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.
Tag Archives: recording
Makin’ Music with EZKeys 2 Demo Part 6
In this video I review my song that I created from scratch starting with EZKeys 2. This is the final video in the series. This is Part 6. I have mixed the final version of the song and have distributed … Continue reading
Makin’ Music with EZKeys 2 Demo Part 5
In this video I continue to create a song from scratch. This is Part 5. I re-record guitars and vocals to final tracks. At the end f this video I will be ready to mix, master and release. Continue to … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged EZ drummer, EZBass, EZDrummer 3, ezkeys2, EZMix 3, Music, presonus, presonusstudioone, recording, recording studio, retirement, retirement ain't easy, youtube
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2025 New Year Resolutions
Once again it’s time to put forth my resolutions or goals for 2025. I’m a bit late this year but better late than never. As a former Project Manager, I find that setting goals is essential for my self worth … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Life in General, retirement, writing
Tagged blog, blogging, book reading, books, goodreads, memoir, Music, music equipment, novel writing, record album, recording, retirement, retirement ain't easy, toy collecting, toys, weightloss, writing
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2024 New Year’s Resolutions Report Card
Its time to review my 2024 New Year’s Resolutions. I’ve been doing this for a number of years now. I always set some goals for myself that have to do with my personal creative side. These goals are self improvements … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Life in General, Music, retirement, Uncategorized
Tagged blog, blogging, Distrokid, memoir, Music, new music, new years resolution, overweight, recording, resolution, retirement, retirement ain't easy, spotify, streaming music, vlog, weight loss, youtube
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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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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
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
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Tagged demo, EZ drummer, happy song, new years resolution, personus studio one, recording, recording studio, song, songwriting, soundcloud
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Retirement Ain't Easy 