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Grimacing Tide Gear

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 Here's what I have to be a Sound Engineer: Yeti Mic Lekato Looper Boss M-30 Marshall MG15R Audacity I am also trying to figure out how to proceed. Here's a description of what I want Grimacing Tide to be: It's a mixed media zine, with a blog, pdf's for download, and a YouTube Channel. It features my musical playfulness. Currently I want to loop bass, then rhythm guitar, then learn to solo over those and record it into Audacity. Then I'd like to make it into a song. So I'm basically learning to assemble a song. But I've got to do it playfully and step away when it becomes frustrating. Check out this example: I am trying to play along with The Dead. I am listening to  https://open.spotify.com/track/0EhYw2m6vHeg7Qus77yLZb?si=hq4DWwaaQZydv3sZNYJEig It’s Ramble on Rose. Pretty sure it’s in D.  “Talking about PRACTICE!”  Tonight I am playing my guitar, then taking breaks to write. While the music still plays. I will join back in later. I will be Playing in the Ba...

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Channel and Episode 1 Launched

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Find it here Baseline of basslines

Tightness of Breath

Be willing to breathe in the sadness and fear. Be willing to let go and mourn.

Refrain

Again and again. Or hold back? I need a language lesson. I don’t know. I need a book. A book of understanding. A place to hold my thoughts externally. Is this a good strategy? We can make a design. Put it under a stress test. See how it holds up. Analysis: watch a video, tell what you see. Inventory: Start with your drawers. I will use FL old drawers. Inventory: cut out a square piece of brown paper. Get a piece of white paper. Inventory: Find a container with things in it. Examine an item. Write down what an item is. Cut out the words representing the item. 

Too busy

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I’m reading “When things fall apart” by Pema Chodron. Watch the sun come up. Watch the sun go down. The tides of the sea, hot and cold, these things will go on forever. Look closely, appreciate, open our minds. Is what I am doing ok? What I am do g does not seem right. It does not seem it’s enough. It all needs less. We need depth.

Basics

Keeping Centered even with surprises and out of the ordinary celebrations. Monitored, consistent. Even with all the undone, falling apart things. Regrets and fears and hopes.  Drink water. Breathe. Relax and trust. Come back to the present moment.