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Reference Music: What it is, and why you need it ...

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We were talking about what sort of post should be next in our blog, and hit a bit of a snag.  We were driving to a friend’s son’s graduation party and the discussion went like this: B: “I think we should review one of our favorite albums, like Ella and Louis” K: “That sounds hard … and I’m not sure a review would work on something we are so familiar with” B: “It doesn’t have to be very long … but I’d rather start with something like that, otherwise we’ll be reviewing equipment we have purchased - which is kind of … lame” K: “We do have that thing from the Kickstarter project coming up” B: “Yeah, we do, but who knows when that’s going to get here” K: “Well, we could talk about our reference music - explaining why each one is there. That was definitely new to me.” B: “Hey yeah, that sounds good” So here we are.  And anyone who already has a set of reference songs, you can skip right to the end where we talk about our reference music.  If you are scratching your head won...