Music topics I find of interest
Speak Well As a young businessman, I needed to speak to people everyday, and occasionally do public speaking, I knew I needed to be able to speak well. To help me improve my public speaking I joined the Toastmasters public speaking group for a number of years. It was a great experience attending weekly meetings, […]
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Hearing is one of our senses. Most of us take it for granted. We use our ears everyday in conversation. For musicians hearing is the main sense of their craft. Choir Harmony Years ago I was singing in a mixed choir that sang in seniors homes once a week. Later we would practise new songs
Doobie Brothers 50th Anniversary Concert I recently watched the Doobie Brothers 50th Anniversary concert recorded at Radio City Music Hall. Michael McDonald joined them and they played all their great songs, that I grew up listening to back when they were on the charts. Long Train Running was one of my favourites, which was released
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From Chords to Songs After you can play a few chords, and have learned a number of easy ukulele songs, you will start to think about songs you Really like. What Songs Are In The Soundtrack Of Your Life ? What songs do you listen to ? What songs have meaning for you ? They
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12,000 Video Views My original song, Birthday 65 is my most watched YouTube video with over 12000 views ! You never know when you post a video, what kind of success a video will have. You never know if it will be your most watched video ! Most of my videos get under 100 views,
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I have been listening to music and making music since I was age 11, when I started playing drums. As we get older, we relive our music memories of years past. As a teenager, buying records and listening to the radio was how we listened to our music. After records went out of style, we
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The album – All Is Right With The World, was released in Dec.2021. It is an album of the ten original singles released throughout 2021. With each song release, I also did a lyric video. Music Evolution I look back at this album, and realize that I have developed a handful of music skills throughout
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Last Drumming Gig My last drumming gig was in Nov. 2010, but I then held up in my little drum studio, creating drum music that I had never heard before. I quit the band feeling like I wanted to put time into expanding my drum kit and drumming skills, which I did. I already was
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I remember as budding drummer back in my teens, I bought Joe Morello’s book that had drum exercises in the 5/4 time signature. Music in odd time signatures was a goal of mine for a period. I felt as a drummer, my drum counting ability would help me play these more advanced time signature exercises.
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It was not until after I had completed the Balance In Life album, that I noticed a few themes were woven into the songs. I identified the song themes as – Social Issues, Self Improvement, and From Where I Sit, and decided to make song medleys on these themes. The post on Social Issues was
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