Some Music Stuff Favorites and Features

From my Zazzle Music Stuff & More store - this round necklace containing the Musical Circle of Fifths with a Treble Clef (G Clef) in the center. The necklace's background is blue, and the Circle of Fifths and the Treble Clef are white.

White Circle of Fifths by chmayer
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A Music Stuff & More @ Zazzle Favorite - the Gold Bass Clef

Gold Bass Clef by chmayer
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New GREEN Circle of Fifth Graphics

It's easy being Green, musically. One of several new Green Circle of Fifths graphics now available in Music Stuff & More @ CafePress and, soon, @ Zazzle.

---> To see way more of these new Green Circle of Fifths graphics on products - including many new products.

While you're at it, visit the Green! section, for more green graphics and green products, most about Music, but also many Peace Symbols, Celtic Crosses & More

Green! And, remember, Earth Day is coming up.

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Music TGIF - Bad Music Joke of the Week - Tempo Nova

Musical (Old) Car Bad Jokes this week. (Why? No special reason, felt like it.)

Tempo -- Good choice for a used car
Bossa Nova -- The car your foreman drives

Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend!

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Music TGIF - Bad Music Joke of the Week

The Fermata: A chance for the conductor to catch his breath while attempting to make his wind players pass out.


For the All-Black "Hold Me" : CHM Design Store - Music Stuff & More - find all kinds of "Fermata (Hold) Me" Wears and Wares for all genders and ages.

And, this graphic is coming soon to Music Stuff & More @ Zazzle

"Toot" Tuesday - Tubas

Introducing "Toot" Tuesday. Starting today, on Tuesdays I will be featuring graphics of a wind instrument (arguably a musical instrument which can go toot) on merchandise.

This "Toot" Tuesday: the Tuba. Pictured below on a dark T-shirt...


Find much more tuba merchandise in the Tuba section of Music Stuff & More @ CafePress. See still more tuba merchandise here

Tomorrow, "Windsday", or Wind Wednesday. Stay tuned. Until next "Toot" Tuesday...

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New Beethoven, Sale, also BeZazzled

Find the "new Beethoven" here @ Music Stuff & More store

What's new about it? This Beethoven graphic is larger and also can be used on dark apparel, meaning, yes, you can now get Beethoven on a black shirt if you wish. See an example of just that below... This is a linked image, which should take you directly to where you can see a larger photo, plus buy the darn thing if you would like.



In other news, there's a sale, starting today, at CafePress of their Junior Jerseys - $4 off - while supplies last.

In still more news... I've opened up a Zazzle store called Music Stuff & More @ Zazzle @ www.zazzle.com/chmayer. Yes, you'll find many of the same music graphics you know and love from my CafePress Music Stuff & More store.

(For some strange reason "Blogger" is screwing around with my links and will not "do" the Zazzle link as I would like. "Blogger" did this at another one of my blogs. Just the same... the Zazzle link above should work just fine and get you to the Music Stuff & More @ Zazzle store, regardless.)

Please drop me a Message on Facebook if you're there - both my CafePress and my Zazzle music stores are there. Before long I'll be adding some music goodies (not merch, but items of interest) to my Facebook Profile (I'm kinda new on Facebook.)

Keep cool.

The Latest Music Graphics

New, per customer request: "here comes treble", my Traditional Basic Black Treble Clef with the quote just mentioned added, in assorted text sizes and text colors. Also, while I was in the word-play frame-of-mind, "Bass Instincts", the text added to my Traditional Basic Bass Clef, in assorted styles, the Basic Bass Clef itself remaining the same.

See these on merchandise @ New Music Graphics And, note one of the "Bass Instinct" graphics at top.

Re music, generally: 4th of July is coming. A must-hear: some J. P. Sousa music, especially brass bands (although an orchestra will do) playing "Stars and Stripes Forever." Sooo July 4th. Love it.

Still busy with music with my iPod/iTunes, who isn't...? And the nifty videos about music on YouTube. Should play *my own* instruments more often...! (That would be keyboard, guitar, and assorted other little wind things, such as recorder and harmonica. And my electronica: synthesizer, drum mach, etc. ! '80s, '90s MIDI dinosaur stuff, but cool and fun.)

Keep cool. Happy 4th. Listen to and, better yet!, make music. Enjoy!

P.S. I've started a music stuff store on Zazzle. I'll put a link here soon. I also have started a Profile Page on Facebook. Find there graphics, links, etc. to my blogs, graphics, merch, stores, etc. See photos of the merchandise with my music graphics on 'em at my Facebook Zazzle Gallery. (Yes, this needs a link here, too! Soon.) Find me on Facebook under my real name, give me a "Poke" or drop a message on me.

New Graphics & New Merchandise

...@ Music Stuff & More store That's the new Round Green Treble Clef pictured above.

Find more mercandise with this graphic.

Also, CafePress has just introduced "InfiniStitch Embroidery", with new merchandise - caps, a denim shirt, black jackets - to take advantage of this new technique. Visit the "New Merchandise" section in "NEW NEW NEW" @ Music Stuff & More to see a sampling.

