I have no idea what to blog about currently? Maybe how Mr. A actually talks to us in class like were people and not just mindless creatures sitting in a classroom.
Maybe how basketball coaches can be the most horrid people on earth? (Can not all)
Maybe how terribly cold and wet it is outside and how much I hate and love it.
OH OR MAYBE HOW WE'RE LEARNING A BEATLES SONG IN GUITAR!!
We're learning I Wana Hold Your Hand, it's really fun!
As I've gotten more interested and started enjoying playing guitar, learning songs is a lot more fun than it is stressful. Learning new chords has become an exciting event! It's really fun because now when my brothers come into town we all get to play guitar and teach each other new things. I feel like for once I can talk to them as an equal on something.
Dylan's really excited to learn Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay and Wyatt has been here enough to look at my music collection.
I remember a while ago I made a blog about how hard it was to play guitar, Mr. A commented about muscle memory, which Mr. Bergdorff stresses as an important factor nearly everyday. I've come to really enjoy guitar and I'm pretty excited to learn more.
I just wish the calluses on my fingers would come back.
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Recently we've been listening to mid Beatles ( I feel like I've said this a million times), our most recent listen was Magical Mystery Tour. (I think). We skipped the first half of the album because the song aren't all that great; but the songs we did listen to were some that I've really enjoyed in the past but never had the realization that they were by the Beatles. I am the Walrus, Hello Goodbye, and Penny Lane were all a big part of my childhood. I got to visit Strawberry Fields in New York and there was an awesome dude preaching Beatles there with an amazing memorial circle made of roses. He even had a beautiful black lab that slept on the bench by it all (literally on the bench). 

I remember in New York we went over a lot of Beatles history, even passing by where one of them was assassinated (was it John?).

All in all, I'm starting to realize why Mr. A loves the Beatles so much and why he uses them in his class a lot, they're truly outstanding when it comes to the history of rock and roll.

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Have a great weekend (STAY WARM AND DRY) 

So I have been trying to tell you this in class but a sudden wave of insecurity showers me every time I get the chance.
RINGO IS COMING OUT WITH A BOOK!!!!
It should be out around Christmas time (so pretty soon).
I haven't done any research on it, my dad actually told me about it.
But Ringo and the other Beatles always carried around cameras and Ringo kept all the photos he took; he's putting them all into this book I guess like a scrapbook of their busy career.
If you have any interest in this please do tell me and I'll do some research and get you more organized and reliable information. I'll get you one when it comes out too if you'd like. :)
But yeah, I didn't know if you already knew or not but I figured I'd blog about it because you have to read them anyway.
Also I'm really sorry for not doing this blogs on time. School has been really rough lately, I've had a lot of work just piled on me and I have to tutor a lot of people and I'm usually trying to take care of them before myself and it ends up a horrid mess with my mother yelling about the one B out of all my A grades. I know there's no excuse but thank you so much for letting me do these without penalty, I promise I'll keep up on my blogs the rest of the year.
Leave a comment or something if you're curious about the book!
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Last week we listened to Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys, I truly believe that I was the ONLY person who did NOT like the album! I though the sound was off the it just didn't sound nice to me. I felt like I could feel the writers mental break down coming on. The album made me feel like I was having a mental breakdown.
I mean I'm sorry because I know the album meant a lot to the only person who reads my blogs (Mr. A) but I just really didn't like it. I really prefer older Beach Boys like Surfin the USA!
We've also been listening to "middle" Beatles a lot and I really enjoy it so far!
I think I already blogged about Revolver and Rubber Soul but they were pretty great.
I'm pretty excited for Magic Mystery Tour :)
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GUYS GUYS GUYS, WE WON A FOOTBALL GAME!!! 27 TO 14 ANDERSON! GO TROJANS!!
To make this about music I'll talk about the bands (AMAZING) performance after the game. Marching band is one of the most intricate, time consuming, complex, and dedicated extra curricular activity out there.
My boyfriend plays saxophone, and is really talented if I might say so myself. I sat by him at the game and listened to how many notes he plays per measure. He has to play like 4 or 5 in a matter of seconds, and it always seems to come together into an amazing tune.
The whole band is very talented, walking and playing an instrument is NOT that easy. I wouldn't know, but I mean come on, memorizing the steps, the notes, the beats, the patterns, and keeping up with everyone else all in perfect time is amazing. Band members are such wonderful people too, despite marching hours and hours in the blistering heat, they're so happy and excited to play every football game and every competition.
To all you football players Y'ALL ROCK! GREAT JOB TONIGHT!
To all you band members Y'ALL ARE SO TALENTED AND PERFECT IN EVERY WAY, GREAT JOB TONIGHT AND ALL YEAR!
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This friday we listened to no other than THE BEATLES. We listened to their more "mid" stage, where they only put out two albums in 12 months (OMG). I actually like this form of their music more than any other. I like the culturally, mixed sounds. I think they were a lot more willing to break out and do what others might think is wrong. I know they were on drugs most of the time they were writing and jamming; but hey, its good music.
Yellow Submarine from the Revolver Album was always my favorite and first song by the Beatles, I remember in 5th grade my art teacher tried to get us to watch the yellow submarine movie, none of us could keep up and ended up getting scared of the strange creatures prancing through the screen.
I like the Beatles music much more when they're outgoing and aren't trying to please all of their fans. They truly are great artists and so many people take them for granted.
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE :D. This halloween was actually my 2 year anniversary with my boyfriend! We've been through a lot together, and influenced each other a lot. If it weren't for him I would have never been introduced to the dubstep and electronic music genre. It's currently one of my favorites. I like a mix between Indie and electronic (I don't know the exact name of the genre so we're just going to say "electronic"). Sometimes Vince (boyfriend) and I will be listening to his remixes and I usually like them better than the original! Which is really weird for me because usually when I like a song, I HATE when people change it, but I really like his taste in music.
I don't know of a lot of things to say, this week has been pretty low-key aside from piles and piles of tests and homework (111 ON SPORTS MED TEST WOOP WOOP, waiting for results on Math and Pre-Ap World History). But yeah... I'm going to go listen to more Jaymes Young.
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On Tuesday, we watched Help, a movie with the Beatles. It was about Ringo getting a fan letter with a ring in it, after he put it on, horrid things start to happen. Soon a woman tells him that his ring is a sacred sacrificial ring, and who ever is wearing it must be covered in red paint then be killed. This apparently happens everyday. Ringo and the other Beatles do all they can to get the ring off, attracting others who want the ring for world domination or some other unrealistic thing.
I learned from the first Beatles movie we saw (Hard Day's Night was it?) that the Beatles humor is very hard to understand, and nothing will make sense if you don't think about it or don't pay attention.I personally think some things were very funny, but other's were just odd. The countless, odd, and unsuccessful attempts of the evil...dudes went very slow and got kind of annoying. Although things like the Beatles room and ability to not laugh at their jokes were pretty funny and cool.
Mr. A explained to us about how much the Beatles had gone through while they were making help, 5 albums and 2 movies in less than 2 and a half years? I never understood all the steps to creating an album, and it really confuses me why it takes artist so long. I guess it's because I haven't taken time to research all the steps; I mean I couldn't write 3 song lyrics if my life depended on it...Regardless of my confusion I still really respect artists, and the Beatles worked their butts off, which showed a lot of dedication to their music.
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Have a great weekend!