The Everyday Musician

Have you ever noticed how music just seems to soothe the tensions of the day away? Especially if you’re playing with friends?
A couple of years ago we had a house fire. We all got out fine, but the ensuing mess not only stunk, but took a long time to get cleaned up, assess the damage, […]

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We have a stone campfire ring in our backyard, and during the summer months we make pretty good use of it (on days when it’s not windy, that is.) A few years ago as we were sitting around it, one of my kids brought out one of their “beginner” guitars (aka, small plywood guitar-shaped-box.) It […]

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I recently read an article about a PBS special entitled The Music Instinct: Science & Song.    The article was written by Chuck Colson, and reads in part:
The footage was part of a recent PBS special, The Music Instinct: Science & Song. The program was an exploration of, among other things, music’s […]

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Here is an amazing piece of music history unfolding before us.   An everyday musician has instantly, from the world’s perspective, become a star, Susan Boyle. I guarantee that you will be stunned to see and hear this YouTube video, which has already been viewed 11 million times in just a couple of days: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
Susan Boyle is an extraordinary everyday […]

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To describe oneself or another as an everyday musician doesn’t sound very flattering, does it?  It sounds like: ”just an ordinary musician.”
An everyday musician is not an ordinary musician.  An everyday musician is serious about his music making.  An everyday musician has serious fun making music.
Really, no individual is ordinary.  How can an individual, a unique […]

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This is a blog for everyday musicians.
You might ask: “Who is an everyday musician? Is this guy (Mark) writing the blog as an everyday musician himself? Why is he writing this blog?”
Fair questions.
Who is an everyday musician?
I get to define that for this blog. An everyday musician is a musician who does music every day. […]

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