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In My Life – what's happening in your life currently?
20 February 2023
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Sea Belt said

Nowadays I try to record anytime I “finish” a song. Not only do I play it all the way through, I also describe on the tape all the chords and riffs — “okay here you go from A7 to Bm7 bridging with that James Taylor chord” — in case I will forget later (I’m usually not able to replicate something musical by ear, I need it explained or written down).  That James Taylor chord is a handy chord:  just do A7 not barred, but instead of having the open A string be the bass, you press on Bb for the bass.  It’s notated in some books as A7?  

That’s a neat chord progression, kinda jazzy. Bm7 is a good chord, like a Bm but slightly more interesting. Pink Floyd used it a good deal (probably from Rick Wright’s jazz background) so I’m fond of it.

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21 February 2023
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Beatlebug said

Sea Belt said

Nowadays I try to record anytime I “finish” a song. Not only do I play it all the way through, I also describe on the tape all the chords and riffs — “okay here you go from A7 to Bm7 bridging with that James Taylor chord” — in case I will forget later (I’m usually not able to replicate something musical by ear, I need it explained or written down).  That James Taylor chord is a handy chord:  just do A7 not barred, but instead of having the open A string be the bass, you press on Bb for the bass.  It’s notated in some books as A7?  

That’s a neat chord progression, kinda jazzy. Bm7 is a good chord, like a Bm but slightly more interesting. Pink Floyd used it a good deal (probably from Rick Wright’s jazz background) so I’m fond of it.

  

yeah, I don’t know if it’s just age and having played so long, but chords merge into each other in my mind — Bm7 is essentially D6 (with a B bass), and so forth.

James Taylor in his song “Only a Dream in Rio” not only does that progression I described, he keeps stair-stepping up until he reaches E major.  A7-A7o-Bm7-B7o-C#m7-C#7o-Dm7-D7o-E7-A-B (I think I got that right)

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23 February 2023
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Spring will soon be here and the crappy winter will be gone, replaced by a crappy cold wet Spring.

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My spring break wasn’t all that fun. I did go to Williamsburg which was super cool, but that’s about it.

I was with my cousins and their grandparents and then my other aunts and uncles. It was sort of painful for me to see the grandfather/granddaughter dynamic since I lost my grandfather very suddenly 4 years ago. I just wanted that feeling again… Also, my cousins talked to their father on speaker phone a lot. I don’t have a father so that wasn’t fun for me to listen to for obvious reasons. 

During the vacation I was terrified to spend money and to have others spend money on me. I was trembling when one of my aunts asked me if I wanted a Dr. Pepper. If an item on a menu was over $10 I would get anxious.

We also ate 2-3 meals a day. I am a 1 meal a day person. Having lots of food in front of me makes me nervous. But I knew I would get yelled at if I didn’t eat everything on my plate. My strategy was to eat as fast as possible and not think about it. One morning i had to skip breakfast because I was not in the right mind.

On the bright side… I discovered lots of good music from the eldest of my uncles and aunts that were there (heard some beatles too), I learned about 18th century america, and went into some beautiful buildings.

"Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end." -John Lennon

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