Joe H's freeform discussions cover all areas of music and what it means to be an artist and creator. This podcast is meant for all musicians! Check out the Patreon! My goal is to create a community of creatives who can collaborate and make this podcast better than I could ever do myself. The $1 / month paywall prevents bots and trolls from ruining the experience. patreon.com/Musicians_Take_Note
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Think politics is boring? You are missing the greatest sport in the world. Forget the stuffy TV talking heads and learn what's going on while having a few laughs. Whiskey Politics Podcast is hosted by Dave Sussman onTheIndependent.ioand theRange Broadcasting Networkwhere we interview luminaries, newsmakers and insiders from politics, culture, science, Hollywood and more. Whiskey Politics takes a civil tone and has fun while talking about serious issues. It's all about the long-form conversat ...
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Craig Fields and David Long venture to the cinema to watch and review almost all the films being played.They bring you all the latest with the Oscars & Awards season, from BAFTA to SAG, plus the latest film reviews, news and general chat about the world of cinema and Hollywood.They then let you know what movies are worth it both from the cinema and from streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, MUBI, Disney +, Apple TV + and more.So if you love films, why not give this movie re ...
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HOT TAKES Episode 5 - The Who's "Tommy" is NOT GOOD
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HOT TAKES is coming back at you! Are you prepared to hear such bravery??? My good friend Quinn from Lowspot was kind enough to make a second appearance on the pod. This time around she was willing to risk desecrating her music-loving reputation for the sake of entertaining the masses. After all, taking on a classic, highly-influential band like The…
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Ep 71 - Regas-McDonald: Masters of the Experimental / Catchy Blend!
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We're back with another band baby! This time I got to hang with Sam and Matt to talk about their most recent album "Moon Paint for Black Winter". Here's my selling line for it: imagine feeling like you are listening to an art piece but you are fully engaged and not bored out of your mind. Seriously though, it is a difficult task to push ahead into …
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Episode 70 - The Chewy Center and Their Excellent New Album "Janet Flight"
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We're back! I'm bringing back the weekly episodes with a BANGER of an episode. Podcast alum The Chewy Center are BACK to talk about their excellent new album Janet Flight. This LP is a lean, mean album-oriented rock machine filled with twinges of prog, metal, pop, and even...a barbershop quartet? Seriously, at 40 minutes Janet Flight wastes absolut…
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Seriously...sometimes we all need a break. And that's what I'm doing this week. Mental health comes before a passion project or hobby, and I recognize that I am pushing my limits a bit too far. More Hot Takes and guest episodes are on the way! I want to give my guests proper time, editing, and promotion, so I am going to release those episodes when…
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Ep 68 - Quiet Zoo is Firing on All Cylinders!
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Hello faithful listeners! Today I am quite excited. Why? Because I finally got Quiet Zoo on the pod! These guys came on my radar about a year ago through some sort of Cleveland connection. We were actually on a bill together to play what ended up being the most cursed gig that I have ever experienced in my life. That whole saga should be an episode…
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HOT TAKES Episode 4 - Bruce Springsteen Sucks and Kanye is a PROPHET
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Ayyy get your hot takes right here! We're back for episode 4 baby. Alex came by to share his music opinions after doing a full regular episode, and boy were his takes STEAMING hot. We will start off with a simple one: after years of constant inundation by the fine people of New Jersey, Alex has had enough of Bruce Springsteen. Equating him to a JAG…
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Ep 67 - Marc From Orion's Sword FULL EPISODE
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Happy Memorial Day to my American friends! Marc from Orion's Sword was kind enough to come by and help me kick off the Hot Takes series with his hatred of Dopesmoker. It was truly a valiant effort, as Dopesmoker slander can trigger quite a number of Internet metal nerds. Here's our full conversation, pretty much unedited and meandering between topi…
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HOT TAKES Episode 3 - What are you even talking about with The Clash? (with Holographic Throne)
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HOT TAKES is back for a THIRD episode, and boy do I have a doozy for ya. Zach from Holographic Throne decided to hold no punches and go for a take that will officially make me lose any "cool music guy" cred that I may have achieved. Are you ready? Zach argues that The Clash are not only overrated in terms of their influence on late 70's and early 8…
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HOT TAKES Episode 2 - We Don't Need More Venues, We Need Reasons To Go To Shows (with Chris Wright from Beast Killer)
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TWO episodes of the pod in one week??? Is this real life?? In celebration of Beast Killer's upcoming "Dystopian Now Dystopian Me" album release party at the Grog Shop on May 18th, I wanted to give you all the full Chris Wright Extravaganza. Chris's Hot Take is an interesting one because any gigging musician can relate, even if they do not agree. He…
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Ep 66 - Chris Wright and the Journey Through 15 Bands to Find Beast Killer
