Eric Johnson – Cliffs of Dover LIVE 2012

Here’s a sneak peak at the Eric Johnson set from January 22nd at House of Blues San Diego! More info will be put up as I get the rest of the setlist uploaded.

Enjoy and please comment!!

TheAndySan

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Eric Johnson – Cliffs of Dover LIVE 2012

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It’s been way too long since I’ve done an actual vlog, so I decided to bust one out while I was doing laundry on Sunday.

As you may have noticed, I got new glasses last week. I didn’t like them initially because I thought they made me look like I had bug-eyes or something, but I’m warming up to them.

The big thing that happened last week was that I got my orders!! I’ll be flying over to Point Loma in San Diego on the 23rd of November! I can’t wait!

Although I had some hiccups in the beginning (hardware is a totally different animal than software), things are looking good for me school-wise. As of today, I have 6.4 days worth of school left according to my progress report.

I just can’t wait to go to San Diego! Not to take anything away from TSC; I’m just looking forward to progressing in my Navy career!

With a lot of the guys from my boot camp division graduating their respective schools and getting orders for their next command, it just blows my mind to think that two months ago, we got on a bus at RTC in our dress whites and braved the 5 minute trip here. Then again, some days it feels like I’ve been here forever. I’ve learned that time passes really weird when you’re in the Navy; it’s hard to explain unless you’ve actually lived the lifestyle.

When I talked to my friends in the Navy about A-school before I went to boot camp, they said that it was a lot like college. After being here for over two months, I think it’s safe to say that they’re right for the most part. If you’ve lived in a dorm room setting or had roommates, let’s just say that you’ll be in pretty familiar territory.

Of course, going to school in the Navy isn’t exactly like going to any ol’ college! You have to wear & maintain a uniform (and you get different kinds of uniforms to match virtually any occasion), you do daily musters (head counts), you have duty days where you clean the ship and/or stand watches, you have to work in order to earn the right to go on liberty and what you can do when you’re on liberty (aka the three phases of liberty), and that’s just the tip of the iceberg!

In other news, at the beginning of December, I’ll be able to take out a starter loan from my bank in order to boost my credit by rebuilding my credit history. I’ll be using the money to buy myself a nice guitar for my birthday, most likely a Dean ML in a blueburst finish with a fixed bridge. I’m not much of a whammy-bar guy, so I’m totally cool without one.

If I have some money left over, I’ll try to buy an amp. I’m bouncing between a Peavey Vypyr and a Jet City amp.

At the risk of sounding uber-cheesy and brown-nosey, I’d just like to thank you guys for sticking with me this whole time, even if I don’t update as much as I used to (especially on YouTube).

At the end of the day when I finish uploading a video and get to see all the comments and messages in my inbox from YouTube and Twitter and my own website, it’s a good feeling to know that people are watching and enjoying what I’m putting out there.

Well, I’m off to work on my schoolwork and get one step closer to San Diego. Later!!

TheAndySan

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Vlog 42 – Going To San Diego & Buying A New Guitar

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This vlog was originally suppose to be Vlog 33, but I decided to rerecord it because I wanted to do a shorter take. However, I was able to par down the dialog and thankfully I did because I talk about some stuff here that I forgot to say in Vlog 33.

One of the things I forgot to mention was that Chrome Sparks has its own Soundclick account! It just has the 5 Riff Ideas for now (I haven’t officially recorded Riff Ideas #6 or #7 yet, aside from Lost Vlog 07), but I’ll be recording some new material when I get new equipment in San Diego.

Unbeknownst to me at the time, Vlog 32 was actually released on my 4-year YouTube Anniversary and I forgot to talk about it!

I still can’t believe that it’s been four years since I signed up for YouTube! A lot has changed in that time, and I hope that the quality of my videos has gone up along with the times.

When I go to A-school in San Diego, I plan on getting an HD camcorder so that you guys can see me in HD as well as the surrounding areas. As I’ve said before, I’m also planning on continuing to vlog while I’m in the Navy as much as I can and hopefully let you guys in on the scenery.

