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Totally Nifty Albums 3: Bert Weedon Gold

Tyler Zahnke @mininifty (161) • Belmont, Michigan 2 Jun

Though many Americans don't know it, Bert Weedon was often nicknamed "the man who taught the world to play guitar", despite really only being known in England. His successes in the world of instrumental electric guitar music span...

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A Little Reggae

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 25 Nov

That's the vibe. Reggae. I suppose, when I wrote this little ditty back in 2005, that's the vibe I was going for. But of course, hearing the original one would not exactly hear a reggae thing, but maybe a sad attempt at some hip...

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I'm Fine Part Two and Final

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 18 Nov

When you are a guy like me, someone who writes songs, does not have a band, and isn't as versed as some in the art of mixing and mastering music to a "radio quality" standard, and who really just makes music as a hobby, AI is a...

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I'm Fine Part One

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 17 Nov

This will be a two parter. Well, it has to be since there are two audio files, and I can only link to one at a time. The limits of myLot, I suppose. But here's the deal. I have been playing around a little bit with AI for...

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Funky Disco in the Future?

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 13 Nov

Noodling is fun. On guitar, that is. That's just when you fumble around a bit looking for a groove, a fun little riff, or something else. When I catch something "interesting," or at least interesting to me, I like to "document"...

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I Want to Enjoy My Sunny Days

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 18 Jul

Sometimes you get an unexpected compliment of sorts. Take my brother-in-law. He's not that kind of a guy who's going to really let you know something's good, and that's not to say that my song, Sunny Days, IS good. It was...

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Frosty the Snowman

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 22 Dec 24

I guess it could be considered to be a good habit or a terrible habit, but then that would depend on one's perspective, that when I do covers of songs, a lot of the time I like to put my own twist or take on them. To me it's just...

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Wait...You Actually CAN Make a Rubber Band Sound Good???

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 16 Dec 24

It has been a long standing joke with me that if a guy really knows how to play guitar, he could play with rubber bands and make them sound good. In my references I have mentioned guys like Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Eric...

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Music You've Probably Never Heard #15

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 16 Oct 24

There are some songs you listen to, and you think, they are great "driving songs." Not driving in the sense that they are driving beats, but rather they just feel like a song that wants to put you on the road, traveling to some...

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I May Switch Back to 10 Gauge Strings

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 27 Sep 24

I have a bit of a hard attack when I play guitar. Granted, playing is also expressive mostly, as any guitar player will tell you, and how hard or soft you play notes depends on what you are expressing, the same as much in the way...

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A clever creation

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381741) • Rockingham, Australia 1 Sep 24

On the way home from our trip to see the wildflowers, we stopped in a country town to get some lunch. They were kind enough to tell us there were four ahead of us for pizza so I had pumpkin soup and Vince had bacon and eggs....

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Green Day

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 19 Jul 24

I was just reading a post by our very own Horse around here. You know, that other musician guy in our little space here. It reminded me of a cover I did back in 2004 of Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." To date, it...

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You Get Bored, You Know

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 2 Jul 24

It just always comes down to having a little fun for me, and frankly, exercises. Exercises in using my recording software. Exercises in trying to find a little creativity. Exercises in experimentation. And of course, video...

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Music You've Probably Never Heard #12

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 19 Jun 24

Have you ever heard of the band called Bob and the Bailers? Probably not. And likewise, you've probably never heard their song, Just Like Water either. But of course, that's because this is another installment of...

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Better Than the Original?

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 6 Feb 24

This is one of those covers I have shared in multiple forums through the years, and there's one thing I always get as a response to it. "Your version is better than the original version." Which of course, is a complement. It is...

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A Boring Track

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 3 Jan 24

You win some, you lose some. Isn't that just the way life goes? But the fact that you lose some doesn't stop the process of keeping going and continuing to try, even if the result is not exactly what you were aiming for. Take...

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What I Want

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 28 Dec 23

Am I weird? It's a question I get asked a lot when it comes to my "music." lol. Well, of COURSE I am. Is that even a QUESTION? But the more important question should be, "Do you just have fun doing what you do and being...

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Sometimes the Wifey Plays Along

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 24 Dec 23

My wife and I don't do a "song" every Christmas season, but from time to time we do. We didn't do one this year, and probably won't. After all, Christmas is tomorrow and it would probably be pointless, even though we'd have...

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I'm Fine

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 28 Nov 23

A while back I started posting what I call "garbage files." False starts, unfinished works, and other experiments and stuff. It's fun go back to some of these old files even if I still consider them "sweet nothings." This one I...

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When It's Just Me, Myself and I

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 3 Nov 23

There is something about just being by yourself sometimes, enjoying life and soaking it all in, just me and my guitar. I do it often just because I enjoy it so much—raw, not perfect, not trying to impress anyone. And from time to...

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