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Hello everyone,
Sorry for the extremely long delay in posting content. I appreciate everyone who has stuck around and asked where I have been. I will hopefully be posting a new piano tutorial this week (a fun song from Majora's Mask).

If you're interested in seeing what I've been up to, feel free to check out Nerdienifties.com ! I launched my own shop inspired by all of the nerdy goodness that's out there, so feel free to check it out. I apologize that the shop has been taking away from YouTube time, but I'll try to post videos a bit more.


Happy gaming!

A Temporary Farewell To Azeroth

While I am fighting the urge to resubscribe to the World of Warcraft, I must bid it a short farewell.

I've had an amazing, AMAZING time playing WoW the past 10 years. I met so many truly awesome people on my adventures, many who I consider some of my closest friends. I will never forget the heart-warming moments of being a GM for one of the top 50 guilds on my old server of Dawnbringer back during Wrath. I will never forget leading casual raids where people laughed and made fun of people for accidentally running into a blob of goo and instantly dying. I will never forget the people that all-in-all made the game what it was: fun.

That sense of community doesn't seem so prominent in WoW anymore, and it saddens me so deeply. The game used to revolve around cooperation, and meeting new people. The world used to feel so alive because people actually interacted with each other. Things required a lot of effort, and it really helped to learn the game together with other adventurers, whether friends or strangers. I miss that. I find myself logging on and everyone is doing their own thing, not really wanting to be bothered. Things are easy to solo, and no one has patience for players who are just now trying to dive into WoW. The community has overall changed a lot. My YouTube videos regarding WoW content recently started to fill up with a lot of hate filled comments that were rude, bashful, and unappreciative.

I didn't play the game for the community that it has now.

So many people are quick to judge, quick to assault players doing something wrong, and Blizzard favors veteran players so much with powerful heirlooms that it discourages new players from even dipping their feet in certain waters (cough cough, PVP). The whole sense of reward while leveling has changed, and the player base for the most part is pretty cruel. And Blizzard just seems to be absent.

I miss the innovative changes to the game that didn't take away from the community, but built it up. AQ anyone? Where so many people were at the gates that it caused servers to crash? Not this Garrison crap where everyone AFK's in a fort dominated by NPC's.


To put it in short terms, I'm frustrated. Frustrated at what this game could have been versus what it is now. Frustrated that Blizzard seems to be giving up on a game that gave me 10 years of great memories, and contributed to almost half of my life. I refuse to come back to this game for an extended period of time until it starts feeling like I'm actually having fun, rather than just logging on to keep up with my "chores".

Ballad of the Goddess Notes

TABLE:
{n}       indicates a distinct section of the song.
 [  ]       is used to group notes together into sections to make it a little clearer
GB        when notes are grouped together it means they are played at the same time.
A B A    when spaced out it means that they are played separately.
v    A lower note rather than a higher one. 


LEFT HAND: 

INTRO: [D  A   D  A  D  A] x 8 

{1}: [D A  D  F  A  D]  [C  G  C  E  G  C] [F  C  F  C  A  F] [G  E  G  C  E  G]  [Bfla t F  Bflat] [D  F  Bflat] [C  G  C  E  G  C]              [Bfla t F  Bflat] [D  F  Bflat] [C  G  C  E  G  C]

{2}: [F  C  F  A vF] [E  C  E  G  vE] [D A D F vD] [C  G  C  E  vC] [A E A C vA] [G D G B vG] [F C F A vF] [G D G B vG]
x1  repeat

RIGHT HAND: 
[D  E F G C D G E]  [D C D G E ] [D C D G E]  x1 repeat
[A A G F] [F E D G] [E C D E D A]  x1 repeat one octave higher and end on a high A to repeat! 

Get a Head Start on the Ballad of the Goddess!

Hey all! Thank you for being patient while waiting for this next tutorial. It should hit YouTube within the next 1-2 weeks, so I hope you will sit tight, and practice this tiny little teaser part to give yourself a head start!

BALLAD OF THE GODDESS 
(Just a portion)



LEFT HAND START:

{1}: [D A D A D A] x 3  [D]  

{2}: [D  A  D  F  A  D]   [C  G  C  E  G  C]   [F  C  F  A  C  F]     [G  E  G  C  E  G]
     
       [Bb F Bb D(down)  F Bb]    [C  G  C  E  G  C]    [Bb F Bb D(down)  F Bb]

Come hang out at the Symphony of the Goddesses!

