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Gabe's Rocklog: Ugly Tree
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Saturday, June 20, 2009. Ugly Tree[1] is Michael Nagel's[2] first full-length album, but the songwriting and album craft bear a maturity that most artists don't achieve until their 3rd or 4th album. The album struggles mainly with the contrast of the church and the homeless. It's available for download from BandCamp[1], with a name-your-own price (including $0). From the very start, it's clear that he's trying to make "main-stream" Christians uncomfortable:. To keep you warm. And April Fifth was freezing.
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Gabe's Rocklog: September 2008
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Friday, September 12, 2008. The Total Quality Management Church. Been to any "modern" churches or church websites, lately? Here's a few examples:. Irving Bible Church (TX). Prestonwood Baptist Church (TX). Very slick. Almost as much Flash animation as as a sports-related site (that's not a compliment). Stock photos of beautiful, happy, shiny, well-fed, well-dressed, trendy people. Is this what the church is supposed to look like? It seems like it starts when things in a church get better organized. There...
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Gabe's Rocklog: Filling me up with your rule...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009. Filling me up with your rule. For the past couple of years I've been focusing, in my own songwriting, on praise and worship music. I'd like to see P&W music be more. exciting as an art form. Exiting in a Radiohead way. not a snake handling way. :-) Along the way I've gathered lots of rules (from others and from my own personal convictions). Rules like:. Try not to make Jesus your girlfriend. Make the melodies singable (2-3 notes). Needs to convey some manner of truth. My rules a...
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Gabe's Rocklog: August 2009
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Thursday, August 13, 2009. EQ (or, how to turn down the "suck" knob). Warning: this blog post contains a science experiment. So your sweet guitar tone sounded like crap when you got to the concert. Or maybe band practice was awesome. but things sounded really bad at the gig. Why does my stereo sound so bad when I turn it up really loud? Or down really quiet? The answer: it's your ears. The noise is. Scientists have studied this, and the result is called the "Equal Loudness Curve:"[1]. Ok, time for a scie...
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Gabe's Rocklog: Large -- Mary's Song
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009. Large - Mary's Song. I set out a couple years ago to write a Christmas album. This is the only one I've finished so far. It's my gift to you. Merry Christmas! Large - Mary's Song [featuring Courtney Ramsey] by Gabriel Beddingfield. Note: link to bandcamp page. Wow I dont know why I hadnt heard this until now.half a year after the fact. I love this. Well done man. Really well done. April 27, 2010 at 9:17 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Guitar lessons with Steve.
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Gabe's Rocklog: June 2009
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Saturday, June 20, 2009. Ugly Tree[1] is Michael Nagel's[2] first full-length album, but the songwriting and album craft bear a maturity that most artists don't achieve until their 3rd or 4th album. The album struggles mainly with the contrast of the church and the homeless. It's available for download from BandCamp[1], with a name-your-own price (including $0). From the very start, it's clear that he's trying to make "main-stream" Christians uncomfortable:. To keep you warm. And April Fifth was freezing.
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Gabe's Rocklog: May 2008
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008. I'm going to see Hey Hollywood. This Friday at The Door Dallas. Let me know if you want to go, too. :-). Saturday, May 3, 2008. How to embed audio in your blog. Many of us want to embed audio clips into our blog. Here's one way to do it. (There are many ways to do it. none of them are. well. easy.). First, you need to have a service for hosting your audio files. You can't store them on blogger. Steve found box.net. But check this link. What they actually see depends on their oper...
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Gabe's Rocklog: EQ (or, how to turn down the "suck" knob)
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Thursday, August 13, 2009. EQ (or, how to turn down the "suck" knob). Warning: this blog post contains a science experiment. So your sweet guitar tone sounded like crap when you got to the concert. Or maybe band practice was awesome. but things sounded really bad at the gig. Why does my stereo sound so bad when I turn it up really loud? Or down really quiet? The answer: it's your ears. The noise is. Scientists have studied this, and the result is called the "Equal Loudness Curve:"[1]. Ok, time for a scie...
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Gabe's Rocklog: March 2008
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Monday, March 31, 2008. A couple years ago, I needed a new guitar cable with a 90° jack. I went to Guitar Center. To pick one out. The cable I liked was an 18-foot Monster Cable. Performer 500 Instrument Cable). It was big, large-gage wire. There was one problem: the jacks are molded. He said, "I'll make you a better offer: If it ever breaks, just bring in both pieces and we'll give you a new one. It comes with a lifetime warranty." I said, "Cool." I was sold. So, the whole sales pitch about being "optim...
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Gabe's Rocklog: November 2008
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Synth: Envelopes, VCA's, and the ALSA Modular Synth. While learning about subtractive synthesis, it works a lot better if you have a modular synth available to play with. The problem is that modular synths are boucoup expensive. So, the next best thing is a virtual modular synth. a program that runs on your PC. The best one I know of (for learning) is the ALSA Modular Synth. In the next figure, I've laid out several modules:. MCV - Midi Controlled Voltage module. However, I've...
