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March 1, 2021 and October 3 update Gasoline - Report Card

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 Well, I tuned the guitar down a step but it didn't exactly sound like what the You Tube instructor was showing me.  Went to a site that had the tabs down at the bottom.  First snag, I need a quick lesson in tabs.  That was very interesting.  I've encountered tablature in the far distant past as it turned out.  I went to the School of Rock website https://www.schoolofrock.com/resources/guitar/reading-guitar-tabs-for-beginners and learned a whole lot more.  Muting, palm muting, bending strings, hammer notes, sliding notes, strumming; there is a whole 'nother world out there. Well armed, I went back to the tabs for Gasoline.  Here is my report card: _______________________________________________________________________________ Course:      GASOLINE 101 Student: EM 1. Playing on Steel Strings    B-  Student is able to create audible notes without crying or bleeding on the instrument. 2. Learning Gasoline  ...

February 28, 2021 Classic Seether Gasoline - A New Adventure

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I  definitely had trouble picking the next album to cover.  Verbally rather than the musical definition of cover.  I have been listening to Disclaimer II, Seether 2002-2013 [greatest hits] and Holdings Onto Strings Better Left to Fray.  And of course Fragile.  The plethora of choices.  The depth of indecision.  And yet, I'm going to pick one so I can procrastinate doing my taxes for a bit longer.  I need to do a correction from a previous post.  The alternate radio station in my state does play Seether!  The afternoon lineup was Trapt, Stone Sour, Collective Soul, 3 Doors Down, Foo Fighters, Tool, Bush and Seether.  Ha! I decided on Seether 2002-2013 , for several reasons, and I'm going to do a different take on it. The first disc starts with Fine Again , Driven Under , Gasoline , and Broken .  Those four and the two on the second disc, Out of My Way and Hang On were previously released on Disclaimer II and Remedy , Tru...

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