Author Archives: azicrawford
Three Stages of Band Skill Development
Sometimes my daydreams reveal things about my own philosophy… I was just daydreaming a scenario where I was coaching/teaching a band a la BandWorks. I then began telling them about the stages of band skill development: 1 – each person … Continue reading
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HELP!
Things are tight and I need to make extra money. Can I offer my services to you so that I can pay my bills? My current part-time job doesn’t provide enough money and I haven’t obtained the “real” job yet. … Continue reading
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I just created a calculator that reduces a birthdate to a single digit. This is something that Tarot readers do when finding someone’s “Soul Card.” See it here I, a month ago or so, created an online interactive guitar chart. … Continue reading
Just a random experiment with PHP
http://www.vajravai.com/phpTests.php The above is my current experimentation site, where I am testing web development ideas.
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German Engineering
One of my good friends and favorite guitarists, Winter from the band Pandemonaeon, has a blog on learning guitar. I just found this out today. I like how it’s laid out and I think that anyone who’s interested in learning … Continue reading
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Spacey Dream Ideas
Here’s what I think we humans should be working on in order to colonize the universe… and related possible ideas. Personal magnetospheres to protect against radiation Have robots build habitats for humanity on other planets, before we arrive on them. … Continue reading
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A Golden Dawn flavored Martial Art
When one studies most Asian Martial Arts, one is inundated with the belief systems of the cultures they come from. You learn Buddhism, Shinto, Daoism, Confucianism as you learn Karate and Gongfu. You learn about a Universe made of the … Continue reading
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False Dilemmas?
Bass? Guitar? Bass? Guitar? For some reason, I have got it in my head that I have to choose one identity over the other, that I must choose between being Azi the guitarist and Azi the bassist. Is there a … Continue reading
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I just finished version one of my poster for NASA
Part of my internship is to make a poster to present to the rest of the NASA community the findings of your research. As what I am doing is not really research, but just making curriculum, I have had a … Continue reading
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Kungfu Masters- so right, yet oh so wrong.
In traditional Chinese martial arts, the masters recommend a spiraling energy and motion to generate a lot of striking power. It’s called “sill-reeling” energy. The masters are absolutely right. If you incorporate this silk-reeling – you’ll generate more power in … Continue reading
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