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	<title>Hot Times at Old Town &#187; Practice tips</title>
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		<title>Improve your creativity!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve noticed that you&#8217;re most creative in the early morning? Yep, it&#8217;s true for most of us. Ideas pop into mind when we&#8217;re just awakening. The reason: that&#8217;s when our mind is getting itself organized. That&#8217;s when we&#8217;re most open to new insights. You may also have noticed that taking a shower has a similar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing by Ear: More Fun Than You Thought Possible</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea is subversive: eliminating the middleman, playing music without the notes or chords! But think about it. This is the way most of your teachers play. Yet they weren&#8217;t born with this skill; they learned it. If you can &#8220;carry a tune,&#8221; you can learn to play by ear. For guitar/banjo/mandolin/uke etc. an easy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Practice tip &#8211; “the Ray Tate”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you’re home, never put your instrument in its case: keep it near the television set and use the commercials for practice time. Numerous short practices are better than periodic long ones. (from Ray Tate, Executive Director and Teacher, circa 1979)]]></description>
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