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<p>A number of site members (both here and at the old mixposure) have asked me about the white Gibson SG that appears in some of my photos. Each time it has been raised I have felt a trickle of tears run down my cheek.</p>
<p>I bought the guitar in 1973. In about 1975 after a particularly good gig, our bass player, who had drunk more than usual that night, tripped over the guitar causing it to crash to the ground and snapping it at the nut. The first attempted repair was a disaster. I think the guy just stuck it back on with Perkins Paste and it only lasted about a fortnight. Then&nbsp;I found a really good luthier who did a great repair job. It lasted from 1975 till a few years ago. Unfortunately the old case had disintegrated and the replacement I got for it was a bit tight. That wasn't normally a problem because being lazy I rarely put it into its case. But just before going on holidays some years ago I decided to put it in the case and when I came back from holidays it had snapped again.</p>
<p>I took it to a guitar shop and they sent it out to a luthier for repair. I needed to have a replacement and being unable to justify the purchase of another Gibson I got a good deal on a PRS which has served me well. After some months the luthier got back to me with a quote which seemed reasonable and I asked him to go ahead. Heard nothing. Had lost his number and couldn't remember his name.</p>
<p>As luck would have it I was looking for someone to give my acoustic a bit of a service and googled luthiers in Sydney. I saw a name that jogged my memory, and sure enough it was the guy who was repairing the Gibson. I emailed him and he rang to say he'd finished it years ago and it had been sitting in his workshop. He'd lost my contact details too.</p>
<p>So today I went and picked it up. He seems to have done a great job on it. It appears seemingly undetectable to my "failing eyes". Anyway, nice to have it home.</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>Brian</p>

<p>that's right,</p>
<p>tonight at 5pm EST matty and stef get back in the game</p>
<p>spitting venom and hellfire from their mountain</p>
<p>listen on nexusradio.co.uk</p>
<p>we love you with hate!</p>

<p><strong>Joe Nickerson &amp; Syntopia</strong></p>
<p>2 musican 1 Idea - inovovation and fun, no borders in genres. Joe &amp; Sven has collab some songs under some names,now we have are own page exclusiv on Mixposure with all the songs.We hope you enjoyed our songs.<img style="float: left;" src="http://www.musik-page.de/ms-syntopia/nslogo.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></p>

<p>we have so many songs together now that we thought our own collabs page was in order.. thanks sven for setting it up.. hope we can present LOVE IS THE WAY here.. cheers..</p>

<p>Thanks again to Mike, Dazed and all the mixposure crew for the opportunity to participate in yesterday's Centre State Presentation on Mike's SNR radio show.</p>
<p>It was a real buzz to have so many fellow members in the chatroom and I thank you all for the really kind comments.</p>
<p>Those who were there at the time might remember that Mike played "Light the Flame" from my debut CD "N.I.C". I had only realised a couple of days ago that I've hardly posted any of the tracks from that CD on mixposure. So to avoid any accusation that Mike is outsourcing tracks for his show I thought I'd better post "Light the Flame".</p>
<p>Apologies for dropping out from time to time during the show. We were in the wilds of northern NSW, heading to a "hippy market" and despite my assurances to my daughter that my laptop modem had never been out of range for service.....well it had to happen then, didn't it.</p>
<p>Thanks again. And if you haven't had the opportunity of picking up Mike's show you're missing a great opportunity to listen to some great music and share some wonderful camaraderie with your fellow members in the chat-room.</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>Brian</p>

<p>Hello friends and fans! I am planning to soon begin a music video for my way cool track &ldquo;Tremors&rdquo; off my &ldquo;Sonic Revelation&rdquo; album. What I would like to do is include actual video of my fans. Yes, thats right! I am looking for submissions of 15 second video clips of fans dancing and grooving to &ldquo;Tremors&rdquo;. You can dance cool, dance crazy, dance sexy. You can be yourself or be in costume. Whatever you can think of. The most creative clips will be used in the video, which will be uploaded to youtube. Please send your submissions to meleniumx@yahoo.com as an attachment. Include your name, location, age and permission to use all or portion of the clip in the video. Those chosen will have their names credited in the video. Thanks you for your support! Please submit by Aug. 31, 2008.</p>

<p>Finally, a new song! I've had some recent recording equipment failures which&nbsp;put a kink in my recording momentum....but I'm back in business!</p>
<p>I wrote this song two years ago and layed down the initial tracks then and there it sat for two years....until this past weekend. I came up with the lyric idea while hiking the Stanislaus River canyon gorge with my wife. It's near my home, &nbsp;which is in the heart of California's 1849 gold rush area. As we walked I could invision a 49er minor heading with his pack mule to one of the digging sites so&nbsp;I wrote what I imagined.</p>
<p>I used some sound effects to help the visual aspects of the song. I don't know if I've achieved it or not but I'm hoping the listener can hear, see, feel, and smell the song. Regardless it was fun to experiment. That's what it's all about with home studios.....you can do what you want,&nbsp;take as long as you want, and have fun doing it, lol!</p>
<p>It's Americana, which means anything goes :o)&nbsp;I hope you enjoy it!</p>
<p>Farrell</p>

