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		<title>The Seekers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 20:57:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Dad and Hank</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like that rattled old clock hanging over the piano My heart skips a beat when I think of you not here The sum of what was once you sits inside an oak urn But I know somewhere you’re listening to my music Music connects me with you since you’ve been gone I do what I do because you shared Hank’s old vinyls Tell me you found him and the PBR is pouring cold If you run into Miss Cline tell her for me she’s hot Keep a watchful eye over me as I tame these guitars For you’re my muse now dad and I thank you for that]]></description>
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		<title>Persistence: A Stubborn Attitude</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenny Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I played violin and studied music as a young boy, and last year began practicing guitar and resuming my studies in music a month short of my 57th birthday. It is from that perspective from which I ruminate and chronicle my musical journey. Thoughts, feelings, and ideas meander without purpose unless they are committed to some form of expression. I consider myself lucky that I have two creative outlets from which my intellectual and emotional energy flows, namely music and writing. Words alone are not enough to express the depths at which my most inward-looking meditations pant for unfettered release into the wilds of humanity. To harbor a feeling of profound uncertainty without the means for its release is a lonely place to call&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>In Search of Tone: Part I</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenny Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tone is the Holy Grail of every guitarist, and I’m discovering that finding your own unique sound, voice, or tone is a right of passage for the guitarist. Acoustic or electric, every guitar exhibits a natural tone. Construction technique and materials contribute to the natural tone of the instrument, its timbre, its ability to resonate and create foreplay in the ear. In my youth I remember my music teacher praising the timbre of my violin, and forty-five years later I finally understand what she had meant. After a year of research and study, I came to appreciate the timbre of semi-hollow body electric guitars and found a Gibson CS-356 waiting for me in Louisville, Colorado. I’ll save the details of that adventure for another&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Back: 4th Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2012 04:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenny Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adapting to additional practice strategies and fine tuning my deliberate practice regime intensified during my fourth month of lessons and life as a disciple of the guitar. I was quite confident that I would hit the milestone of four hours of daily practice by January 2013. I had only one exception to my self-imposed rule, that I would only practice two hours (split between two sessions) on my weekly lesson day. Taking an entire whole day off from practice was a thought that petrified me, so I remained faithful to daily, regimented practice. What if I got sick, I pondered. If I could make it to the bathroom, then surely I could pickup my guitar and practice in ten-minute chunks while convalescing. After a&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Back: 3rd Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2012 08:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenny Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ruminating over journal entries about my third month of lessons and practice, I noticed the dynamics of my relationship with my music sensei changing. I observed that my conversations with him were more like a musician talking to another about technique, improvisation, and music theory fundamentals. Our sessions were intended to last only 30 minutes, but since he had no other students after me, we usually ran over, making that extra 15 minutes of feedback and general talk about jazz or the blues greatly appreciated, and by no means did I take it for granted. As my knowledge of music theory and guitar performance increased, I found myself able to musically articulate questions and grasp the resulting answers. Indeed, I had found a damn&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Journals, Diaries—Whatever</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 10:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenny Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Journals, diaries, notebooks, workbooks, or whatever you call them, documenting your progress and thoughts makes good practice sense along the musical journey. I keep a music journal wherein I document my trials, tribulations, and successes in my music practice. I record such things as what works and what doesn’t; feedback form my music sensei; and my growth as an aspiring musician. In addition to a music journal, I maintain a music workbook, wherein I may sketch a phrase of notes to experiment with during an upcoming practice session, capture a mood or feeling by laying down a few stanzas of poetry that might carry potential as lyrics to a song I have germinating in my head, or ideas for further exploration. As the name&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Back: 2nd Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 20:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenny Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever discouraging, lingering doubts I had about my inability to fret chords and play them clean and clear were quickly being abated by problem solving, persistence, and repetitive practice. Encouragement and support from my music teacher, stronger hands and digits, and tougher calluses on the finger tips were motivating factors to plow through a dry patch of technical obstacles. I reminded myself that reading standard music notation and playing single notes has been unencumbered by technical difficulties, and any fumbles in this area were the result of momentary lapses in my concentration (cranium flatus). My second month of lessons appeared to be an incremental improvement over the previous month, but I knew I could do much better and felt like I wasn’t giving a&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Back: 1st Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 03:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenny Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several months before I committed to taking music lessons, I researched local musicians who taught guitar with music theory. I didn’t want to be taught how to play Stairway to Heaven, I wanted to learn the fundamentals of music theory so I could teach myself how to play songs and compose music. I wanted to learn the language of music so I could communicate with other musicians. I wanted a well-rounded music education to enable myself to read and write music, acquire instrument proficiency on the electric guitar, and compose and produce music. I needed a music teacher who possessed a professional music background and education. On a spiritual level, I wanted a mentor who would take me under his wing and impart his&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Am I Too Old to Play?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kenny Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s plenty of evidence to support that learning an instrument and learning how to make music will rewire your brain in a good way. It’s a no-brainer—music is beneficial to the nourishment and wellbeing of the soul, brain, and heart. If you want something bad enough, you’re going to find a way to get it. I put aside my age, fears and doubts about being too old to achieve musical proficiency on the guitar and made a commitment to myself that I’m going to devote the rest of my life to music. I have physical limitations, such as arthritic fingers and relatively small hands, which fueled many of my doubts about being able to finger the fretboard and form chord shapes. My cognitive abilities&#8230;]]></description>
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