Video upload sites like YouTube and Google Video are useful, but their currency is in the past. They rely on events that have already occurred, been captured, edited and prepared for the moment when it’s finally viewed. Furthermore, the viewer will most likely be someone you’ll never meet.
In many cases this will be [...]
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No Pain, No Gain
Posted in Guitar on 17 December 2007 | 4 Comments »
I’m playing guitar in driven earnest once again and have been having a fantastic time the last few days – especially given my discovery that our new sun room shields the rest of the house from even my loudest performances (I can play at all hours of the night now).
However the drawbacks of [...]
A Pedagogical Hootenanny
Posted in Guitar on 10 December 2007 | 4 Comments »
I’ve had two work retreats in the last 3 days, with today’s being devoted to a discussion amongst the members of my two teams to determine where we see ourselves, our department, the uni, and to a lesser degree higher education in general, headed. I won’t bore you with the details there, because it’s [...]
Kyoto Ratified
Posted in Guitar, Politics on 3 December 2007 | 2 Comments »
Via the Sydney Morning Herald (“Australia ratifies Kyoto Protocol“):
“Australia has ratified the Kyoto Protocol. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed the instrument of ratification of the Kyoto Protocol in his first act after being sworn in this morning.”
Good God this boy isn’t messing around!
With his swearing in only hours old, the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol [...]
At the beep, please leave a message
Posted in Guitar, Music, Videos on 24 April 2007 | 5 Comments »
I have nothing worthwhile to say tonight aside from the fact I’m proud I didn’t destroy another computer today and I’m looking forward to being in the Blue Mountains tomorrow.
Lest we forget why we have the day off though.
In the meantime here’s an instrumental song I recorded tonight. I’ve been [...]
Tommy Emmanuel
Posted in Guitar, Music on 1 April 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m in an Acoustic Guitar Music group on StumbleUpon in which group members swap stories and ideas, make song or artist recommendations, and more or less cross-pollinate each other musically. Recently the moderator of the group posed the question “Tell us your opinion on Tony Emmanuel…” This was directed primarily at me, and [...]
Analysis of Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
Posted in Guitar, Music, Videos on 1 April 2007 | 3 Comments »
As per the suggestion of a friendly viewer of this video, who said “You should make a tutorial for this.. good job man” I offer the following:
From the perspective of a beginner, the finger picking involved in “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” makes this song incredibly complex to play. Known as [...]
Ladybugs’ Picnic
Posted in Entertainment, Guitar, Journals, Tablature, Videos on 17 March 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sorry for the silence, but as you know my clone has yet to arrive in the mail and I’m still doing the work of 1.5 people. So blogging has fallen along the wayside again. I’ll start posting regular entries as soon as the work gods feel like going easy on me again.
In the [...]
Analysis of Catch The Wind
Posted in Guitar, Music, Videos on 5 March 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve mentioned before that I will post stuff on YouTube from time to time, and every once in a while I’ll get a comment. Surprisingly most of them have been quite positive (thanks everyone). Even more surprisingly, someone asked me today if I had any pointers on how I [...]
