Just Chuck
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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
2024 New Years Resolutions
Now that I am retired from the daily soul crushing commute and job, I hope completing my New Years Resolutions in 2024 will come easier. So here are my 5 New Years Resolutions that I plan on …. Resolving? Resolution … Continue reading
2023 Year End Wrap Up
It’s time for a 2023 Resolution Wrap up. Time to review what nonsense I came up with in January to try and fulfill, improve and better my life. So here we go. Resolution #1 – I’m going to journal this … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Life in General, Music, writing
Tagged 2023, Album of the month, blog, blogging, Camp NaNoWriMo, demo, Hero Bread, journal, Music, my music, NaNoWriMo, new years resolution, recording, resolution, soundcloud, weight loss, writing
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Vinyl of the Month – The Tubes by The Tubes
Have you ever heard of The Tubes? If you were a teen in the 70’s reading CREEM magazine you would have first been introduced to them. Like KISS, who I also learned about through CREEM magazine, The Tubes were featured … Continue reading
O.B.L.
On September 11, 2001, the world changed. Innocence was lost. Life for all of us took a sharp turn down a darker street. That day, of course, was the day terrorist took advantage of America’s naivety and brought down two … Continue reading
Posted in Life in General, Music
Tagged 9-11, cakewalk, never forget, O.B.L., OBL, Osama Bin Laden, recording, shure, song, songwriting, takamine, terrorist attack
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2023 Resolution Review – Am I Making a Dent?
I completely missed posting on Monday, I guess because it was a holiday in the states. So pretend it’s still Monday and this is my posting. Here we are 8 months into the year, 2/3 of the way on this … Continue reading
Vinyl of the Month – Max Webster by Max Webster
You’ve probably never heard of Max Webster. I hadn’t either until I went to a Rush concert in June 1980 at the Austin Municipal Auditorium in Austin Texas. I was a newly minted Rush fan and was excited to see … Continue reading
Monday’s Weekly Posting
I don’t know that I have anything to share today. For once I am out of time and ideas to share. The song I’ve been working on is still sitting in a demo state leaving me 3 days to re-record … Continue reading
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Create, Record, Release a Song Status and Evernote
Today I was hoping to post some great progress on the song creation and release. Although there has been progress, it’s not much and now I’m concerned I might not meet this month’s goal of Create, Record, Release a Song. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Evernote, macbook, new years resolution, Notes, recording, recording studio, song, songwriting, soundcloud
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August Create, Record, Release a Song Status
If you recall, my goal for the month of August was to create, record and release a song into the world. I’ve not been able to do anything during the week. I have to try and focus on getting things … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged demo, EZ drummer, happy song, new years resolution, personus studio one, recording, recording studio, song, songwriting, soundcloud
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New Year’s Resolution Goal – create, record, and release a song into the world
I misspoke in my post regarding my NaNoWriMo Results. I said that during August I would create, record and release two songs into the world. Checking back on my New Years Resolutions, it was to create, record and release one song during the year. … Continue reading
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Tagged BMI, Corner Desk Studio, Evernote, guitars, KISS, KISS stuff, new years resolution, recording, recording studio, retroplex, songwriting, soundcloud, studio desk
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Retirement Ain't Easy 