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And this pretty much ends the Healthcare debate

fooMaster — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:59:38 GMT

QED

Via GraphJam

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

fooMaster — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:43:21 GMT

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do!

Hundreds gather in protest of Global Warming

fooMaster — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:15:57 GMT

Jim Rohn

fooMaster — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:15:40 GMT

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.

A two-fer.

Winston Churchill

fooMaster — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:16:44 GMT

Trying to tax a nation into prosperity is like standing in a bucket and trying to lift yourself by the handles.

Ronaldus Maximus

fooMaster — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:57:15 GMT

Groucho Marx

fooMaster — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:56:32 GMT

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.

Robert A. Heinlein

fooMaster — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:25:33 GMT

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

Albert Einstein

fooMaster — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:07:51 GMT

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means.

Ronald Reagan

fooMaster — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:24:07 GMT

A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx.

Claude Adrien Helv�tius

fooMaster — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:47:14 GMT

When I speak I put on a mask. When I act I am forced to take it off.

Notes from Victor Wooten Bass Clinic

fooMaster — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:15:00 GMT

Music is like a language; you learn it best by immersion.

KEY
Find the root internally.
Play a riff, then add the bottom notes.
Understand "top down" chording; rebound and recovery exercises.
Even if you hit a "wrong" note, the notes on either side are in the scale.
Better yet, practice the chromatic scale.

WALKING
Walking is a feel; forget the notes.
Go-For-Feel!
Slow down until you find the groove.

FEEL
When you play, you can play on the down beat and the up beat. You can also play in-between the up and down beats.
When you solo, practice using quarter notes. Fast is just slow sped up.

1. The right notes
2. Technique
3. Rhythm/Tempo
4. Phrasing
5. Dynamics
6. Tone (Important)
7. Articulation
8. Feel/Emotion
9. Space (give the other musicians room; give the music space; analogy: "white space" in page design.)
10. Listening

2 through 10 = groove
You can get 2 through 10 right, and even if you miss #1 it will be fine
(Victor plays a great solo using only the "wrong notes"
They gave an example of how to make the other musicians sound 10x better: stop playing! Let them solo, and when they crescendo, come back in.)

MODES

HO = Hammer On (D-E)
TN = Thump note (E)
LS = Left-hand slap
GT = Ghost Thump
GP = Ghost pluck

(4 measures, 16 notes)


01 | 02 | 03 | 04 || 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 || 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 || 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 

H--|--O | TN | TN || SL | GT | GP | GT || GT | GP | TN | TN || LS | GT | GP | GT

Rotate the notes: start with #2 and end with #1, then start with #3 and end with #2. Continue until you come back to #1 in the starting position.

CONCLUSION
Visualize yourself playing the technique.
Use your imagination to boost the physical.
Use popular phrases as a tempo. You can even use speech as your tempo.

Music is communication.

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These are just teh transcription of my notes from the clinic I attended. You really should check out the clinic itself.

Living with FPS Disease

fooMaster — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:18:41 GMT

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Up Above My Head

fooMaster — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:29:34 GMT

Brother Andrew

fooMaster — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:07:11 GMT

If your vision doesn't scare you, then both your vision and your God are too small.

St. Catherine of Siena

fooMaster — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:17:50 GMT

When we are whom we are called to be, we will set the world ablaze.

I Always feel like...

fooMaster — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:20:56 GMT

...somebody's watching me.

Chuck

fooMaster — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:17:54 GMT

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Rob Whitlock - Sketchin'2

fooMaster — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:26:25 GMT

Featuring Anthony Jackson- Cliff Almond- Mike Miller and Amber Whitlock
Mr Jackson is the father of the 6-string bass.

Tapping and Harmonics Solo Bass - 'Epic Love', Zander Zon

fooMaster — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:28:26 GMT

Epic.

Victor Wooten Bass Clinic

fooMaster — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:28:40 GMT

Victor Wooten and Anthony Wellington Bass Clinic

My Notes:

Page 2, with Autographs:

Interpretation to follow...

Shakespeare

fooMaster — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:17:56 GMT

How heavy do I journey on the way,
When what I seek, my weary travel's end,
Doth teach that ease and that repose to say
'Thus far the miles are measured from thy friend!'
The beast that bears me, tired with my woe,
Plods dully on, to bear that weight in me,
As if by some instinct the wretch did know
His rider loved not speed, being made from thee:
The bloody spur cannot provoke him on
That sometimes anger thrusts into his hide;
Which heavily he answers with a groan,
More sharp to me than spurring to his side;
For that same groan doth put this in my mind;
My grief lies onward and my joy behind.

SONNET 50

For Me

fooMaster — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:35:15 GMT

Make High-Impact Backgrounds for Your Designs with Photoshop

For Matt

fooMaster — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:28:51 GMT

Shooting Portraits like a Pro On a Budget