Guy G. Gorman
"Everything worth doing is worth doing badly!"
You've probably heard it a little differently, but I remember a light bulb flipping on in my mind when I first heard this stated by an...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Dec 6, 2020
- 2 min
Can't Explain
I play bass in a band called Schering and Inslag. All five members are excellent songwriters. We have discussions over subjects like...
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Guy G. Gorman
- May 20, 2020
- 2 min
Keith and Me
Thanks to Sean Daniel and his very cool YouTube guitar learning channel I have learned to play “Malagueña.” (To be more accurate it’s...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Apr 27, 2020
- 3 min
The Great White Monster
If you're a songwriter, it's even scarier than a shark. A writer (Was it Hemingway?) called it the great white monster, the blank page...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Dec 13, 2019
- 3 min
It's of Simplicity that I Sing
Is Thoreau the godfather of popular music? He extolled the virtues of simplicity. (Do you think he used Occam's Razor when he shaved?...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Nov 9, 2019
- 3 min
The Spirit of Rock and Roll
I've recently been listening to Learning the Game (2017) by Hayden Thompson. His may not be a familiar name, but he's a member of the...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Oct 23, 2019
- 2 min
Pirouettes, Jerry Lee, and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
The elegant ballet dancer spins around and around and around and around with amazing speed, left arm out in front of her, bent at the...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Sep 27, 2019
- 3 min
Fake News
If you've ever felt cheated by media hoopla and/or reviews over some band or another, you'll probably see a musical connection to this...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Sep 19, 2019
- 2 min
Old Town Road
Maybe I'm a little behind the curve on this (something on the order of a billion YouTube views), and I never expected to really have an...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Jul 13, 2019
- 4 min
I'm Stupid When I Listen to Popular Music
This isn't some diatribe against the evils of popular music. I love pop music. I even like the candy-coated confections that melt in...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Jul 7, 2019
- 4 min
Are We Less Musical?
I recently became fascinated with North Sentinel Island. As a geography freak, I was surprised when I first heard of NSI. I thought...
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Guy G. Gorman
- May 2, 2019
- 3 min
"Electricity Comes From Other Planets"
The other day I was drumming along to my cassette version of "VU" by the Velvet Underground. It had been a long time. I was having a...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Mar 8, 2019
- 4 min
It All Begins with a Song
I recently saw the movie "It All Begins with a Song" at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR)* It investigates the experience...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Feb 9, 2019
- 4 min
Destiny Street
At University of Notre Dame I was one of about three people who liked Richard Hell and the Voidoids. I think the other two were just...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Jan 4, 2019
- 5 min
New Ideas
New ideas are hard to accept. Some interesting examples: Stan Lee's editor thought that Spiderman was a terrible idea for a super hero....
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Guy G. Gorman
- Nov 29, 2018
- 3 min
Supporting Acts
Life is great! It hasn't always gone as planned (assuming I had a plan :-D), but it has always turned out better than I could have ever...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Oct 24, 2018
- 3 min
Virtual Nostalgia
I came across this blog entry recently as I was rummaging through the dark recesses of my computer. Once again I'm reminded of how much...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Oct 19, 2018
- 4 min
The Power of Enthusiasm
Rock n Roll has a special connection with enthusiasm. The whole punk rock movement at its best was about reclaiming enthusiasm's proper...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Oct 10, 2018
- 4 min
Other Worlds
We're fascinated with the idea of other worlds, other realities. A place where we aren't bound by the rules that so hinder us here. The...
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Guy G. Gorman
- Aug 21, 2018
- 4 min
Old Friends
This is somewhat less than half of my record collection. (That doesn't include CDs, cassettes [Yes, cassettes], 45s, 78s [Yes, those...
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