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"SCRUFFY EAGLE"
WEBSITE 2006 UPDATES ARCHIVE LIST
Dates and details of updates to this website during 2006.
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Revised Include re. visitor counting (of any & all areas) at website : scruffyeagle.com website
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01/29/06
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New
document for holding recordkeeping of updates to this website
during 2006.
Standard item.
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2 )
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New
document for holding 2006 MUSIC DIARY notes.
Standard item.
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Revised
both the
"MUSIC DIARY"
and the
"WEBSITE UPDATES"
archival documents for inclusion of all the associated data from 2006.
Standard procedure.
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New
document devoted to sharing a technique for development of musicianship, called
"THE SCRUFFY CHALLENGE"
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An extremely simple, yet utterly challenging technique for development of musicianship.
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02/01/06
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New
"Scruffy Philosophy" document, called
"YER DAILY BUCKET"
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A discussion about the process of living and scheduling beneficial applications of efforts.
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02/05/06
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Added
an entry into the Music Diary,
"MUSIC DIARY FOR 2006"
, for 02/05/06..
Mention re. LVD friend & impending equipment purchase, re. my daughter Eileen's musicianship,
and re. a song I'm considering for the fiddle contest.
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02/18/06
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Added
an entry into the Music Diary,
"MUSIC DIARY FOR 2006"
, for 02/18/06..
Discussion of what happened to my viola bow, and how the fiddle contest went.
Also, a brief talk re. meeting Wayne Renn and getting the chance to play a song
for him.
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Removed
the link from the header portion of the Main Page, which said,
"Wanna Practice?". It linked to the page,
"ADVERTISING FOR PRACTICE PARTNER(S)"
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The link in the header portion of the page was there for the sake of anybody
responding to the little ads I was posted around the region where I live. It's
been a long time since I posted any ads, so I think it's proper to demote the
link to only once on the page - the 2nd instance of it, down in the
list of "PEOPLE STUFF" items.
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03/16/06
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Modified
slightly, adding to the content of, the
"PIX OF SCRUFFY'S FRIENDS"
page.
I just added a little detail into a paragraph talking about why I needed Clever, re.
the law-breaking that was done before and during the kidnapping of Eileen in court.
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Added
entries into my
"MUSIC DIARY FOR 2006"
, dated 03/12/06 and 03/15/06.
Brief mention re. friendship with Wayne Renn. Also, update re. guitars and my friend Mike; info. re.
new friend Bobby Vee, and exchange of music gifts; and mention of progress recovering from dental infection.
Also, brief mention of resuming practice on flute.
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Re-installed
a stripped down version of my
"SCRUFFY EQUIPMENT"
index page, and reinstated a "Scruffy Equipment" section on the Main Page.
I've decided having this category of content is really a necessity, for the sake of having a
well-rounded website. Its presence will allow me to display my guitar corral (which is not only
a piece of furniture and a music accessory, but is also an inventive piece of original 3D artwork)
online, and the critique of the Julliard Pro 5-string Electric Violin.
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03/19/06
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Revised
and expanded content of Lesson 2 ofthe guitar lessons, and broke it up into 2 pages instead of
being only one. Also revised the
"GUITAR LESSONS TABLE OF CONTENTS"
to fit the revision of lesson contents & structure, and tweaked the formatting of all the
guitar lessons pages.
I broke Lesson Two into separate pages (handling and maintenance), to accomodate the big increase
of material. Tweaking formatting of pages was just for the sake of standarizing them so they'd
be more like a well designed set.
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03/23/06
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Added
an entry into the Music Diary,
"MUSIC DIARY FOR 2006"
, for 03/22/06..
An entry re. doing some overdue maintenance work on my Alvarez 12-string guitar.
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Revised
the
2nd page of Lesson 2
ofthe guitar lessons, improving the instructions re. the guitar polishing process.
Polishing the Alvarez made me realize I hadn't accurately described the polishing process - so, I
fixed the description.
