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barnes' theorem

barnes' theorem

so anyways i got really excited about this. for the last couple of years i have been reading books about set theory, and number theory. to me, these ideas serve a very useful function of modeling events and movements in the real world.

a few reasons the music biz is a good biz: a rebuttal to negative conversation about the state of music

a few reasons the music biz is a good biz: a rebuttal to negative conversation about the state of music

i've been so jazzed about all this stuff. it's been building and building for the last few years and now things are so happening right now, let's take a look at a few points that make me leap out of bed with excitement about how killer this whole deal is.

a. it's very easy to get your hands on mountains of great music instantly. read that sentence again. see, i'm old enough to remember how things used to be in the late sixties early seventies and it was really hard to get records. i grew up in small towns in texas. to get records lots of times you had to order them through the mail out of magazines [heck it was hard to get the magazines!]. lots of times it would take weeks for the box to come. and guess what, it was texas [hot] and often the records would show up warped. i remember sometimes they wouldn't even put the right selection in the box and one would have to mail it back and wait again! now i can get almost anything while i'm waiting for the kettle to boil. and the selection is wayyyyyyy more complete than what was available back then. not to mention live videos and free live shows [you can download more free live shows than you physically have life left on earth to listen to!! yay!!!], web sites where artists stream their new stuff and on and on.

folks….this is the definition of badass. i shan't be listening to any moaning about this, for i can only harken unto the blessing therein.

how to get started in shortwave radio

how to get started in shortwave radio

i'm very interested in this kind of technology that is outdated, yet still viable. an example is in general aviation they have these radio transmitters called VORs, that are all over the county that you can tune into while flying around. you can find your way all across the country with these things and most folks have no idea they even exist. next time you go by a small airfield look for one, they look like a giant bowling pin. it's like forties and fifties era radio technology. it's kind of a funky way of doing it, but it works and has worked for years.

how to make a living playing music

how to make a living playing music

i hear so much complaining about this subject, i just wanted to lay my practical experience on you. free.

first, three pre-conditions:

1. if you are a very materialistic person, skip this article, i don't think you are going to like what it says.
2. if you don't have the music where you want it art-wise, you might want to go work on that, this article isn't going to help you much either. you will be better off by practicing and studying and working on your music instead. you will need to get the art pretty close to where you want it, before you should worry about making much of a living out of it.
3. determine if you are actually called to be a musician. if you aren't called, all the gyrations in the world, won't make it work. if you are called, no matter what you do, it's going to work. this determination will solve most of the problems you are going to encounter.

assuming these three conditions are met, you are financially workable and you have the music where you want it and you are surely called into the art, here goes, in no particular order as i am wont: