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Check out Musicopoulous…

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One of the things I really like about the Ipad is that the gadget can be musician friendly and that’s one of the main reasons why I wanted one to begin with. The Ipad can be a pretty useful tool for musicians. For recording, learning, listening, etc.

I bought a few cool apps by Musicopoulos. I bought his Music Theory app, Ear Training, and Vocal Warm-up. I haven’t bought their Metronome app but will. This is great stuff.

For a long time now, I have been trying to find some instructional material that will help me understand music theory better and most instructional books make music theory seem hard to learn. Finally, I found something that makes it easy for you to learn. This is a great music theory learning app. It’ll teach you lessons and will quiz you.

http://www.musicopoulos.com/

Thanks to this app, I’m starting to having a better understanding of music theory. I really need to master the art of music theory if I want to be an actual musician. I still need to master ear training/improvisation and this will help too.

I used to be against Apple gadgets but the Ipad is very cool. I don’t buy and download too many apps. I only buy the ones that are good and can be useful.

Musicopoulos is recommended for you musicians. Doesn’t matter what level of talent you are. Their instructional material can be useful for musicians of all levels: beginners, intermediates, pros.

Their apps are available for Iphones too, I believe.

I like to use the Ipad for other things too like social networking, watching Netflix, etc. The main reason I got one is to record music with.

Musicopoulos is great stuff. Check ’em out.

Kev

Random/off topic posts

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I didn’t really need to explain myself about how I do things on here. You guys really need to get over your huge egos. You’re not better or smarter than me at all. I’m not afraid of “Your truth” ’cause that’s all it is, “your truth”. I’m not afraid of being wrong but you guys are afraid of the truth as well when I post about Obama, you just don’t wanna admit so stop being a couple of hypocrites. This is my site, and I’ll run it how I please.

Kev

Politics/war, sports, TV

That Coca-cola Superbowl commercial that everyone is hating on…

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Conservatives and right wingers are pissed at this commercial. The controversial Coca-cola commercial where “America The Beautiful” is sung in different languages.

Why are they pissed? Well, they make claims that this commercial promotes illegal immigration and a diversed America or something like that?

Well, even though I am conservative and my thoughts on this are gonna be a liberal stance, I’m gonna be flat-out honest that I think the commercial was amazing and just beautiful. It was the best Superbowl commercial and I’m not lying either. In the commercial’s defense, I think it wants to send a message that people from other countries are welcome in the USA. We are not alone. The commercial wants to let us Americans know that foreign people are living in the USA too. That’s the message I think it’s trying to send.

I don’t see anything wrong with a patriotic song being sung in different languages either. Patriotic songs have been sung in different languages before, it’s nothing new. I’m pretty positive that the “Star Spangled Banner” has been done in different languages, look it up.

I think the commercial wants to promote that people from other countries can be Americans too. There’s nothing racist about this commercial at all.

With all this being said, I think the commercial is great. The best thing that the Superbowl did, and the commercial is serious.

Kev

Politics/war, sports, TV

O’ Reilly vs. Obama thoughts…

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LOL, I just finished watching the new O’ Reilly vs. Obama interview for the first time… and it was entertaining as hell.

When O’ Reilly first brings up Benghazi, watch Obama closely as he slowly nods his head up and down. You can also see Obama’s eyes blinking as O’ Reilly speaks. You can immediately notice that Obama is getting nervous when O’ Reilly is trying to get onto him about Benghazi. Of course, Obama lies even more and dodges his questions. You can see it in Obama’s eyes that he knows a lot about Benghazi than anybody.

What’s with Obama not wearing a proper suit? Where is his tie? How un-American is that? Usually a President would look like a President during the major interviews…

Bill did a great job, though. Bill got tough on Obama and made him look like a baby.

Obama will never take responsibility for his actions. First he blames everything on Bush, now he’s blaming everything on FOX News. IDIOT!

Kev

Celebrity news

Sometimes I just don’t understand the internet when it comes to celebrity deaths…

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Whenever a famous person dies, there are always mixed responses. People can be really weird and strange when they react to a celebrity death. For example, people gave so much shit to Paul Walker’s car crash and yet people are grieving for Philip Seymour Hoffman (who died of a heroin overdose). Let me say that again… P.S.H. is getting a lot of support from people when everybody bashed Paul Walker. Why? Paul’s death was an accident, he didn’t do that to himself. Paul didn’t drink alcohol or do drugs either, yet it’s looking like that P.S.H. OD’d himself to death. When James Gandolfini died, people gave him so much bullshit too when his death had nothing to do with drugs and alcohol.

Whenever women die of drugs or alcohol like say Whitney Houston or Amy Winehouse, everybody is like…. “people shouldn’t grieve for those junkies and alcoholics”, yet everybody here is grieving for P.S.H. for his heroin use. See, what’s wrong with the picture? Get what I’m saying?

I got so much shit for paying my respects to Pete Seeger and Margaret Thatcher. They didn’t die of drugs & alcohol but this post isn’t about that. This is about people responding to celebrity deaths in a negative way.

