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If you ask pro athletes many say they want to be musicians. If you ask musicians many want to be pro athletes. I still have the occasional recurring dream that the Padres manager tells me to grab a bat! Im in the show! Grass is always greener I guess….I think we gravitate towards the things […]
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As San Diegans we don’t always have a lot to root for in the sports department. So let me toot our own horn! Congrats Aztecs Mens Basketball. Mountain West Champions! Take the conference tournament and March Madness run.
I was really looking forward to this game. The #1 Defense vs the #1 Offense of all-time. How could the matchup not provide a great sports battle? Wow, the game was anything but! Jumped the shark at :12 into the game…it was over! You know what else has jumped the shark? Superbowl commercials! Well, not […]
Wishing Tony Gwynn a happy birthday today. You may ask why a baseball player is being featured on a music website… If you follow this blog you probably know I am a huge sports fan. Growing up watching the San Diego Padres, was/is not much to root, cheer, (insert verb) for! But in 1982 along […]
The playoff got a little biblical Sunday as Australia’s Adam Scott defeated Argentina’s Angel Cabrera…well maybe that’s a little heavy! Congrats to Adam Scott for being the first Aussie ever to win the Masters! No ghosts of Greg Norman, the Shark, in 2013. Cabrera played great in the two hole playoff but Scott took it […]
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The first concert I ever went to was Ozzy Osbourne, January 4, 1982 at the San Diego Sports Arena. I remember it like it was yesterday. The only bummer about this show was that it was right after Christmas vacation from school. Since I was counting down the days until the show I was in […]
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The Oscar For Best Original Score Goes To… The 2013 Academy Awards are all set to be broadcast this weekend. A time for movie goers to celebrate their favorite films and actors of the year. A time for millionaire actor$ and billionaire $tudios to finally be bestowed some actual credit for their hard work. Of all […]
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The Oscar For Best Original Song, Goes To… The 2013 Academy Awards are all set to be broadcast this weekend. A time for movie goers to celebrate their favorite films and actors of the year. A time for millionaire actor$ and billionaire $tudios to finally be bestowed some actual credit for their hard work. 😉 […]
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This guitar practice tip may be one of the most important to keep in mind when learning the instrument(or anything new). Unfortunately, for some it might be one of the hardest pieces of advice to truly grasp and put in your tool box. Recently, I’ve been reading about how adults learn vs. how children learn, […]
At 12 notes & the Truth I talk music. So there is no way I could skip over the music of the largest happening on the planet, The Superbowl. Let’s start at the beginning shall we? Alicia Keys version of the Star Spangled Banner. I’ll start by saying I am a fan of Alicia’s. I […]
