Good Morning!
The Day After Christmas
If Christmas morning at your house was anything like mine, you have a lot to clean up! Maybe it's only a mess if you have small kids. Anyway, I hope you all had a great Christmas celebration! This is a quick message just to stay in touch and point everyone to some more resources. Maybe you have some time over the next couple of weeks to work on your skills or your equipment. However you use your time, I encourage you to make your relationship with God a priority. He is the only one that can give you what you need to serve your family well. God first, family second, and then everything else falls into place.
New Toy: MXR M-132 SuperComp
My lovely wife gave me a Christmas present, the MXR M-132 SuperComp from Jim Dunlop. This is a compressor, a device that levels out the dynamic peaks in an audio signal. I started thinking about getting one after I read that Lincoln Brewster uses the MXR DynaComp in front of his PODxt. For all of you guitar players out there who are familiar with Lincoln, I'm sure you'll agree that he has fantastic tone. For me, this will be one more tool in my toolbox that will help me create the sounds I hear in my head. I know that everyone reading this doesn't play guitar. I won't bore you all with specifics and in-depth tech info on this product as I begin using it. If you have any specific questions about my guitar equipment, email me.
Learning from YouTube
There are few things that have changed our world the way the Internet has. One area of potentially positive change is YouTube. Yes, there are some trashy videos that are available. Still, if you use some discernment (or borrow someone else's discernment), you can find and enjoy some pretty beneficial content on YouTube. Case in point, I am a big fan of Shane and Shane. They are a duo that made a huge splash in the college scene a few years ago, and they continue to produce some incredible songs. Their music has a tremendous amount of spiritual depth, but it reaches a place of honesty and expression that is rare. In addition to all of that, those guys can play guitar! You can find a lot of Shane and Shane videos on YouTube. Watch, enjoy, and learn!
Planning Update
Gosh, after reading this post, you would think this blog is just for guitar players! That's not really the idea, but it's just where I am coming from. For those of you who are local and interested, we'll be pulling together for a planning meeting soon. Stay tuned!
Andy Johnston - the facilitator
musicsharegroup@gmail.com
musicsharegroup.blogspot.com
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