Category: Music
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Personal Tech/Self-hosted wins.
A few weeks ago I worked with Claude.ai to generate some journaling prompts that were unique to me and my goals. It’s made for some great journaling this month so far. Today’s prompt and response is one worth sharing as I think it’s something a lot of folks like me would benefit from thinking about…
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Adventures in Self-hosting HiFi Audio Streaming.
I’ve been through a bunch of self-hosted music setups over the past 10 years or so. There are a long list of good reasons why owning and hosting your own music is better than streaming but I’ll save that for another post. Still, despite years of home streaming my audio collection, I haven’t found the…
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audio & self-hosting updates
It’s been a busy few weeks as I reorient myself from the warm-weather version of me that spends almost zero time on personal technology projects to the cold-weather version of me that spend most of my time on personal technology projects. As always, I know I contain multitudes but sometimes the difference between some of…
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Freddie King
Stumbled across this album yesterday afternoon: The entire album is gold. After years of listening to live album (that I can’t seem to find the name of anywhere) it was great to hear some of the original studio versions. Also on: website
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New Releases
A lot of new releases to check out from the past 2 weeks: The Windham Hill Guitar one isn’t new but I just added it to my library, the rest though, I’m excited to check out. I’ve already been really loving the new Vasen/Hawktail release. Can’t believe the Brand New Heavies album is 30 years…
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The Right Amplifier
A few years ago I picked up a pair of KEF q150 speakers for my small listening room, at the time I had them paired with a NAD 7125 amplifier. When I first fired up that pairing I was a bit dissapointed in how bass-heavy everything sounded. I learned that the KEF’s came with some…
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Delaware Valley Bluegrass – 2024
This is the best bluegrass festival, period. The size is perfect. One stage, no lines, nothing is crowded* Almost everyone who attends plays an instrument so the campground jams can be amazing. (*except the handicap bathroom stall of which there is only one and when you’re helping someone navigate the festival in a wheelchair that…
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Greyfox 2024 Highlights
Molly Tuttle’s performance at Greyfox was revolutionary, combining advanced light effects and traditional bluegrass with poignant moments. Her versatility and skill, particularly in her song “Crooked Tree,” were highlighted. Le Vent du Nord from Quebec amazed the audience with their unique sound and exceptional musicianship. Hawktail captivated with their powerful, emotional performance. The fiddle duo…
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Albert Music Hall
Played to a capacity crowd with Vinny and Mike last night. (great photo by Bob Yellen) Posted a couple of videos up on Facebook but will try to get them on YouTube, too. Also on: website
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Jazz & Chinese Food
For a Chinese restaurant with live jazz, I expected at least one half of the equation to be meh but the food was great and the band was exceptional.