Greg Loesch (compulsiveguile) – Blog

It was brought to my attention that nearly all the links to blog posts are currently broken. I just recently switched web-hosts, and the migration didn’t go as smoothly as I had hoped. I’m working to resolve this ASAP. Everything is now working as it should

Thanks for your patience!

I just went a Mae concert on 11.1.09 at Skully’s Bar & Grill in Columbus, OH, and as usual, I kept record of their set list. It was an overall good concert, and the small venue made for a pretty cool experience. The band members were practically standing next to me in the front row (at one point in time, the lead singer of Mae was standing like 3 people down from me listening to one of the openers… pretty awesome).

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This was an unfinished blog post from a few weeks ago that I thought I’d post. I was watching an Acoustic Guitar Techniques podcast – lame, right? – and this was my  ”application” of the Drones and Chord Relations lesson.

Like a lot of guitar principles/techniques, this was something a lot of you guitarists have probably already messed around with without knowing the proper name for it. It involves constantly picking (droning) on open strings (usually b and high e) while changing finger positions on other strings. It’s relatively easy and comfortable to play, and the open strings give it a “full” sound making it fun to jam with by yourself.

Here’s my drone diddy: Read more…

A friend of mine recently “rekindled” my interest for MuteMath by raving about their latest album Armistice. With a local MuteMath concert on the horizon, I picked up the latest album on amazon for like $8 and gave ‘er a listen. After my infatuation stage of Armistice passed, it stood as a solid album, yet it still remained off my top 10. I have had MuteMath’s self-titled album for some time, but it had long since fallen from the forefront of my frequently played tuneage. In my mind they were good, but they didn’t quite hit the bulls-eye. Enter the MuteMath concert. Read more…

This is a test Google Wave post that does not look to be working… unless you actually have a Google Wave developer account.

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Looks like we’ve still got some work to do…