Are you going to the Symphony of the Goddesses? 

Tickets for North America are on sale now! Use promo code: HeyListen to get 15% off of your ticket(s)! 


Check to see when the Symphony is coming to a city near you: http://zelda-symphony.com/schedule


And if you're going to the New York City show, let me know! We can hang out and talk about your favorite games. 

Song of Healing (PIANO TUTORIAL)

Song of Healing

Piano Tutorial

TABLE:
{n}       indicates a distinct section of the song.
 [  ]       is used to group notes together into sections to make it a little clearer
GB        when notes are grouped together it means they are played at the same time.
A B A    when spaced out it means that they are played separately.

Right Hand:

{1}:  [B  C]    [A   C]    [F  C] 

          [B C]     [A  C]     [F  C] 

          [B  C]    [A   C]    [E  D  E]  [ B  E  B  E  B] 

Repeat {1} once.

{2}: [F   A]   [C  A]   [B  A]

         [F   A]   [C  A]   [B  A]

         [F   A]   [ E G]   [B   G]  [B  A  B G  G G G]

{3}: [F   A]   [C  A]   [B  A]

         [F   A]   [C  A]   [B  A]

         [F    A]  [E  GB   EG] 

{4}: [FA FA FA] [FD FD FD] [EG EG EG  EC EG] 

         [DF DF DF]  [Dbflt Dbflat Dbflat]

         [ E  D  A  D]

{5}: [FA FA FA] [FD FD FD] [EG EG EG  EC EG] 

[ F  G  A Bflat C  D]  [A  B  D  E]

Repeat {1} but climb the B E B up a bunch of octaves if you want to end off the song instead of looping it again!

Left Hand:

{1}: [ CF   CF   CF] [B  E] 

Repeat {1} once. 

{2}: [AD AD AD GC GC] 

[AD  AD  AD BE BE] 

{3} [COMPLEX OPTION]: [Bflat F Bflat F Bflat F] [Bflat F Bflat F Bflat F] 

[A E G E G E] [A E G E G E]  [G D F D F D]  [G D F D F D] [F C E C E C] [F C E C E C]

{3} [SIMPLIFIED OPTION] : [FA FA FA]  [FA FA FA] [EG EG EG] [EG EG EG] [DF DF DF] [DF DF DF] [CE]

Repeat {3} and complete with a climb up of B E B!

Looking for....Mounts?

Hey all! So it's been a while since my last blog post, and I wanted to make sure we have a really nice one here to make up for the lost time. Soooo...for those of you in Draenor, we know as PvP'ers we have a weekly conquest cap to fill...or for the PvE'ers, we know we have to make sure we get the raids locked out on all of our 100's. But you shouldn't forget to lock out daily dungeons, not only for transmog...but for MOUNTS! Let me hear a /cheer from all of my fellow mount collectors!

Start the Daily Dungeon Farm! 

Mounts, their location, and their drop rates (in Dungeons)

1.65 % Drop Rate

Raven Lord 

From: Anzu in Sethekk Halls on Heroic

100% Drop Rate in time-frame

Amani Battle Bear
From: Zul' Aman contained in Kasha's Bag (timed run)

0.6 % Drop Rate

Swift Zulian Panther

From: High Priestess Kilnara in Zul'Gurub  

0.1 % Drop Rate

Rivendare's Charger

From: Lord Aurius Rivendare

Drop Rate: 3.47 %

Swift White Hawkstrider
From: Kael'thas Sunstrider in Magister's Terrace on Heroic

Drop Rate: 1.15 %

Blue Proto Drake

From: Skadi the Ruthless in Utgarde Pinnacle on Heroic

Drop Rate: 0.98 %

Armored Razzashi Raptor

From: Blood Lord Mandokir in Zul'Gurub

Drop Rate: 100% within time frame!

Bronze Drake
From: Infinite Corrupter in Culling of Stratholme on Heroic (Timed Run) 

Drop Rate: 0.79%

Drake of the North Wind
From: Altairus from Vortex Pinnacle  

Drop Rate: 0.80

Vitreous Stone Drake

From: Slabhide in the Stonecore