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New iPhone Six-String App

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iPhone has just released this really neat phone App that seems like a lot of fun and it’s much more challenging that damn Guitar Hero game!

This phone application tests a person’s finger dexterity as well as developing better hand eye co-ordination. The practical applications that this App, for both guitar players or non guitar players, is actually very impressive if you look at it from a therapeutic point of view.

This phone App can be used for people who might have had damaged nerve endings in their fingers, developed carpal tunnel or have recently suffered from a stroke. Think about it for a second here folks. It certainly can help the brain relearn finger functions and also provides proper finger exercises to help rebuild their strength! It’s fairly cheap and for a non guitar player it can give them a far better idea of how an actual guitar works.

I’ve never tried this thing out because I don’t have an iPhone but it makes sense to me. I’ll bring this to attention of my neurosurgeon or physiotherapy friends at work and inquire what they think about it!

Check out this link to see what I am talking about!

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Some great tunes from Rick Santers band

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My wife and I were up late last Saturday night and we happened to come across this video titled Road to Morocco from the 80’s power rock trio Santers. It was on Much Music and just watching it brought back a flood of memories of the days playing in a band with Domenic N., Jon P and Eddie S. down in Domenic’s parents basement!

The band only played one show and we performed You Turn me on, Winter Freeze at a St. John’s College talent night in 1984 I think. Anyways, it was a good show and we had some fun as well. I think that Eddie was suspended from school for a couple of days before the show and we had to do some sweet talking to the principle at the time to get permission to let him back on the school property to be part of the show. If anyone out there remembers who else played that night I’d love to hear from ya!

The original members of Santers were Rick (guitar/vocals) and Mark (drummer) Santers with Rick Lazaroff (bassists). They started playing together in 1981 and played in and around southern Ontario, Quebec and up and down the eastern US sea board. Later on they were performing in the UK for a while to some rave reviews. After that I lost track of them and didn’t notice them again until this past year.

Some other fabulous tunes were Racing Time, Mistreating Heart and Can’t Shake You.

So here is a neat video of them performing at Massey Hall in 1983, so sit back and enjoy!

Road to Morocco

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The new Brantford SJC School Band

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I attended St. John’s College high school during the early to mid 80’s and I was in the school band but these kids take the cake! I wonder if this is a credited coarse band? Just kiddin’ … I think?

I came across this video that someone posted up on Youtube and I am very impressed. The sound and visual effects that these player’s have was certainly not around when I went there. I wonder if they realize how lucky they are to be growing up during these highly advanced technical times?

So hats off to the school band and I’d love to hear from anyone out there that was in it. Enjoy, I sure did.

Also check out their version of Time as well.

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