What To Do With That Extra Gear
Adam Puchalski and Bryan Chat About Old Gear
Mackncheeze Music Podcast # 7 : What do do with that old gear?
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Adam Puchalski and Bryan Chat About How To Handle Old Gear
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Inspiration
I choose to hang with folks who are smarter, more talented and more driven than myself.
Daily, I take time to read and garner other peoples ideas, checking to see if their concepts and practices are adaptable to my circumstance. I think I have applied maybe 1 out of 1000 suggestions. You might think it takes a lot of time to do this. I ain’t going to lie, it does. This habit is actually an extension of personal rehearsal and reading habits. I understand the results of constantly applying…
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Finding High Quality Guitars On A Budget
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Mackncheeze Music Podcast 6 – Mark Holter shares on how to find high quality guitars on a budget. – Bryan At Mackncheeze mackncheeze.com mackncheezemusic.blogSeven Considerations For Working With A Band
Is there respect? Am I receiving the accreditation I deserve?
Is there reciprocation?
Level of commitment? What are the goals? Is the band a social club, which is fine, if that’s the definition of the band. Does it match my expectations?
Environment. Do you feel comfortable? Are you welcome or are you a door mat?
Politics. Is there an underlying power struggle going within the group? Finding it hard to work with folks? Is flow happening?
Would I spend my free time with…
Read moreGoals
My absolute, top priority is to become a better player. Honestly, I believe I require practice four hours per day to actually achieve needed results. I know this is true; when I can consistently commit time day in, day out, week in, week out, I rise above plateaus and keep pressing on.
I have spent years reading self help books, sometimes so formulaic I feel like I’m just absorbing drivel. The usual recipe: write down my goals, visualize, journal, associate with people smarter than me, identify…
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Crazy Things Can Happen At Gigs!
An interview with Eric Ritts (Marco Bass Guitars) and Sean Hudson (Guitarist for Knuckles and The Disco Cowboys).
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Mackncheeze Music Podcast: Episode 5 – What Kind Of Craziness Can Happen at Gigs? – Bryan At Mackncheeze …Embarrassment
We all have been there. Forgetting our vocal line, missing the cue, blowing the arrangement; one domino falls over and the entire band goes with it. As uncomfortable as it can be, revealing our disappointment on stage, telling the audience how badly its been blown with body language and comments to one another, should never occur.
I, for one, take mistakes very personally. I believe I can perform at a higher standard, never comparing myself to others, but comparing myself to myself. My personal…
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Mackncheeze Music Podcast Episode 4 – Bryan At Mackncheeze Adam Puchalski and Bryan Discuss Mixing Techniques https://www.mackncheeze.com/ https:/… Read moreNo Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Yep, lent a drum throne to a one my drummer friends. Never saw it again. Hey man, that ain’t a book, it’s a drum throne; it has importance and a purpose.
Drove the band across state, did any one offer to help with gas?
Booked the gig, provided the P.A., set up the equipment and the vocalists arrive five minutes before down beat.
Provided the rehearsal space but still got fired from the band, “Hey Man, can we still rehearse here?”
Gave the client a pre mix, they used it for their…
Read moreWhere Was I ?
My brain constantly fires on all cylinders; I can’t keep up. The distractions are endless.
Like walking through the front door and leaving a trail of keys, wallet, phone and whatever else my hands happened to be clutching. It’s like a slug trail, except it’s not slime, but an ephemeral path I will retrace sometime within an hour, trying to remember where I left stuff.
A big joke around my house: I’m watching television, maybe I was drinking, maybe, looking for chow de dow in the fridge, and…
Read moreBrain Damaged
I’m not sure what I did. Rumor has it, as an infant, I was dropped on my head. I don’t know, I can’t remember. Perhaps my amygdala smashed in to my hippocampus, resulting in memory loss. Could have been the drugs or maybe my continuing love of alcohol. Or that last bicycle accident; was that a traffic divider, or a guard rail?
How many times must I make the same mistakes before I figure it out? There must be something amiss in my grey matter’s neural pathways. How many times am I going…
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A Conversation With Master Guitarist Dave Tieman
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Mackncheeze Music Podcast: Episode 3 Part Two – A discussion with Dave Tieman on the various aspects of Guitars – Bryan At …Mackncheeze Podcast Episode 3
A Conversation with Master Guitarist Dave Tieman
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Mackncheeze Music Podcast: Episode 3 Part One – A discussion with Dave Tieman on the various aspects of Guitars – Bryan At Mackncheeze Dave Tieman is a Guitar Master…Don’t Forget To Laugh
One of my nicknames is Chuckles; I snigger a lot. There’s too much that could make me cry, so I choose to counter with a grin and a snort, embracing absurdity. Yeah, man, life is too short and difficult.
Another nickname is Pelon. My Latin friends gave me that name but usually there is a preface that I won’t mention. It’s quite amusing in Spanish but the English equivalent translates in very harsh terms. The first time I heard it I almost cried I thought it was so funny.
My journey…
Read moreRed Light Fever
We have all had moments of epiphany: a moment when a veil uncovers our eyes, blindfolds are removed, an ‘Aha’ moment.
Mine came many years ago in a recording session. We had a 10 song project with plans to finish taping in three weeks. Everyone had full time jobs so we were only able to record in the evenings, three times a week.
I made it through four tunes. By the fifth, I was so over wrought, over thinking my playing, I could not continue. A ringer was hired to finish drum parts for the…
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Loops: Bryan and Adam Puchalski discuss the implementation and utilization of loops in recording. – Bryan At Mackncheeze Check out http://www.mackncheeze.com and http://www.macknceezemusic.blog- …
Darnell Scott
One of my very best friends, much love and respect to you
Blues Artist, Guitarist and Singer/Songwriter
Part 2
Where to start…
I was attending a wedding in Wenachee, Washington and happened to drop off a business card at a local music store. My friend called me to do a series of gigs; that’s how we hooked up.
Darnell is an absolute joy. We are currently working on an album project. I have shot promotional video and occasionally gig with him. The folks that he closely works with have…
Read moreDarnell Scott
One of my very best friends, much love and respect to you
Blues Artist, Guitarist and Singer/Songwriter
Part 1
Where to start…
I was attending a wedding in Wenachee, Washington and happened to drop off a business card at a local music store. My friend called me to do a series of gigs; that’s how we hooked up.
Darnell is an absolute joy. We are currently working on an album project. I have shot promotional video and occasionally gig with him. The folks that he closely works with have…
Read moreMy Cocoon
As much as possible, I try super hard to shield myself from negativity. Well meaning friends and relatives, seeking sympathy or empathy for their less than positive situations, inadvertently drop their experiences into my refuse pile.
Which brings me to Negativity Bias: negative situations have greater impact on one’s state of mind than a positive situation of similar intensity. Perhaps this explains some of this Covid mass hysteria thing. Hey folks, last I looked there were flowers and grass…
Read moreThe Good Old Days
Does any one remember rotary phones? My biggest challenge with those phones was lack of privacy. There was no solitude when conversing; who ever was in the kitchen or living room became an audience to conversations with girl friends. I hated that.
I remember my first debit card. It felt like The Beast was taking over civilization, creating minions of mindless citizens who no longer had to count out cash. Now there is currency based on algorithms; who knew.
I finally started talking to…
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