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WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: We might as well start in the very beginning at the age of twelve. Watching my older, late brother Billy operate a linotype at the Stroud American newspaper in the 1950’s created my desire for the printing field. This old method injects molten type metal into a mold that has the shape of one or more characters. The slugs are later used to press ink onto paper as this older procedure is called Letter Press. During 1966-67, my late wife Judy and I joined forces to write, layout, and produce our high school annual under the direction of Aleta Smalley. We reunited at our 35th class reunion, started collaborating, married and created the magazine you’ve known as The Corridor Magazine. Upon high school graduation, I was hooked and wanted to be known as a printer. However, my brother, Billy, convinced me to study the newest technology of lithography at Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology in Okmulgee. Now that it is 2022, lithography is being replaced with digital, with the exception of large quantity products such as newspapers and magazines. My career quickly continued and I accepted a job at the Cushing Daily Citizen as Sports Writer, as well as working in production. While there, a Cushing native hired me to be his Production Manager in Tulsa where I spent 15 years and participated in the company’s growth from 20 to 90 employees. While handling the production side I And now the end is near And so I face that final curtain My friend, Ill make it clear I’ll state my case of which I am certain Yes, there were times, I’m Sure you knew When I bit off more than I could chew But through it all when there was doubt I ate it up and spit it out
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yearned for the writing and publishing side as well. So, I began publishing my own magazine, The Tulsa Batsman. I published it for two summers in conjunction with Tulsa Kids Baseball. After 18 years of production, the old GAF film company in Binghamton, New York, renamed Anitec, offered me a position as a technical representative for the states of Oklahoma and Arkansas. During those 12 years I assisted a variety of newspapers and printing companies in improving their print quality. By 2002 when Judy and I reunited, our world was becoming digital. So we decided to open our own little printing/copy shop. While listening to a promotional speaker in 2006, I convinced Judy that we should produce our own magazine due to her background in advertising sales. We started with a 48-page magazine, and within 12 months we outgrew the large versatile printer we had been using and began to contact larger magazine printing companies. I am thankful for the honor and pleasure the Lord granted me to live so I could tell my stories to the world. God blessed me with five wonderful, amazing children, the FFA State Farmer Award, an amazing career in the printing/publishing field along with my wife Judy, and The Corridor Magazine. Thank You for sharing my journey; and happy trails to you. God Bless. I will let Frank Sinatra say it all. I faced it all and I stood tall And I did it my way For what is a man? What has he got? If not himself? Then he has naught To say the things that he truly feels And not the words of someone kneels Let the records show I took all the bows And I did it my way
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CHAD TABER:
Soundscapes, Stringed Instrument Repair Old memories of the local music stores of my childhood were churned up recently after D’Jeanne told me about seeing a new guitar repair shop in Cushing being mentioned on social media.Taber Guitars, owned and operated by lifelong Cushing resident, Chad Taber. Then I recalled that I actually knew Chad Taber from my years working in downtown Cushing. I recall hearing some of his music back then and feeling intrigued by the primarily keyboard instrumental soundtracks that I’d heard. In the ensuing years I’d lost track of him. But it came as a pleasant surprise to learn he’s still here and that he’s decided to put his years of personal experience with repairing and maintaining musical instruments to further
use in a more public setting. I asked him a few questions: RR: Where did you grow up? CT: I am a proud Cushing native and have lived here my whole life. RR: Was there a point you knew that music would become a major thread in your life? CT: When I was a teenager, and knew a whopping 4 chords, I had the dream of being a Rockstar. That mentality worked for a while, but eventually I realized that I didn’t really enjoy listening to mainstream music and therefore did not want to play it. So that dream died fairly quickly. Music has always played a major role in my life; I use it to express my emotions….My wife says she can tell what I am working through by the type of riffs I am working on.
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RR: Tell me what instruments you play and a little about your musical journey. CT: I mainly play guitar, but love so many different instruments and have messed around or continue to mess around with a bunch. I play guitar and dabble with the banjo, bass, keyboard, mandolin, violin etc. I even own a didgeridoo! I grew up listening to the typical 80s/90s music but have always been more attracted to music without lyrics. My love for instrumentals and soundtracks started when I was a young kid. One of my favorite albums was Henri Mancini and I remember listening to the Elephant Walk and Peter Gunn a lot! My parents owned a video store when I was growing up and my mom absolutely loved sci fi films and that’s where my main inspiration for my own music has always come from. I try to tell a story that is essentially different for everyone who listens to it. No words means you create your own story, your own narrative. My mom passed away in 2020, and during her passing I created the last 5 songs for my soundtrack days. It got me through what I was dealing with and since then I have moved on to Folk music / Dark Folk music. I may return to the heavy delays, reverbs and space sounds in the future but for now it brings up too many memories. [The 5 song set completed after the death of his mother is often intense, with an air of anxious mystery about it.] His soundtracks often beat with what I’ve termed an ‘industrial heart’. Some might attribute it to the same mysterious energy that fuels decades of peaceful, transitional silence then suddenly, volcanic eruption. Or shooting stars. I like to listen to it in meditation mode, imagining I’m in a rocket powered recliner randomly roaming through the heavenly stars and then re-entering Earth’s atmosphere with a completely different view of the world. It’s a change of pace. An attitude adjustment. [This ain’t your grandpa’s honky tonk music.] His self titled album can be heard here….. https://soundcloud.com/chad-w-taber RR: How did you come to become a guitar maker/ repairman? CT: I have been working on guitars, speakers, cars, etc. pretty much all my life. My father raised me to use my hands and my head so I have always been good at woodworking, and making things work even when they probably shouldn’t. In all actuality, I owe my talents to him for how he raised me, so thanks dad! Anyway, a friend of mine called me up and made me a good deal on a bunch of old beat up guitars because he knew I liked fixing them up. I was in the process of working on some when my wife said ”that’s enough guitars!” LOL. Yeah right like that’s even possible! (RR: I understand this too well! I have about 10 or so and I still dream of more!) So, I had 8 project guitars at that moment and I decided I would build me a little shop behind my house
so I could work on them. Two days after I got my shop finished, someone messaged me, and asked if I could work on two guitars, a mandolin and a banjo. So, in that moment I decided since I enjoy working on them so much I may as well make it a little business. The rest is history. RR: Are you still writing/recording music? CT: I write music all the time, I always have a rift or segment of a song in my head that I’m working on. I am currently working on a Folky album, but it will still be in my line of music so kind of dark and moody. Dark and moody pretty much describes my first introduction to folk music back in the late 50s. Lots or murder, death, muddy water and hard times for subject matter- ‘Tom Dooley’ for instance. ‘Hang down your head Tom Dooley, poor boy you’re bound to die…’ He’s not currently advertising the location of his shop at the moment, for security reasons. But for those who have an interest in purchasing an instrument or having one repaired he may be contacted via Facebook. (https://www.facebook.com/chad.w.taber) RR: What services do you offer? CT: Stringed instrument setups Fret level Recrowns Fret polishing Wiring and diagnostic Crack repairs Bridge replacements Customizations Molding General Repairs And soon I’ll be doing refrets I am sure I am forgetting stuff but basically anything that can be done to an instrument I can do. However I do know my limit and will not attempt a repair that is out of my league. The history of some of these older instruments is far too important to let my pride get in the way of getting them proper help! RR: How can folks find out more? CT: The best way is to follow me on Facebook Facebook.com/taberguitars. (Current projects and inventory are updated regularly.) Call or text 918-223-1908 / Email: taberguitars@gmail. com So there you have it. From spacey music to instrument repair- Chad Taber, keeping it local! n
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