Boy, am I late!!! Soooo late starting this column. Tuesday is my “writing” day, but far too much seemed to get in the way and now it’s 6:15pm and I’m on my third sentence! Good news is I received congratulations from our friends in Ottawa for attaining “senior citizen” status. Not only that, how absolutely thrilled they are to be sending me a monthly stipend of what nobody could live on. I should be grateful I receive anything (and I am), but if that’s what today’s 65-and-up population have to survive on, it’s no wonder we’ve got so many elderly living far below the poverty line. What I am extremely grateful for is that I can still work (when we’re not in the middle of a shitstorm) and continue earning a reasonable living. For how long is anyone’s guess, but this body and brain just keep chugging along.
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Pat Blythe – Chris …and Music
Posted in Canadian Music, Family, life, music, Opinion, Review, Work with tags A Girl With A Camera The Picture Taker, Bob Segarini, Chris Blythe, Christopher Blythe The Picture Taker, Cottingham Group of Companies, Cottingham Sound, DBAWIS, Don’t Believe A Word I Say, El Mocambo, ElMo, Film House, Hellfield, Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull, luvthemusic, Maple Leaf Gardens, Mitchell Field, Pat Blythe, podcast, podcaster, Quinn Labs, The Gasworks, The Pandemic Interviews, Toronto on September 29, 2021 by segariniPat Blythe – Synth What? …and Music
Posted in Opinion with tags A Girl With A Camera The Picture Taker, Allan Holdsworth, Arc, Basset, Bob Murrell, Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Don’t Believe A Word I Say, Edgar Winter, Godwin Guitorgan, Godwin Organs, guitar synthesizer, Guitorgan, Hammond, Jan Hammer, Jimmy Page, Joni Mitchell, Keytar, luvthemusic, MIDI, Musiconics International (MCI), New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Orphica, Pat Blythe, Pat Metheny, podcast, Roland, Sisme, Steve Pelletier, SynthAxe, SynthAxeDrummitar, synthesizer, The Basement Sessions, Tubon on April 14, 2021 by segariniLast week I entered a wormhole I haven’t quite surfaced from. It all started with a offhand remark and has now ended up to a be two-part essay on all things synthesizer(ish). You’ve all read the history of this beast (test on Friday) so I shall now segue into the “guitar synthesizer”, the “SynthAxe” and a new find…..the “Keytar”.