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Site Meyhem: MysqHell

January 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Geek, The Interwebz

Hello. If you’ve checked the site in the last day or two you’ll have noticed that it’s in a complete state. Sorry about that. I’m just moving the hosting and as my basic method for internet problem solving involves random button pushing and this sort of thing I’ve managed to mangle it good – real [...]

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Jazz Improvisation Technique Mushroom

January 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Geek, The Interwebz

Here are some of the weirdest search terms people have used to find my site. Why this is of interest, I don’t know. They just made me laugh so thought I’d post ‘em up…

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does a minor key give everyone the blues
jazz improvisation [...]

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The Ancestry Of A Male Bee

December 28th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Geek

A while ago, I was teaching at the Glamorgan Summer School. Mr. Jack Jones, the trumpet player (and retired maths teacher, and ultra nice guy) in my class, told me this story of the ancestry of a male bee. Sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin…

Females come from the fertilised eggs.
Males come from the unfertilized eggs.
So, a [...]

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Blues in All Major and Minor Keys

December 21st, 2009 · 4 Comments · Geek, Music, Teaching, The Jewel Box

Here’s a list of blues tunes in every major and minor key. I’ve made a Spotify playlist [yet again!] of 24 tunes [the ones underlined] so you could play along and you’ll be playing in every key. Why you would want to do this I’ve no idea, but it might give you something to do [...]

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Banzai For Sale! For Christmas! For Cheap!

December 3rd, 2009 · 4 Comments · Geek, Music, New Recordings, News

So, here we are. It’s coming up to Christmas and you’re thinking, ‘I just can’t think of what to get my Mum and Dad/Nephew/Friend/Pet/etc”. Well, fear not, my friends, for I have the answer. Three good, slightly dandruff-ridden, socially afflicted friends of mine have just realeased their debut album. It’s called ‘We Are The Banzai [...]

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Practice 2.0

November 2nd, 2009 · 6 Comments · Geek, Guitar, Music, Teaching, The Jewel Box

Seems to me that with all the interesting things I’m finding out about via Twitter such as NaNoWriMo, Home Taping, RPM Challenge and NaSoAlMo, that there really should be some sort of practice version. I reckon it could work if you had a way of connecting a few like-minded souls with a common goal, let’s [...]

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