Create post for Partner Artist

[tbucking]

If you have anything for the "Featured Partner Artist", log into Wordpress and create a new "post", so it can appear in the third column on the new homepage.

[tbucking]

Hey @ctlacey , any update on this?

[ctlacey]

I’ll email you all that content tonight. Maybe we can talk for a few minutes this evening. There is a correction in the “trifold dynamic interface” that needs to be corrected. I’ll let you know about that tonight if we get a chance to talk and I’ll submit a ticket through GitHub.

On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 9:49 AM Tony Buckingham @.***> wrote:

Hey @ctlacey https://github.com/ctlacey , any update on this?

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[tbucking]

I can help you with layout, configuration, new features, etc . . ., but I can't help you with "content creation"; that's all you.

The purpose of this ticket is to get you to create the post in Wordpress. There's no need to use "voice communication" to get this done. That's precisely what this ticketing interface is for.

If there's an error on the site, I'm happy to address it if you create a ticket describing the problem here.

[ctlacey]

Ok. Got it. Thanks Tony!!! Will do! U da man.

On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 2:09 PM Tony Buckingham @.***> wrote:

I can help you with layout, configuration, new features, etc . . ., but I can't help you with "content creation"; that's all you.

The purpose of this ticket is to get you to create the post in Wordpress. There's no need to use "voice communication" to get this done. That's precisely what this ticketing interface is for.

If there's an error on the site, I'm happy to address it if you create a ticket describing the problem here.

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[ctlacey]

On Edward Van Halen

When Edward Van Halen performed live, he looked like a twelve-year-old kid that just learned a bunch of new skateboard tricks. He was grinning the whole time while he coasted, (playing rhythm) then when it came time to do some tricks, time to shine, he would often hold up his index finger on his picking hand and look at the audience as if to say “watch what I can do! Just watch and listen!”

He didn’t wear leather, try to look tough, or scowl at the audience in some ridiculous effort to convince the audience that he was a “badass.” He WAS the music. There was no pretense to what he did. Pretense was the furthest thing from his mind, yes?

It’s hard to overstate the influence that Edward had on the history of music, expression technique, and technology. Of course, guitar; electric AND acoustic. He was a fine keyboard player, he also played cello. (Did you know that? He was an innovator in the construction and design of guitars, amplifiers, and pedals.

He learned to play, like many of the greatest players, by his wits, his intuition, his inspiration, imagination. He didn’t read music at all. There was no need for that either. When he heard in his mind what he wanted to play, the guitars that existed did not suffice. So he built a guitar that would; Frankenstrat, built of “parts” that were worth, let’s say very little. He painted it himself and then on a whim put bicycle tape on it.

Van Halen played all over SO CAL, anywhere they could. Anywhere people would let them. At backyard parties that ended with cops showing up, and endless club dates, honing their chops. Gene Simmons produced a demo that didn’t end up being the trick. Then Van Halen, the album. Put it on and imagine you're an accomplished guitar player in 1978. One of your player friends calls you and says “OMG, you HAVE TO HEAR THIS.” Side one track one, Running with the Devil.

Steve Vai describes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bZ84kCpdvM

Then second track, a tiny space on the vinyl, 1 minute and 42 seconds. “Eruption.” What’s this? An attack on the senses. The tremolo picking. So much happening so quickly. Then just, and exactly 57 seconds into the track something happens. What’s this? What’s happening? This is not possible. Guitarists that developed their chops listening to Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and so on, could not understand, process, or transcribe this. It came to be known as “Tapping.”

Rick Beato describes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TdpXC3sgiw&t=310s

Things had changed, forever.

It’s one thing to be VERY VERY GOOD at something. It’s another thing to develop COMPLETE MASTERY of an expression, an art form. It’s another thing entirely to re-invent how the thing, the expression, the art form is done. This is what Edward Van Halen had done.

I’m reminded of Dog Town Z Boys, a fine film, narrated by Sean Penn, about the rowdy gang of youngsters that “invented” modern skateboarding over the course of a drought in CA in the 70’s that left many pools devoid of water. And...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yrEHjl1vFo

Edward Van Halen in my mind is one of the 3 most important guitar players in the history of guitar.

