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Posts Tagged ‘instrument’

The 45s: My Vinyl Collection

By Tressa Sanders on October 18th, 2010   /   Listicles, My Music   /   Leave a comment

Back in 2004, I remember sitting on my bedroom floor listening to “Who Am I” by the O’Jays on vinyl completely in awe. Although I’d grown up listening to vinyl, I’d been forced away from it as an adult given the dawn of the digital age. It

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For Real This Time: Learning To Play Guitar

By Tressa Sanders on July 2nd, 2010   /   Featured, My Music   /   Leave a comment

The guitar was never one of those instruments I was ever dying to play however when I was in my early twenties I purchased an electric guitar off of Ebay (when Ebay was first starting and had great deals). I admit the most compelling thing about the

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New Instrument, New Embouchure: P.E.T.E. & BuzzMaster Reviews

By Tressa Sanders on January 23rd, 2010   /   My Music   /   Leave a comment

Recently, I decided to begin playing the trumpet, many years after having given up playing the tuba. In doing so, I needed to develop a new embouchure now that I’m playing a new instrument. I started practicing my buzzing with and without a mouthpiece and was having

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Trumpet Tuning

By Tressa Sanders on January 19th, 2010   /   My Music   /   Leave a comment

Since I’ve started playing the trumpet, I, of course, have been spending some time learning all about the instrument as well as trying to adapt what I’ve learned while playing other instruments to trumpet playing. The one thing I’m noticing no matter where I go for trumpet

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Making Music…

By Tressa Sanders on January 13th, 2010   /   My Music   /   1 Comment

Here is where, a typical record label, traditional or independent, spouts off a long list of fancy equipment and technical jargon that makes it sound like they are really doing something akin to rocket science. Well it’s not that deep here. I can still get professional sounds

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