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		<title>Lazy Day Sawbservations</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am drooling. Here are more: http://www.roseantiquetools.com/store/page96.html Filed under: DIY, Musical Saw<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hooksandladders.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6972662&amp;post=463&amp;subd=hooksandladders&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sawbservations: Musical Saw vs. Karaoke</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bet my little Wentworth never knew she&#8217;d be singing show tunes at a karaoke bar in Little Korea, but she did! Here&#8217;s a very sketchy video of her karaoke debut. I was actually in there making a birthday video for my little sister who&#8217;s living in Germany, but hey, there&#8217;s never a bad time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hooksandladders.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6972662&amp;post=399&amp;subd=hooksandladders&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Baby on the Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just ordered the 36&#8243; Charlie Blacklock. Sawbservations to come. www.BlacklockSaws.com Posted in Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hooksandladders.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6972662&amp;post=277&amp;subd=hooksandladders&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Music: More Musical Sawbservations: Two Shows, Two Saw Sounds, One Night.</title>
		<link>http://hooksandladders.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/diy-music-more-musical-sawbservations-two-shows-two-saw-sounds-one-night/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I played two very different saw shows in the same night and it led to some interesting sawbservations. The first show was with Calamity Royale at one of Toronto’s most magical music venues, The Music Gallery. It’s actually a working church that can be booked for shows and it’s really quite stunning. We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hooksandladders.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6972662&amp;post=225&amp;subd=hooksandladders&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Who needs drums when you have culinary tools?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a lot of spooning at Hillside last weekend in Guelph, and I&#8217;m not talkin&#8217;bout Nelson and I in the tent. Here&#8217;s a little video I snuck of drummer Robbie from (The) Patrick Watson(s) at Hillside 2009 last weekend. He lugs around a crazy, souped-up DIY drum kit and puts all of my pot’n’pan [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hooksandladders.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6972662&amp;post=187&amp;subd=hooksandladders&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DIY MUSIC: More Nerd Fun with Piezo Contact Mics</title>
		<link>http://hooksandladders.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/diy-music-more-nerd-fun-with-piezo-contact-mics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had horrible insomnia a couple of nights ago so I started playing around with a piezo mic and my little Honeytone amp to see what noises I could get from what. Here are my findings: WORKED: You can tape the contact mic to your chest and amplify your heart beat. Just make sure you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hooksandladders.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6972662&amp;post=184&amp;subd=hooksandladders&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sawbservations: Experiments Amplifying the Saw</title>
		<link>http://hooksandladders.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/sawbservations-singing-saw-experiments-with-four-different-microphones-how-to-amplify-live-and-in-the-studio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hooksandladders</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life as a musical saw player can be a little lonely. It took  me  years before I met another saw player, and every time I  do, I think I come on a little too strong and scare them as I  try to rope them into saw jams with strangers. But, with all   of the limited [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hooksandladders.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6972662&amp;post=138&amp;subd=hooksandladders&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DIY Musical Instruments: Experimenting With Piezo Contact Mics</title>
		<link>http://hooksandladders.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/diy-musical-instruments-experimenting-with-piezo-contact-mics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I’d share some awesome thoughts on piezo mics, compliments of my super-talented friend Brian. I recently asked him for a coles notes version of how contact mics work so I could better understand why my experiments were working well or not working at all. He uses them to amplify his double bass, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hooksandladders.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6972662&amp;post=89&amp;subd=hooksandladders&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Making a Stomp Box: The Instructions</title>
		<link>http://hooksandladders.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/making-a-stomp-box-the-instructions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 15:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GETTING THE BOARD This sounds pretty lame and straightforward (it’s a box) but there are actually a few options. If you have any old wood kicking around, that’s the best thing, but if you have to go and buy yours like I did, make sure it’s “stomp-worthy.” I was actually on a Home Depot run [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hooksandladders.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6972662&amp;post=69&amp;subd=hooksandladders&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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