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When the band was a quartet, the fourth played a Casino, and it was fantastic.  Epiphone is the best value in guitars, I think.

OK!  First track is done.  40 Years of Trouble by the 2AM Under the Stairwell Players (which is where and when I found them.)

http://soundcloud.com/jerome-oneil/40-years-of-trouble

This was done on one mic in one try.   Because it is a single mic track, it's mono, and there isn't a whole lot to do as far as editing goes.  I put a cut filter in at 250Hz to clear up the guitars a bit, and a boost at around 800 to help the vocals out, but other than that, what you are hearing is pretty much raw audio.

That was me, and yes she is.  She's also a Seattle native. 

* Steps up on soapbox...

One of the great things about living here is that the music scene has always been geared towards original acts, rather than cover bands.  If you write and play your own stuff, there are a lot of opportunities to play, and the result is a long, long line of really talented folks coming out of this town.  You can go all the way back to Bing Crosby, and your path will cross The Whalers (of Louie Louie fame), Jimi Hendrix, Heart, Kenny G, the small army of fabulous grunge bands that fell out of Andy Woods' (of Mother Love Bone) death that included Mudhoney, Pearl Jam, and bits of Soundgarden, but also Alice in Chains and Nirvana,  to the modern and bizarre and "indie" like Death Cab for Cutie,   The Postal Service, The Melvins, Modest Mouse, The Posies, The Presidents of the United States of America, and even Sir-Mix-a-Lot.

Now we're seeing a bit of an "old time" country revival, of which Zoe is one of the tops.  I discovered her as an opener for Justin Townes Earle at the Tractor Tavern a couple years ago (seems like, anyway) and immediately fell in love.  She was visibly nervous, but it took about three seconds of her singing to wow the crowd.  Another one to check out is Ben Gilmer.  He's from Georgia originally, but moved up here a few years ago to pursue his Ph.D at the University, and oh yeah... make records.    I found him the same way.  Opening up for Joe Pug.   Something about the Tractor makes for great openers, I guess.

* Steps off soapbox....

Ear training is really handy if you're playing with people that have trouble describing what they're going to do. 

No theory guy - "Hey, do you know Song X?"

Theory guy - "What key is it in, and I can probably fake it."

NTG - "Key?  I just play from my gut!"

At that point, TG can have NTG play a few bars, and ear training will help figuring out what he's doing.

This scenario, more than any other thing, is why everyone should have at least a bit of theory behind them. It gives us a common lingo in which to communicate.

Well, start with "How does it sound?"

If you like it, it's OK. If you don't, you shouldn't do that.

As far as one step modulation, try a simple chromatic walk up to the D.  Lot of songs do that.

C  C#  D

* looks on the other side of that coin *

If you believe in God, just say it to yourself when it doesn't come up, like in the original.

If that were true, why then, after the formation of not just one, but two different governments (remember the Articles of Confederation prior to the current Constitution) wasn't it simply codified into law?   The notion that the founders were some sort of pious Christian group is demonstrably false in most cases, but the most convincing evidence is the simple lack of it in the Constitution itself.

The Constitution requires that the congress can not pass laws favoring or impeding any religion at all.  Why didn't they say "Christianity is the official religion of our country?"  The Constitution states that there shall be no religious test for any public office.  Why didn't they state "All holders of public office must be members in good standing of the Church?"

They were forming a new government.  These were highly learned and literate men.  If they wanted a government guided by Christian principles, don't you think they could have written that down, instead of what they actually did write down?

Same reason it's on our money.

I have no problem with the Pledge as originally written.

"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

Every change to it since then has been for political purposes, and should be rejected.

My life has been consumed lately by

Pickwick, Hayes Carll, The Dwarves (still the best band ever), The Horseflies, The Civil Wars' rendition of Michael Jackson's "Billy Jean," Zoe Muth, and Ben Gilmer.

I don't see the relevance.  You don't own the music, you license a specific distribution of the music.  The artist, or their representative owns the music.  You own the record, no the song.