This Summer I have been making little guitar loops almost every practice session. I wasn’t quite trying to mimic the style of a certain song though I suppose if I was pressed to do it, I could draw some parallels. This was my first time recording using the mic. There are 3 backing parts all […]
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The last few weeks I’ve really pushed dinking around on the internet / phone out of my repertoire of things to bide my time with. But from past experience I know that plan implodes if you don’t have easy things to put in their place. One of the replacements I picked is sketching cartoons. I’ve […]
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One of John Frusciante’s most beautiful guitar-driven tracks is “Ramparts”. It has tons of interlaced guitar parts, it sounds great. So today while I was dinking around, I tried creating something with a similar feel.
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I was looking to upload something to Soundcloud, and it turns out I already had an account, and I stumbled upon this recording from 5 years ago. I quite liked it and thought it was worth sharing.
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For a couple years my dad has been working on a Thew Type-O Steam Shovel from the early 1900s (you can read more about it HERE). Today I was home to help replace some of the structural components of the boom. These pieces were severely eroded after being under water for almost 100 years and […]
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My daughter is going to be 3 in a little more than a week! So I figured it would be nice to make a decoration to help get the little one excited (not that she really needed any help). I came up with the idea and made the base, but was having trouble with the […]
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I try and do something educational with my (2 year old) daughter every day. Most times it’s just practicing the alphabet, or counting fingers. But once in a while we do something more creative. Today I took an opportunity to talk about problem solving.
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An idle sub-par doodle of bread.
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I’m a firm believer that home made Christmas presents are always better than purchased ones. They’re usually less expensive for the buyer, but 100x more heartfelt. Plus you get the bonus of improving your craft! I invested in a Shaper Origin about a year ago, and I’ve loved it, but I just haven’t used it […]
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Here’s some information about it.
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