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It took me WAY too long to get this guy on the pod. Chris is, first and foremost, a great guy. I know that you see "15 bands" and think "wow, this guy must be completely insufferable if he's been kicked out of over a dozen groups." No no no, you have it all wrong...Chris STARTED most of those bands. Seriously though, Chris is the kind of guy who ma…
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Ep 65 - The Life and Adventures of Citizens Unaware (Jayk and Justin)
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One of the coolest aspects of being a musician is meeting people and building friendships that probably would have never existed without the common connection. Episodes like this one are special to me in that way: I have a tangible representation of a new relationship that has formed. Citizens Unaware is a Cleveland-based rock group, combining elem…
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Ep 64 - Making Music from the Heart and Taylor Swift with Alex Condoluci
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Hey folks! How about this recent run of guest episodes? If I'm being honest my goal for the podcast is to have most episodes feature guests, as I find that format far more interesting than my rambling monologues. Now that I am married and my life makes a bit more sense....the guest episodes are back on the menu! Anyways, I finally got Alex back on …
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HOT TAKES Episode 1 - Sleep's "Dopesmoker" is MASSIVELY Overrated (with Marc from Orion's Sword)
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Every metalhead is aware of "Dopesmoker". In many cases its reputation and lore far exceed its actual listener count. For many, "Dopesmoker" is THE stoner tune. I mean, come on, 63 minutes of wall-of-sound, fuzzed out riffage? What's not to love? Marc disagrees. Marc argues that "Dopesmoker" is quite overrated, to the point where it overshadows ple…
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Ep 63 - The Law of Averages (as applied to music)
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Ah, combining sales and music... every musician's dream! The Law of Averages is a mathematical principle that states that general statistics will make themselves true given enough data. Think about it this way: the odds of flipping a coin and getting "heads" is 50%. If you flip a coin 10 times, it is fairly likely that you will not get 5 heads resu…
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This one turned into a bit of a rant (thankfully not one of the Eric Clapton variety...), so apologies in advance for the ramblings of a madman. To be quite blunt: I am tired of musicians' incessant pretentiousness and feelings of superiority. We fancy ourselves a special breed of humans who see the world differently and are the champions of art, a…
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Ep 61 - HOT TAKES (new series), The Wall is B-tier Pink Floyd
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Hey y'all! I've got something a little different for you this week. When I talk to music fanatics (being one myself) I hear a TON of interesting opinions that go against the grain. Electronic music peaked in the early 80's. Gibson guitars have always been bad. Audioslave is better than Rage Against the Machine. I mean, absolute insanity, right? I k…
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It's so easy to fall into this mindset: does anyone even care? We release music into an ocean of singles and albums being thrown out into the sonicsphere every day. Life problems come up all the time that shift our focus away from our art and passion. And, of course, musicians will never stop being the flakiest and least reliable people on the plan…
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Hello hello! Recorded in the height of my sickness, the message of this episode is quite simple: take care of yourself! It's easy to seek the valor in making music, whether it's braving horrific road conditions to make it to a gig or fighting through a stomach bug to get that recording finished. And honestly...that's pretty dumb. It's going to be h…
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I am SO GUILTY of not recording enough of my own stuff. I play riffs on my guitar and then just forget them. My creative process is unknown to the world because I never actually document it. Hell, it took me until the past year to actually record my live shows! My advice to other musicians is quite simple: don't be like me! Today there is no excuse…
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Ep 57 - Mike Patton's Insane Career
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Hey y'all! This episode is a little different. You may know singer Mike Patton from his handful of hits with Faith No More as well as the massively influential...rock(?) band Mr. Bungle. What you may NOT know is that Patton is in about 42 other projects, covering a huuuuuge range of styles over the last 4 decades. He's still going with a number of …
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Ep 56 - Advice to My 20 Year Old Self
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You know how you think you have the world figured out and can't understand why people think things that aren't what you think and therefore are wrong about everything? And then you get older and realize how much of an idiot you actually are? Yeah, that's me. I wouldn't necessarily change the past, since it's brought me to where and who I am today, …
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So....it turns out that I MAY have distracted Mason throughout our episode, to the point where he never actually had the chance to share his four favorite artists. I can admit my mistakes when they happen, and I hope that the world can find forgiveness in its heart for my horrendous actions. Please listen to Mason as he FINALLY gets the chance to s…
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Ep 54 - Mason The Bassman's Mount Rushmore of Great Artists
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We hit a new record folks! Mason and I talked for nearly 3 hours in this one! Mason is the bass player and one of the singers in Fuzzy Vandelay, America's Favorite Band. He's also the mind behind [pseudonym], which is certainly one of MY new favorite bands. Most importantly, he's a great guy with an AMAZING mind for music. I already had Tich on the…