Well, it’s been fun looking back on these past four years. Here’s to many more!

TheAndySan

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Lost Vlog 08 – Happy Belated 4-Year YouTube Anniversary (Alternate Take)

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Unbeknownst to me, Vlog 32 was released on my 4-year YouTube Anniversary and I forgot to talk about it! Whoops!

I can’t believe that it’s been four years since I signed up for YouTube! A lot has changed in that time, and I hope that the quality of my videos has gone up with the times.

In the near future, I plan on getting an HD camcorder so that you guys can see me in HD as well as the surrounding areas. I’m also planning on continuing to vlog while I’m in the Navy and in Japan as much as I can and hopefully let you guys in on the scenery.

Well, it’s been fun looking back on these past four years. Here’s to many more!

TheAndySan

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Vlog 33 – Happy Belated 4-Year YouTube Anniversary

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These are the bloopers and extra stuff for the send-off video for Jon’s Strat, as he’s getting a new guitar. He won’t stop playing the Strat forever, but he’ll give it a rest for awhile.

He bought an Epiphone SG G400 for himself for Christmas and is saving up to put EMGs in it. I’m sure he’ll want to do a video of it once it’s all done, so stay tuned for that!

For now, enjoy the Destruction!

TheAndySan

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Jonny Diff – Goodbye To Strat…For Now (Bonus Features)

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That’s right kids, Jonny Diff’s back!

This is the send-off video for Jon’s Strat, as he’s getting a new guitar. He won’t stop playing the Strat forever, but he’ll give it a rest for awhile.

He bought an Epiphone SG G400 for himself for Christmas and is saving up to put EMGs in it. I’m sure he’ll want to do a video of it once it’s all done, so stay tuned for that!

For now, enjoy the Destruction!

TheAndySan

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Jonny Diff – Goodbye To Strat…For Now

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That’s right kids, Jonny Diff is back! This time, he’s here to play the Duncan Hills Coffee jingle by Dethklok from Metalocalypse!!

Here’s the list of gear he’s using:

- Fender Mexican Stratocaster

- Ibanez TS-7 Tubescreamer

- Randall RX120D half-stack amp

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

TheAndySan

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Jonny Diff – Duncan Hills Coffee

For this week’s Deja Vuesday, we’re taking a look back to exactly three years ago when one of my good friends decided to end his own life:

Hey everybody it’s the Andy-San waking up from another crappy sleep.

I found out last night that Austin Harris, one of my best friends since high school, killed himself the other night. He said that he didn’t want to hurt anyone and he wasn’t finding what he was looking for in this life. My friends and I are taking it really hard. RIP my friend; I hope you find what you’re looking for.

I’m not just saying this for literary effect, but Austin was truly a unique individual. Although we were the same age, he seemed so much older with his thin frame and thinning hair that sharply contrasted with his age. He also had a big brother-like aura about him, and my friends and I really looked up to him and saw him not really as a role model, but as someone who’s fiercely intelligent and has seen some shit too.

Whenever Eriopolis and I would hang out with him, we would often talk about philosophy and he would give us something deep to ponder on from just casual conversation. Sometimes it hurt my head to be around him for too long because I was absorbing so much from him!

At the time, I was shaken up by Austin’s death and was wondering where his consciousness was since he committed suicide. Was he going to go to heaven or hell? Now that I’m more spiritually aware than I was back then, I believe that he has gone back to the spiritual plane to review his life and it won’t be within my lifetime when he decides to reincarnate himself.

I know it may sound crazy, but hey; if the vast majority of people believe that when they die, an all-powerful inter-dimensional being will party with their ghost for all of eternity, then I can believe in reincarnation, mmm-kay? Wow, that was a lot of commas, haha!!

Austin, I hope that when you do reincarnate, you’ll know that suicide didn’t solve all of your problems in your previous life. You’ll be faced with many difficult challenges during your many stays here on the living plane, but you can’t let them consume you and win. I’ve been consumed by many of my problems and I often thought of suicide as a way to solve them. Whenever I have these kinds of moments, these feelings of just ending it all, I think of all the people who I’ll sadden by not being here on the living plane. My family, my friends, the readers of my blog, the viewers of my YouTube channels: all of these people want me to be around for longer than 23 years. I want me to be around here .

