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Sentell Pickups and Rewinding

Alvaro Lupinacci — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:16:47 +0000

Just a quick post about one of my older G&L basses that had a bad coil in the neck position and a plug for Sentell Pickups…Basically, what happened is that I had recently aquired an older Series E L-2000 from EBay and found out that it had several electronics problems–one of these was a bad coil, and the other one was an odd (and very rare) circuit design “flaw” that some of these basses had in the old days before there was a modification. You can read about that here at the basses by leo forum: http://www.bassesbyleo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=127&start=30

Anyhow, I just want to make a suggestion for people who need to have guitar or bass pickups rewound by a professional at a great price and quick service as well.

Consider Jerry Sentell for all of your pickups rewinding needs. He had my pickup rewound to specs and back to me within a week!

Check out Sentell Pickups here: www.sentellpickups.net

Burn it!

Alvaro Lupinacci — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:55:55 +0000

I’ve added a new song to the Song Samples area on 9/13/10. I’m calling it “Burn it!” in light of the recent events about people burning korans (Qurans for the politically correct) and bibles like one gigantic pissing contest to see who can burn the most “holy” books and cross the finish line–disgusting!!! I’d like to do a video with this music in the background and a large tribe of idiots dancing around with a heap of burning garbage in front of them.

What a wonderful world we live in!

New Jazz “ditty” added

Alvaro Lupinacci — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:15:30 +0000

I just uploaded a walking bass “ditty” …it was sure fun recording…Check it out on the Song Samples page with today’s date 4-14-10…there is one area that clipping occured (power surge) toward the end, but I didn’t want to redo it…Enjoy! It’s just a demo anyhow…

New Equipment Page Added

Alvaro Lupinacci — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:20:01 +0000

I’ve added a new subpage from the main page of Equipment. To navigate to it from the main page, look at the right-hand side of the main page under Equipment and select “New Equipment.” I’ve been thinking about adding this for a while. Add comments or suggestions if you like….

Another jazz improv

Alvaro Lupinacci — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:32:46 +0000

I’ve added yet another instrumental meandering jazz improv to the Song Samples tab. It’s titled “JazzImprovAgain.mp3.” Check it out! It’s here: http://alvarolupinacci.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/jazzimprovagain.mp3

Validation

Alvaro Lupinacci — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:42:49 +0000

A fan sent this to me recently. It’s a very short film (about 15min) by Kurt Kuenne. We are in the new year, and it’s a great time to smile for the future–It’s whatever you make it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao&feature=youtube_gdata

Jango Music and More

Alvaro Lupinacci — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:03:41 +0000

A fan from Germany had this to say about the Urban Connection CD by Alvaro Lupinacci featured as an artist on Jango.com: “ surprising new music experience after 30 years of pop/jazz/funk/rock and fusion. never heard about this artist. ” Check out some of the tracks from the CD here at the artist web site or at http://www.jango.com/music/alvaro+lupinacci Individual tracks or the complete CD can be purchased in digital form from iTunes.

Streaming Audio Widget For Alvaro Lupinacci: Urban Connections CD Part II

Alvaro Lupinacci — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:51:44 +0000

The streaming audio widget for the CD by Alvaro Lupinacci: Urban Connections has been moved to the audio samples page on this site. It can be found here:

http://alvarolupinacci.com/song-samples/

The distributors have also finished posting the digital and physical media versions of the CD around the internet. Check the link above for those as well.

Modern Ways To Distribute Music On-Line

Alvaro Lupinacci — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:54:40 +0000

I recently signed up for a music service that some people consider a “pay for play” service. While that may be somewhat true since Internet airplay is purchased up front in order to have your music heard, I don’t consider it a negative as some recording artists do. To me, an artist must have some way to get their music heard, and this is one of the many ways to do that. It’s not necessary to ride your bike, skateboard, motor-scooter, or automobile (almost forgot about the great train transportation in countries like Japan) down to the local CD outlet to shop. Just check it out on the Internet and then if you like it, download the digital version or purchase the entire CD to be sent to your doorstep. Just make certain you keep in mind that you need to get your exercise somewhere in there. Otherwise, we’ll have a more unhealthy and obese population who neglect physical fitness—very important!

Before the digital revolution and on-line music distribution, recording artists were stuck with getting a record contract with large “profit-sharing” record corporations to advance money used for advertising dollars. It’s really the same thing with services such as Jango. Money must be set aside in order to get your music heard. If the music finds an audience with an ear for your type of music, they find your CD or individual songs on one of the many Internet music distribution outlets such as Amazon.com, iTunes (there are a few: iTunes Australia/N.Z., iTunes Canada, iTunes UK/European Union, iTunes Japan), Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, IMVU, Amazon MP3, Lala, Shockhound, Amie Street, LimeWire Store.

Digital forms of the Alvaro Lupinacci: Urban Connections CD can already be downloaded from Amazon.com, and it will show up on these other outlets shortly…and since I’ve signed up with Jango, I already have a growing number of fans from around the world! What’s really cool is that I can actually see where my fans and people who like my music live on the planet–Way too cool! I can even chat with them…language is the only barrier. One of my newest fans is from the country of Thailand… Has anyone created the universal translator yet?

Thanks everyone!

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Stores–iTunes:
iTunes U.S. (www.apple.com/itunes)

iTunes Australia (www.itunes.com/au)

iTunes N.Z. (http://www.apple.com/nz/itunes)

iTunes Canada (www.apple.com/ca/itunes)

iTunes UK/European Union (www.apple.com/uk/itunes)

iTunes Japan (www.apple.com/jp/itunes)

Other Stores:
Rhapsody http://www.rhapsody.com/alvaro-lupinacci

Napster http://home.napster.com/ns/music/artist_search.html?artist_id=12848865

EMusic (www.emusic.com)

IMVU (www.imvu.com)

Amazon http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=alvaro+lupinacci

Lala http://www.lala.com/#album/2306124484409130462

Shockhound (http://www.shockhound.com/search?artist%5Bname%5D=alvaro+lupinacci)

Amie Street (http://www.amiestreet.com)

LimeWire Store http://www.store.limewire.com/store/app/pages/album/Album/productId/218841/

Icons for music distributions

Web Site Being Updated

Alvaro Lupinacci — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:00:02 +0000

Please bear with us, we’re in the process of updating the look and feel of the web site too keep up with demand…Mr. Lupinacci is getting sick to his stomach with the current page theme sporting the light baby blue background! He says it doesn’t look very macho. And he’s a macho man.

The designers…