The first, in chronological order, was Andres Segovia. When Andres Segovia began playing guitar, it was considered a “parlor” instrument; That is to say, to be played in the parlor, for sing-alongs and to accompany drinking and merriment. "Parlor" instruments were considered quite differently than “concert” instruments. "Concert" instruments were instruments to be taken seriously. These were the instruments of Bach and Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin, to be played in concert halls. Segovia changed that, by transcribing the works of classical composers and other major pieces for classical guitar. He played these works in large concert halls, to large audiences, completely acoustically of course, as there was no amplification. Imagine filling him filling these large "concert" halls with sound with just those fingers,, the wood, and strings of his guitar. After Segovia, the guitar was taken seriously as a “concert” instrument. For this, we owe Andres Segovia. Here is a snippet of his playing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGfFii6Dtkg

The second is Django Reinhardt. Django was a young man who traveled across Europe with his family in a Gypsy caravan. He developed a reputation at a very young age as a remarkably fine guitar player. Then one night a fire broke out in the Gypsy caravan. Django attempted to help others and recover what could be salvaged and in the effort, his fretting hand was badly burned. He lost the capacity to fret with two fingers of his fretting hand so he did without. He persevered and is now synonymous with the style of guitar playing known as Gypsy Jazz. He played most famously in The Hot Club of Paris, a band in which he was joined by the great violinist Stéphane Grappelli. There are no known recordings of Django playing with his four fretting fingers, only the two, index and middle. It defies belief. In this rare footage you can see his fretting hand:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANArGmr74u4

The next is Edward Van Halen. And by now you know why. Many may not agree with my list.

Edward was not without his troubles. He overcame addiction and lead singer issues. The through line for Van Halen was always Edward and Alex, the brothers. It was never about the lead singer or anything else.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were never really a big part of the Van Halen story. But when they heard of his passing, they felt compelled to express their feelings and thoughts in music the very next day. They went into the studio and composed performed and recorded Edward.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/red-hot-chili-peppers-eddie-single-1234598493/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXMEXCT5ohY

Edward at his best was a completely realized being. He wasn’t trying to be, to become, something he was not. He manifested his destiny in this universe in a beautiful play of color and light… and sound.

[ctlacey]

Here's a "story" for the featured artists and orgs column. I posted this on the ticket in GitHub as well. We'll want a photo of Eddie Van Halen as well. I wonder can the videos play inside the page of EMG? Will there be a preview, with the pic of Eddie and then the title of the piece and the first few lines, and then when you click on it it goes to another page with the whole story and links? I wonder can the videos play inside the page of EMG? Or if there are links to open the vids then they should open in a new browser window so we don't drive traffic away from EMG.

On Edward Van Halen

When Edward Van Halen performed live, he looked like a twelve-year-old kid that just learned a bunch of new skateboard tricks. He was grinning the whole time while he coasted, (playing rhythm) then when it came time to do some tricks, time to shine, he would often hold up his index finger on his picking hand and look at the audience as if to say “watch what I can do! Just watch and listen!”

He didn’t wear leather, try to look tough, or scowl at the audience in some ridiculous effort to convince the audience that he was a “badass.” He WAS the music. There was no pretense to what he did. Pretense was the furthest thing from his mind, yes?

It’s hard to overstate the influence that Edward had on the history of music, expression technique, and technology. Of course, guitar; electric AND acoustic. He was a fine keyboard player, he also played cello. (Did you know that? He was an innovator in the construction and design of guitars, amplifiers, and pedals.

He learned to play, like many of the greatest players, by his wits, his intuition, his inspiration, imagination. He didn’t read music at all. There was no need for that either. When he heard in his mind what he wanted to play, the guitars that existed did not suffice. So he built a guitar that would; Frankenstrat, built of “parts” that were worth, let’s say very little. He painted it himself and then on a whim put bicycle tape on it.

Van Halen played all over SO CAL, anywhere they could. Anywhere people would let them. At backyard parties that ended with cops showing up, and endless club dates, honing their chops. Gene Simmons produced a demo that didn’t end up being the trick. Then Van Halen, the album. Put it on and imagine you're an accomplished guitar player in 1978. One of your player friends calls you and says “OMG, you HAVE TO HEAR THIS.” Side one track one, Running with the Devil.

Steve Vai describes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bZ84kCpdvM

Then second track, a tiny space on the vinyl, 1 minute and 42 seconds. “Eruption.” What’s this? An attack on the senses. The tremolo picking. So much happening so quickly. Then just, and exactly 57 seconds into the track something happens. What’s this? What’s happening? This is not possible. Guitarists that developed their chops listening to Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and so on, could not understand, process, or transcribe this. It came to be known as “Tapping.”

Rick Beato describes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TdpXC3sgiw&t=310s

Things had changed, forever.

It’s one thing to be VERY VERY GOOD at something. It’s another thing to develop COMPLETE MASTERY of an expression, an art form. It’s another thing entirely to re-invent how the thing, the expression, the art form is done. This is what Edward Van Halen had done.

