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Dweezil Request For Blog Limitation

Hello Mr. Dweezil.  I don't know if this is even possible but could you put a limit on how often any one member blogs over a period of time?  If you've been paying attention you know what I'm talking about.  I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings but the propensity of a certain members blogs is curtailing my enjoyment of your site.  Just a thought.

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In my years of teaching jazz guitar lessons, I’ve found that there’s a common thread that comes up time and again with my students, both new and old in our lessons. Here is a common scenario that I run across in my lessons. The student will come to their lesson, already knowing how to play one or more jazz tunes and know their neck enough to solo and comp over these tunes, along with playing the melody in one or maybe two positions on the fingerboard. But, when I ask them to jam on the tune, they get nervous, even in a private lesson, to improvise in front of another person, and this fear prevents them from relaxing and playing to the best of their ability.

 

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23 and 1/2 hours: What is the single best thing we can do for our health? - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUaInS6HIGo

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U2 manager Paul McGuinness has slammed Google as "a monopoly" and criticised the way it displays illegal download sites in search results.

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Chris Smart

The Cost of Free Culture

Amid controversy over attempts to thwart online piracy, a Google lawyer proposes reforms to a system that satisfies no one.

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The Grammy-winning musician's interests included jazz, Latin and pop music, and he released more than 50 albums under his name.

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Assessing the Economic Impact of Copyright Law: Evidence of the Effect of Free Music Downloads on the Purchase of Music CDsGeorge Robert Barker January 23, 2012Centre for Law and Economics, ANU College of Lawhttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1990153The Metric is the Message: How Much of the Decline in Sound Recording Sales is Due to File-Sharing?Stan J. Liebowitz November 2011University of Texas at Dallas - School of Management - Department of Finance & Managerial Economi...Read more
Chris Smart

VOTE FOR INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY IN REAPER

Hi folks. 
I'm asking you to please take a few minutes of your time and express your support for improved accessibility in Reaper, over in the Reaper online forums.

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Chris Smart

Twenty Questions for New Artists

Twenty Questions for New Artists
by Chris Castle and Amy E. Mitchell
http://www.semaphore-music.com/2mtp/gratis2/twentyquestionsfornewartists.pdf

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Mars

Ginger Frank

I've seen many takes on Frank over the years but Frank being depicted as a ginger just made my day.

Gingers rock.

 

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