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Reflections of Music In My Life

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Euromerica-a Cyber Duo

In the past two months my music has taken a turn in a slightly different direction. Sometime in mid September, a guy from Paris France named Guy Debreilly who plays guitar (in many different genres) posted a link to a song on the 2090 forum he had recently completed which he called "Green Prairies" and asked if anybody thought lyrics would be appropriate. He said himself that he didn't hear a lyric/vocal line in it but wanted some other opinions on the matter. I was the first to respond and

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Getting Old's A Supreme Bitch!

Being on vacation the past 13 days I was planning to add more to this blog, but the joint pain dancing around my fingers is making typing very difficult. Have to go to the doc soon for BP check & PSA Prostate check, so I'm going to inquire about this. It's really getting bothersome. Wish I was 30 again! John B.

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Chapter 6 Mentors, Legends And Just Good People

No discussion of my musical life would be complete without a mention of all the incredible people who were either an inspiration to me or actually passed their knowledge to me in one form or another. I'll start with my very first music instructor Roland "Saxie" Schollenberger. The man who revealed to me the awful truth about sax playing and forever ruined my fantasy that my ol pal Denny (see Chapter 1) started in me. I'll never forget that little basement studio in Charelli Brothers music

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Chapter 5 Recording Techniques I've Used.

Here are some of the recording techniques and machines I've used up to the present: These are the two units I used for sound on sound-1977-1979: The cassette (CTF-1000) and the reel to reel (RT-707), both Pioneer. The real pain in the butt was having to switch the RCA cords back & forth between input & output. A song that was concieved in this "era" that I recently recorded with my current setup is ”With You”written in April of 1978. In 1984 I entered multitrack wi

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Chapter 4 A "little" Les Paul

A bit of history, for those who don't know: Les Paul wasn't just some dumb country hick who sang songs with Mary Ford. He was a super genius who, as anybody in the record industry will tell ya, revolutionalized recording techniques. He invented a guitar that is used widely in every musical genre from Rock to Jazz, named it after himself and sold the design to Gibson. He invented the harmonica holder that Bob Dylan made famous. He also invented a very insignificant little techniq

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Chapter 3 Songwriter (or "so That's What That Name In Parenthesis Is On A Record Label!)

I should mention my best friend, Mark. He went to college too. Took music ed AND GOT HIS DEGREE!! He stuck it out. Is he a teacher now? No, but at least he has the credentials. He kept me company in my year of torture at Penn State (State Penn?) Anyway. I joined the work force as a factory worker, first in a steel mill, then in a bakery. The music bug didn't let go, though. In the year that I studied and practiced my cojonies(sp) off, I had to study piano and music theory &

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Chapter 2 An Idiot's Guide To Dropping Out Of College

OK, Time to move on to better places in my musical diary. By the time I was in high school I knew the music bug had terminally infected the very depths of my soul. OK, man, What are you gonna do about it. Well, I did alot of goofy things like play my sax along with records (that was more fun than "practicing"), but that got me nowhere. I pondered a performance degree from a place like Julliard or Berkley, but that also wasn't to be either, so the only thing left for any kind of musical care

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Chapter 1 Born A Musical Creature

I was born July 8, 1955. I don't remember at what moment I became aware of how much I loved music. I guess nobody really does. All I remember is having my own record player at a very young age. All kinds of records too. Not just the "hits" of that time. In addition to records by The Diamonds, Drifters, Coasters, Buddy Holly, Connie Francis, Brenda Lee, Bobby Rydell and Ritchie Valens, there were jazz records, adult contemporary records (back in those days that kind of music shared the cha

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