tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post5549593455739200282..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: The Intertunnel Is A Useful Thing. Now And ThenSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-11931423022901200662009-08-20T20:52:46.430-04:002009-08-20T20:52:46.430-04:00That was terrific.That was terrific.Jim - PRShttp://parkwayreststop.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-27871189570198829172009-08-20T15:33:35.674-04:002009-08-20T15:33:35.674-04:00Considering just how much I like that tune I think...Considering just how much I like that tune I think I'll give it a whirl....thanks for the reminder.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-86604707614632822572009-08-20T11:22:29.711-04:002009-08-20T11:22:29.711-04:00I remember how unusual, fun, and refreshing the St...I remember how unusual, fun, and refreshing the Stray Cats sounded in the middle of all the 80s drum machine techno-glop.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing.P_Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130988618277500381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-45777992238083280412009-08-20T10:22:44.847-04:002009-08-20T10:22:44.847-04:00"You have to know a little something about wh...<i>"You have to know a little something about what you're doing to get the benefit out of a video instruction like My TwangyGuitar offers."</i>SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-57714314272791439262009-08-20T10:08:14.380-04:002009-08-20T10:08:14.380-04:00It's just like a real guitar lesson: You sit t...It's just like a real guitar lesson: You sit there and watch an uncommunicative guy play stuff that you may eventually go to the trouble of figuring out for yourself. Except this is free, and the guitar is much prettier. And you feel less rude about getting up and leaving in the middle. <br /><br />On the other hand, with a live "teacher", you can hope to catch him off guard and crane your neck around to see what his left fingers are doing. That way, in spite of the conventions of the teacher-student relationship, you may actually gain some knowledge about playing the guitar. With his video you're stuck with just the one camera angle, which flatters the guitar while letting the left hand mask what its fingers are doing. <br /><br />With rockabilly, you only have to learn about 2.5 songs worth of licks to master every note anybody ever played in the entire genre, so this kind of thing is has some utility: If you already know every note he's playing, this provides a shortcut for figuring out which fret he's playing them at. A better shortcut would be to find out what key it's in. But to each his own. <br /><br />But imagine learning anything about real music from a thing like this, where there's more to it than "hammer on the fret above the minor third of whatever". Yeah. Right.Frowardnoreply@blogger.com