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Happy 100 hits, “Soul Peer”
KeithHandy posted in Playing on June 26th, 2007

Thank you, hundredth viewer of my Soul Peer demo/performance on YouTube. See, it pays to whine now and then. :)

I know 100 people could fit in the room I’m sitting in (well, not comfortably, and not without breaking fire code regulations), and I’m sure a few of those are multiple views from the same people (which is fine too) — but every power of ten, every digit, that’s one order of magnitude (I think — I don’t know the exact definition of “order of magnitude”, but that’s what I like to think it means) in the right direction. And when you’re a reclusive hermit doing original music in a saturated market, each new digit is a milestone. Next destination: a thousand. And so on. Toppermost of the poppermost and all that.

I was almost about to comment on this as I saw it getting close, but I didn’t want to be one of those annoying punks saying “go to such-and-such site and vote for our band”, as if whatever other bands they were up against weren’t human beings with friends, families, or genius of their own.

Of course I’m already a multi-thousandaire (and have been for some time) in the classical genre with Moonlight Sonata. It seems to be a hit with guitarists, many of whom apparently want tablature now, which I don’t even know how to do with all those bends and glides. So if you’re reading this, you’re a guitarist, and you like transcribing half-improvised lead guitar performances in tablature format, please go for it — the demand is there.

My expectations for the most recent “what I do in my studio” video were quite low, since I didn’t figure watching reels of tape being threaded would be terribly visually appealing, but apparently some people are making it through all three parts. So I’ll continue to do stuff like that, including my forthcoming secret surprise. I already told you it’s about something beginning with the letter “S”… well, the second letter in that word is “A”.