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Revised
the page of chords & lyrics for the song
"NO SANTA"
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I added a section on the page which is strictly the lyrics, to make them easily read separate from
the chords. I also improved the accuracy of the presentation of lyrics, to make it closer to what I
actually sing when I'm doing the song.
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04/06/06
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Revised
the
"SCRUFFY AFFIRMATIONS METHOD"
page.
I added a few more types of health into the list, and re-formatted that list of
types of health into a grid. (Made it easier to read.) I also tweaked some of
the wording of a couple of other items on the page.
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04/24/06
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Added
an entry into the Music Diary,
"MUSIC DIARY FOR 2006"
, written on 04/20/06.
An entry re. attending Karaoke at the Casino on Thursday, and sitting in with
the band "Mozart's Cadillac" on Saturday night.
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Updated
the list of
"SCRUFFY COVER SONGS"
, and also the no-frills version.
Added a whole slew of cover songs I've memorized, and sorted out a small selection
into another section of the page, as a list of songs I used to have memorized but
would need to brush up on.
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05/06/06
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New
"Scruffy Knowledge" document, called
"ORCHESTRATING PRACTICE"
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A discussion about the various instruments I practice; their respective purposes and the goals I hope to
achieve via each, re. development of musicianship.
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05/09/06
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Revised
the
2nd page of Lesson 2 ofthe guitar lessons
, tweaking wording in the section re. cleaning the strings, and adding a section about playing the
guitar in question on a regular basis.
This is basically just fine-tuning the page in question. I think, at this point (post-tweaking), it's
complete and well worded.
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Revised
"Scruffy Knowledge" document, called
"ORCHESTRATING PRACTICE"
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Changed the wording at several places, and added stuff re. maintaining skills on rhythm guitar.
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05/23/06
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Revised
all the
guitar lessons
pages, tweaking wording so the portions of the lessons are referred to as
"parts" instead of "pages".
This is basically just fine-tuning the format of the lessons structure.
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05/28/06
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Added
lyrics for the song,
"THANKS FOR THE RAIN"
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I've worked on this one for years,... I think it's finished.
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Revised
the page of lyrics for the song
"FOR EILEEN"
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I revised the Intro section, and added a new section on the page to present the lyrics as they
are now (very different than previous copy).
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Revised
the page of chords & lyrics for the song
"NO SANTA"
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This revision only involved some minor tweaking of wording, to fit changes I'd
decided on during practice sessions.
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Added
an entry into the Music Diary,
"MUSIC DIARY FOR 2006"
, for 05/28/06..
An entry re. meeting Barry Macquire the previous day, 05/27/06.
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06/18/06
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Added
an entry into the Music Diary,
"MUSIC DIARY FOR 2006"
, for 06/18/06.
Discussion re. the band "Quest" w/ the marvellous singer "Janna", and an
ego-boosting experience of emotionally moving someone with my music.
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Added
an entry onto the
"MUSICAL LINKS"
page.
Added a link for the W. Todd Fulcher Band (had the business card, at hand), and added a list of people
I need to latch down links for & create suitable entries about. NOTE: This is way overdue.
I haven't changed the MUSICAL LINKS page since September of 2004(!), and will need to take some time
and verify that the old links I'd had on the page are still valid.
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06/26/06
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Updated
the list of
"SCRUFFY COVER SONGS"
, and also the no-frills version,
"SCRUFFY COVER SONGS" (for printing)
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Added some more "MS =" rates.
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Revised
the
"WHY SCRUFFY EAGLE?"
page.
I updated the context of a couple of paragraphs to fit that a couple of years have passed since
the events they mention occurred, and tweaked some of the other material in an effort to make it
more accurate re. understanding spirit animals.
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Added
an entry into the Music Diary,
"MUSIC DIARY FOR 2006"
, for 06/26/06.
Discussion re. the band "Pop Machine" w/ the bass player "Oscar", and my worries
re. the future well-being of the band's 6-string electric guitar player.
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Added
entries onto the
"MUSICAL LINKS"
page.
Added descriptions and links for "Johnny Green and the Green Men",
and for Wayne Renn.
