((( The Practical Seer )))

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I just ordered my Green Lantern ring.
I'll be saving the Earth soon.
As for saving the humans...well...that's Jesus' job

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Luigi Boccherini

February 19, 1743 - May 28, 1805

born in Lucca, Italy, composed during the Classical period
Franz Joseph Haydn may be the father of the string quartet, but Luigi Boccherini might be considered one of its uncles. Born on February 19, 1743, Boccherini was the son of a professional musician who was the first double bassist to perform solo concerts. The elder Boccherini started to give his son cello lessons when the boy was five years old. Luigi continued his studies from the age of nine with Abbé Vanucci, music director of the cathedral at San Martino. When the boy made his first public appearance it was conceded that he had already surpassed his teacher's skills. He was sent to Rome, where he trained with G. B. Costanzi, music director of St. Peter's Basilica. After one year in Rome, Luigi and his father were summoned to Vienna, where they were hired by the Imperial Theater Orchestra. 

Boccherini's compositions were first published when he was 17 years old. In 1765 Boccherini and his father went to Milan, which at the time was a magnet for talented musicians. It was there that he wrote his first string quartet. In the same year, the ill health that would plague Boccherini all his life began to take its toll. The composer endured a further blow in 1766 when his father died. He formed a new partnership with the violinist Filippo Manfredi; they toured Italy in 1767 and made their way to Paris, where they became a sensation. In Paris Boccherini published a number of notable works, including a set of six string quartets. Following his successes there, Boccherini began writing and publishing prolifically. 

In 1769 Boccherini and Manfredi journeyed to Spain, where the composer enjoyed great acclaim. Boccherini then took up another new genre, the string quintet. He in fact became best known for these works, written for string quartet with an additional cello. Now enjoying the benefits of a steady job, Boccherini married in 1771. 

Boccherini's wife died of a stroke in 1785. That year his Spanish patron, Archbishop Don Luis, also died, leaving Boccherini without a position. He petitioned King Charles, asking to be retained in some musical position. Charles granted him a pension and assigned him various musical duties. There was an upturn in Boccherini's fortunes in 1786 when he was commissioned as "Composer of Our Chamber" by Friedrich Wilhelm, who was soon to become King of Prussia. Though he wrote most of his new music for Friedrich Wilhelm, Boccherini remained in Spain, where he wrote his only opera, a zarzuela called La clementina. 

In 1787 Boccherini remarried. In 1796 he entered into an arrangement with publisher, composer, and piano manufacturer Ignaz Pleyel, who both praised and published Boccherini's works while cheating him of income. In February 1803, Boccherini was reported as living in "distress," but this is as likely from emotional depression as financial hardship, for in 1802 two of his daughters died from an epidemic within a few days of each other. In 1804 both his wife and his only living daughter died. It seems clear that Boccherini, although he continued to compose up to the end, had little interest in living, and died on May 28, 1805 of what was described as "pulmonary suffocation." He was buried in the Church of San Justo in Madrid. In 1927 his remains were disinterred and he was reburied in the Basilica of San Francesco in his hometown of Lucca. ~ Rovi Staff, Rovi

MY COMMENT:

Boccherini is pretty much my favorite composer. I listen to Boccherini much more than I listen to Mozart. What a tragic life he had. 
So many deaths and being plagued by ill health. I am rather shocked to read about such tragedy in the life of such a great man. 
May the beauty of the music of Boccherini live forever!!!

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I read about all the hardships Boccherini went through and I can't help feeling,
((( WHAT THE *** AM I COMPLAINING ABOUT? )))

I feel like such a weakling complaining about all these lingering projects

I DON'T WANT TO DO!!!!

Every time I get pissed off and try to do most of them I end up burnt out
and not wanting to do anything for the next few days and, of course, 
those fucking projects keep piling up!!!

Oh well....

Who knows? I may drop dead tonight.
Nice to have something to look forward to

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When I saw this I was wondering to myself:

"Who the heck is Eric Johnaon? Never heard of him"

So I did a YouTube search

WOW!! What a fantastic guitarist!!!

Very, very impressive

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Everything has been working fine with my new acoustic bass guitar.
However, it wasn't very exciting and that's why I have not mentioned it.

A few hours ago I changed the strings to these new ones I bought with the guitar

((( BUDDA BING, BUDDA BANG BAZOOM!!!! )))

What a friggin difference!!!

Suddenly I feel as though I have a guitar that is twice as expensive!

Guess those Ibanez stock strings were really cheap

THESE ARE AWESOME!!!

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My old Tascam audio interface has been giving me some problems.
As a matter of fact, I've had a history of hassles with older unit.

I took it as a sign that it's time to upgrade.

I got a great deal for this unit at Amazon and so I bought it

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I ordered this audio interface unit, from Amazon, then cancelled the order.
I forgot that I'm waiting for these interface units to be USB 3.0
to help further eliminate any delay latency issues that these units can tend to have.

I hope I can keep my old one working until then.

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It sure pisses me off when the guitarists in lessons like this do MORE TALKING than demonstrating. I feel like screaming 
SHUT UP AND SHOW US HOW IT IS DONE!!!! Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. SHUT UP AND SHOW US!!!!

Once you get past the 6:00 point things start 'picking up' (pun intended). 
There's some great stuff here, just too much talking for my tastes.

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This guy has made the chord progression very easy to understand and remember. 
This has become my very first playing along Django Reinhardt chord song!. 
I'll be playing along with the Music Minus One book I purchased.

