NilsDavis




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  1. 1. Learn to play gypsy jazz guitar
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  2. 2. Demo at Demo
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  3. 3. Attend TED
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  4. 4. Be invited to speak at PopTech
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Make MP3s from my LPs
I borrowed a turntable from a friend and bought a turntable preamp 2 years ago

After that it was pretty easy. I also had to buy recording software – I used something called “Record-IT!”, I think. I recorded whole LP sides at a time, and didn’t separate the tracks. I might do this later, but for now I don’t think it’s that important.

The two interesting things I learned:
1. This takes a lot of time, although you don’t have to be sitting there while it’s happening
2. The music sounds just like it’s being played on an old scratchy LP – I’ve decided that for certain of these records, I just need to buy new CDs of the music.

Contact me if you’d like more information on doing this.



Learn to play gypsy jazz guitar
I've started taking swing guitar lessons 3 years ago

With Sylvia Herold, of Cats N Jammers and the Hot Club of San Francisco. I’ve also got a handful of “how to play gypsy jazz guitar” books that I’ve been learning from. So, making progress, but got a long way to go yet.



Attend TED
What and Why? 4 years ago

The annual conference in Monterey, CA for the movers and shakers in Technology, Entertainment, Design. It’s invitation-only. My goal is to be the kind of person who gets invited to TED.



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