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06/29/06
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Added
an area of just lyrics into the page for the song,
"ONLY I CAN"
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This extra section will be a convenience, for those who have difficulty following the flow of the lyrics
in the original section where chords are included.
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Added
a new page to the website -
"SCRUFFY POETRY & LYRICS"
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This is the huge (191K) list of titles of poetry and lyrics I've written through the years.
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07/07/06
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Added
an entry into the Music Diary,
"MUSIC DIARY FOR 2006"
, for 07/07/06.
Discussion re. playing for Long John, at the LVD Casino, in the lounge.
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07/13/06
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Added
2 entries into the,
"MUSIC DIARY FOR 2006"
, for 07/11/06 and for 07/13/06.
07/11/06: Discussion of changes looming on the horizon, and divesting myself of many instruments.
07/13/06: Discussion of feelings that I should discontinue usage of the name "Scruffy Eagle".
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07/28/06
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Added
entries into the
"MUSIC DIARY FOR 2006"
for 07/24/06 and 07/28/06.
07/24/06: Discussion of resuming flute practice, and noting that I received my SG & amp back.
07/28/06: Making mention of email contact w/ Jim Short, and offering him the SG on an as-able payment
basis.
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Added
a new section into the,
"WHY SCRUFFY EAGLE?"
document.
Discussion a new, second method of evaluating the scenario of the eagle's visit in uptown Highland Park, IL.
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08/03/06
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Updated
the list of
"SCRUFFY COVER SONGS"
, and also the no-frills version,
"SCRUFFY COVER SONGS" (for printing)
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*) Added "Crystal Ship" (by: The Doors) to songs I currently play,
*) Removed "Riders On The Storm" (by: The Doors) from songs I currently play,
*) "Fire and Rain" (by: James Taylor) got moved from the "Used
To Play" section, to the "Currently Play" section (I've been
practicing that one lately).
*) Added some new "MS =" entries, and revised a couple of the previously
set "MS =" entries.
*) Revised the last column entries which indicates which instrument I prefer
for each piece. Now, it shows all options, in order of preference.)
*) Tweaked the Intro section of the less printer-friendly copy, to include a table
showing the meanings of the abbreviations I use in the instrument preferences
column.
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08/17/06
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Updated
the list of
"SCRUFFY COVER SONGS"
, and also the no-frills version,
"SCRUFFY COVER SONGS" (for printing)
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*) Added "For No One" (by: The Beatles) to songs I currently play,
*) Moved Jimi Hendrix songs into misc. songs I currently play section,
*) Separated categorically rhythm guitar works from melody line works.
*) Added numbering, to list of songs I currently play.
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Revised
the
"SCRUFFY AFFIRMATIONS METHOD"
page.
I added a couple of new affirmation statements into the intentions list,
and tweaked the wording in a few of the other items on the page.
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08/22/06
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Updated
the list of
"SCRUFFY COVER SONGS"
, and also the no-frills version,
"SCRUFFY COVER SONGS" (for printing)
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*) Removed numbering, from both copies of the cover songs list, because ongoing
maintenance of the numbering would be way too much work.
*) Added "Auld Lang Syne" (by: Rober Burns) to melodies I currently play,
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09/21/06
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Revised
the page of lyrics for the song
"FOR EILEEN"
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I revised the Intro section, and tweaked the lyrics in the second (currently
accurate) copy.
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Revised
the page for the song,
"ONLY I CAN"
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Both lyrics and chords were adjusted, updating it to fit how I currently do it.
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Added
a new page for posting the song,
"HONEY, YOU BEYOND"
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Lyrics only.
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Added
a small blurb in red print within the top margin of the Main Page, warning people
to turn javascript OFF.
The reason for this, is that I just discovered that the webspace providers and their
advertising clients are hitting my visitors with javascript.
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10/03/06
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New
photo at top of Main Page, titled, "Pure Spirit?".
I just felt it was time for a change.
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Added
linkage of the page of photos of myself,
"PIX OF SCRUFFY EAGLE"
, for the photo I ceased using on the Main Page.
