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                                                                         Michael J. McClellanichael J. McClellan


 why don’t you give my heart a break





       singalongs. In my early twenties I wrote my first     to play more and write a bit.
       song that I can remember. It was in the back seat of   I have attended guitar workshops in Toronto on three
       a Volkswagon Bug on the way to Florida in March       different occasions, once for accoustic, once jazz and
       1974, on holiday with two buddies. It was titled “The   once songwriting. I have also bought a semi hollow
       Land Of Sun”....closing line was...’heading for the sun,  body Godin “flat five”.
       the sand, the surf, and fun...going where the oranges
       call home...and the sky above, is like a big blue dome”   I like to learn and study theory in bits and pieces.
       Hookie, I know.                                       I am writing more frequently in the past couple of
                                                             years and attending a few open mics. At this point
       So I continued to write from time to time but played   I would like to record my songs but I am not very
       and wrote less and less as my three children were     knowlegable nor do I possess a lot of equipment or
       born and moved to New Brunswick , near the            good software.
       Province where I grew up.
                                                             For me, although I only play to a very small
       In the mid nineties I started to feel like playing and   audience,  music, guitar, and writing are fulfilling
       learning more so I went to my local music store to    and enhancing my life.
       look for a new guitar, the old Espana was not in very
       good shape. I purchased a Takamine SW 341 SC
       limited edition signed by Steve Wariner and started























































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