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Woke up this morning to find that both my Pay pal And Itunes were both hacked.

I was not a happy camper at all. I spent about 2 and a 1/2 hours on the phone with both Apple add pay pal to figure out what the hell was going on. I looked at both of my accounts I had over a $1000 in charges for...
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As I stated in the previous thread, my friend Chad got married.

It was a wonderful reception in an amazing location in the country side.

The wedding itself was small, intimate, outdoors. My two guitarist friends provided music for the wedding parties, and both the bride and groom cried. It was a really happy moment... personally, I needed that immensely.

When I wrote my previous
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Earlier this week, a dear friend of mine took her own life.

Spent 3 days away from everyone and everything wondering what the fuck happened... the last thing she told me was “hi” via text, assuming she was just starting her day. No response from her after a few messages. No response from her after a few hours, which led to days. She was fucking...
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Well, the title says it all!!

Tomorrow I'm traveling to Hammond, LA to audition for a metal band...

Oh yes...

Wish me luck!

To start, fuck people lately!

For some unknown reason, making an objective statement as an educator triggers the fuck out of some people...

Here’s what happened:

Venting...

Me on official page of said company and author publishing book-

“Just received my two copies of “book” I plan on taking it for a spin tonight, looking through it carefully and analytically to make sure these are...
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So, in the modern music/jazz world we have these books called “real books” or “fake books” that have chord structures of whatever the book is for. Some lead sheets as well! These fuckers are expensive and bulky as hell.

My jazz professor gave me all...
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I really miss being in a metal band.. and now studying jazz I feel like I’m depriving myself of the good stuff! I need to play something heavy and soon!

I don’t mind getting into educational discussions about music and details into either a bands music, influences, or deep into music theory and ideas.

But when you try to come across expressing a thought or an idea and instead of someone politely expressing to you a mistake or correction in your process and approach, they belittle you publicly and make personal comments directed at you...
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This is literally 30 minutes after I woke up.

No warm up. No pre-practice. No preparations.

Warning its 20 min long, so you dont have to watch the whole thing!!!