Month: January, 2009

Recording Tip – Getting Organized

16 January, 2009 (10:14) | Audio Recording

These new digital audio recorders are great. They make it easy to have hundreds of audio clips in short order. The problem is the naming (by default) on the zoom H2 and H4 is STE-000.wav etc…. which can be a little annoying. Organizing my efforts really streamlined what I’m able to do [...]

The Time of Year to Really Make Progress

9 January, 2009 (10:04) | Practice

Sometimes I feel like this time of year is THE Best to make progress on the things you are studying. November and December have the distractions of several Holidays and shopping, parties, etc. It seems that everyone is overbooked. Spring and Summer of course have nice weather outside with their own distractions, [...]

Beginning Bluegrass and Clawhammer Banjo Classes

2 January, 2009 (18:00) | Site Info

I’m sorry I didn’t get this posted earlier, but Wayne Erbsen at Native Ground Music wanted me to let people know about a class they have starting January 13th on beginning Bluegrass and Clawhammer Banjo.
More detail is available at the link above to Native Ground Music. If you’re not already familiar with them you [...]

Reassessing Priorities and Goals

2 January, 2009 (10:45) | Practice, Training the Brain

The New Year is always the time for New Year’s Resolutions. I think it’s a good time of year just to look at your priorities and day to day routine and see if you’re doing what you need to do to accomplish your goals. If you’re studying music have you worked practice into [...]