I’m in!
]]>Very useful video on how to use a flanger to emulate a number of other pedals on your board. I have to have a Boss BF-3 so I was able to drop chorus and Phaser off my board to simplify the layout.
First morning walk in the park for a long time.
With the release of the film "Oppenheimer", I remembered a book I read back in 1995. "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes.
The stoplight changed to green. Szilard stepped off the curb. As he crossed the street time cracked open before him and he saw a way to the future, death into the world and all our woe, the shape of things to come.
Through lite cloud cover...
Iphone photo through a Celestron 8"...
This is an old one hour episode of the Sirius XM radio show "Success Without Stress" that I stumbled on. It is hosted by Bob Roth and is essentially Jerry Seinfeld discussing TM (Transcendental Meditation) and its impact on his life. I highly recommend that you watch the entire episode as Jerry touches on many things that may resonate with you. They did for me.
I am a "reformed" practitioner. What does this mean? I learned it back in 2019 and gradually fell off as I was feeling great and got busy. I recently got back into the practice and am very glad I did. Reach out to me directly if you have any questions.
]]>My wife caught an early glimpse of the Perseid Meteor shower using her iPhone last night...
My son, Zach, captured a plane as it past in front of tonight's Super Moon. This is using an iPhone through the eye piece of our Celestron Telescope.
— Paul
— Paul
Great wrap up to 3 seasons of Ted Lasso. If you have not seen Ted Lasso, I highly recommend it. BUT, you must watch from the beginning... season 1 episode 1.
I regularly watch "That Pedal Show". Recently, they had an episode titled "Amazing Chord-Melody Guitar Playing & Tone With Tim Lerch". I had never heard of Tim Lerch, but enjoy chord-melody guitar and watched it. It turns out that Tim is an excellent guitar player and musician. He is also a great teacher. Although the episode was very long, over 1 and 1/2 hours, Tim delivered some good insights and great playing. I made a few notes below. It is worth a watch at the link above.
Learn, Practice, Play -
- Learn a small thing and learn it well. Don’t learn too much of it. Take small bites and chew them well
- Practice the thing you learned enough and efficiently so that you can actually use it in a musical and improvisational capacity
“It can take 2 hours of practice to get 10 minutes of beautiful music”
- Play This is the performance, where you actually play the music. You turn back into a musician. You’re not a student anymore, you’re playing!
You need to balance all three. Also, each has a different mindset: - Alert/Focused mind - learn without mistakes. The mind is very alert, judgemental, very articulate and we want to do it right. Slowly in a controled environment. The mind rules the roost - Relaxed Mind - this is during repetition - - Almost nothing
’If you have to give up one thing, give up the learning… and focus on the practice and always do the playing.
Always remind yourself you are a musician!’
