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(Stolen from BenK over at AOSHQ)]]> Pitt the Younger http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry141007-130558 Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.]]> Dwight D. Eisenhower http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry141007-130405 The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.]]> America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry120716-143819
By Angelo M. Codevilla from the July 2010 - August 2010 issue, The American Spectator


]]> Benjamin Franklin http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry110428-182307
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
]]> Robert Heinlein http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry101217-123454
"I regard it as Red fascism, distinguishable from black and brown fascism by differences of no importance to me nor to its victims."
--regarding communism]]> Calvin Coolidge http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry100923-132937
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
]]> mr.blacksheep http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry100905-220223
The arc of the clueless is long, but always bends toward embarrassment.


from the comments http://hotair.com/archives/2010/09/04/wapo-hey-that-oval-office-rug-quote-got-botched/comment-page-1/#comments]]> Martin Luther King, Jr. http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry100901-212242
The Arc of the Moral Universe is Long, But it Bends Towards Justice

- paraphrase of Theodore Parker]]> Just wow... http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry100823-213412 ]]> "Those Voices Don't Speak for the Rest of Us" http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry100816-224840 ]]> And this pretty much ends the Healthcare debate http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry091229-195938

Via GraphJam ]]> Johann Wolfgang von Goethe http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry091229-154321
Knowing is not enough; we must apply.
Willing is not enough; we must do!
]]> Hundreds gather in protest of Global Warming http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry091220-161557 ]]> Jim Rohn http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry091209-111540 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 http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry091203-131644 Trying to tax a nation into prosperity is like standing in a bucket and trying to lift yourself by the handles.
]]> Ronaldus Maximus http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry091013-175715

]]> Groucho Marx http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry090820-085632
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.]]> Robert A. Heinlein http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry090814-072533
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 http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry090811-210751
Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means.
]]> Ronald Reagan http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry090804-112407
A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx.
]]> Claude Adrien Helvétius http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry090730-104714
When I speak I put on a mask. When I act I am forced to take it off.
]]> Notes from Victor Wooten Bass Clinic http://www.sitefirst.com/foo/index.php?entry=entry090715-231500
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.

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