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"The Accident

"By far the most astonishing guitar player ever has got to be Django Reinhardt ... Django was quite superhuman, there's nothing normal about him as a person or a player..." - Jeff Beck
Django's career came to a screaming halt on November 2, 1928, when he was 18 years old. Due to an accident, Django ignited a fire ball that engulfed the trailer house where he and his first wife Florine "Bella" Mayer lived. Florine made and sold imitation flowers with paper and celluloid, both highly flammable. Returning from a gig, Django knocked over a candle and the fire quickly spread...

WIth the help from neighbors and family, they both barely scrambled to safety. Django was seriously burned, his right leg was paralyzed and the third and fourth fingers of his left hand severely damaged.

It was during his period of convalescence that he again demonstrated man's propensity for perseverance against all odds. With his third and fourth digits badly mangled by the burns, shrinking the tendons, he could only use his first two fingers to fret notes, while his burnt fingers were barely able to fret notes on the first two strings only.

It was during this long recovery period that Django's sheer will power and determination, motivated him to configure an entirely new fingering system in order for him to play with facility as he did before, but only with two fingers freed up for single line soloing.

To the amazement of all, he persevered and came out stronger and better than ever, especially after hearing Louis Armstrong's "Dallas Blues" on an old 78 record. Soon after the accident he discovered jazz and strove to find as many records of Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti as he could. Eddie Lang's style figures prominently in Django's free swinging yet melodic lines."

- See more at: http://www.jazzguitar.be/django_reinhar ... EIynq.dpuf

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So far, this is the only film of Django Reinhardt playing guitar
that I have been able to find. I guess he was self-conscious about his handicap
and didn't like being filmed. I don't blame him

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Sacateca wrote:

I just ordered my Green Lantern ring.
I'll be saving the Earth soon.
As for saving the humans...well...that's Jesus' job
My Power Ring arrived yesterday and fits my middle finger just right. I realize now that I have never liked rings because the proper fitting
has always been too tight for me.

Plus putting a ring on my official "ring finger" throws my hand off-balance.
Green Lantern wears his power ring on his MIDDLE finger, instead of his "ring finger"
I deliberately got the biggest size so that it would fit on my middle finger.
It fits a little loose, but I like it like that.

Okay, I'm ready to save the Earth!!!
MOTHER NATURE is my power battery!

I'll save the Earth and Jesus will save the people.
I don't want to save most of the people
and Jesus OBVIOUSLY doesn't care about saving the Earth.
We should make a great team. 

Jesus can save the people and take all the ugly ones away

I'M ALL FOR THAT!!!

TOO MANY FRIGGIN UGLY PEOPLE FOR MY TASTES!!

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Sacateca wrote:WOW! This is the only person who has turned me on to
a blank chord stamp!!!





What a friggin great idea!!!!

Just what I need for these specialized
Gypsy Jazz chords

Only $7.49 for us super-cool Amazon Prime members!

http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000 ... I9YHX9TV7G
This got here yesterday as well and fits great in the Green Lantern Power Ring box I'm glad I now have a reason to keep that box

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Very well done!!!

I'm impressed!!

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So far, this is the only film of Django Reinhardt playing guitar
that I have been able to find. I guess he was self-conscious about his handicap
and didn't like being filmed. I don't blame him
It's amazing. Django is a jazz guitar legend. You would think there would beAT LEAST one more video of him playing guitar. This is it!!!!
There's nothing else substantial that I could find on YouTube.

Bits and pieces of this performance pasted into other videos.
Oh well.... Better to have this than nothing.

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This is cool.
Django's Minor Swing with awesome swing dancing clips!
Swing was the bad boy's music of its day.
It was the 'Rock & Roll' of its era!

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I'm working on the beginning part of this song.
I have an excellent play along version

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As you might well imagine, the Amazing Slow Downer programis coming in very handy while learning the beginning of Swing 42

http://www.ronimusic.com/amsldowin.htm

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Gosh, I love YouTube!
Great lesson!

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Everything has been working fine with my new acoustic bass guitar.
However, it wasn't very exciting and that's why I have not mentioned it.

A few hours ago I changed the strings to these new ones I bought with the guitar

((( BUDDA BING, BUDDA BANG BAZOOM!!!! )))

What a friggin difference!!!

Suddenly I feel as though I have a guitar that is twice as expensive!

Guess those Ibanez stock strings were really cheap

THESE ARE AWESOME!!!
The chords sound nice!

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This variation of playing chords on a bass
is more sophisticated. I'm learning them both.

I learn so much stuff from YouTube.
In contrast, I learn practically nothing from television except...
that it would be wise of me to watch less of it!

I've never seen a guy play with a glove like that.

I must admit that playing chords on an acoustic bass guitar
seems very natural; as though they SHOULD be played.

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Cool slap-bass lesson!

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Sacateca wrote:Sacateca wrote:


So far, this is the only film of Django Reinhardt playing guitar
that I have been able to find. I guess he was self-conscious about his handicap
and didn't like being filmed. I don't blame him
It's amazing. Django is a jazz guitar legend. You would think there would beAT LEAST one more video of him playing guitar. This is it!!!!
There's nothing else substantial that I could find on YouTube.

Bits and pieces of this performance pasted into other videos.
Oh well.... Better to have this than nothing.
I never realized that creepy looking guy in the group was Django's brother Joseph




"Joseph "Nin-Nin" Reinhardt (March 1st 1912 - February 7th 1982) 
If anyone was born in someone else's shadow it was Joseph Reinhardt. Brother to Django Reinhardt 
he selflessly played a rhythm guitarist's role for his more famous brother, 
even though he was a great guitarist and composer himself. "

MY COMMENT:

They called him "Nin-Nin"???

http://www.marodrom.net/include.php?pat ... ntentid=88

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Django and Nin-Nin
Sounds like a Saturday morning TV puppet show

for retarded kids

Isn't it amazing to consider that when Django and Nin-Nin were famous
there was no television at all.