Category: Inspirations
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I know how you feel
Learn. Practice. Do. Setbacks are often just temporary and usually very necessary. You can’t appreciate the sun if it never rains.
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The Journey of an Elite Level Mountain Bike Racing Commissionaire, Part 2 of My Interview With Michael Drolet
In Part 2 of this interview, we get a much more in-depth perspective of the intricacies of organizing and running such complicated events. Mike also gives us a glimpse of what it was like to be at the World Cup event at Snowshoe, West Virginia, and at the two Olympic events he has had the…
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The Journey of an Elite Level Mountain Bike Racing Judge , Part 1 of My Interview With Michael Drolet
In this episode, we follow Mike’s journey from his early fascination of the new sport of mountain biking right up to his reaching the pinnacle of his chosen field. What started as a mere curiosity for an ambitious young man turned into a rich and rewarding second career for a successful business executive. He is…
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The Passionate Purpose Paradox
Does passion define your purpose or does purpose define your passion? Does your purpose outweigh any notion of passion and do you just focus on making living, making the best with what ends up being your life’s work?
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Silver Bullet Guitar Greatness
Bob Seger has always been know as an excellent piano and keyboard player, as well as being an outstanding lyricist and songwriter. But what his music doesn’t get enough credit for, is the amazing guitar work that can be found in his many musical gems.
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The Lost Art of Album Cover Art
As I listened to my new record, I would take almost as much delight in poring over every square inch of the album cover, studying and dissecting the brilliant cover art of that era. The covers of those albums were incredible. Just looking at them was special.
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The Strange Tale of My First Real Job
Photo by Arturo Castaneyra on Unsplash This article has nothing at all to do with guitar or music but it is a humorous recounting of events that really and truly happened. I graduated university with a pretty average average, having experienced the highs, lows, and the middle of academic success. Not because of a lack…
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21 in 21: Twenty-One Great Songs From the Past Twenty-One Years Featuring Excellent Guitar
There are plenty of songs in the new millennium that prove guitar based music is alive and kicking. Here are just a few examples of guitar based songs from the past 21 years that sound great and do a really good job promoting the guitar as a central instrument in a song’s arrangement.
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Ten Essential Black Sabbath Songs
Born out of bands called The Rockin’ Chevrolets, Mythology, and Earth, Black Sabbath came to be in 1969. There was a Boris Karloff movie of the same that came out a few years earlier but it is a little unclear if Geezer Butler got the name directly from that movie or if he just imagined…
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Arrogance is the death of progress
Arrogance is the death of progress. Again, I’ve had to stare down and reckon with my own arrogance. Always be open to new ideas and don’t be afraid to be reminded of the fundamentals of anything, even of things you think you are an expert at.