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I'm a musician, singer/songwriter, blogger, writer, poet, bodybuilder, movie lover, music lover, video gamer, history/political buff, conservative/republican, etc. I like to do a lot of things.
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The music theory & modes studying continues even further

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Studying music theory & scales/modes, all that stuff, is so easy, even a little kid can learn it all. I wished I learned music theory when I first started playing guitar and I would have been a much better guitarist now. Theory is interesting stuff, and if you want to be called, an actual “musician”, you have to learn this stuff. You are not a real musician if you don’t know theory.

Most people make the mistake that famous guitarists like Jimmy Page, Randy Rhoads, Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton, all use complex stuff in their lead guitar playing but not really. Those guitarists I just mentioned, use the simple and basic scales like most guitarist uses: the typical minor pentatonic scale and various blues scales, using modes to go along with them. Randy Rhoads uses a lot of Phrygian stuff in his solo playing. Why? Because Phrygian is a good mode for classical and metal, both. Randy is a classical guitarist, that’s how he always played his electric. Jimmy Page uses Pentatonic scales in almost everything. See? Nothing too complicated.

After I learn all this theory stuff, I would be able to come up with my own style of lead guitar soloing. I would be able to figure out what scales & modes is best for me to use. I really am trying to focus on my playing. I would like to be respected as a guitarist, so if I wanted to be respected as a real musician, I figure I’d get my shit together and learn better guitar. Go from amateur to pro. That’s my dream that I’m trying to achieve.

I’m enjoying myself and it’s feeling good. If I want my own band one day, this is another reason why I need to get better.

Kev

movies

Report: Bill Murray claims he haven’t read the “Ghostbusters 3” script…

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Not too long ago, Ivan Reitman announced that he sent the script for “Ghostbusters 3”, to Bill Murray to get his approval of the film. Bill recently had an interview with Howard Stern on Sirius. Of course, Howard had to ask  him about the script.

Bill confirmed he does have the script, but he claims he haven’t read it. He says the script have been sitting on his desk at his home office but he doesn’t know how long he haven’t read it. He says he’ll read it at some point because he doesn’t want to hurt people’s feelings who’ve been wanting him to read it.

Read Bill’s full interview with Howard, here.

Come on Billy! Pick up the damn script and read it! I’m pretty sure he has all day to read the script, for some reason he doesn’t want to. As you can see, Bill is STILL being picky with the, “Ghostbusters 3” movie. He’s very difficult about it for whatever reason. I guess Bill wants to make sure that the story is going to work in order for him to give it the greenlight.

It doesn’t take that long to read a movie script. They can take a couple of days to read. I’ve read movie scripts before.

It’ll be a shame if Bill says, “No”, to G3. So hopefully he’ll get around to reading it, lets cross our fingers if he’ll like it enough. I respect Bill’s honesty and keeping things real though. Gotta give that.

Kev

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Thought: I’m actually glad Justin Bieber cut off his hair…

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So Justin Bieber got a new haircut, pictured above. Why did he do it? Simply the only reason, is that the kid is 16, and he wants to look like a 16 year old. With his previous hairdo, he looked like a 12 year old boy. He cut the hair ’cause he wanted to look older and he’s maturing. He’s not really a kid, he’s a teen. He’s almost a full grown adult.

On top of that, this wasn’t the first time he got a haircut, google “Justin Bieber” in Google Images, and you would see the variety hairstyles he had over the years. He even went as far as going for mohawks and buzz cuts before.

He’s just like every other teen. They want to look different and look older. Biebs is gonna lose a lot of fans because of his haircut? Boo hoo, maybe this is an opportunity for him to get older fans.

I remember when Metallica cut their long hair for the “Load/Reload” covers, their haircuts been all over the news nonstop as well. The same with Willie Nelson when he finally cut off his pony tail he always had.

Most singers are only famous for their unique hairstyles, instead of their talent, which is wrong, in my opinion.

Kev

TV

Report: “Star Trek” “Twin Peaks”, “Frasier”, “Twilight Zone” and many more TV shows coming to Netflix brought to you by CBS…

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To fans of the original “Star Trek” and the original “Twilight Zone” TV series, you’ll soon be able to stream them on Netflix this Spring. CBS made a two year deal with Netflix to bring us a slew of TV shows everything from “Medium”, “Twin Peaks”, “Star Trek”, “Frasier”, and more.

The Hollywood reporter, reports.

I’m a huge Star Trek fan so I can’t wait for this ’cause I haven’t seen the entire original Star Trek series. I’ve seen a lot of episodes but not all of them. Now I’ll get to in the Spring!

I don’t have Netflix yet, but I will be getting it hopefully soon. I can get Netflix directly on my PS3 now.

Kev

movies

Thought: How Liam Neeson is a box office hit recently…

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If you wan to know how Liam Neeson is a box office hit all of a sudden with his two action films, “Taken” and “Unknown”, The Hollywood Reporter, does a great job explaining it.

That’s a good article and I agree with it all.

It is true that Liam is a newcomer to the action genre, he never did action movies in the past. It was mostly drama and serious films.

I honestly think Liam would make a great addition to the “Expendables” cast, so hopefully Sly will consider him for the sequel. Liam would either be a good guy or a villain in the next “Expendables” movie, he would do good at both.

I hope Liam sticks with the action genre for a long time. He probably will because he seems to enjoy doing it. I hope he does an R rated action film in the future, because “Taken” and “Unknown” were both PG-13 rated.

