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My wife Robin and I went to see the movie Detroit.  All I can say is that the movie hit me hard.  So much injustice and bigotry.  What happened in Detroit in the mid 60s, continues to happen across the USA today.  We must all continue to work hard at shutting down racism, bigotry, the KKK and all white-supremacist and alt-right hate groups.  We must also work hard at stopping corrupt racist police from getting away with murder, not just for the people they assault and kill, by for all of the good police officers trying to do the right thing.      One thing that hit me while watching the movie Detroit, was that someone who was a client of mine at my recording studios in Raleigh NC, and someone who I consider a friend, not a super close friend, but a friend, sang with the Dramatics before the group took off to fame.  He is Anthony Wade Sr.  Ron Banks (RIP), a co-founder of the Dramatics, was one of Anthony's close friends and his mentor  I did not know about what members of the D

Tearing Up My Fingers For many years I have used DR Pure Blue strings.  I shifted between sets with 10 and 11 for the high E string.  I love the sound of those strings.  The 11's give a little richer sound, but tore my fingers up (I bend the strings a lot).  So, my go to strings where the 10's because they did not tear up my fingers as much. But, the still tore my fingers up a little. Experimenting With Other Strings One day a few months ago I decided to try some other strings, just to see what they were like.   First, I tried Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky strings.  They were easy on the fingers, but the high E 9 was too flimsy.  They also would not stay in tune very well. Next, I tried Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom strings. They were also easy on the fingers and the high E 10 wasn't so flimsy.  But, I just could not squeeze the tone and sustain out of the plain strings, compared to the DR Pure Blue strings.  Like before, they would not stay in tune well. After t