk, water and hemp seeds. 2 […]

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Music

Playing 4 on the Floor! (Classic Jazz Guitar Groove)

Playing old school jazz from the 20s, 30s and 40s on guitar provides a great growth opportunity for modern players. If you think playing Freddie Green chords for a whole gig is boring, think again!  When the drummer, bassist and keys have ears, plus the soloists are swinging, the rhythm section becomes big and light […]

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Music

Playing songs you know

Play songs you know on gigs.  Know them as well as you can.  If you like a song, don’t be ashamed to play it.  If you don’t like a song, don’t play.  If you don’t know a song, don’t play it.  Learn it at home first, then play it. A good musician friend of mine […]

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Environment Financial/Economics

Hemp is great!

What is hemp good at? lets see, so far i have heard: food – the seed has is at least 33% protein nutrition – there are lots of omega-3s and 6s fabric and rope – for hundreds of years the fiber of choice paper – acid-free (and the first printed edition of the bible (gutenberg) […]

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Music

New lesson – learn to play salsa guitar #1

So I finished a lesson on how to play salsa guitar.  I still am planning to record some audio/video so each section has a demo.  But I figured I might as well release it now and add some more later! How to play salsa guitar I’ve been trying to learn salsa on and off for […]

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Music

Drum circle!

So my musical adventure for the day became the drum circle!  I have gone off and on for many years but last summer I went fairly often.  It takes me on a trip out of the city.  The park is beautiful, the people are relaxed and its nice to hang out in the grass with […]

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Music

Playing solo guitar at a wedding

I  love to play at weddings.  

Especially when it’s outside and there are good people.  

There is something about playing an event that is very important to at least a few people.  

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Music Self improvement

Day-of preparations for musical events

If you want a musical event to be better, make pertinent preparations.  You probably have 2-5 hours to get ready.  You may have less. Look at the big picture.  Are your clothes ready?  Is your gear good?  Do you know where you are going?  Could you use a nap?  Some food?  What is your body […]

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Internet

Slight small safety issue with wordpress

so i forgot my password to this wordpress blog.  i clicked the forgotten password button. and wordpress sent me a new password. except i never entered my email address.  so it was sent to yourname@yourdomain.com.  someone had potential access to my account for about a minute.  i changed the email address and reset my password.  but […]