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Stuff I’ve learned, never the solo though.
If you had asked me in 2001 if I was going to learn any Led Zeppelin, the answer would have been a quick “NO”. I was singing lead vocals in a rock band before I owned a guitar. I still have to get more comfortable with “Kashmir” & all of the little fills, strings & horn parts, but it’s there!
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450 Curls w/ 20 pound dumb bells
250 Shoulder raises/Chest presses w/ 10 pound dumb bells
250 Crunches
250 Leg lifts
100 Squats
140 Back flexes
55 minutes of yoga over 2 days
I did 2 days of weights & yoga this week just to change it up this week. We have a long weekend every month until the end of the year. I figure I’ll change my exercises every now & then for the year. I did have 1 beer this past Friday to celebrate the return of baseball. It had been 3 weeks without alcohol for me. I’m pretty sure from now on I’ll just have local craft beer in the fridge & spiced rum in the liquor cabinet. Kim drinks far less than I do. She’ll have maybe 4 drinks in the summer?
I’m fine on guitar. I create music that I like. The point of learning a song is to learn what you like, learn how to play parts you like & move on I want to learn stuff I’ve never attempted in the past, like Metallica’s “Master of Puppets”. I had to get my head around the arragement though. I’ve learned and practiced about 1/3 of the song, got confused on what part comes next, so I go to the lesson on www.youtube.com & the tabulature for the song. Most guitar players can’t read music so we read tabs.
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/metallica/master-of-puppets-tabs-8565
When I first learned guitar I learned songs from was about a dozen tab sites. Now there’s EVERYTHING on this site for any song. There was no www.youtube.com when I was initially starting out either. Now I go to www.youtube.com to learn scales, odd chord shapes, tunings, etc. Much easier to learn guitar now than it was in 2001.
Yesterday I figured I should just play the songs I’ve learned & become more comfortable with them. About 3 hours later I had ran through 15 songs & cleaned up a few spots. Foo Fighters, Led Zeppelin, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Nirvana, Nothging But Thieves, Pearl Jam, Pantera, Metallica, & stuff I’ve come up with. I’ll do that for a few days then take on some more stuff. Playing through about 20 songs & figured this out, something I haven’t played in 19 years, & I only played it a handful of times
Even the President has started wearing a mask on occasion, he’s about 5 months late but at least he’s wearing one. Here’s the virus map of the world.
I’m pretty sure the President’s Federal unlabeled law enforcement for the protests is causing more panic than the protesters are. Yeah, run up to me & throw me in an unmarked van. Might as well add tinted windows, a blind fold, & offer me candy like some sick child molester.
If everybody starts wearing a mask, practicing social distancing, & stays home or at least on their property, that map will look a lot better in a month. Common sense, humanity, & respect for others. How difficult is it to get dressed in the morning & go out? While you’re getting dressed for the day add a mask to your wardrobe. Go to work, run a couple of errands, wear a mask as much as possible, then go home. Take your mask off and hangout in your backyard on your deck, patio, lawn, balcony, or open a window. You don’t have to feel like a prisoner. Just wear a mask please?
We all get to take off a mask once were home at the end of the day, I have to wear my eye patch until I go to bed & put it on before I leave the bedroom. I’d rather see things normally than not. I’d also rather treat people with respect so they don’t have to get sick or die, so I wear a mask on the odd occasion I’m in public.
Miami is a hot spot, so guess what happened on Monday? 13 players & staff for Miami’s baseball team tested positive for the virus. The comissioner of MLB cancelled all games involving Miami until Monday, August 3rd. Baseball players usually play a game everyday (60 games from July 23rd until the beginning of October, 6 days off). On Tuesday night Miami got 4 more tests back that were positive for the virus. Like nobody saw this coming????? Better off cancelling the season all together.
LET ME MAKE THIS BLUNT. IF YOU’RE NOT WEARING A MASK IN PUBLIC & PUBLIC DISTANCING, YOU’RE PART OF THE PROBLEM!
My instructor at SIAST past away this weekend. This is the man that taught me how to run a printing press. I was also his guinea pig for the CO-OP work program. I haven’t talked with him since I was working. I do remember that if I had a test with him, the chances of passing the test increased if popcorn with butter & lots of salt were made for him. R.I.P. Gord
https://leaderpost.remembering.ca/obituary/gordon-moffat-1079573550
Other stuff I played through. I’ll do this for a few days, learn the rest of “Master of Puppets”, then learn some Trivium.
“I feel good about the good things, & bad about the bad things”-David Grohl
We’re all Global Citizens,
Chris
“Listen to each other” –Ellen Degeneres
