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I’m Chuck. I am retired as of December 31, 2023. I like playing guitar, listening to music, recording music, reading books and comic books, portrait and toy photography, writing and playing Pokemon Go. I don’t miss work at all.
Category Archives: Music
Vinyl Challenge – Bands & Colors
This video is in response to @ChrisPropfeMusicallyObsessed Vinyl Community Thread “Bands & Colors” for Easter 2025. In this video I’ve pulled 5 vinyl albums and 5 CDs that meet the criteria of Bands with a color in their names.
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Tagged #cdcollection, #cdcollector, #recordcollector, CD collection, Music, record album, records, retirement ain't easy, vinyl, vinylcollection, vinylcommunity, youtube
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Makin’ Music with EZKeys 2 Part 3
In this video I continue using a trial version of Toontrack‘s EZKeys 2 to create a song. This is Part 3. To follow the series go back and watch Parts 1 & 2. In this video I add scratch vocals … Continue reading
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Tagged EZ drummer, EZBass, EZDrummer 3, ezkeys2, EZMix 3, Music, retirement, retirement ain't easy, Toontrack, youtube
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Album of the Month – The Godz by The Godz
I covered The Godz debut album a couple of years ago on this blog. Since that time, I’ve launched a YouTube channel called Retirement Ain’t Easy, and on the channel I have been presenting Album of the Month through videos. … Continue reading
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Tagged Album of the month, Music, retirement ain't easy, the godz, vinyl, youtube
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Makin’ Music With EZKeys 2 Part 2
To follow this post, you should view Part 1 HERE. Then come back to this post. In this post I continue using a trial version of Toontrack‘s EZKeys 2 to create a song. This is Part 2. I build up … Continue reading
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Tagged EZ drummer, EZBass, EZDrummer 3, ezkeys2, EZMix 3, keyboard, makin music, Music, piano, piano music, presonus, presonusstudioone, retirement, retirement ain't easy, studio one, Toontrack, youtube
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Makin’ Music With EZKeys 2
If you follow me regularly you know that I make music. I’m currently working on 4-5 songs for my next release. Recently, I ran across a video on YouTube where the person was using an application called EZKeys 2. Now … Continue reading
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Tagged EXKeys 2, EZBass, EZDrummer 3, EZMix 3, Making Music, Music, retirement, retirement ain't easy, song, Song recording, songwriting, Toontrack, youtube
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I’m Not a Drummer, But I can Drum
I’m not a drummer. I’m a guitarist by day. However, over the years I’ve dabbled. Growing up, I wanted to be a Drummer. I wanted to be Micky Dolenz of the Monkees or Bingo from the Banana Splits. Then I … Continue reading
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Tagged 2025, alesis, banana splits, bingo, drummer, drumming, DW7000, electronic drums, micky dolenz, monkees, Music, retirement, retirement ain't easy, youtube
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Album of the Month – Powerhouse by American Tears
If you’ve followed this blog for any length of time you know that I do this Album/Vinyl of the Month Series. Once a month I choose an album from my collection and talk about when I bought it, where I … Continue reading
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Tagged Album of the month, american tears, Music, powerhouse, retirement, retirement ain't easy, vinyl, youtube
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10 Albums From My High School Graduation Year-1979
A month or so ago I saw a YouTube post from a Mike at Hubtunes who posted a few videos with the theme called Rock & Roll High School – 5 Records From My High School Years. I liked the … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Music
Tagged 1979, AC/DC, B-52s, billy thorpe, children of the sun, high school, highway to hell, lovedrive, mother's finest, mother's finest live, Music, pink floyd, retirement, retirement ain't easy, Rickie Lee Jones, sammy hagar, the knack, the offenders, the wall, vinyl, vinylcollection, vinylcommunity, we must rebel, youtube
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My Music Results for 2024
In 2024 I released four songs to the public. I am, for better or worse, a music artist with an EP released. I am a BMI songwriter. My songs are registered through BMI. I distribute my music through Distrokid. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, apple music, BMI, Distrokid, happy song, i want you to know, iheart radio, itunes, love like that, Music, my retirement song, retirement ain't easy, spotify, streaming, youtube
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Retirement Ain't Easy 