HeyJaredEric's creative journal and musings
Doodling, creating short poems, playing guitar, and listening to (and writing about) music. I'm on a journey of creative exploration!
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Guiltless forests (opens the original)
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Different sides of the same musical coin? (opens the original)
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I spent my day doing small chores in and outside the house, helped immensely by the company of my pets, music, and coffee. I began my chore session by listening to something of a comfort album for me, a collection of recordings of Agustin Barrios (my favorite classical guitar composer) played by renown guitarist John Williams (not that John Williams! The classical guitar player from Australia, who is an inspiration on the instrument). These pieces move from lovely, flowing, and nostalgic ruminat
Sketches and poems #15 (opens the original)
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Hello my dear friends! It has been a while since I’ve released sketches and poems in this format. I apologize for that, but here we are again! Thank you for reading and following along (and waiting, if you happen to be here for this series). 😊Sketches and poems<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!B2OO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F682939d3-90ec-4329-b9e6-be4ad79
How small details make a song seem complete (opens the original)
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It is so fascinating to me how music or art can sometimes use simple ideas to convey feeling or groove. The song that inspired this ruminative session is Sad to Know (You’re Leaving) by Gregory Isaacs. The instrument that has caught my intrigue and for some reason, is so cool to me, is the guiro, pictured below. This percussion instrument adds a simple, pleasing, wooden-sounding scrape to the sonic backdrop and is a very nice textural instrument to give a song added depth.</div
This exercise for classical guitar changed my life (kind of) (opens the original)
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During the constant journey to hone our craft, there are certain tools and actions we can take to better ourselves in order to produce at a higher level. I suppose I’m talking about technique exercises! Without getting too bland, I believe doing some amount of technical exercise for your hands can improve your playing during regular practice and make goals easier (and quicker) to reach. I’ve become fond of the journey of playing music - learning, practicing, experimenting with different ways of
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