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	<title>Truth Against The World - The Music of Christopher Schlegel</title>
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		<title>&#8220;Mood Indigo&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Schlegel Update 02-17-2010
&#8220;Mood Indigo&#8221;, Duke Ellington&#8217;s classic ballad, is the fourth tune on my Solo Jazz Guitar Standards, Vol. 1 disc.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/schlegel8
hat is there to say about Duke that hasn&#8217;t already been said? A genius of American music, an amazing composer &#38; arranger, outstanding (and in my opinion highly underrated) pianist, bandleader, performer, overall first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truthagainsttheworld.com/mood-indigo</link>
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		<title>Happy New Year 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy new year! My web vendor CD Baby now has an Artist Overview page, on which you can view my currently available catalog of discs on CD Baby. And also get links to direct digital downloads.
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/ChristopherSchlegel
I need to get some of those Download Cards and give them away to people or something like that which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truthagainsttheworld.com/happy-new-year-2010</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Blue Monk&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Schlegel Update 12-19-2009
&#8220;Blue Monk&#8221;, Thelonius Monk&#8217;s classic is the third tune on my Solo Jazz Guitar Standards, Vol. 1 disc.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/schlegel8
Monk was an odd character to say the least.  Some of his stuff is beautiful, some ugly, some just plain weird.  But it is all farily stunning.  He is an American jazz original for sure.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truthagainsttheworld.com/blue-monk</link>
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		<title>Reason Amps Endorsed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Schlegel Update 11-16-2009
A couple of months ago I attended the very first Nashville Amp Expo.
http://www.nashvilleampexpo.com/
As a result, I am officially an endorsed artist for Reason Amplification. Thanks to my old friend, Obeid the best tube amp designer in the world, and to my new friend Anthony, the best amp cabinet man in the world! [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truthagainsttheworld.com/reason-amps-endorsed</link>
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		<title>Bada-bing, Bada-boom, Bada-bambino!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently got a new amp! It&#8217;s a Bambino combo, the all tube home studio amp from Reason Amps.
www.reasonamps.com
The amp designer is a long-time friend of mine from old school days back in St. Louis where I grew up. We&#8217;ve kept in touch over the years. When he told me he was launching his own [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truthagainsttheworld.com/bada-bing-bada-boom-bada-bambino</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Ain&#8217;t Misbehavin&#8217;&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fats Waller&#8217;s great tune is the second tune on my Solo Jazz Guitar Standards, Vol. 1 disc.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/schlegel8

Thomas &#8220;Fats&#8221; Waller and Art Tatum were great friends.  Waller is the author of the famous (infamous?) quote referring to Tatum as &#8220;God&#8221;.  One night while gigging in a nightclub Waller was informed Tatum had just showed up.  Said [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truthagainsttheworld.com/aint-misbehavin</link>
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		<title>I Got Rhythm &#8230; who could ask for anything more?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first tune on my Solo Jazz Guitar Standards, Vol. 1 disc is Gershwin&#8217;s &#8220;I Got Rhythm&#8221;. Who could ask for anything more? :)
http://cdbaby.com/cd/schlegel8
I did a lesson for Gibson using part of this tune to explain jazz guitar:
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Lessons/InstrumentLessons/Jazz-Guitar-Chord-Style-621/
In that video you can see the mental process that goes into my arrangement of the tune. In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truthagainsttheworld.com/i-got-rhythm-who-could-ask-for-anything-more</link>
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		<title>Solo Jazz Guitar Standards, Vol. 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am going to post about my latest CD track by track. But first I want to provide a general overview of the project.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/schlegel8
Ever since I was a little kid I&#8217;ve loved these songs. I remember hearing them in my parent&#8217;s and grandparent&#8217;s homes. I remember hearing them in movie musicals. I remember loving the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truthagainsttheworld.com/solo-jazz-guitar-standards-vol-1</link>
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		<title>Schlegel Solo Jazz Guitar CD!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the biggest update of the year so far.  Maybe the biggest one to happen all year!
Gibson.com posted my latest in depth jazz lesson:
http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Lifestyle/Lessons/InstrumentLessons/Jazz-Guitar-Chord-Style-621/
It&#8217;s an 11 minute-plus mini course on chord melody!
Next week is the Summer NAMM show.  I am looking forward to it!  I&#8217;ll be trying to catch up with current contacts, make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.truthagainsttheworld.com/schlegel-solo-jazz-guitar-cd</link>
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		<title>Backing Track Disc Available</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1993 I purchased my first PC with a music MIDI sequencing program; an Atari 1040STE and Cubase.  I used it primarily to write my original orchestral music.  I also used it to make backing tacks for various studios; small home project studios, singer-songwriters, and even medium-sized professional studios.
But I also immediately used it to [...]]]></description>
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