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If I could give one piece of advice to every musician on the planet, it's definitely to STOP LIMITING YOUR CREATIVITY! Stop setting arbitrary rules for what you can and cannot create. Stop nagging yourself with the thoughts of "what will people think if I try something weird?" Just go for it unapologetically and then move on to the next idea. It's …
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Ep 52 - It's Healthy To Take Breaks
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Here's the thing folks: I tend to be an obsessive person. I find interest in something and then seem to be completely unable to turn my brain off of whatever that thing is. It can be video games, it can be movies, it can be a new type of food.... whatever it is, I latch on and become blindly obsessed for weeks. Music, at times, is my strongest obse…
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Ep 51 - Separating the Art from the Artist
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WELL LOOK WHO FORGOT TO SCHEDULE THIS ON A MONDAY. So this is a topic that comes up quite a bit, especially in the wake of the #MeToo movement and our collective decrease in tolerance for inappropriate (and often criminal) behavior. What we are often left with is influential and impactful art made by questionable characters. In some cases it's pret…
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Ep 50 - THANK YOU TO MY GUESTS AND LISTENERS
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EPISODE 50! WE DID IT!!! Seriously, it's been such a pleasure and honor doing this show for 50 episodes. It's been an amazing ride, and I'm so excited to keep the train rolling onto even greater things. I had wanted to do a music podcast for quite some time, and it's a dream to be doing it now. I don't have much more to say. Below I'll put the name…
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I spent far too much of my life concerned with what others may or may not think of my taste in art. I couldn't enjoy popular music because that was not a good look for a metal nerd. Only the music that I liked was good - everything else was trivial and disposable. The moral of the story is that I was not being honest with myself. It turns out that …
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Ep 48 - The Current State of Popular Music
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Who knew that metalhead Joe would be the one to defend current top 40 music? And yet here we are! Every generation has grumbled about the current state of XYZ and argued that XYZ was "real" in a previous time period. Of course this is not a sentiment that is expressed by all of the members of a certain age range, but it is common enough that you se…
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Ep 47 - Stop WASTING Everyone's Time!
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Let me create a scenario: you arrive to your gig. You're about 2 hours early, as is customary and polite, especially when you play at a venue for the first time. You unload, greet the bartenders and other staff. The other artists show up, and you engage in small talk. You have plenty of time and are relaxed, not worried at all about rushing through…
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Think about the first time you got into music. And let's skip past the days of taking piano lessons because our parents' forced it upon us. Think about your gateway into music, the moments and experiences that made you realize that you were going to be hooked on music for the rest of your life. For me, the memory of that excitement of discovering o…
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Ep 45 - Do What Everyone Else ISN'T Doing
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We often look to our favorite artists and musicians as a sort of template for how to run our own music careers. "Hey, the Foo Fighters are playing stadiums....why am I not playing stadiums???" Honestly, sometimes it's not a bad strategy, but it certainly isn't the ONLY strategy. I go to a lot of shows, especially local ones, and I take mental notes…
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Ep 44 - Variety Is The Spice of Life
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"Variety is the spice of life" sounds like something you expect to see painted on the wall of someone's kitchen. But, let's be honest, it's pretty true! We crave new experiences, new sensations, new discoveries... It's an incredibly important part of the human experience. And it applies to music. Like most things in life, music creation requires ba…
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Ep 43 - Engaging Your Local Scene and Fartsy Art Music with Factual Brains
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We've finally hit the big time on the pod! I had the PRIVILEGE to interview the GREATEST band to EVER exist on this PLANET!!! Seriously though, I am enamored with Factual Brains. These guys came to me on a personal recommendation from Quinn, a Musicians Take Note alum (aka a very trustworthy source). I had 4 or 5 opportunities to see them live but …
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Life is short. There are only two certainties: that we are born, and that we die. Nothing else is guaranteed. This realization is oddly motivating. It helps me realize that I need to take seriously my goals and go after the things that I want most in life. All of the nonsense that we deal with as adults.... so much of it truly does not matter. What…
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Ep 41 - Go All-Out On Your Live Show
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It's the funniest thing. I watch musicians put hours upon hours into their songwriting, engineering and production, promotion, artwork, social media... It's really quite inspiring to watch! Then these musicians will go through the effort of contacting various live music venues and booking agents, get in touch with other bands, put together a lineup…
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Ep 40 - Creative Production Techniques & Inspiration Through Your Instrument with Cory Sharick (Sonic Explorer)
