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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: songwriting
2026 New Years Goals
Health Goal – Lose 35 lbs Another repeat goal. *sigh*. A never ending story. One of these days I’ll get back into the groove where I lost 80 lbs and got down to my high school weight. Is 2026 the … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, chuck sturgeon music, exercise, Life in General, Model Building, retirement
Tagged #chucksturgeonmusic, #modelmaking, #scalemodel, #scalemodelling, #sturgeoncountry, goals, health, health insurance, kids who rock, KISS, Lego, medicare, Music, new years resolution, retirement, retirement ain't easy, scale modeling, song from scratch, Song recording, songwriting, stress, stress relief, walking, youtube
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Makin’ Music with EZKeys 2 Part 4
In this video I continue to create a song from scratch. This is Part 4. I add guitars to the song to see how the sound will fit. Continue to watch the series as I work my way through building … Continue reading
Posted in chuck sturgeon music, Music
Tagged EZ drummer, EZBass, EZDrummer 3, ezkeys2, EZMix 3, keyboard, Music, piano, piano music, presonus, presonusstudioone, retirement, retirement ain't easy, song, Song recording, songwriting, 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
Posted in chuck sturgeon music, Music
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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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
Posted in blogging, Life in General, Music
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
Posted in Music
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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iJournal
I’ve gone and started a journal again (see Resolution #1). I bought a blank book and have written my thoughts and comments for the last two days. Its a bit freeing although my arm is hurting from writing so much. … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Life in General
Tagged 2020 sucks, journal, NaNoWriMo, new years resolution, songwriting, writing
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Retirement Ain't Easy 