Category: Music
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YouTube Review: “My Guitar Teacher TOMO FUJITA Gives Words of Wisdom”
I recently watched a YouTube video titled “My Guitar Teacher TOMO FUJITA Gives Words of Wisdom”. In this video (below), YouTuber Mary Spender interviews Tomo Fujita, a guitar instructor who taught at Berkelee school of music for over 20 years; he takes his years of accumulated knowledge and shares some words of wisdom. From this…
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Not putting all your eggs in one basket and Daily Review: Day ending in 2020/10/14
Mental Health Best Part(s) of My Day Swinging on the swings with Elliott. She was sitting on my lap, facing my direction, as swung us on the swing back and forth. The entire time she was smiling and when her cold chubby cheeks brushed up against mine, some dad love feelings ran through my body.…
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Guitar practice journal #1
Today I practiced my guitar for 20 minutes, a generous amount of time these days (if you are parent you’ll understand). During this practice session, I worked ear training: I looped the song The Funeral (Band of Horses) on my iPhone and played along, plucking the individuals notes in chord progression on my Traveler’s acoustic…
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My first singing (and guitar) recital
This past Saturday, I sang and accompanied myself on the guitar, my first time singing in front of a crowd of about 20 people. I played my arrangement of one of my favorite songs: No Regrets by Mike Love. Leading up to the actual performance, so many nerves and anxiety ran through my body. What…
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Why I picked up the guitar
Although I’ve been playing the ukulele for over a year, I decided to pick up the guitar four months ago, when I returned to Seattle after spending the Christmas holidays in sunny southern California. During my visit, my little 13 year old brother and I would occasionally jam. Me on my tenor ukulele strung with…
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Practicing my ukulele
Over the past month, I’ve been investing more time in learning the ukulele, sitting in the office area in the morning, strumming and picking my soprano ukulele for at least 30 minutes either in the early mornings or just before hitting the sack. In addition to my daily routine, I’ve not only been taking weekly,…