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		<title>Awareness test</title>
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		<link>http://www.davidchenu.com/wordpress/archives/46</link>
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		<title>Transcribing (for musicians)</title>
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One of the best ways to improve your jazz playing is learning other people’s solos or songs.  Different people have different ideas about this.  Some people think that you must learn them by ear and memorize them as you go.  Others say it is okay to write them down as you go.  Try starting off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John Ellis: playing originals vs. standards</title>
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John Ellis from New Orleans is one of the great saxophonists around right now. He is soulful, creative and melodic. I love what he has to say about playing his original music in an interview from &#8220;All About Jazz&#8221; by Jason Crane&#8230;
&#8220;All About Jazz: You&#8217;ve spent so much time playing either your own original music [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidchenu.com/wordpress/archives/43</link>
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		<title>New recording to check out&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friend (Failing Domino)
Here is a recording I did earlier this year with the band {{{Sunset}}} from their new CD called &#8220;Glowing City&#8221;.  Awesome stuff by Bill Baird, who is formerly of the band Soundteam, and also happens to live in my neighborhood.  Bill is super creative and prolific and always has 10 new songs he wants to work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidchenu.com/wordpress/archives/41</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s the difference between 4th and 5th?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pretty intense video&#8230; 

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		<link>http://www.davidchenu.com/wordpress/archives/40</link>
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		<title>RIP Esbjorn Svennson</title>
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I just found out that Swedish pianist Esbjorn Svennson passed away on June 14th in a diving accident. His playing was beautiful and melodic&#8230; It had an interesting blend of classical, jazz and rock styles. His trio had been playing together since 1993. He was the first European jazz musician to grace the cover of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidchenu.com/wordpress/archives/38</link>
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		<title>Eve&#8217;s Organic Granola</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the last couple of years, I have been making homemade granola.  I highly recommend it!  It is a healthy and tasty breakfast or snack.  If you can, use all organic ingredients.  People keep asking me for the recipe once they try it, so here it is.  I got the recipe from my sister Eve (Certified Aston-Patterning® Practioner, ACE [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidchenu.com/wordpress/archives/37</link>
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		<title>10 Things You Can Like About $4 Gas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a great article in TIME magazine this week called &#8220;10 Things You Can Like About $4 Gas&#8221;  that I recommend.  I especially like #2, Sprawl Stalls.  Maybe my dream not that long ago of suburbs turning into post-apocalyptic wastelands with empty superhighways connecting them isn&#8217;t so far off.  It&#8217;s nice to see that people are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidchenu.com/wordpress/archives/35</link>
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		<title>Always check your music&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the first song of the Charlie Parker Omnibook**, &#8220;Confirmation&#8220;, I found:
5 wrong notes
2 missing turns
3 notes that they added which didn&#8217;t exist
1 missing note
3 wrong rhythms
And that&#8217;s just the first song! 
I recommend checking with the recording before you assume any transcriptions are correct.  Why don&#8217;t they hire me to re-edit and re-release it?  Anyway, it keeps [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidchenu.com/wordpress/archives/31</link>
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		<title>Hang it up</title>
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Hang up your clothes to dry.  With global warming, it hardly takes any time at all to dry your clothes on a clothesline!  It is a lot cheaper than a dryer, doesn&#8217;t use electricity (save even more money!) and your clothes last longer because there is less wear and tear on them.  Why not?  If you have a dryer and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.davidchenu.com/wordpress/archives/28</link>
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