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Posted on July 9, 2005 by Steve

Live 8 videos for download

this site has nearly all the Live 8 songs for individual download.

Here are the three Bruce Cockburn tracks –

If I Had A Rocket Launcher
Call It Democracy
Waiting For A Miracle

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Been practicing a LOT with a pick of late, taking Been practicing a LOT with a pick of late, taking inspiration from @steve_swallow_bass, @codywrightmusic and @julieslickbass. Loving the @jimdunlopusa Tortex Flow pick. Good times 🙂❤️🎶
My last gig was exactly a year ago, in Trieste, It My last gig was exactly a year ago, in Trieste, Italy. An amazing night with a bit of a story attached - the live album of that gig is called Hindsight and you can hear it, buy it and read the story at music.stevelawson.net
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Let's not fuck up coming out of lockdown, eh? We might be able to get back to playing music in a room with people.
From a Chick Corea masterclass at Berklee in 1985, From a Chick Corea masterclass at Berklee in 1985, his "Cheap But Good Advice For Playing Music In A Group" - this was given to the attendees as a handout when they arrived. 
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(write up of the masterclass is here https://www.csmonitor.com/1985/0422/lchick.html )
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Advice to read, remember and live. ❤️❤️ (though number 14 is negotiable - beating the shit out of your instrument can be amazing 😉)
I own the scores to precisely 2 albums - one is Pa I own the scores to precisely 2 albums - one is Pat Metheny's Bright Size Life. The other is this. When I first bought this album it felt like a door to another world. The 1st Elektric Band record had raised the bar for fusion, but this was electric jazz as chamber music, compositionally it had more in common with Bartok or Messiaen than the Standards repertoire, but with room for improvisation and a sonic world that was bang up to date.
I wanted to understand it.
I still don't understand it.
It still blows my mind.
RIP @chickcorea ❤️😢
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