Even if nobody wanted anything to do with me, I’d still burden my family with the cost of my death, not to mention that my unpaid student loans will become their responsibility. Who in good conscience would want to do that to their loved ones as a parting gift?

I quit my job as a ho of Sodex (Sodexho) because my grades are slipping so now I have no income until my grades get better. I’ve been in a depression ever since I heard about my sliding grades. I really need to get my shit together academically-speaking.

Although I didn’t really like my job at Sodexho (all I did was swipe food cards and wipe down tables), it did give me a good amount of pocket money just in case I wanted to do something with my friends like eat out.

Even though I quit in an attempt to improve my grades, it wasn’t enough and I ended up in academic suspension. I was able to get a second shot and worked me bollocks off, but after I heard that I couldn’t continue no matter how good my grades were, I fell into a deep depression and my grades went down with me. By the time I decided to give it another go, even just a little bit, it was once again too little-too late and I got expelled.

I have spent the last 2-3 years walking in a haze, going from job-to-job and being all-around miserable & dissatisfied with my life for no apparent reason. I’ve been trying to get back into college so that I can finish what I had started way back in 2004 when I started at ITT Tech 2 weeks after I graduated high school, but I was always stopping myself for some reason or another. This time, I have decided that I’m going to Owens Community College or Lansing Community College or Edison Community College starting at the beginning of January. I simply can’t stand idly by anymore while my happiness and overall satisfaction with my life continues to decline.

In other news, I’m still practicing on the guitar. I can’t wait to get another job so I can get another guitar. My Squier Affinity Strat, while it was fine learning stuff, isn’t giving me the sound I want and it’s buzzing like a mother. I’m looking for something with a sanded no-finish neck for super-smooth sliding, humbuckers to give me that rich fat tone, and a Floyd Rose for monster dive bombs and Dime Squeals.

Well I’m gonna go take a shower cuz I smell bad and it’s been a while. Peace!

Andy-San

My Squier Strat is still up at the music store to my knowledge. They removed the Scarface sticker and fixed the volume pot so that you can hear it, but it’s got so many nicks that I doubt that it’ll sell. When I get the money, I want to buy it back because it was a very important thing in my life and I want it back again.

Well, it’s been a blast looking at my past, but I’m outta here! See you guys next time around!!

TheAndySan

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Deja Vuesday – Pouring One For a True Friend

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Why didn’t I just call this a frakkin’ podcast? Sometimes, I just don’t understand myself…

Anyway, enjoy the slog, err, podcast!

Here’s the original description:

Hey guys it’s the Andy-San here. I tried to make my first vlog, but failed. But please enjoy my sound log or slog for short.

Here are the links mentioned in the slog:

Vote here

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TheAndySan

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Slog 01 – Who Is Andy-San?

Oh yeah boyz! Twitter Thursday Throwdown is here again! Let’s get crackin’:

1. posted Twitter Thursday Throwdown: September 3, 2009 – September 9, 2009 http://bit.ly/vFNM24:31 PM Sep 10th from twitterfeed

2. managed to finish up this week’s Twitter Thursday Throwdown! Now, he’s going to bed. He’ll be back online either this Sunday or Monday. Bye!1:04 AM Sep 10th from web

Not much to say about Thursday, except that I just barely finished that week’s Twitter Thursday Throwdown in time before my stepdad came home for the weekend. I’m actually quite proud of myself for this!

1. posted Happy Terrorist Day Part 4!!!! http://bit.ly/pHBtS2:30 PM Sep 11th from twitterfeed

2. just posted Happy Terrorist Day Part Four!!!! http://bit.ly/XsqdG2:13 PM Sep 11th from TweetMyBlog

I only had enough time to make a quickie post for 9/11 before they got back from Wal-Mart. I recall that I spent most of Friday watching some freshly acquired anime like new episodes of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2 as well as brand new series like Taishou Yakyuu Musume and GA – Geijutsuka Art Design Class.

