http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2008/03/25/the-ecstacy-of-playing-music/ Roger Bourland writes about music and life Sun, 7 Sep 2008 19:07:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.10 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2008/03/25/the-ecstacy-of-playing-music/#comment-72979 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:48:49 +0000 http://rogerbourland.com/blog/2008/03/25/the-ecstacy-of-playing-music/#comment-72979 hey rog, re your article "the ecstasy of playing music" and new instruments... so true and it hit me where i live especially today because i just got a vox phantom 12 re-issue which i used to draw incessantly in grade school and can't stop playing it now - trying to find that jingle jangle morning through a sansamp and compressor . approximates, but i have the distinct feeling that only a ric will yield that sound... and that's probably how the universe should remain ordered. i was telling somebody from our class recently how it went against the odds that so many uber talented musicians emerged from a nondescript class... steve brandl being an exception and maybe one of the most talented guitarists who maybe went crazy behind it or was bi-polar way before that and guitar playing saved him... til he got shipped out to brown county mental hospital. or doug yankus of soup, dead of diabetes in 1982 - cd available on amazon) and on, on and on. anyway, keep representing gbe 71 and the good work that seemingly naturally follows!! hey rog, re your article “the ecstasy of playing music” and new instruments… so true and it hit me where i live especially today because i just got a vox phantom 12 re-issue which i used to draw incessantly in grade school and can’t stop playing it now - trying to find that jingle jangle morning through a sansamp and compressor . approximates, but i have the distinct feeling that only a ric will yield that sound… and that’s probably how the universe should remain ordered. i was telling somebody from our class recently how it went against the odds that so many uber talented musicians emerged from a nondescript class… steve brandl being an exception and maybe one of the most talented guitarists who maybe went crazy behind it or was bi-polar way before that and guitar playing saved him… til he got shipped out to brown county mental hospital. or doug yankus of soup, dead of diabetes in 1982 - cd available on amazon) and on, on and on. anyway, keep representing gbe 71 and the good work that seemingly naturally follows!!

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