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THE GOOD OLD DAYS FOR BOOMERS

Then: Killer Weed
Now: Weed Killer

Then: Getting out to a new, hip joint
Now: Getting a new hip joint

Then: Moving to California because it’s cool
Now: Moving to California because it’s warm

Then: Being called into the principal’s office
Now: Storming into the principal’s office

Then: Peace Sign
Now: Mercedes Logo

Then: Getting your head stoned
Now: Getting your headstone

Then: “Going blind”
Now: REALLY going blind

Then: Long hair
Now: Longing for hair

Then: Acid rock
Now: Acid reflux

Then: Worrying about no one coming to your party
Now: Worrying about no one coming to your funeral

Then: Fighting to get rid of the lying President
Now: Fighting to keep the lying President

Then: The perfect high
Now: The perfect high-yield mutual fund

Then: Elvis in the army
Now: Elvis in a UFO

Then: Keg
Now: EKG

Then: Swallowing acid
Now: Swallowing antacid

Then: You’re growing pot
Now: Your growing pot

Then: Watching John Glenn’s historic flight with your parents
Now: Watching John Glenn’s historic flight with your kids

Then: Trying to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor
Now: Trying not to look like Marlon Brando or Elizabeth Taylor

Then: Passing the driving test
Now: Passing the vision test

Then: Seeds and stems
Now: Roughage

Then: Popping pills, smoking joints
Now: Popping joints

Then: Whatever?
Now: Depends

Then: Ommmmmm
Now: Ummmmm

Then: Our president’s struggle with Fidel
Now: Our president’s struggle with fidelity

May 8th, 2009 | Category: BOOMER VOICES | Leave a comment

GARAGE BAND 101 (part 2)


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As previously discussed in lesson 1, having a CD or Tape player available during rehearsal is an invaluable tool. The ability to listen to a piece of music as a group makes the song’s learning curve a little easier.

If your band wants to get tight, all members must practice the material of a given song at home. You can’t take the chance of leaving it up to each member to be responsible for gathering their own material and practice at home. To solve this problem a band usually designates one member who is responsible for making copies of cover songs for each member to take home and practice along with. That designated person would have to put forth a bit of effort in order to burn individual songs from CD’s or download Internet tunes from their home PC’s and burn a CD full of cover tunes for the band to listen to. Some bands even swap and share digital files such as mp3’s or flash drives full of songs. This also advances the song learning curve by allowing each member constant and easy access to current material and a resource for further reference.

Another method to advance the learning curve of a particular song through individual practice and supplying the entire band with that song in an instant is through Google and YouTube. You can use this tool to e-mail videos to each member’s personal computer.  Now, how easy is that??  Through the use of Google, band members can sit in front of their computer and watch the video while they practice the song along with the audio.

Now, assuming that each member has a computer at home, the designated “song fetcher” can e-mail each member the video.  Google has access to literally googillians of videos, some of which aren’t worthy of a distant mention and some are not worthy at all.  Some videos are homemade tutorials, a lot of which aren’t worthy of mention and others are of “the average Joe garage-band guy” video taping him/herself performing their best rendition of another artist’s song.  Once again, some of these videos are not worth the “click” and others are extremely good.

I’m telling you all this because I truly believe that by using quality videos you can sometimes watch the original band perform the song and you can pick up playing tips along the way.  Whether you are a drummer, guitarist, pianist, bassist or whatever, watch & learn, listen & learn.  Use current technology to your advantage.  Make it easy & fun for your band mates to practice at home. Then when rehearsal time arrives, everyone will have listened to or hopefully have viewed, how the song is to be played.  It really is a valuable practicing too; USE IT!

In the next lesson, we will discuss how to utilize these original recordings as song structure, then tweek the arrangements to suit your playing abilities and styles.

Be sure to visit our New Tech Boomer Music Store Here.

Rock on Boomer Brothers & Sisters!!

Bill

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May 5th, 2009 | Category: BOOMER SAFETY, BOOMER VOICES, BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, MUSIC CONNECTION | Leave a comment

NO BAIL-OUT FOR DETROIT

I wish the current administration, Mr. Obama et al, the Congress and the Senate would just leave the U.S. bankruptcy laws alone. You continue to feed the corporate fat cats with taxpayer dollars knowing full well that they were bankrupt when they came to you seeking funds the first time. Then you did it again a second time, and now you are going to do it again, all with taxpayer dollars you don’t have to spend.

Corporations have been using bankruptcy laws for hundreds of years allowing them to emerge from collapse into resurrected pillars of our economy, and some companies just disappear and some get acquired by stronger competition. Let GM and Chrysler and AIG and other mismanaged companies file bankruptcy, for they may rebuild into much greater companies and cease to put an unjust burden on the American, because after all you have fed the beasts and in return they have picked all the meat off of our taxpayer bones, then they let loose a great big burp in our faces and drive off in their Lambourginis and corporate jets laughing all the way.

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April 13th, 2009 | Category: BOOMER VOICES | Leave a comment