I’m reminded of Dog Town Z Boys, a fine film, narrated by Sean Penn, about the rowdy gang of youngsters that “invented” modern skateboarding over the course of a drought in CA in the 70’s that left many pools devoid of water. And...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yrEHjl1vFo

Edward Van Halen in my mind is one of the 3 most important guitar players in the history of guitar.

The first, in chronological order, was Andres Segovia. When Andres Segovia began playing guitar, it was considered a “parlor” instrument; That is to say, to be played in the parlor, for sing-alongs and to accompany drinking and merriment. "Parlor" instruments were considered quite differently than “concert” instruments. "Concert" instruments were instruments to be taken seriously. These were the instruments of Bach and Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin, to be played in concert halls. Segovia changed that, by transcribing the works of classical composers and other major pieces for classical guitar. He played these works in large concert halls, to large audiences, completely acoustically of course, as there was no amplification. Imagine filling him filling these large "concert" halls with sound with just those fingers, the wood, and strings of his guitar. After Segovia, the guitar was taken seriously as a “concert” instrument. For this, we owe Andres Segovia. Here is a snippet of his playing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGfFii6Dtkg

The second is Django Reinhardt. Django was a young man who traveled across Europe with his family in a Gypsy caravan. He developed a reputation at a very young age as a remarkably fine guitar player. Then one night a fire broke out in the Gypsy caravan. Django attempted to help others and recover what could be salvaged and in the effort, his fretting hand was badly burned. He lost the capacity to fret with two fingers of his fretting hand so he did without. He persevered and is now synonymous with the style of guitar playing known as Gypsy Jazz. He played most famously in The Hot Club of Paris, a band in which he was joined by the great violinist Stéphane Grappelli. There are no known recordings of Django playing with his four fretting fingers, only the two, index and middle. It defies belief. In this rare footage you can see his fretting hand:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANArGmr74u4

The next is Edward Van Halen. And by now you know why. Many may not agree with my list.

Edward was not without his troubles. He overcame addiction and lead singer issues. The through line for Van Halen was always Edward and Alex, the brothers. It was never about the lead singer or anything else.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers were never really a big part of the Van Halen story. But when they heard of his passing, they felt compelled to express their feelings and thoughts in music the very next day. They went into the studio and composed performed and recorded Edward.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/red-hot-chili-peppers-eddie-single-1234598493/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXMEXCT5ohY

Edward at his best was a completely realized being. He wasn’t trying to be, to become, something he was not. He manifested his destiny in this universe in a beautiful play of color and light… and sound.

On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 3:51 PM Christopher Lacey @.***> wrote:

Ok. Got it. Thanks Tony!!! Will do! U da man.

On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 2:09 PM Tony Buckingham @.***> wrote:

I can help you with layout, configuration, new features, etc . . ., but I can't help you with "content creation"; that's all you.

The purpose of this ticket is to get you to create the post in Wordpress. There's no need to use "voice communication" to get this done. That's precisely what this ticketing interface is for.

If there's an error on the site, I'm happy to address it if you create a ticket describing the problem here.

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-- Christopher Thomas Lacey 415-902-3588

[tbucking]

You should learn how to create these posts in Wordpress 😄 ! I went ahead and created the post for you:

https://earthmusicguide.com/on-edward-van-halen/

The YouTube links load into the page automatically so they can be played "inline" without the user leaving the page.

Looks like one of the videos can't be shared, so your next assignment will be to log into Wordpress and remove it.

[ctlacey]

Ok this is amazing!!! Thank you so much Tony!!!

The Segovia clip got blocked. Hmm, I wonder how many of these will get blocked. I’ll look for another Segovia clip. And I’ll find an image of Edward Van Halen to use for the homepage, to link to the article page.

I’ll have two more stories by the end of the day.

I also created a new ticket for the second mode harmonic minor and sent the email regarding the fixes to you and to R Creative.

Thanks again bud. I’m excited and grateful.

Lacey

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 10:36 AM Tony Buckingham @.***> wrote:

You should learn how to create these posts in Wordpress 😄 ! I went ahead and created the post for you:

https://earthmusicguide.com/on-edward-van-halen/

The YouTube links load into the page automatically so they can be played "inline" without the user leaving the page.

Looks like one of the videos can't be shared, so you're next assignment will be to log into Wordpress and remove it.

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[ctlacey]

We should just include the quote from Anthony Keidis in the body of the text instead of the link to the Rolling Stone page.

