Black spiritual featured at BBC Celtic Connections
The famous spiritual is often associated with American country music and Merle Travis but it was a black spiritual long before that.
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I Am A Pilgrim by Aaron Neville
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Facebook may not erase photographs
Facebook’s delay in erasing photos deleted by users is ongoing privacy issue
Burning those old Facebook photos (photo Ars Technica)
Users who delete their Facebook accounts have found their photographs still on the internet years later. The proper procedure is to manually delete each photograph or other post to your wall before you delete your account.
Privacy experts and users say Facebook has no timely mechanism to remove photographs and other private material from its servers. Continue reading
James Taylor Free Guitar Lesson # 3
Famed singer songwriter is offering his fans free guitar lessons – how cool is that?
James Taylor (picture James Taylor)
James Taylor is offering to teach the world how to play his unique finger picking guitar style. Free. On YouTube.
The project started in October and he just posted Lesson 3 called Second Wheel. Continue reading
Chimes of Freedom all Bob Dylan all the time
What’s not to like about a 4-CD 76-song tribute to Bob Dylan and Amnesty International for $20
Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan is a lot of Bob Dylan songs for only $20 sung by artists famous and not-so-famous. The project will raise money for Amnesty International.
Amnesty International are fighting for human rights and freedom around the world. They deserve our $20 and more for defending people from oppression.
It’s the 50th Anniversary of Amnesty International, Bob Dylan’s 50th anniversary of recording. The project seems like a winner. Continue reading
Lynda.com makes photo book production a breeze
Online course explains how to plan, organize and publish a photo book on Blurb.com
Lynda.com Creating Photo Books with Blurb, showing book cover design
Self-publishing a book is a daunting task made relatively easy with the Lynda,com course Creating Photo Books with Blurb.
For example, if you want to create a really special Valentine’s Day photo book covered in How to make the best Valentine for under $50, the related Lynda course takes about 2 to 3 hours to complete and costs $25, or $37.50 if you use their sample files. The fee is a one month membership and you can also take other courses during the month. There also is a Lynda.com 7-day free trial.
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iStrobosoft guitar tuner app review
Peterson iPhone and iPad apps are accurate and low cost strobe instrument tuners
iStrobosoft iPhone app
Peterson has two apps for the iPhone and iPad that give the musician strobe tuning accuracy for about $10. The iPad app is being discounted to $9.99 until January 31st, 2012.
I wanted to see just how accurate the iPhone Peterson would be. I was not disappointed, although the under $20 Snark SN-1 clip on tuner was almost as accurate.
Last night I was practicing guitar while the news was on. It was handy to refresh my tuning without looking for a tuner. I’m not sure if musicians will risk damaging their iPhones in a studio or stage environment to use the iStrobosoft app. The practicality of the iStrobosoft tuner for those uses is up to each person to decide.
Peterson Strobe Tuners have been the pinnacle of stringed instrument tuners for decades and known for accuracy and high cost. Continue reading
How to make the best Valentine for under $50
Roses wilt and chocolates melt but a Blurb photo book of pictures will last forever
The longer you’ve been together the harder it becomes to wow her on Valentine’s Day.
Everything becomes old hat after awhile so I really like this idea from Blurb.com to create a Happy Valentine book from pictures. Continue reading
VoiceLive Play and VoiceLive Play GTX announced
TC Helicon introduces downsized VoiceLive stomp boxes with harmony and effects for singers and guitar playing vocalists
VoiceLive Play - harmony and vocal effects at 1/3rd the price
TC Helicon has just announced at NAMM 2012 the latest version of the VoiceLive family – VoiceLive Play and VoiceLive Play GTX.
Both give vocalists harmony and vocal effects from the top-drawer VoiceLive family. The GTX model also has guitar effects and amp emulations so you don’t need a Marshall to get that sound. Continue reading
One day internet blackout works but it’s not over yet
Massive blackout of internet sites on Jan 18 influences lawmakers
The media stories have Hollywood corporate fat cats reeling from Wednesday’s shutdown or blackout of more than 12,000 websites like Wikipedia, Reddit and Wired. NJN Network did its small part by wearing black all day.
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NJN Network is darkened today to protest SOPA PIPA
Wearing black for SOPA protest
Wikipedia goes dark for SOPA protest
If SOPA passes the US Congress in anything close to its current form, the internet as we know it will be essentially dead.
We are joining sites around the world to protest like Wikipedia, Flickr, and Reddit.
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Harlan Pepper on the move
Performance at Seniors Home showcases alt country appeal with Kitchen Rag and Wine
It takes guts to video your gig playing in the lobby of a seniors home. It’s a tough room but Harlan Pepper turns a few smiles and gets them dancing in the aisles.
Since graduating from high school almost three years ago, Harlan Pepper have honed their chops with a fresh mix of alt country, folk and rock.
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