For Christmas my wife’s gift to me was the, “Perfect Pitch Ear Training SuperCourse,”  by, David Lucas Burge.
I wanted this because although I know some tones by ear on my keyboard and bass, I definitely don’t have perfect pitch.  That is, the ability to name a single tone struck on a piano or played on […]

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Every once in a while I’ll go to a karate tournament or demonstration.  Inevitably I see the same thing time and time again that sickens me.

Children wearing black belts, some as young as six years old.
If you are an instructor and have given a black belt to someone under the age of 18 and they […]

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It seems that in trying to achieve a conscious astral projection or OBE the biggest problem is actually exiting ones body.  That is putting your consciousness into your astral energy/body and projecting that energy away from the physical body.

Most people including myself can get into the trance state quite easily. The trance state is the […]

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I’ve been in bands since I was fifteen. And of course been a music fan even longer.  I’ve often overheard music fans say, “that really grooves,” about a song.

I think a lot of people don’t even know what the term, “groove,” refers to.  I think most think how the rhythm of the song moves them […]

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I just got over a short cold myself.  So, I am reminded of how being sick can really screw with a singers voice and their performance schedule.

It only lasted a week.  It started as a dry slight cough and then went up into my head and clogged my nasal passages. 
The cold is gone now, but […]

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Like many other dog owners I’m often amazed at how my dogs respond to my wife and I.  Sometimes it’s as if they were just a little smarter they might start to talk. Our dogs know a lot of words and what is meant when we say them…… “go outside, get it, watch TV, go to […]

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Often time a new student at the kenpo karate class I attend will ask, “how do you actually see a punch coming to even block it in the first place.”

Of course some of it is simple reaction due to training.  This is one of the purposes of drills so that you move without thinking about […]

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Often time I get into the argument with people that think to be good at singing you have to be born with it.  True some people have more natural ability, but you can learn to sing exceptionally even if you have never done so in your life.   That is, provided that you learn the right […]

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I have three little dogs.  When we got our first one she was so cute that we of course overfed her by giving in and letting her have treats all the time.  It got to the point where the dog would turn up it’s nose at it’s food because it wasn’t really hungry and knew […]

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This games been out quite a while.  A few years in fact.  However as this is to date the only video game that I continued to play for years after it’s release date I think that says something for how fun this game can be.

WARHAMMER 40K is my favorite PC game of all time. It […]

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