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	<title>Easy Ear Training &#187; Nick Long</title>
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	<description>This is a place for people who are interested or involved in ear training to come and find out more, get hints and tips, and learn ways to improve more rapidly.  If you love music, come learn how you could hear so much more!</description>
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		<title>Listen! Who&#8217;s Driving The Bus?</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/09/01/listen-whos-driving-the-bus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Long</dc:creator>
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This week I&#8217;m going to be talking about the difference between driving the bus and riding the bus &#8211; but don&#8217;t worry, we aren&#8217;t taking a detour into public transport.By focusing your ears on the tricks used by great musicians to seamlessly shift attention between different instruments we will unravel some of the mysteries of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wired For Sound Part 4: Headphones</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/08/04/wired-for-sound-part-4%c2%a0headphones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Long</dc:creator>
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So far we&#8217;ve covered playback sources, discussed options for amps and speakers, and looked at ways to judge improvements to your setup by listening. This week we&#8217;re focusing on the more compact alternative to a room full of hi-fi gear: Headphones.
Headphones Saved My Life
So here&#8217;s the deal: You&#8217;d love to have super high fidelity sound [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wired For Sound Part 3: All The Gear, But No Idea?</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/07/20/wired-for-sound-part-3-all-the-gear-but-no-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Long</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missed the previous posts in the series? Catch up with Part One and Part Two.
So you&#8217;re planning on buying some new toys, or shifting your set up around, but how will you know if you have actually made things better?
First things first, you need some test material. Several hi-fi manufacturers make CDs of test tracks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wired For Sound Part 2: Amps and Speakers</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/07/13/wired-for-sound-part-2-amps-and-speakers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Long</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missed part one? Catch up here.
Welcome to part two of my series helping you gain new enjoyment from ear training by showing you how to get the best sound quality. This week we are going to be talking about amps and speakers.
This is a huge subject and you could easily fill books on such esoteric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wired for Sound Part 1: Playback</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/06/24/wired-for-sound-part-1-playback/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Long</dc:creator>
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You don&#8217;t need a fancy Hi-Fi system to have fun ear training, but good sound reproduction can inspire your creativity, reveal unheard detail in a familiar recording and is less tiring for extended listening sessions. In this series of articles I will be providing some hints and tips on how to get the best listening [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Roll Around The Drum Kit</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/03/09/a-roll-around-the-drum-kit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/03/09/a-roll-around-the-drum-kit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Long</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cymbals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instruments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[percussion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A great drum groove is the foundation of popular music, but a surprising number of music lovers can&#8217;t tell a snare from a hi-hat. There are a number of articles coming up here on EasyEarTraining.com featuring drums so now seems as good a time as any to take a quick tour around the kit.
Being able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing: Nick Long</title>
		<link>http://www.EasyEarTraining.com/2010/03/08/introducing-nick-long/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Long</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings Ear Trainers! My name is Nick and I am a musician and broadcast engineer.
My personal musical odyssey began at 14 when I started playing the guitar. It wasn&#8217;t long before a hobby became an obsession and I joined the first of a succession of bands. For me collaborating with other musicians and playing for [...]]]></description>
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