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Chords, Updates, Dreams

 SUp Been working on the next update for the past few days. At first, I was only going to include "Styles" in the paid app. The styles button is a shuffled set of chords that are popular by genre. Naturally, I added about 20 new chords to the original layout.  As I was programming "plus" (I'll refer to it that way), I imagined some kid playing the free version and feeling curious about the additional buttons, or even what potential they may find if they prefer one sound over another. It didn't feel right to put a price barrier, and that's sort of been my whole memo with this app. I don't like "in app purchases" or "pay to play". I also started to see the impact that the ads were having and figured it may work out in my favor anyway to just offer the whole package for free. So... that's where I'm at.   SO, this ads thing. It has been on my mind every day for over a week. I found out the hard way that I needed to make this w...

I guess I had to make a website

 Greetings  Currently my babe is resting on my lap, milk drunk. That's how I got the inspiration to build the app in the first place. My partner is an ER nurse and sleeps during the day, so usually my afternoons are quiet. I would stare at my guitar peeking behind an oversized blue papasan cushion slouching in its small frame, beckoning me to practice.   There are about 5 tracks my mind wants to go off on when I hit this mental crossroads of context. Do I bring a backstory into it? Or just get to the fukin point? Latter, for now. I got bored. I wanted to play. I couldn't. Wondered "how am I supposed to get better if I don't practice?". Then I kept sitting until the day went on per usual.   The opportunity struck one day where the timing was just right for me to play a little bit of what I use to know. I pulled up the chords for "Sister Golden Hair" and found that I needed to continuously scroll up to see what the fingering chart was for the chord as I ha...