Graham English

Archive for September, 2007

The Secret Alchemy Of Songwriting

If you’re a writer, of course you know what the word metaphor means. But you might not know that the word was first introduced in the year 1447 with the book The Ordinal of Alchemy by Thomas Norton. Alchemists, because of the forbidden tradition of writing down spells and secrets of their art, had to be obscure when transmitting their esoteric knowledge to prime pupils. Thus, the term metaphor was born.

Graham English Talks Episode 10

In this episode I talk about Logic Studio (see pics of unboxing Logic Studio) and Logic Studio Training, my fitness and 300 workout progress, Numbers, coaching programs, Backup, the Zen of attraction, Breaking and Entering, The West Wing, The X-Files, and Californication.

The Zen Of Attraction

If Less Is More, Then Nothing Is Everything.

Breaking And Entering

I wrote this with two things in mind. First, picture a group of super hip guys and one really hot girl in a get away car after an extremely intricate and adrenaline boosting heist. This is the soundtrack.

Logic Pro 8 Released!

Logic Studio was released on Wednesday and it was in my hands by noon.

Logic Pro 8 Released As Part Of The New Logic Studio

Apple’s Logic Studio was released this past Wednesday. I had a copy in my hands by noon.

Graham English Talks Episode 9

In this episode I discuss today’s death of Joe Zawinul, remembering 9/11, The return of Katie, Derren Brown, my Dwight Schrute video project, and my solo transcription of Cannonball Adderley.

Solo Transcriptions: Mini Mama Alto Sax Solo

Joe Zawinul died today. He was 75. He had been in the hospital for a month suffering from a rare form of skin cancer.

The Best Of Dwight Schrute Part 3

The final part of my Dwight Schrute video project. For now.

The Best Of Dwight Schrute Part 2

Part two of my Dwight Schrute video project.

The Best Of Dwight Schrute Part 1

I recently completed a marathon of The Office, but with a little twist. When ever I found an extra funny Dwight Schrute moment, I clipped it into an iMove project. This is part one.

Internet Profits Exposed Podcast Episode 1

In the first episode of the Internet Profits Exposed Podcast I discuss the 30-day challenge, Stumbleupon, Facebook, keyword research using Google Trends, and more.

Graham English Talks Episode 8

Today’s topics include iConcertCal, Dream Recorder, Numbers, coaching, measurement ideas, NLP and the neurological levels, iPhone, Twitter, Facebook, the 300 workout, the need for new friends, missing Katie, some cool HD podcasts, and Dwight Schrute and The Office.

Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 15

This will be the last dominant 7 pentatonic scale pattern in this series. This pattern begins in the “outside key” and moves to the tonic key for two notes before switching back. The second part of the pattern begins in the tonic key, switches to the “outside key” for two notes, and then returns to the tonic.