http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/ en druthemeyer@skagitvalleyherald.com Copyright 2008 2008-05-10T20:46:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/article/once_movie_soundtrack/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/once_movie_soundtrack/#When:23:12:00Z Last weekend I finally saw the movie, "Once" after hearing a lot of buzz about it. Well, the movie was phenomenal, and that was largely in part to the very moving music performed by Glen Hansard & Marketa… Music 2008-01-02T23:12:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/article/m_pact_review/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/m_pact_review/#When:23:28:00Z Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I went with several friends to the Triple Door in Seattle to see an acappella group called M-pact. They are always incredible when I see them (this will be concert #4). They… Music 2007-11-27T23:28:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/article/mute_math/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/mute_math/#When:18:16:00Z I was looking around on my friends' Myspace profiles, and someone had a YouTube video linked there of a band called "Mute Math" playing on Letterman. I had never heard them, or of them, before. I was very… Music 2007-10-24T18:16:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/article/song_writing/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/song_writing/#When:15:33:00Z As an amateur songwriter, I am always trying to figure out how to improve on my craft. There are many aspects of songwriting and even more to learn about recording. I guess people write music in all kinds… Music 2007-10-08T15:33:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/article/sigur_ros/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/sigur_ros/#When:16:27:00Z Melancholy. That's what I think of when I think of Sigur Ros. A delight of sound. Sigur Ros, a 4-piece from Iceland, have been together for several years and I am finding that more and more… Music 2007-09-12T16:27:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/article/music_from_space/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/music_from_space/#When:20:50:00Z I listened to a CD of a speech given by a quantum physicist by the name of David Van Koevering recently. He is 67 years old and was the inventor of several technologies in the fields of light and musical… Music 2007-08-23T20:50:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/article/guitars/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/guitars/#When:18:33:01Z Guitars In the world of guitars, there are literally hundreds of thousands of choices. Narrowing it down requires consideration of many things. Number of frets, type of body, tuning pegs,… Music 2007-08-10T18:33:01-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/article/anochords_show_7_27_2007/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/anochords_show_7_27_2007/#When:23:30:00Z This last weekend I attended a local barbershop chorus show put on by the Anacortes Anochords (http://www.anochords.org) . The guest quartets were the 2005 and 2006… Music 2007-07-31T23:30:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/article/smashing_pumpkins_zeitgeist/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/smashing_pumpkins_zeitgeist/#When:15:16:00Z The Smashing Pumpkins have been on a hiatus for 7 years and many people have been skeptical about the new union. I say "new" union because only 2 of the original members are in the new ‘Pumpkins’.… Music 2007-07-31T15:16:00-08:00 http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/article/chris_cornell/ http://www.goskagit.com/index.php/blogs/chris_cornell/#When:23:25:00Z I have been listening to a lot of Chris Cornell lately. If you don't know who Chris Cornell is (and just crawled to a computer from that rock you've been under), he is a vocalist who grew up in Seattle… Music 2007-07-27T23:25:00-08:00