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Blog Entry #4: How to re-string your guitar

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 Hi! My name is Austin Manore and you guessed it! We are going to be talking and learning about more music! Now, I don't know how many of you all play an instrument, however i'm sure you know it takes a lot of maintenance to keep one healthy! So, in today's blog we will be specifically focusing on guitar and how to change the strings!  Before we get into the actual steps, there is one thing that needs to be covered. You need to pick out the right strings! If you're a guitarist you'll know, there are strings out there that are really bad! So I'll provide a link just in case y'all need some! Don't mind the price -  https://elixirstrings.com . Ok, now that you have your strings let's get into how to change your old rusty strings to these new nice strings! (By the way: This is for electric and acoustic guitars) 1. Remove old strings  Loosen the strings by turning the tuning pegs down all the way, once this is completed, by hand you're going to unwind...

Entry #3: Slanted Reporting Quest

Hello again everyone! If you don't know me already my name is Austin Manore! Usually I'm in here talking about music. However, today I have a topic out of my league so bear with me!      In class, we’ve been talking about how “writing to inform” is supposed to be objective, but this video from CNN,  https://www.youtube.com/watch  shows it’s not that simple. At first, the report seems purely factual it gives statistics, shows footage, and includes official statements (believable right?). However, the more I watched, the more I noticed how it subtly pushes a certain perspective. One big example is the word “surge.” The word itself makes the situation sound intense and overwhelming, even though they could have used something more neutral like “increase," thus this word allowing for a bigger push to one side  Along with that, the visuals show crowded spaces and large groups of people, which creates a feeling of chaos. None of this is technically opinion, but it...