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Surf Waves with Jack Johnson

Published Friday March 04 2011

Like a laid back, relaxed beach vibe? Surf waves in reality, musically, and on the Net with Jack Johnson.

Lately I've been listening to some pretty cool music by some beach bum named Jack Johnson. The tunes he plays really touch a chord within me. They are just so honest and selfless, like stories being told by a wise old palm tree that has endured countless days of peaceful monotony, and yet have also experienced the rare tropical storm with gale force winds. I decided to have a look for his website, as I have come to know that humans have written about just about anything of interest on the Internet.

I found out some interesting things about this soft, rhythmic flowing voice and guitarist on his official site, http://www.jackjohnsonmusic.com. The guy is hardly a beach bum; he's been a pro surfer, is a popular surfing film producer, and the weirdest tidbit of knowledge is the fact that he didn't really want to be a famous musician at all! He'd rather surf some waves, and maybe that's why his music is so natural and unforced-he hasn't let his popularity affect his priorities.

The site has got all your average categories: Photos, biography, news, show dates, forum, and music/film releases. The part that grabbed me the most was found in the Photos section, a small link entitled Articles. Here there were postings of actual news releases about Johnson from tiny local papers to big magazines. After recording one song that he usually just played for fun on surf video trips with band G-Love, that one track became the single hit track from their album. After turning down million dollar record deals to keep his already enjoyable surfing, filmmaking lifestyle, he recorded his first album with a tiny record label.

Look, I won't go on and on about his story, you can check it out yourself, or better yet get his album called 'On and on'. I just reckon it's cool how you can add dimensions to your views of reality by surfing the waves of the Internet. To find out a little about the true identities of people you admire for their achievements is just one small aspect of the Internet. Surf's up man! It's time to ride the big, hard to get to waves of our minds.

About the author: Jesse S. Somer, M6.Net http://www.m6.net Jesse S. Somer is a peaceful soul who has surfed the occasional downhill road as well as virtual tidal wave.

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Surf Waves with Jack Johnson

Published Friday March 04 2011
Like a laid back, relaxed beach vibe? Surf waves in reality, musically, and on the Net with Jack Johnson. Lately I've been listening to some pretty cool music by some beach bum named Jack Johnson. The tunes he plays really touch a chord within me. They are just so honest and selfless, like stories being told by a wise old palm tree that has endured countless days of peaceful monotony, and yet have also experienced the rare tropical storm with gale force winds. I decided to have a look for his ...
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LIVING ON THE SURFACE OF A HUGE NUCLEUS CALLED EARTH AND DOING

Published Thursday March 03 2011
Abstract: Modern science has drifted too far from the common sense in a domain of paradoxes. The result is incomplete picture of big bang created universe from exploding singularity that makes seen as elementary particles to fly away from each other and somehow to come together in elements that do this big mystery once again and so on. The structure buildup in the big bang universe is uncertain and contradicts to the observed similarity between the near most distant cosmos. Nature ...
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Blackboard Learning in the Twenty-First Century

Published Wednesday March 02 2011
/p> My grandmother likes to remind me that to her it seems like yesterday that she attended college - something virtually unheard for women of her generation to do. In fact, she and I went to the same university, even studied in the same buildings. But despite those college experiences we share, something makes me think that the way college works now is remarkably different than the way it did when she was there. It seems that the old adage of "Reading, Writing, 'Rithmetic" should be reworked ...
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Play Piano Songs - Learn Quickly

Published Tuesday March 01 2011
There are a lot of different ways on how to play piano songs. One may vary from another and it is just up to you to choose what method fits best for you. Just like how I learned playing piano songs. I understand that it can be a great frustration if you are in a path where you are almost ready to give it up. It is quite hard. I began learning from my sister for she is a concert piano player. However, things did not go well, it was really difficult. Having piano lessons from a piano instructor ...
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Printable Guitar Diagram from guitarmetal.com

Published Monday February 28 2011
Machine Heads / Tuning Pegs - Used for tuning individual strings up or down in pitch. Nut - Used to anchor the strings over the frets. Strings - From left to right, or lowest to highest pitch. Low E-A-D-G-B-High E Frets - Used to create notes by pressing the strings down on them. Pickups - Similar to microphones, they send the sound from the strings to the amplifier. Bridge - Like the nut, the bridge anchors the strings over the frets. Note: The bridge on this guitar is a ...
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Guitar Playing - Technique vs. Feeling - What's important?

Published Sunday February 27 2011
For many people, when they hear the word technique applied to guitar playing, it brings to mind someone spending long hours practicing scales and chords, getting their fingers to work like precision machines that play each note perfectly without fail. With no more feeling than someone doing calculus.On the other hand, when the word feeling is applied, people might think of a smoke filled room in which every face has a story to be told, and the guitar is a means of extracting every pent ...
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Guitar Practicing or Guitar Playing?

Published Saturday February 26 2011
Just because you're holding your guitar doesn't mean that you're playing it, and just because you're playing your guitar doesn't mean that you're practicing. There is a real difference and it needs to be acknowledged if you want to improve your level of playing skill. Some people say they have spent the entire day practicing their guitar when in reality, all they've done was sit in front of the TV all day eating cheesy poofs. The sad thing is that they really do believe it was practicing ...
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Guitar Tuning Tips

Published Friday February 25 2011
Most new guitar players and even some experienced ones have trouble staying and playing in tune. I'll try listing here some of the common mistakes and there solutions. When putting new strings on your guitar you must always make sure you stretch them as you tune them to pitch. I always hold them down on the neck around the 24th fret with my left hand while pulling them away from the guitar body with my right hand. You don't have to use too much muscle, a few firm tugs should do the ...
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A Guitar Lesson to Help You Develop Your Vision.

Published Thursday February 24 2011
Have you ever done any of the following? 1. Made excuses for not practicing because you "didn't have time"? 2. Practiced the same licks and exercises that you did last year? 3. Felt like you had hit a brick wall in your progress? 4. Felt unsure as to what to practice? Unless your name is Steve Vai, chances are you've done at least one of the above! They are all symptoms of having a lack of vision. What do I mean by vision? Vision in this context is having a clearly defined picture in your ...
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Mastering Basic Techniques

Published Wednesday February 23 2011
Every aspiring saxophonist has to master basic skills that are necessary for good musicianship. Good Tone Production: This requires not only having a good reed, mouthpiece and ligature, but also a good daily regimen of "long tone" exercises. Long tones are practiced by playing individual tones for a comfortable length of time (6-8 seconds) without stress. For beginners I suggest playing long tones on a simple major scale. Advanced students should use a chromatic scale, octaves and intervals of ...
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