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A valuable listen every musician should find refreshing, inspiring, motivating, freeing!
Victor is my favorite all around musician. His unmatched skill on the Bass alone would be reason enough to rank him number one, but it's his approach to music, teaching and life that sets him apart from everyone else. Click on the title to this post to go to his website and learn more about what he's all involved in. Click on the open video button to see his talk on Music as a Language.
See a block of wood become a beautiful instrument in 6 minutes
This is a fascinating time lapse video of the guitar building process. Quite a transformation of materials!
There's a lot of people to fit around the tiny desk for this GREAT installment!
Like jam bands or not, Derek's infectious slide work matched with Susan's expressive vocal cuts right to the soul. What a great band, especially the live experience! Click the title on this post to check out their website.
Introducing Mr. Lester Bangs
I just love this clip from the movie Almost Famous, Phillip Seymour Hoffman was brilliant
... Did you know "The Letter" by The Boxtops was 1 minute and 58 seconds long. It means nothing, nill. But it takes them less than 2 minutes to accomplish what Jethro Tull takes hours to NOT accomplish ...
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