1. just posted Medley Take 1 http://bit.ly/nKKa011:34 PM Sep 13th from TweetMyBlog

2. RT @garyvee – (watch this) “Hustle, Crush It, and Go Big” -http://su.pr/2QPKZH8:24 PM Sep 13th from Su.pr

3. posted Vlog 22.5 – (Recut) KCB International Says I Might Be Going To Japan http://bit.ly/QgZVQ6:00 PM Sep 13th from twitterfeed

4. just posted Vlog 22.5 – (Recut) KCB International Says I Might Be Going To Japan http://bit.ly/SClPK5:53 PM Sep 13th from TweetMyBlog

5. I uploaded a YouTube video — TheAndySan – Vlog 22.5 – (Recut) KCB International Says I Might Be Going… http://bit.ly/2qvwaM4:20 PM Sep 13th from Google

6. is going to Wally World while his video continues to be processed. BRB!4:01 PM Sep 13th from web

7. is waiting for his video to be processed by YouTube and then he’ll post a new blog entry…3:35 PM Sep 13th from web

8. is listening to Housethegrate playing Magic Sword live at MAGfest 5 while uploading a recut version of Vlog 22: http://su.pr/AkbHPM3:00 PM Sep 13th from Su.pr

9. is back online, baby!!2:44 PM Sep 13th from web

After spending Saturday editing ALL of my raw footage, I celebrated my return online on Sunday by uploaded a reedited version of Vlog 22. I really rushed the original video because I wanted to get it out ASAP so I compressed the original 16 minute video into a YouTube-friendly 11 minutes with Sony Vegas. I didn’t like how it turned out so I did a proper edit and although I did have to compress the reedited version too, it was only from 13 minutes to 11 minutes so the audio warbling and video speed weren’t nearly as noticeable as the original.

Then, I uploaded my popular piano medley video onto my second YouTube account.

1. RT @PhillyD – Patrick Swayze dead at 57.  http://su.pr/ALwOv3. RIP10:33 PM Sep 14th from Su.pr

2. posted Lost Vlog 5 – New Year’s Party 2008 http://bit.ly/87MqQ10:30 PM Sep 14th from twitterfeed

3. is annoyed at TweetMyBlog for not Tweeting about his latest post, Lost Vlog 5 – New Year’s Party 2008: http://su.pr/1INNV410:30 PM Sep 14th from Su.pr

4. I uploaded a YouTube video — TheAndySan – Lost Vlog 5 – New Year’s Party 2008 http://bit.ly/LQD1k10:04 PM Sep 14th from Google

5. posted Eriopolis’ Medley Take 1 & 2 http://bit.ly/2TADwY5:01 PM Sep 14th from twitterfeed

6. just posted Eriopolis’ Medley Take 1 & 2 http://bit.ly/o7SEW4:26 PM Sep 14th from TweetMyBlog

7. is going to bed. See you guys in the morning!!3:39 AM Sep 14th from web

8. RT @owlcity: I’ve had “The Listening” by @lightsnoise stuck in my head for the past 2 days: http://su.pr/1NueC9. Such a beautiful song.3:03 AM Sep 14th from Su.pr

9. just finished up this week’s Deja Vuesday, which will be out around 4 pm EST on Tuesday. Awesome!3:01 AM Sep 14th from web

10. http://su.pr/1MgQ491:47 AM Sep 14th from Su.pr

11. posted Medley Take 1 http://bit.ly/18iu5R12:00 AM Sep 14th from twitterfeed

As expected, I did receive some flack from my New Year’s party video, although their concerns were legitimate: underage drinking. After looking over the video, I found that the only ones consuming alcohol in the video were people of drinking age, namely me and my Smirnoff. Although everybody was acting crazy, the only ones drinking were people of the legal drinking age. I thought that I’d make that extra-clear just in case anybody in the video gets questioned about it.

I also did a double-upload with Eriopolis’ two piano videos. They were so short and filmed within a short time from each other that I thought it would be silly to do two separate posts about them.

