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  • Dear Bandcamp and musicians selling there

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    As I’ve gotten back into music, I’ve finally figured out why I got out of it. Streaming sucks. I’m not talking about the quality, or things that disappear, or that so little is paid to the artists, which are all additional reasons it sucks.No, I’m talking about how having everything at my fingertips means all…

  • Mastodon making it fun again

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    So like a lot of folks, I’ve decided to move away from Twitter and over to Mastodon. While it feels a little empty from a big-media perspective, it also feels way more fun. Maybe it’s the lack of the audience-building vibe that seems to permeate everything on twitter. Mastodon has a fresher less follower-count focused…

  • My guitar practice routine

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    Current situation & goals I’m learning travis picking, and I’m getting through Mark Hanson’s second book, The Art of Solo Fingerpicking (affiliate link), along with a few tunes from other places. Right now my short term goal is to learn a basic repertoire of tunes I can perform. Not soloing, improvisation, songwriting, etc. Those will…