<p>hi guys.. I would like to say that my CD is&nbsp;completed and ready to go..</p>
<p>RAPSTER GUITARS IT..</p>
<p>15 original songs and collabs featuring&nbsp;<span style="font-size: xx-small;">TLT</span>50, margot, syntopia, redeyeC and brian mattson.. rock, blues, jazz.. acoustic and electric..</p>

<p>on sale here on my page in the store..</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mixposure.com/rapster/store.php">http://www.mixposure.com/rapster/store.php</a></p>
<p>if you order it from me though and you live in the USA it will need<br />4 bucks postage.. maybe better direct from kunaki.com</p>
<p><a href="http://kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX000V15VV">http://kunaki.com/Sales.asp?PID=PX000V15VV</a></p>
<p>thanks for your support and interest..</p>
<p>joe aka jose aka rapster</p>

<p><strong><span style="font-size: xx-small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Just so you know, I've been writing this magazine (first on paper, then converted to the web) since 1990. As you might imagine, that's a LOT of tapes &amp; CD's reviewed. The focus has been on independent musicians, with little/no "preference" for genre. <br /> <br /> What guarantees a REVIEW in my magazine is the ENERGY the artists show in their playing... we have reviewed ALL genres, ever since we started, with CD's &amp; tapes coming directly from artists, as well as high-end promoters. <br /> <br /> In addition to the music reviews, we also conduct INTERVIEWS with artists around the world, with emphasis on those who are INDEPENDENT &amp; free of the chains that traditional record companies have often weighed artists down with. Since I'm a musician myself, I'm often able to ask questions that prompt artists to reveal a great deal about themselves (as artists &amp; as PEOPLE). I also write a "RANT" in each issue, on various &amp; sundry topics... <br /> <br /> One recent feature is that I've linked in music (from the web) from my OWN CD's (I've played on over 65 CD's)... it's setup so you can choose whether to listen or not; but, of course, we hope you'll sample a few of our tunes. If not, that's cool, too... many of the reviews also have tunes or videos of the artists linked right into the review!<br /> <br /> Anyway, we hope you enjoy our magazine, &amp; that you'll pass our links along to others you think may like IMPROVIJAZZATION NATION! Thanks for checking us out!</span></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff;"><strong>The most current issue is <a href="http://zzaj.freehostia.com/zzaj83.htm" target="_blank">NUMBER 83</a>! That issue features the following</strong>:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>INTERVIEW with </strong></span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: Arial Black; color: #008000;"><strong>MIXPOSURE "RedeyeC"</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: Verdana;">"Interactive Radio" in action again - only on MIX Radio via Mixposure.com, the home and "Future of Independent Music"! Another great Mix Radio Center Stage Presentation is in the books, this time with our special guest Brian Ralston aka Self Tort. He's a brilliant songwriter, singer and player from Australia. <br /><br />Listen to more of Self Tort's music <a href="http://www.mixposure.com/self_tort/">HERE</a>. Brian is truly a class act, as are all the artists we feature during my "Saturday Night Rocks" show. He certainly dazzled the listeners in the stream as well as in the chat with his great music and, most of all, people have gotten to know Brian a little bit better! What a great individual and musician, no doubt about that!<br /><br />It's a pleasure, featuring all of these great artists from all over the world. Not just during the Center Stage Presentation, but in general. What an abundance of talent! Who would need mainstream radio? I sure do not! Independent Artists are far more original and entertaining (yes, you may quote me on that!).<br /><br />If you missed this last show, you <em>SHOULD</em> listen to it via the following links:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guitaristworks.com/iMSRadio/071208SNRwithSelfTortHI.mp3">July 12, 2008 SNR - featuring Self Tort - Hi-Fi</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.guitaristworks.com/iMSRadio/071208SNRwithSelfTortLO.mp3">July 12, 2008 SNR - featuring Self Tort - Lo-Fi</a><br /><br />The complete playlist of this past Saturday's show is <a href="http://www.guitaristworks.com/iMSRadio/07-12-08_SNR_Playlist.htm">HERE</a>.<br /><br />For all other re-broadcast links, please visit the <a href="http://www.mixposure.com/MixRadio/blog.php">Mix Radio Blogs Page</a><br /><br />We hope to see you again next Saturday for another exciting Mix Radio Center Stage Presentation on Mix Radio via Mixposure.com<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mixposure.com/Mike_Kohlgraf/">Mike</a></span></p>