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Learning arabic

I have been learning bits and pieces of arabic over the years.  During the month of June, I am going to spend maybe 20 minutes per day on learning how to speak, read and write.  The main tools to learn arabic that I hope to use are Rosetta Stone and a few books.  Also, I […]

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Self improvement

Getting to the gig early!

Man, a lot of great local musicians forget to get to the gig on time, let alone early.  They spend so much of their time focusing on the art of music that they forget to learn the art of getting to the gig on time!  I am still learning both art forms!  Once you get […]

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Music Self improvement

Learning to sing (2009)

From the original 2009 blog post: For folks that already play an instrument and want to sing! Sometimes I really wish I could sing! I know I don’t have the greatest voice but there’s something really nice about playing a song and singing along to the chords. Or being able to sing the song you […]

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Health Music Self improvement

Playing music when you are really tired

Last night I only slept 2 hours.  Mostly because I was trying to go to sleep so I could get up early to get to a rehearsal.  And then play 3 gigs.  Everything went pretty decently.  Except for parts of the rehearsal and playing the duet gig at the end of the day.  Here’s some […]