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Posted Wednesday 29 August 2007
Nearly Moving
August 29, 2007, Mount Shasta, CA: It won't be long before the Bloggard will be moving to the new home.I have purchased a house here in Northern California, and the property had adequate space, and so it happened that, thanks to the goodness of the Benevolent Universe, a new shop is being constructed there. Mobius Megatar, where I make wonderful musical instruments, has outgrown it's space at the Secret Megatar Laboratory, and soon will have this new and larger factory shop.
The construction has trampled the once-lavish grounds, but soon our team of avid gardeners will be back on the job. In the meantime, here are some pictures --
(a) The house (left) and new shop (right):
(b) The house (left) and new shop (right):
(c) The view out the windows:
If you'd like to see more photos of the shop construction project, on our Mobius Megatar website, in the News section, open up the MegaBlog, and choose "Factory" to find lottso photos from bare ground up through the current state.
It won't be long before we move our equipment into the new shop, and create even more Megatars for a world thirsty for easy-to-play music.
Posted Tuesday 07 August 2007
Bloggard on YouTube!
YouTube, August 7, 2007: Today the Bloggard has completed the first video of the "Easy Touch-Style Method" series for Mobius Megatar. As perhaps you know, the Bloggard (using his stage name of Traktor Topaz) along with reclusive musician Henri DuPont have written a series of method books which makes learning to play music very easy.These books are called "The Easy Touch-Style Method." The purpose of the video series is to provide a demo of how easy it can be to learn two-handed touch-style play using this streamlined learning method.
The first video -- viewable today -- is an introduction which simply explains what touch-style is, and provides a demo of how one can play by touch. It then shows why having more strings makes playing easier, and shows how clear it is when both hands can move exactly the same. Then, using four simple chords, the Bloggard demonstrates --
- How to arpeggiate chords in both hands using only nine notes
- How to then change that to play roots and harmony notes with your two hands
- How to use those bass roots to play left hand chords
- How to use those harmony notes while playing walking bass inside the nine notes
- How to play dual melody in both hands.
- How to play chords and improvise
- How to play chords and melody.
PS: If you are wondering, the instrument used in the demo is a Mobius Megatar TrueTapper Eclipse. The audio recording was done entirely in Guitar Rig 2 with minimal effects. As you can see, the demo was filmed in the Mobius Megatar Space Station engine room. (Warp Drives were offline for an oil change. Otherwise, it would have been too noisy.)