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Episode 40 folks!!! Thanks for sticking here with me! I FINALLY sat down with my good friend Cory Sharick, a wonderfully talented musician and producer with whom I have collaborated extensively (shout-out CLE Trio and Harmonic Drift). While we covered a ton of ground, one thing is clear: Cory knows how to get excited about music and make me want to…
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Ep 39 - Your Art Makes the World a Better Place
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Hello folks! Sorry for the delay - I was a little busy getting married!!! This episode is quite simple. Without art, the world would be a much duller place. Sure, when we hear "art" many of us think of the most popular artists: Da Vinci, Picasso, Beethoven, Pink Floyd, etc. But those shouldn't be the only guys making art. Actually, let me rephrase:…
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Ep 38 - Music Can Be An Unhealthy Obsession
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I, like many others, generally consider music a "good thing" that we all get to experience. How can you argue with that!?! We get to express ourselves in ways that our words often cannot suffice. Oftentimes our musical endeavours lead to new friendships and novel experiences that we will cherish for our entire lives. I also believe that music can b…
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Look. I think that everyone agrees that "near gear day" is the best day. I LOVE having an excuse to buy some new musical gadgets and to play with my new toys. Sometimes my new gear even inspires me, pushing me into new creative fields and putting me on a path that I would have never discovered myself! With all of that said, let's get something clea…
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Sometimes we feel like we are floating on a cloud of music-filled dreams and never want to come down. Other times making music is a drag. How do we keep the love of music consistent when those "floaty cloud times" seem to have passed? Like most things in life, I believe that you just have to be honest with yourself. Why don't you feel inspired? Do …
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Ep 35 - Do I Need To Know Music Theory?
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Yes, but not much. Honestly, I don't have much more to say. A lot of great artists have made a lot of great music with a limited textbook music theory knowledge base. Other artists have made great music after formal training at Julliard or Berklee. There are no rules. Music theory is a way of explaining what is happening in a piece of music. It is …
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Heyoooo!!! Episode 34 - we're doing it baby! I had the pleasure of seeing a Poppy / PVRIS dual-headline show last night. It was a great show! Poppy is one of my favorite recent artists who has evaded me live for years, and PVRIS's singer has one of the strongest voices that I've heard live in some time. For every professional artists that I see liv…
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Hello friends! Having just come off of a short "weekender" mini-tour with my band Mud Whale, the topic of touring is fresh on my mind. The question that I usually ask myself is "how the heck do you make money on these things?" In reality, the members of a local band are not going to quit their day jobs after going on a 5 day tour. It just is not re…
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Ep 32 - Building The Music Career You Want Most with Orion's Sword
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Hello my esteemed colleagues and friends! I am back for another ep, and this time Mark from Orion's Sword was kind enough to join me. We had a wonderful conversation about SO MANY THINGS. I feel, however, that the common thread was a simple but elusive topic: building the band / artist name / music career that you truly desire. Most importantly, we…
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Let's not overcomplicate this: music is a language. Music is an artform, and, ultimately, it is a means of communicating our emotions. It is unique, just as painting, poetry, and other artforms are unique as well. With that said, music occupies our audible spectrum. Most of the time, when our minds create mental pictures around the word "art", we t…
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Ep 30 - Stage Fright (and other music fears)
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What is one of the most universal experiences for musicians? No, I'm not talking about spending all of your money at your local boutique guitar shop. I'm talking about fear! I am fairly certain that every musician - every creator, really - experiences fear at some point. Stage fright is an obvious example. It takes a journey to go from trembling at…
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Ep 29 - Learning Guitar Should Be FUN
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I'll make this bio simple: learning an instrument should not be a chore. What is the point of taking time out of your busy schedule to learn something that is going to LOSE money if you are not going to enjoy the process? It is no way to live. Too often we take on hobbies and then take them WAY too seriously. We worry that, each week, we are not pr…
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Ep 28 - The Greatest Guitarists, Then and Now
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I cannot even tell you how many hours I have spent arguing over people's "10 greatest guitarist" lists. My adolesence was 50% discovering certain things about my body and 50% arguing about why John Mayer is overrated and no one will ever play a Les Paul better than Jimmy Page did. Was that time well spent? I like to think so! The "fad" behind flash…
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I love thinking back to my "past self" and how much of an ignorant dunce I was. My music opinions were especially dense. Any music with harsh vocals was "just noise". Country and hip hop had no place in the musical lexicon. Was anyone even playing guitar anymore? In my personal and very humble opinion, the single greatest way to increase your music…
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