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Kate vs. the Guitar: I listen to bands that don't even exist yet
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Kate vs. the Guitar. Tuesday, March 9, 2010. I listen to bands that don't even exist yet. It's been a long while since I tried vainly to impress my American high school sweetheart by pretending to recognise the obscure band logos tattooed all over his punk-rock frame. These days I try to be a little more honest about my complete ignorance of the rising tide of obnublious underground artists who (to my knowledge) may or may not exist. Outside a cramped bedsit in Greenway, New Jersey. Wish they had an EP.
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Kate vs. the Guitar: Song Challenge 1: Redux
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Kate vs. the Guitar. Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Song Challenge 1: Redux. Some of you may feel the need to point out that I'm wussing out of my very first song challenge only two weeks in, and to you I say:. LOOK - A KITTEN PLAYING A GUITAR! Since apologies are out of the way I now introduce to you my new Song Challenge. Bring it on! Today's result: Kate: 0 - Guitar:1. Kate vs. the Guitar. Song Challenge 1: Redux. Strumming Rancid and rancid strumming. I listen to bands that dont even exist yet. C)2009 Kate...
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Kate vs. the Guitar: Patience is a virtue when you're near me...
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Kate vs. the Guitar. Monday, April 5, 2010. Patience is a virtue when you're near me. Hullo, long-lost friends! So it appears I'm quite ridiculously overdue to present to you the very embarrassing results of my Song Challenge Number One in glorious videochron-technicolour. I present to you my humblest apologies, but offer no excuse save for the fact that I have only been home (where the guitar lives, you see) for the sum total of about eight hours since March 30. But I hereby swear to present. Tales of t...
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Kate vs. the Guitar: Belle and Sebastian and Barre Chords - Song Challenge Number One!
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Kate vs. the Guitar. Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Belle and Sebastian and Barre Chords - Song Challenge Number One! I'm a relatively new convert to the world of indie pop, and I've recently become completely hooked on the cuteness and/or catchiness of bands like Belle and Sebastian. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. And awesome Adelaide band The Keepsakes. And The Lemonheads,. Etc back in the day, too. It was a seminal moment in my formative musical years witnessing live Evan Dando. B minor. You bastard.
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Kate vs. the Guitar: Strumming Rancid and rancid strumming
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Kate vs. the Guitar. Monday, March 15, 2010. Strumming Rancid and rancid strumming. My latest post has turned into a mammoth digital tome on the music that inspires me, and while that chestnut is roasting away I thought I'd post a proper progress report for my faithful fans (hi mum! To keep you up to date on my epic war against the guitar. Is a pretty decent explanation of how barre chords work, I think). Well, that was a piece of piss! I found this pattern:. Thoroughly jack of beating my head against th...
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Kate vs. the Guitar: Broken Strings, or How Not to Behave at the Music Store
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Kate vs. the Guitar. Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Broken Strings, or How Not to Behave at the Music Store. I'd only learned three chords (woo! I can join Rancid now! Nice English Chap: Hello, miss. How can I help you? Me: Er. I'd like some. guitar strings. NEC: What sort would you like? Me: Um. acoustic? This is more of a question than a statement.). NEC: Would you like nylon or steel? Me: Ah, I didn't realise there was more than one kind. NEC: Guitars take one or the other, maybe you should. At this point I ...
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Kate vs. the Guitar: Sore Fingers and the Art of Manning Up
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Kate vs. the Guitar. Friday, March 5, 2010. Sore Fingers and the Art of Manning Up. Okay, I'm going to let you in on an earth-shattering secret, something no new guitarist has ever revealed before. Prepare yourself. Now you've recovered from this startling revelation. I've been practicing about 45 minutes a day and have just starting to work up some sweet calluses, but my poor fingertips are still feeling the beginner pinch. The wise denizens of the internet suggest:. Various repetitive actions such as s...
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Kate vs. the Guitar: March 2010
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Kate vs. the Guitar. Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Song Challenge 1: Redux. Some of you may feel the need to point out that I'm wussing out of my very first song challenge only two weeks in, and to you I say:. LOOK - A KITTEN PLAYING A GUITAR! Since apologies are out of the way I now introduce to you my new Song Challenge. Bring it on! Today's result: Kate: 0 - Guitar:1. Monday, March 15, 2010. Strumming Rancid and rancid strumming. To keep you up to date on my epic war against the guitar. Thought I, and went...
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Kate vs. the Guitar: April 2010
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Kate vs. the Guitar. Monday, April 5, 2010. Patience is a virtue when you're near me. Hullo, long-lost friends! So it appears I'm quite ridiculously overdue to present to you the very embarrassing results of my Song Challenge Number One in glorious videochron-technicolour. I present to you my humblest apologies, but offer no excuse save for the fact that I have only been home (where the guitar lives, you see) for the sum total of about eight hours since March 30. But I hereby swear to present. There was ...
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