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	<title>Kate Benessa</title>
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		<title>More Rhythm, Less Blues (Part 5)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does a musician do who’s not playing?  Not consciously, but I suppose inevitably, I gravitated towards anything rhythmic.  My love of poetry was reignited.  I read poetry to my daughter, memorizing some (Dickinson, Frost, and Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans) so I could whisper them in the dark to help her sleep.  I started keeping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quitting guitar&#8230;(Part 4)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Merely considering the above title and ultimately writing it is like taking a blow to the stomach.  Even seven years later.  Inconceivable. In early 2004 I learned at last what focal dystonia was via the internet.  Giving this personal disaster a name was comforting, even empowering.  However, there was no available knowledge on how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying to Trick My Hand into Behaving (Part 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 05:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be prepared &#8212; this post is destined to be awfully dull reading and a bit too long.  I’ve decided to tell my story in its mind-numbing, tedious entirety.  I’m doing it out of acknowledgement and sympathy for other sufferers and all the crazy things they have thought and tried.  And I’m doing it for anyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Musician&#8217;s Way</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Recommended Reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Has anyone read The Musician&#8217;s Way by Gerald Klickstein?  I just heard about it, but haven&#8217;t read it yet.]]></description>
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		<title>Famous Musicians with Focal Dystonia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Famous musicians with Focal Dystonia The following is by no means a comprehensive list of famous musicians with focal dystonia.  For the most part I stick with classical guitarists in keeping with who I assume is the primary audience of this blog.  However, when a musician offers important information regarding a cure or is extremely renowned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Erosion of Technique (Part 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 2001:  It all began while I was working on the Manuel de Falla Seven Spanish songs for voice and guitar for a concert, a very challenging set of pieces that require a fast, strong arpeggio.  I noticed something was seriously wrong  &#8211; a significant decline in my abilities.  I just couldn’t play a &#8220;pia&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focal Dystonia  &#8211;  Introduction (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Focal dystonia in musicians is an acquired neurological problem that makes one or more fingers curl under towards the palm uncontrollably, and once curled the fingers are extremely difficult to uncurl while playing. I figured out I had focal dystonia about 6 years ago, however I had been experiencing the problems associated with it for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recommended Reading for Musicians</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following are a list of books that I&#8217;ve found helpful or inspiring.  I’m sure there are many more &#8212; please tell me about them! A Soprano on Her Head: Right-Side-Up Reflections on Life and Other Performances by Eloise Ristad.  This book has many excellent ideas to help conquer performance anxiety and those nasty little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guitar Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Denver Classical Guitar Society is pleased to present, in concert: Laura Husbands Date: Saturday, February 4, 2012 Time: 7:30 pm Location: South Broadway Christian Church, 23 Lincoln Street, Denver (map) Tickets: $20, available online or at the door (sorry, but we cannot take personal checks at the door) Proceeds from the Laura Husbands Debut Concert will go to [...]]]></description>
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