February 2011 Blog Posts (15)

IF someone could listen to the Song I recently posted (Tonight) and give me feedback on the actual recording, quaility and content etc. It would be appreciated,

 

thank you,

You can now download my 9 track Forest light album for free at full quality. Go to my website for details. http://www.craighood.com

We're working on booking festivals and other gigs for summer and beyond. We need to improve our sound quality, so I'm looking for an AER amp. Heard one being used by a classical guitarist here in the gazebo in JC one afternoon. Cleanest, sweetest amplification I've ever heard. The amp was so small I didn't even see it at first - the EQ and balance was so great, it just made the guitar sound loud and full. There was no dimunition in quality at all - no flattening, no shallowness, etc. Just…

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You can now download my 17 track Nothing music album for free at full quality. Go to my website for details.

http://www.craighood.com

I had become fairly obsessed by the time I had been attempting to play for a couple years. I was practicing about 30 minutes a night 5 nights a week. It was even getting to the point that my wife and son actually stayed in the room with me while I practiced. My wife inadvertently helped me in my obsession by buying me books, and strings and picks etc for birthdays and Christmases.

I was successful in quitting smoking though, thanks to the guitar obsession. Whenever I had the urge for…

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I recently heard from our drummer and his Clinical trial drug along with chemo (SP) therapy seem to be helping. The tumor in his pancreas has diminished by approximately 22% and he's gained 8 pounds. It is so encouraging to hear that he's improved however slightly since this is such a deadly form of cancer.

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My recording process is coming along nicely. When I listen to a playback I am less embarrassed than last time.

I'd like to invite everyone to to Pandora Radio!  Put in Lace Walker to hear my new CD. If you already have Pandora put Lace Walker in the "create a new station" area. There's also some other wonderful players on the site. Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc81o9tCU8Q

Great News! Check out The Somojo chart for week ending 06 Feb 2011 Fallin' Fallin'* is at #1 in ALL categories of music! I have this song categorized as "Folk Rock" and listed in the Folk Music category. Somojo Radio has 19 music categories including Rock, Jazz, Blues, Country, Electronica, Dance, Pop Goth, Aternative, Acoustica, Folk etc....

Somojo Radio is invitation only and all tracks are screened and approved for broadcast. Artists from around the world submit songs.

For a…

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Last weekend I was hired to play for a family on the beach.  The husband set it up so that I would be playing my guitar sitting in a chair at the waterline (formally dressed but with bare feet).  He would be walking along the beach with his wife and 9-year-old daughter and point me out and come over to talk.  As they were a little bit late, I became somewhat of an odd distraction to people passing by including a squad of Marines jogging on the beach who high-fived me as they came by.  The… Continue

http://www.101leaders.com/2010/09/happier-hour-sept-28-from-5-to-7pm/

Bogie's Night Club special performance 

http://www.101leaders.com/2011/01/bogies-night-club/ 

After much huffing and puffing, cursing and swearing I'm pleased to tell you, if you've not already noticed, that the up todate Mashers / Acoustic Rotherham News Blogs are back in the RSS corner of the profile.

You can of course also find it by heading directly HERE

Why is this important? - well it means you can now tune into the best Web Site for Acoustic Music in South…

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