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New Guitar Tutorial Videos

Posted by Paul Parks on 7 March 2010, 5:17 pm

I’ve just started creating a series of videos on Youtube on how to play the Eddie Van Halen instrumental “Spanish Fly” from the album Van Halen II. I’ve been promising these videos for about a year, after already having posted three different versions of the tune to Youtube (one at half speed). So far I have an introductory video and a video on the first section of the piece. By the time I’m done, I expect to have well over an hour’s worth of videos spread out over six to eight clips.

Here’s the introductory video:

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GWA Band Marches at Walt Disney World

Posted by Paul Parks on 14 November 2009, 8:39 pm

To cap off a fantastic competition season, the George Walton Academy Marching Bulldog Band marched in a parade at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom. My elder daughter, Madeline, is a member of the color guard, and my wife and I traveled down to Florida and watched the band march. It was a wonderful experience.

I tried to get some pictures (click the photo below to see them), but they didn’t turn out so well. Fortunately another band dad got some good video of the band (below).

Most of the band parents were running along the parade route, taking pictures and video, and when we ran out of sidewalk we just fell in behind the band. In the second video below you’ll see Jennifer and I sharing a laugh with some other parents about plowing our way through the crowd to keep up with the band. I sure hope Disney lets us come back!

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