<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 09:40:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/msp-minnowsupport/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Afternoon in Paris]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey there all you Steemian Jazzers, I call this one afternoon in diabolic endlessly rainy and cold Vancouver! If it ain't the diabolic weather it's the bugs that get ya in the demiurges matrix!( or the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/afternoon-in-paris</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/afternoon-in-paris</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 22:15:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit Openmic 66 Cover Under The MilkyWay Tonight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Happy New Year Steemit! I'll list all those here that I've enjoyed reading and chatting with over my first 6-months on Steemit. Of course @diabolika, @thewisesloth,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@andrewmarkmusic/steemit-openmic-66-cover-under-the-milkyway-tonight</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@andrewmarkmusic/steemit-openmic-66-cover-under-the-milkyway-tonight</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2018 23:52:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Golden Rule(WinterSolstice12of12).]]></title><description><![CDATA[In casino algorithms the vast majority of players lose; many break even, a small group gets lucky and wins, and an even smaller group wins big; such is the condition of 20/21 Century normalised mafia casino]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-wintersolstice12of12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-wintersolstice12of12</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 07:48:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgAq8q4K234UdyvMUG8ritRyijsy4j28ZccCSKd8hp2WSkyBrpncL5YF2ZKkmtFShcDyU4xhhqCUEvEXRYyix96PEqyypUHDhQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Golden Rule(TheWinterSolstice110f12).]]></title><description><![CDATA[This series of posts was mostly aimed towards those who still consider the idea of spirituality important. Included in this demographic would be any atheists who still consider some type of spiritual view.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-thewintersolstice110f12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-thewintersolstice110f12</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Dec 2017 22:23:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwr912zNAePxWz427VzWqQc6kDQixHwZLoXoQ7Jwbw5uw1VMMMYNnrVmjGa7YCp1DKLMn5kjg5QxzXDdg3LYi6RHYnVG8e?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Golden Rule(WinterSolstice10of12).]]></title><description><![CDATA['Tis the time in this series to talk about E.T.! Well, yes, it does seem to be modernities preferred explanation for everything strange and unknown. I've never seen a UFO and I wandered]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-wintersolstice10of12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-wintersolstice10of12</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 22:33:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8negisHP82UM3ZS4vVgCw6RBa6pawbfPRHBowSMYqpu6pKwvdoYvqURqYRtTuwQBPTvY6scGvDGqHgwogF1YA9YgeSNA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saturday Blues]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi! Okay, don't expect normal blues from me:D I can tell you that this riff idea comes from the 9-#11-13-flat9 of the second octave of G-Dominant 7...Warning, this is only a riff idea!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/saturday-blues</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/saturday-blues</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 20:48:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Golden Rule (WinterSolstice9of12)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The three options facing humanity today: annihilation, imprisonment, or a truly sustainable economic model. My Global Commons model premised on a proper understanding of The Golden Rule-- which was always]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-wintersolstice9of12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-wintersolstice9of12</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 02:53:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwreeefr31eeQ61UPQrmLM4W89FyuMCb9MHgCFyRJjALwrBsYxXYh4nhTARvk8WSRvChb5A6Fa4KJGjFZ9cM7MR4BD64o8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Golden Rule (WinterSolstice8of12).]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pimps and Whores!  Yup, this is what the Cabal has done to humanity. We are, for the most part, either one or the other now. Oh, sure, a few are not--The Amish, Indigenous people still living]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-wintersolstice8of12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-wintersolstice8of12</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2017 04:14:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs75PgL5ERws2Y65WNPLssKfwr9mhwsbSpQifVhSGvDd1UUgXXhvKPsYZiEphd8LQpBER87mgXs11ZEgF89L9853KMWsfCtW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little Girl Blue (waltz)...]]></title><description><![CDATA[I found a chart online which I'll post below. I've never heard this version and can't find it so if anyone has it please link it here. I think about 50% of ones time learning jazz should go into learning]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/little-girl-blue-waltz</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/little-girl-blue-waltz</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2017 00:09:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVf3twYaamKbiEJXwduJLnpcRgQ6PhWfVd26XFeG2WFmvnnJrNs5k6UXRPe3Q2tE4ggCSqVe7Gd3P5Tc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Golden Rule (Winter Solstice7of12).]]></title><description><![CDATA[How easy has it been for The Cabal to control humanity? Well, pretty damn easy! But before I get into that I'll mention that I've given due consideration to the materialist atheist worldview in this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-winter-solstice7of12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-winter-solstice7of12</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:38:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrCrxqXukr54R2H8SbMsvVre2M8ViDkNRWRjQ1DJgMCDCDceiiE5VssTNpjW4qUn1E2LEG8zFb17mmgT5T9J7QJRHm9MY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little Girl Blue.