Why would people feel sorry for P.S.H. when the internet constantly bashed Kurt Cobain for his heroin addiction and other rock stars?

People can be pretty cold and evil when it comes to celebrity deaths in the news. People shouldn’t get slammed for grieving for celebrities when they die. It’s unfair and wrong. This is getting out of hand for sure. I report celebrity deaths on here to show my respects… I never cared about public opinion. I think all celebs deserve respects when they pass on. I pay my respects to all of them the best I can on here.

If there is a celebrity who died of someone who I don’t like or don’t care for, I just ignore it and let it slide by. I don’t respond. You can’t deny that people can get real nasty when it comes to celebrities dying.

People show their support and respects ’cause it’s the right thing to do. We don’t know them, sure but these people provide the entertainment for us. Celebrities and famous people are human like all of us. They’re gonna go like all of us. That’s the way the media works. The bigger the media gets in the world, the more people will respond.

People are crazy and nuts, I tell ya.

Kev

music

It’s interesting how the mainstream media forgets, “The Day The Music Died”…

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Whenever Elvis Presley’s birthday or anniversary death comes around, the media and the internet is all over it; however, when “The Day The Music Died” anniversary comes around… it is ignored by everyone. I’ve never forgotten that tragic day: Feb. 3rd, 1959, and I’ll always remind people of it every  year.

America should care about this day and deserves to be known. Why? Because that day truly was the day the music died. These three musicians changed the world of music forever. These three are the reason why music is here today. They are the reason why we all love music and why many of us are musicians. If these three musicians: Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens weren’t around then Elvis and the Beatles wouldn’t have been around.

It’s a shame that Ritchie’s life and music career was cut short. Ritchie would have had a big music career indeed… he could have been just as big as Elvis and The Beatles. I’ve always been interested in Ritchie’s life story and music.

Today’s music generation certainly have forgotten rock n’ roll in the 50’s. Everybody wants to focus on today’s pop music.

Everybody should learn about “The Day The Music Died”. It’s an important piece of music history we should all learn and know. This day is called, “The Day The Music Died” for a reason as Don McClean called it in his song, “American Pie”.

I love the Ritchie story and the movie “La Bamba” w/ Lou Diamond Phillips (Yes, that movie is accurate on Ritchie’s story). If you’ve forgotten about this important piece of history in music, learn.

When will I make a video tribute to the Big Bopper? Maybe I’ll do that for next year’s Feb. 3rd. How’s that sound?

Kev

Politics/war, sports, TV

Was 9/11/01 perpetrated by our own government??? I wouldn’t be surprised…

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So, “#Investigate911” is a trending topic on twitter. Yes, they were referring to the 9/11/01 WTC attacks, of course. I was trying to figure out why this became a trending topic all of a sudden and I think I just figured it out… some guy interrupted a Superbowl press conference and says that, “9/11 should be investigated and was perpetrated by our own government”.

Well, for many years, people have blamed the 9/11/01 attacks on President Bush and our US Government. The US government during the Bush Administration blamed it on Osama Bin Laden but I don’t think Bin Laden was involved. There was no proof that Bin Laden was involved and they didn’t even put him on trial. Ever noticed there was no full on congressional investigation on 9/11/01 just like there was no investigation on the Benghazi attacks 9/11/2012???

The Obama administration claimed they went out and killed Bin Laden with no proof of that either so this gets me thinking that Obama could be helping to protect George W. Bush over 9/11/01 ’cause everybody knows that Obama and Bush have a strong relationship together.

Was 9/11/01 an inside job by our US government?

I agree 9/11/01 should be investigated and the same goes for Benghazi – 9/11/2012. They both need a full scale investigation.

It’s nice to finally see the American people waking up on 9/11/01 that the terrorists attacks wasn’t exactly committed by Bin Laden but it was actually done by George W. Bush himself.

Kev

music, sports, TV

Bruno Mars & The Chili Peppers…. Superbowl halftime performance thoughts…

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Well, there have been mixed opinions from the Bruno Mars & Chili Peppers performance during Halftime Superbowl. Some love it, some hated it. Well, I didn’t even like it myself.

Why? Because that kind of music is not my cup of tea. Don’t get me wrong, Bruno maybe a talented dude, I just feel that he is a Michael Jackson and Prince wannabe a little bit. Even the Red Hot Chili Peppers couldn’t save the performance. The Chili Peppers don’t believe in wearing shirts on stage like usual. I just think the Bruno performance was too boring to me. Not my cup of tea.

I hope the Superbowl will get a rock act next year. I’m tired of all these R&B and pop stars taking over the Superbowl halftime show. We should get a rock act next year but nope. Next year we’ll probably get Miley, Justin Bieber or Kanye.

As for the game itself, like everyone else, I thought the Seahawks vs. Broncos was boring as fuck. It was a pretty bad game. That’s all I gotta say about that.

Kev

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