I was quite proud of being able to image-map it like that, for linking
to various other index pages,...(!)
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10/13/06
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Replaced
photo at top of Main Page, titled, "Pure Spirit?".
I tweaked the caption in the lower left corner, to include the info of
where I was when this photo was taken.
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Added
linkage of the page of photos of myself,
"PIX OF SCRUFFY EAGLE"
, for the photo I ceased using on the Main Page.
I was quite proud of being able to image-map it like that, for linking
to various other index pages,...(!)
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10/31/06
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Updated
the list of
"SCRUFFY ORIGINAL SONGS"
, and also the no-frills version,
"SCRUFFY ORIGINAL SONGS" (for printing)
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*) Moved "Honey, You Beyond" and "I'm Stuck With Me"
from the not-yet-memorized section, to the memorized section.
*) Also, adjust MS = value of "Honey, You Beyond", dropping it
from 92 to become 88 as per the way I normally practice it now.
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11/10/06
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Corrected
an entry re. 08/12/06, on the
"BANDS I SAT IN WITH"
page.
I discovered that I had the name of the band wrong - so this fixes that, although
I don't have the correct name to plug into the entry. (I'll need to find the info
and fix it later.)
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Added
an entry into the
"MUSIC DIARY FOR 2006"
, for 11/08/06.
This was an entry about doing a recording session with Michael. We taped 12-string
acoustic guitar & vocals for the song, "Only I Can".
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11/12/06
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Updated
the
"BANDS I SAT IN WITH"
page.
*) Added an entry re. sitting in with "West Side" at the LVD Casion.
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Added
2 entries onto the
"MUSICAL LINKS"
page.
Added links for Robby Vee and the V Rock-its, and for the
Westside Band.
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11/13/06
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Tweaked
the entry re. 08/12/06, on the
"BANDS I SAT IN WITH"
page.
This was just fine-tuning to improve what I'd written about the session involving
the "Westside Band".
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Added
another entry onto the
"MUSICAL LINKS"
page.
Added 2 links; both, for Gary Cuquoz
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11/21/06
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Updated
the
"BANDS I SAT IN WITH"
page.
*) Added an entry re. sitting in with "Bear Creek" at the LVD Casino on
11/17/06 & 11/18/06.
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Revised
the format of entries into the
"BANDS I SAT IN WITH"
page.
I changed the basic ordering of entries so it's now alphabetical based on band
name, then chronological within a given band's entry area. This makes allowance
for multiple entries of sessions associated with any given band.
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Added
another entry onto the
"MUSICAL LINKS"
page.
Added an entry w/ link for the Bear Creek band.
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12/05/06
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Added
more detail to an entry on the
"BANDS I SAT IN WITH"
page.
Documenting that another 2 sessions occurred, sitting in with the band
"Johnny Green and the Green Men".
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12/16/06
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Added
more detail to an entry on the
"BANDS I SAT IN WITH"
page.
I added an addendum to the most recent entry re. sitting in with the band,
"Bear Creek", in defense of Dan.
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Changed
the name of the Most Recent Updates include, from being "main_mru_date.html",
to become "scruffy_mru_date.html".
This was just because it tweaked my sense of whimsy, to do so,...
:-)
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12/17/06
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Added
an entry on the
"BANDS I SAT IN WITH"
page.
Documenting that a session occurred on Saturday 12/16/06, sitting in with the band
"Vinny D. Valentine and the Royal Flush Players".
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Added
an entry into the
"MUSIC DIARY FOR 2006"
, for 12/17/06.
This entry reported the fact that my bongos & lap-tray were damaged, and what I
hope to do to fix the situation.
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Added
two more entries onto the
"MUSICAL LINKS"
page.
Added entries w/ links for the bands "Live at Nine"
and "Ransom".
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Modified
the description blurbs of the entries on the Main Page and the "Music &
Art" index page, re. the Guitar Lessons.
The re-wording I did reflects the fact that the Guitar Lessons is no longer an
active, ongoing project.
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