March 07, 2010
MUSIC BLOGGING
Looking back now, I can see that a big reason I was so devoted to this blog project was twofold--to provide a place where I could spout off about any given topic, just as I used to do in the bars, and to chime in on the story of the day, usually involving politics...well, for once, my side won. Being hopeful doesn't make for an urgent need to spout off. And I guess I'm not missing the alcoholic soapbox nearly as much. So what to do with this space? Keep paying the rent on a useless old soapbox? or maybe cut a hole in it and put on some strings...
So if less verbal content in the future, perhaps I can commit to contributing more of what I have been working on lately--music. Today's contribution is a composition I put together these past few weeks, a chord cycle that occurred to me out of the blue and which turns out to be fun to improvise on. the two guitars are my recently-acquired breedlove hybrid classical, run through a wah pedal (am I the first to do so? cuz it sounds pretty great...) and my new strat build, the pink swamp ash guitar with the two harmonic design z-90 pickups. gets a great two-pickup tone, I think. see if you agree. "For Reals" after an expression my daughter brought home one day. Some funky guitar playing for your Sunday afternoon... available for download under the new heading "PLINK SESSIONS"...
Peace on Earth.
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