The world is so full of boring people. It’s important for leaders, teachers, writers, performers, and artists to share an influence that is NOT boring with this starved-for-passion world.
By Damien Riley
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Posted in Guitar, Inspiration
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Also tagged art, classroom management skills, Education, Inspiration, kids, lesson, Michael Stipe, reading, relationships, REM, Rock, Self Improvement, singer michael stipe, success, teacher, Teaching, Writing
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February 17, 2009 – 8:03 pm
I have a gig this month and I am inviting my readers to come out.
When?
Sat Feb 28th, 2009
I go on sometime after 930pm (second spot)
The guitar has strummed itself throughout my life. I talk about that a little bit in this post.
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A friend’s spouse told me the other day I was lucky because with a guitar I’d never be unemployed. Hmm, that made little sense to me but I thanked him for the compliment anyway. I used to teach guitar out of my home and had a bunch of marketing pens that lie around [...]
February 25, 2008 – 9:25 pm
As I sit here tonight I can see my guitar in full view next to the tv. It’s a medium brown wood color with a large flat plastic pick guard just below the sound hole. It’s a Martin guitar from the orchestra series. I’ve played it in hundreds of places, my dad [...]
January 9, 2008 – 11:24 pm
The Fender Telecaster
The Martin “Triple ‘o’”
The Rickenbacker 6-String
The Les Paul
The Stratocaster
The Gibson J-45
The Baby Taylor
The Flying-V
The Martin Dreadnought
The Gretsch Hollow Body
The Fender P Bass
5 String Bass
Rickenbacker 12-String
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A long running hobby throughout my life has been songwriting. I think I wrote my first song in 7th grade, the chorus went something like this:
You’re out of reach, out of reach
I try to reach you try to make you believe
But you’re out of reach . . . to reach your peak.
Okay okay, [...]
By Damien Riley
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Posted in Guitar, Inspiration
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Also tagged art, catchy chorus, dave sharp, example of a song, idea, Inspiration, middle 8, myspace, structure, sweet chorus, Writing
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December 21, 2006 – 7:18 pm
In case you haven’t noticed, I haven’t played the SandBar or any other venue for several months. My last gig was a while back at the Ponderosa. I played for 20 minutes in front of an audience of 18-20 year olds. It was a good experience as playing live always is. [...]
By Damien Riley
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Posted in Guitar
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Also tagged audience, coffee houses, elementary school kids, guitar class, life, music, story, Teaching, teaching music, wife, Work, working
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