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P.S.: While I'm here, I hope you got to see that great concert by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra performed in North Korea. !

New Victorian Eighth Notes

Several new eighth note graphics in Victorian colors have been added to the Music Stuff & More store Pictured here is the Blue-Green Eighth Note.

Right now the Victorian eighth notes are being featured in the store's Sales & Features section (in the "NEW NEW NEW section"), but soon the musical note graphics will, appropriately, be located in "Music Symbols" with the rest of the musical note graphics in the Music Merchandise area of the store.

The Victorian-style musical notes come in the colors Peach, Blue-Green, Green, and Light-Gray (with dark blue-green accent). These music graphics are available on most of CafePress's merchandise.

The Greening of Music

GREEN is being featured in my Music Stuff & More store.

This means green music graphics and music graphics on green shirts.

(Okay, there are also not-music graphics being featured in this section, but, as the rest of this store, you'll find that the music graphics predominate.)

For the Earth-y and/or the Irish among you, you might want to take special note of all this Green.

And for the saving of the green, check out the buttons, stickers, magnets, and Value T-shirts (only $9.99) with green music graphics.

Blogkeeping & Christmas @ YouTube

Blogkeeping? I cleared out some old, out-dated ads here - they were just being in the way.

Christmas @ YouTube? And, that would be Musical Christmas @ YouTube, to be specific.

For those of you who can't get enough of the Wizards of Winter (and that house that lights to its beat), it's here. See towards the bottom of the left-hand sidebar where I have YouTube clips readily available here.

Heck, while I'm at it check out the music and dancing my son sent me (that's his hamster and his girlfriend dancing with him): http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1273205292

Who knows, you might even want to elf yourself, too...?

Enjoy.

BIG buttons, new graphics, holidays coming...

...and I moved The Numa Numa Guy, Mario, and the Evolution of Dance lower down the Page. Now, back to business...

The new bigger - 3.5" - buttons are now available in my CafePress Music Stuff & More store, being added throughout the store as well as featured in the "Sales & Features" section.

Also, check out my spiffy new treble clef graphics. Note the "Glassy" Treble Clef (two variations) - I thought it was about time to have a treble to match the popular "Glassy" Bass Clef.

"Smoky Rose Gem" Treble Clef - what happens when I start playing with the "jewels" in my graphics software... : ) I think it's neat. I also like the way it works so well with both dark wear and light wear/ware.

Poke around the Music Merchandise section, including the Treble Clef section, you may spot graphics and merch you haven't seen before.

The Sales & Features section is also a place to keep an eye on for musical holiday stuff, coming, of course, real soon.

Happy Halloween.

Pathologist: Doctor killed Beethoven

Pathologist: Doctor killed Beethoven - Yahoo! News (AP)

Curious Beethoven news...

And, note, yet more news about lead problems.

BTW, speaking of Beethoven, do you know that Steinway (who now also owns pretty much every big band/orchestra instrument maker there is nowadays) uses the stock ticker symbol LVB? (get it?)

Sorry for the Silence! & Store NEWS

(Guess time flies and I hadn't noticed how long it's been since I've posted. Oops...)

Biggest news is...drum roll, please...CafePress finally has a sale. A good one, at that.

The bad news is that it starts in less than five hours! I would have said something sooner had I known. I first heard of it yesterday; first heard the start time this afternoon. Anyway, the sale...

Buy 3 T-Shirts and Get 1 T-Shirt FREE*
No coupon needed.

Starts July 21 at 12:01 am PT

This is a LIMITED TIME OFFER!

* Limited to one free shirt per order, free shirt must
be of equal or lesser value as purchased shirts and
cannot exceed a retail price of USD $30.00. Promotion
cannot be combined with any other offers or bulk order
discounts. Shirt sales subject to this promotion are
not eligible for refunds, exchange only. Eligible free
shirts are limited to Jr. Raglan, Jr. Ringer T-Shirt,
Jr. Spaghetti Tank, Jr. Jersey T-Shirt, Baseball
Jersey, T-Shirt, Kids Baseball Jersey, Ringer T-Shirt,
Men's Sleeveless Tee, Long Sleeve T-Shirt, Fitted
T-Shirt, Organic Cotton Tee, Value T-Shirt, Women's
Cap Sleeve T, Women's Long Sleeve T-Shirt, Women's
Tank Top, Women’s T-Shirt, Women's V-Neck T-Shirt,
Women's Plus Size Scoop Neck T-Shirt, Women's Plus
Size V-Neck T-Shirt, and Maternity T-Shirt, subject to
availability. This promotion is available for a
limited time and may be cancelled or changed at any
time for any reason, without notice. Void where
prohibited. [copy-and-pasted from CafePress, thank God...]

In other music store news, I've been adding new merchandise and a few new graphics, including music graphics. Please check out the "NEW NEW NEW" section in "Sales & Features" of the Music Stuff & More store.

One new music graphic is a Bass Clef Circle of Fifths (in this link it's on a clock).

