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		<title>I hit 20,000 hits today</title>
		<link>http://ericmakesmusic.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/i-hit-20000-hits-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[considering how I&#8217;ve let this blog wane, it still gets 50 or so hits a day. i really should write more on this blog
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		<title>21 Essential guitar Intros that Every Self-Respecting Player Should Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[   
I’m dovetailing this onto Gary’s post about the same topic.
From my experience these are some songs that I learned years ago and pull out from time to time to reminisce and reflect on my musical influences.
· Stone In Love – Journey – Simple and hard at the same time it’s only 3 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericmakesmusic.wordpress.com&blog=1385844&post=478&subd=ericmakesmusic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who says old guys can’t rock the house?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any thought that I had about old guys loosing their rocker edge was put to rest last night. We double dated last night with a drummer friend and his wife to the Viejas Casino to see Foreigner. They have is listed as “Concerts in the Park, but it may be more fitting to say “Concerts [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericmakesmusic.wordpress.com&blog=1385844&post=476&subd=ericmakesmusic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Baroque Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the arts, the Baroque was a Western cultural epoch, extending
approximately from 1600 to 1750. It was exemplified by drama,
ornamentation and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance,
and music.
By the beginning of the 17h century the guitar was
becoming more respectable and many fine composer/players began writing
music for it.
The Baroque guitar is the direct ancestor of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericmakesmusic.wordpress.com&blog=1385844&post=463&subd=ericmakesmusic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Renaissance Guitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The history of the classical guitar during the Renaissance period (from the French word Renaissance, meaning &#8220;rebirth&#8221;) was a cultural movement in Europe that spanned from roughly the 14th through to the early 17th century.
By this period, all the musical instruments that the Moors had brought to Spain had disseminated throughout all of Europe. This [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericmakesmusic.wordpress.com&blog=1385844&post=461&subd=ericmakesmusic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Picks</title>
		<link>http://ericmakesmusic.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/hot-picks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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A Santa Rosa woman has been indicted in federal court in San Francisco for allegedly taking part in the illegal trade of endangered sea turtle parts from China into the United States, authorities said.
A representative for the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office said 54-year-old Qing Song was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in importing and selling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericmakesmusic.wordpress.com&blog=1385844&post=469&subd=ericmakesmusic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>April is International Guitar Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been going on as long as I can remember&#8230;publicity stunt, maybe but I think it may be the right time to look at the guitar, it&#8217;s past it&#8217;s present and the future of the instrument.
However to get things started. in honor og the departed IG&#8230; (he&#8217;s not dead, but his link is) Ive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericmakesmusic.wordpress.com&blog=1385844&post=456&subd=ericmakesmusic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>three questions&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://ericmakesmusic.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/three-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Sank reminded me today that it is the 50th anniversary of the deaths of Buddy Holly and Richie Valens this brought a few questions to mind
Here&#8217;s the premise:
If you could raise from the dead one Rock Star/Singer/Musician to do one last performance,
-Who would it be and why?
-Where would the performance be?
-What would the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericmakesmusic.wordpress.com&blog=1385844&post=452&subd=ericmakesmusic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>someting new</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[click here
in time I&#8217;ll move the knowledge base, technical stuff, and stuff that really pertains to guitar building over to this site. It may be more what I was setting out to do in the first place
Posted in Guitar Building Tagged: A Luthiers Blog, Blogging, Guitar Blogging, Guitar Building, Links, Lutherie     [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericmakesmusic.wordpress.com&blog=1385844&post=450&subd=ericmakesmusic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Winter NAMM Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Yeah, I went, and again I was underwhelmed by what I saw. Sure there were some guitars that I played, but for the most part I was interested in touching base with those who I left behind 8 years ago. It didn’t take long to start bumping into old colleagues and friends.
That being said, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericmakesmusic.wordpress.com&blog=1385844&post=446&subd=ericmakesmusic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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