Unfortunately, Monday ended with me finding out about Patrick Swayze’s death from pancreatic cancer. RIP Patrick!

1. posted Deja Vuesday – To Celina I Go… http://bit.ly/Obrj16:30 PM Sep 15th from twitterfeed

2. @ecilyblacklo – Yeah, this is scamalicious!3:08 AM Sep 15th from web in reply to ecilyblacklo

3. would also like to mention before he goes to bed that he won’t be online tomorrow. Hopefully he’ll be back online soon. Good night everyone!3:07 AM Sep 15th from web

4. can’t get enough of Nekopuchi Makoto Mania: http://su.pr/2vmSzJ. Also, he’s digging this Ne-Yo & MJ mashup: http://su.pr/1Kh2rT. Good night!2:58 AM Sep 15th from Su.pr

Yeah, my stepdad was coming home early that day so I wrote and scheduled this week’s Deja Vuesday before I went to bed that night. I really enjoyed myself when I was writing it and was doing some deep thinking about my life and my future.

1. finally found that video of a cat making a strange warbling sound when pet where the spine and tail meet: http://su.pr/2NJHIyabout 3 hours ago from Su.pr

2. I favorited a YouTube video — RV Bloopers http://bit.ly/3dYa9rabout 3 hours ago from Google

3. I rated a YouTube video (5 out of 5 stars) — RV Bloopershttp://bit.ly/3dYa9rabout 3 hours ago from Google

4. I subscribed to AngeliteriuM1′s channel on YouTubehttp://bit.ly/10S7nqabout 5 hours ago from Google

5. @ajballbsu – Thanks for following me Andy!about 5 hours ago from web

6. I subscribed to mileymandy’s channel on YouTubehttp://bit.ly/wMvtFabout 5 hours ago from Google

7. I subscribed to nigahiga’s channel on YouTube http://bit.ly/hDS9Rabout 5 hours ago from Google

8. I subscribed to cobofficial’s channel on YouTube http://bit.ly/1alzqvabout 7 hours ago from Google

9. is gonna get some oil cleaner for his car. Hopefully that’ll take care of the small puffs of black smoke that sometimes come from his car…about 7 hours ago from web

10. posted a new vlog not too long ago, but his AutoTweeter programs didn’t pick it up for some reason: http://su.pr/1j4Lt1about 8 hours ago from Su.pr

11. posted Guitar Solo Medley http://bit.ly/1fJuhNabout 8 hours ago from twitterfeed

12. I uploaded a YouTube video — TheAndySan – Lost Vlog 06 – How To Make Tuna Salsa http://bit.ly/cDCHFabout 9 hours ago from Google

13. I subscribed to AUTONAmdm’s channel on YouTubehttp://bit.ly/WKKrRabout 10 hours ago from Google

14. is loving Facebook’s new comment tagging feature!! Good job, FB!about 10 hours ago from web

15. posted Lost Vlog 06 – How To Make Tuna Salsa http://bit.ly/Vmn3Fabout 11 hours ago from twitterfeed

16. just posted Lost Vlog 06 – How To Make Tuna Salsahttp://bit.ly/1VK1Nabout 11 hours ago from TweetMyBlog

YouTube recently changed how their AutoShare feature works so now I’m able to Auto-Tweet whenever I favorite a video and subscribe to a new channel as well as when I upload a video. I had to change a few things so you guys wouldn’t be bombarded with Tweets every 5 minutes, but it’s working fine so far.

After putting in that oil treatment, I haven’t seen so much as a puff of black smoke come from my car. I don’t think there’s anything wrong in particular with my car, but it was hesitating a lot during the trip back from Bowling Green. We’ll see how the oil treatment affects that constant hesitation when I go past 55 MPH and sometimes it hesitates the moment I go a tad past 20 MPH.

You know, I think this has to be my shortest Twitter Thursday Throwdown yet. Crazy, huh? Well, I gotta run so I’ll see you later. Bye now!

TheAndySan

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Twitter Thursday Throwdown: September 10, 2009 – September 16, 2009