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The best, etc., of 2023

12.31.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Graphic showing 2023 changing to 2024

Well, it was a year.

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Turning 62, I guess

09.14.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Kids in a carnival ride car, number 62

Hard to keep track, ’cause it changes every year.

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Things I’m learning about recording

01.11.2023 by Greg Kemble // 2 Comments

Mixer faders

It’s nice being a beginner again.

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Seth’s The Practice: “7. How to Draw an Owl”

01.04.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Embrace uncertainty.

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Seth’s The Practice: “6. Learning to Juggle”

01.03.2023 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

Someday I’ll try this.

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The best, etc., of 2022

12.29.2022 by Greg Kemble // Leave a Comment

2022
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Somehow I missed my “best, etc. of” post for 2021.

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Color of the pen (a song!)

12.03.2021 by Greg Kemble // 2 Comments

Abstract blue ink

I plan to write about the process of recording Color of the Pen, much as I did in an earlier post about my previous song, Josie, but I’m drowning near the end of a semester. Someone asked for the lyrics, though, so I figured that shouldn’t take as long as a full post.

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Josie (a song!)

06.21.2021 by Greg Kemble // 2 Comments

Ad from TEAC brochure: a band with the same person as all four musicians.
“How does that Simul-sync function?”

In the early ’80s, I got my hands on my first multi-track recorder: a Teac 4-channel reel-to-reel tape recorder.

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Greg in front of a wall sculpture at SFO
Mildly introverted.
Mostly harmless.

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