Heading to Columbia for the holiday weekend. My friend Dale is flying in on Thursday night, guess I'll drive up on Friday, stay till Sunday. Big get together at Bret Bursey's place on Saturday. Bret is the guy who won his lawsuit against the Bush Adminstration for not allowing him to protest at Bush's 2002 visit to Columbia. He's one of my heroes going all the way back to the student protests at USC in the 60's. Saturday's party should be an event.
Guitar playing is still my obsession. I had a discussion with a fellow player yesterday about goal setting for guitar. The best advice I've ever heard came from John Fogerty who said to learn to "play clean." Regardless of the piece, regardless of the difficulty, if you can play it clean with out flubs and buzzes it's going to sound good to anyone who's listening, especially you. I've taken that to heart and concentrated on a few pieces that I can play cleanly, note for note, all the way through. It makes playing a real pleasure. Add to that a quality instrument with real character and you've can pass a very pleasant hour or so, alone or with friends.
:: Tom 8:00 AM [+] ::
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