Kev

movies

“I Spit On Your Grave” remake is one of the most serious horror films I’ve seen in a while…

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Last night,  I finally got around to watching the horror film 2010 remake of “I Spit On Your Grave”. I haven’t seen the original 1978 version yet, but I plan on seeing the original soon. The film created a lot of controversy over the years, both the original and the remake, got a lot of negative feedback from fans & critics. When I finally saw this film last night, I was at the edge of my seat the entire time. It was a very serious horror film.

The story tells a young woman named, Jennifer Hills, who is very hot and beautiful. She’s a writer and she goes on vacation to a cabin to find a place alone where she could write her book. 5 men help her along the way, and later on in the story, she finds out that the men are psychotic rapists. All 5 men have a turn at raping and torturing her. When she finally escaped from the men, she kills them all for revenge.

In most horror films, the villains are usually the killers, but not this one. This film is totally different in so many ways. It concentrates on the main character, the hero, Jennifer Hills, being the killer.

In the films defense of the critics, I think the film’s goal was that they wanted to bring awareness to rape. Men raping women still goes on to this day. Yes, the film’s content is very gruesome and very gory, but it was meant to be that way. If the film didn’t have the murders and the gore, then they would fail at bringing awareness to rape. The girl in the film, Jennifer Hills, was doing it for self defense because no one would help her and she couldn’t do anything about it. She had no choice but to kill them all. That’s why she did what she did.

It was also a very sad film. After she got raped by the 5 men and she was killing the 5 of them, one at a time, you actually got very deep into her feelings and almost felt sorry for her. In real life, when women get raped by men, the women usually don’t do anything to escape because the man have so much power over her. The film wants to let women know that self defense is okay. If you’re a woman and being brutally attacked or raped by a man, do whatever it takes to protect yourself, even if it means killing him.

Killing for self defense is sometimes okay, when you can do nothing about it to protect yourself. You might get some prison time but not life, and you even maybe a free person and not get prison time at all because you defended yourself. Most found the film offensive and silly, but it’s a very realistic film that something like this can happen to anybody, anytime and anywhere. Even men can get raped by men and women too, but it rarely happens.

I thought it was a pretty powerful horror film. The film is very graphic and gory like I said. I didn’t get sick to my stomach watching this film because I’ve seen so many horror films over the years, I’m used to it. The horror genre is my favorite. Check it out. Give it a rent or buy it. It’s worth seeing.

Kev

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Cool Video: See the Undertaker and Triple H’s return here…

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Last night’s RAW was such an amazing show, all the way through. It was better than the “Elimination Chamber” PPV. We’ve been getting a lot of superstar returns this year, really weird. The Rock came back. Booker T came back. Christian finally returned at the Chamber PPV. Kelly Kelly, the popular diva also returned. And most importantly…the Undertaker and Triple H were both revealed from the “2/21/11” videos. The Undertaker was seen in the “2/21/11” video but there was another figure wandering around in that video. Those two figures in the video were revealed on last night’s RAW. They were Triple H and the Undertaker, making their match together for Wrestlemania 27 official.

To be honest, I’m not really excited for Wrestlemania 27 this year, it seems like a regular RAW card. Triple H vs. the Undertaker is the only match worth looking forward to, that match is going to be amazing. Triple H and ‘Taker wrestled in matches many times before, they had a long history together. The first Wrestlemania match they had together was way back at Wrestlemania X-7.

I’m also looking forward to Jerry The King Lawler vs. Michael Cole. Of course, I’m predicting Michael Cole will win that match, with a little help of other heel wrestlers.

See the return of Triple H and Undertaker in this video. Listen to the crowd response. It’s crazy. They got a much powerful crowd reaction than the Rock. This is why I love WWE, folks! Gotta give the stars respect.

Now that the 2/21/11 video and the Wrestlemania guest host have been revealed, when will the Anonymous RAW GM ever get revealed?

Kev

Health and Fitness

Not A Cool Video: Is Scooby right about squats or is he full of crock???

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Squats is the most popular bodybuilding workout of them all. You see guys and even women do this workout all the time, at all gyms, all over the world.

I experimented with squats on the “Smith Machine”, but I’ve been lifting light. I’ve been experimenting with different leg workouts and wanted to try out the squat. It really is a strong workout. It really pumps up your quads, hamstrings, and your ass, all around.

Is it really a dangerous workout that he claims? He could be right in some way, but I think he’s somewhat, full of crock too. ALL WORKOUTS in the gym can be pretty risky. Even the leg press or any of those leg machines can mess up your legs, or even your whole damn body. Just do every workout in perfect form at all times and don’t lift too heavy, and the exercises can be very safe for you.

Scoob is just trying to scare the hell out of people and get people to stop doing squats. I’m pretty sure a lot of pro bodybuilders are laughing at this guy.

Kev

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Arcade Fire, videoblog will come tomorrow…

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Just wrote the script for the Arcade Fire videoblog, responding to Steve Stoute’s rant. I got a bit of a rant myself and help defend Arcade Fire. I’ll have the video uploaded either tomorrow afternoon or evening. I’m hoping the next video will get a lot of views and hoping this video will become the youtube sensation. If it doesn’t get many views, that’s okay, at least I was confidence enough to get it off my chest. It’s going to be good, you’ll like it.

Kev