“Sometimes we don’t realize how deeply affected and connected we are to artists until the day they die,” Kiedis said in a statement. “Eddie Van Halen was a one of a kind. The day after his death Flea came into rehearsal with an emotional bass line. John, Chad, and I started playing along and pretty soon with all our hearts, a song in his honor effortlessly unfolded. It felt good to be sad and care so much about a person who had given so much to our lives. Although the song doesn’t speak to Eddie by name, it talks about his early days on the Sunset Strip and the rock ‘n’ roll tapestry that Van Halen painted on our minds. In the end, our song asks that you not remember Eddie for dying but for living his wildest dream.”

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 10:36 AM Tony Buckingham @.***> wrote:

You should learn how to create these posts in Wordpress 😄 ! I went ahead and created the post for you:

https://earthmusicguide.com/on-edward-van-halen/

The YouTube links load into the page automatically so they can be played "inline" without the user leaving the page.

Looks like one of the videos can't be shared, so you're next assignment will be to log into Wordpress and remove it.

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-- Christopher Thomas Lacey 415-902-3588

[ctlacey]

maybe this Segovia clip won't get yanked:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hAGyCoGwyw

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 11:53 AM Christopher Lacey @.***> wrote:

We should just include the quote from Anthony Keidis in the body of the text instead of the link to the Rolling Stone page.

“Sometimes we don’t realize how deeply affected and connected we are to artists until the day they die,” Kiedis said in a statement. “Eddie Van Halen was a one of a kind. The day after his death Flea came into rehearsal with an emotional bass line. John, Chad, and I started playing along and pretty soon with all our hearts, a song in his honor effortlessly unfolded. It felt good to be sad and care so much about a person who had given so much to our lives. Although the song doesn’t speak to Eddie by name, it talks about his early days on the Sunset Strip and the rock ‘n’ roll tapestry that Van Halen painted on our minds. In the end, our song asks that you not remember Eddie for dying but for living his wildest dream.”

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 10:36 AM Tony Buckingham @.***> wrote:

You should learn how to create these posts in Wordpress 😄 ! I went ahead and created the post for you:

https://earthmusicguide.com/on-edward-van-halen/

The YouTube links load into the page automatically so they can be played "inline" without the user leaving the page.

Looks like one of the videos can't be shared, so you're next assignment will be to log into Wordpress and remove it.

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-- Christopher Thomas Lacey 415-902-3588

-- Christopher Thomas Lacey 415-902-3588

[tbucking]

Log in to Wordpress and edit the post, Chris!

[ctlacey]

Yeah, I'm logged into wordpress with elementor interface. I don't know how to find the Eddie Han Halen page you created. I'm not handy navigating and making changes in wordpress or elementor yet. I apologize.

[tbucking]

Ok, no worries . . . I updated the post:

https://earthmusicguide.com/on-edward-van-halen/

[ctlacey]

Can we make the vids smaller in their windows so they're not so giant in the page?

[tbucking]

I think this image might work. It's from wikipedia so it has "Creative Commons" licensing, which means you can use it freely.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Van_Halen#/media/File:Eddie_Van_Halen_at_the_New_Haven_Coliseum.jpg

[tbucking]

I aligned the videos alternately to left and right to make them smaller. Let me know if that works:

https://earthmusicguide.com/on-edward-van-halen/

[tbucking]

Oh, and Disqus is install. You can see it at the bottom of each post . . .

[tbucking]

@ctlacey, home page is now set:

https://earthmusicguide.com/

[ctlacey]

The one i sent you of EVH we can't use? Can we make the vids small without going right and left like that? perhaps centered. The pic that you got is huge. Smaller and then put this into the new homepage the lead in with the pic and then link to the EVH page?.

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 12:35 PM Tony Buckingham @.***> wrote:

Oh, and Disqus is install. You can see it at the bottom of each post . . .

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-- Christopher Thomas Lacey 415-902-3588

[tbucking]

I'm not seeing any image. You have to drag it into the box . . . Maybe just email it?

[ctlacey]

Oh wow. It's done. It's live. You're a genius. TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!!!!!!

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 12:46 PM Christopher Lacey @.***> wrote:

The one i sent you of EVH we can't use? Can we make the vids small without going right and left like that? perhaps centered. The pic that you got is huge. Smaller and then put this into the new homepage the lead in with the pic and then link to the EVH page?.

On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 12:35 PM Tony Buckingham @.***> wrote:

Oh, and Disqus is install. You can see it at the bottom of each post . . .

— Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub https://github.com/Christopher-Lacey/christopherlacey-web/issues/9#issuecomment-1531876793, or unsubscribe https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A35UY36U2QN7AKEIST3MYX3XEFAWZANCNFSM6AAAAAAW7V4WXQ . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: @.***>

-- Christopher Thomas Lacey 415-902-3588

-- Christopher Thomas Lacey 415-902-3588

[ctlacey]

sent the cropped images to your email.