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey there, this is the most challenging attempt I've made on a piece since I've been back exploring jazz in the past few months. I'm nowhere good a vocalist to be taking this on...But what they hey. A]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/little-girl-blue</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/little-girl-blue</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2017 03:27:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Golden Rule (Winter Solstice 6of12--The Cabal).]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi, this is part six of the Golden Rule series. At this halfway point I introduce the Cabal and my first consideration of them is from a non-theistic atheist secular perspective. We'll get into alternative]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-winter-solstice-6of12-the-cabal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-winter-solstice-6of12-the-cabal</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Dec 2017 03:05:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cat and Mouse ii...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi, in this video I've started to refine the songwriting process. I've refined the 'head' melody and altered the comp track so the walking bass is in the solo sections as I think this works better. In]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/cat-and-mouse-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/cat-and-mouse-ii</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2017 21:47:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cat and Mouse...]]></title><description><![CDATA[So this is the beginning of jazz songwriting. It's raw, I get it. And I'd recommend headphones. It's a 12-bar in F rather than the 8-bar in B-Flat I was originally thinking. I've tried to come up with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/cat-and-mouse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/cat-and-mouse</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2017 07:02:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit Openmic 65 Cover...The Beatles, And I Love Her.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Merry Christmas! And this one is for my very bestest Steemit friend @diabolika! A true gem:) Hopefully, I'm not so pitchy that she can't sing along (or cause Feliz to howl) with me and hopefully I've left]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@andrewmarkmusic/steemit-openmic-65-cover-the-beatles-and-i-love-her</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/openmic/@andrewmarkmusic/steemit-openmic-65-cover-the-beatles-and-i-love-her</guid><category><![CDATA[openmic]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2017 21:32:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Golden Rule(WinterSolstice4of12).]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last day of 3-days of darkness in the northern hemisphere as the sun sits in the constellation Capricorn and will soon begin its journey back across the sky on December 25th to the Spring Equinox at]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-wintersolstice4of12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-wintersolstice4of12</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2017 02:44:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2MXJWpwT5zLNyM52zVEiovnU9tyVfeMgvqt7f2v3M3VY3yXc49xnFFkCS45ngwhYikNx2yrisVU1RtbqgqbbS2Ln?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[8-Bar Jazz Blues...]]></title><description><![CDATA[This riff sounds better like this, I think, rather than how I used it on Saturdays 12-bar. It's AABA 8-bar and uses the Melodic Minor on the turnaround... I add the Lydian Dominant in the B section.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/8-bar-jazz-blues</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/8-bar-jazz-blues</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2017 09:49:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Golden Rule (Winter Solstice 3of12).]]></title><description><![CDATA[In previous posts linked below, I discussed the possibility of meaningless nihilism in a Godless universe; explored, briefly, 10,000 years of religious storytelling (mythology), and moved onto an]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-winter-solstice-3of12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@andrewmarkmusic/the-golden-rule-winter-solstice-3of12</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 24 Dec 2017 04:00:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kws91ecJjkANAzfstp5ietJ4ACvk9NVSYz6SiTREbHKEihcSpQmfZW7NrBDyXMV339jXR22VtMCtbUiGjxyADcybgxxhaFNp33iEk6f3i3JvgA8umVt1Tn9uQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blues Saturday on Steemit...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey there, Blue people! How could you not be... Here is my second go at the blues on Saturday! In this one, I experiment in B-Flat with chromatics and F Melodic Minor at the turnaround. A Comp track will]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/blues-saturday-on-steemit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@andrewmarkmusic/blues-saturday-on-steemit</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrewmarkmusic]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2017 20:04:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[u r so beautiful (Joe Cocker) 12 string cover 2012]]></title><description><![CDATA[vintage bjr from 2012 Hope you enjoy ;0)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/guitar/@gibber/u-r-so-beautiful-joe-cocker-12-string-cover-2012</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/guitar/@gibber/u-r-so-beautiful-joe-cocker-12-string-cover-2012</guid><category><![CDATA[guitar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gibber]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Dec 2017 17:01:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eH8XDm13AwW9KudCsPjpMcbC5mQAMo1EyYz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>