Steven B.

Was great until author...

Revisado: 03-30-24

Warning potential spoiler...

Book feels... hunting for the right word... sloppy? unedited?

For example...
The are a several of times, IIRC I noticed 3, in the book where the writing is lazy and things are repeated 3 times, either identically or virtually so. To give a fictious example...
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The arrival of XYZ could potentially ruin dinner for everyone on the planet!
Jason said "The arrival of XYZ can potentially potential ruin dinner for everyone on the planet!"
Jason's sister just stared at the salad until their mother put down her beer and exclaimed ""The arrival of XYZ can potentially ruin dinner for everyone on the planet!"
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Don't recall this kind of thing happening with any of the previous books.

Then at chapter 69 Jason & his party (including family) are to meet with the representative of a god to discuss world ending events (for earth) and how to stop them - so they all decide to get blind drunk just before attending...
Out of character, even for Jason, and definitely for everyone else attending that meeting.
It was such a big lipped alligator moment, as they say in film, that it killed the book for me.

I really liked the series but won't be continuing.

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Take your ear training to the next level!

Revisado: 01-03-24

Finally an ear training course performed on real guitars!
Really nice to not be dealing with piano or synth tones then trying to relate that to guitar.

This course is not a music theory primer.
If you just started playing music and don't know theoretically what a third or a fifth is - this isn't the course for you. It will tell you what your hearing** (eg minor third) but not the theory behind it (eg a whole step and a 1/2 step) nor the note names (which are not really relevant to what you are trying to learn here).
**and the accompanying PDF file will tell you how to play the interval and give you tips discerning things.

If you're willing to put in the work this course will aid you on your journey.
I'm only like 1/2 way through and I've made more progress thanks to this course than I have in the past 15 years with other courses. I find that the format helps me stick to the lessons. Being an audible book I can have it playing in the background while doing household chores or other things and it's great to be able to rewind and review what you've gotten wrong and figure out why (i.e. "Alexa rewind 20 seconds"). At times it has been challenging - there's been a couple of times where I broke out my guitar to figure out what was being played and set my ears 'right'.
I may not be going through the course fast but I am definitely seeing progress and growth.

I do wish with the chord book that there had been an additional section on major/minor triads where the chord inversion was given. e.g. 'minor, 2nd inversion'; it would have helped sharpen my ear further. Nonetheless this course was one of my best music purchases last year.

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Awesome story, awesome performance

Revisado: 08-23-21

A well read deeply engaging SciFi story based on real world physics (no FTL, teleporters, star gates, etc) that might actually teach you a thing or two.
Currently my favorite book audio or otherwise. Just finished listening to it for the 2nd time.

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What shlock...

Revisado: 02-21-21

Please tell me how I can delete this from my library.
Please tell me how I can delete this from my library.

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