In still more news I'm bearing down on my store work. Part of that is starting some work on a back-to-school feature section. Find it in the "Sales & Features" section of Music Stuff & More It's still a work-in-progress, but it is well under way, and there are a lot of music back-to-school stuff available there already.

See you sooner than last time (jeez!). Now to go update my iPod. (Love my iPod. Disclaimer: yes, I own Apple stock. Still enjoy my iPod and iTunes, long as the software works okay, that is...)

If you haven't subscribed to my monthly CafePress newsletter yet, please do. Join my many subscribers to this newsletter which I keep up with better than my blogs and website (rolling my eyes on that last one, yes, its renovation really is coming, jeez, I'm paying freakin' Yahoo $$ every month for that sucker... yikes)

Now...to iTunes, hoping my podcast update won't lock up on me again.... (more rolling eyes)

Please do visit my store and get your free T-shirt (see way above - that CafePress promotion, which starts in just a few hours). That's Music Stuff & More

Find the subscription form to my monthly CafePress newsletter near the bottom of this blog, also on the storefront of my CafePress store.

Have a nice weekend! Keep cool.

New Music Graphics & New Shirts, Etc.

I've been playing with my iPod and iTunes too much... Lots of great new music - and, well, old music. Been especially enjoying Paul McCartney's new album and music video (on iTunes as well as YouTube), and the "Darfur" benefit album of "modern-day" music artists' covers of John Lennon songs. (Amazing how some of John's old songs are even more relevant to today than they were when they first came out.) Bono & U2 do a great cover of "Instant Karma." And I might prefer Steven Tyler & Aerosmith's reggae version (yes, a raggae band joins in on this) better than John's original version of "Give Peace a Chance."

For fellow Beatles (and Wings) fans, it was great seeing Paul and Ringo, also Yoko and Olivia Harrison, on "Larry King" this week. I'm bummed that the show is not - at least not yet - available on "Larry King"'s iTunes' podcasts. Paris Hilton is - but so what?! I want Ringo and Paul. Great old Beatles' clips and music were included in that"King" show.

Yes, I do like new music, too - been listening to a lot of "The Cat Empire" lately, for just one "new-ish" group. And "New Shoes" by Paolo, um, whatever his unusual last name is (sorry). Lily Allen, if I pretty much ignore her lyrics (good, quite talented, but much in need of an attitude adjustment - so negative! Maturity will likely take care of that, usually does. ) Bit and pieces of the soundtracks from the "Pirates..." movies.... (aren't those bass strings wonderful?)

Anyway - my new music graphics: A purple Circle of Fifths and a Bass Clef Circle of Fifths. Both were requested by customers. The Bass Clef C of 5 was actually overdue. I thought of it a long time ago, but never got around to doing anything about it. So I'm kinda glad a customer gave me a needed shove/incentive to get 'er done already. Do note that there are two similar versions of the Bass Clef Circle of Fifths graphic.

See the new music graphics written about above and the new Junior Jersey in the "NEW NEW NEW" section of Music Stuff & More

For the Americans out there, have a happy 4th of July!

(BTW, I bought Ray Charles' "America" and, yes, Jimi Hendrix's "Star-Spangled Banner" at the iTunes store... Now, to rip a couple of those John Philip Sousa marches off my CD for my iPod...)

Oh, "Be kind to your web-footed friends, for a duck may be somebody's mother..."

Okay, most of you won't get that reference. It is musical, and it is 4th of July. ; )

Be cool. Keep cool. Have a good one.

Music Stuff & More Store News

First, I've added much music merchandise to my CafePress store during my absence here. (It's something of a case of I can't be everywhere doing everything all at the same time...).

I've added much treble clef and bass clef merch, some more piano/keyboard, as well as other musical instruments, merch. And, brand-new merchandise: the new Junior spaghetti tank tops (in pastels now, as well as white). And if there happens to be any pregnant music-lovers, or lovers of pregnant music-lovers, out there - I've got the new maternity tops, which come in black or white. Find them with treble and bass cleves, also piano/keyboard.

I've added to the Circle of Fifths merchandise as well. Expect more - I've promised a couple of customers who sent me E-Mail requests that I'd have a bass clef C of 5 and a light purple C of 5 out before the month's out. So, some new music graphics coming, as well as new merch.

Now, got to go update and sync my iPod. It's off to the iTunes store, before I'm done with my workday.

Love my iPod. Love iTunes. Yes, I also own Apple stock (disclosure). ; ) And would love my iPod and iTunes just as much if I didn't.

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I'll post more asap - there's been lots of interesting musical stuff happening! (Yes, even that which has to do with music only - not my stores. ; )

Now, getting out that USB thingie cord to plug my iPod into my computer. Then, dinner! (It's only 9 pm... yikes)

CafePress Music Stuff & More Coupons

Please check out the nifty automatically-updating CafePress coupon thingie with the latest CafePress coupon code. It's at top there on the left sidebar here.

There's always some fresh CafePress coupon code available with this.

BTW, this is the same CafePress coupon code long offered at my Music Stuff & More store. (OIOW, we can trust it on this blog. Bless you, copy-and-paste!)

Enjoy.