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03-30-2012, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Gard
RUH-RHO! 
Uh...should I be scared? 
Mrs. Ryan does know she can't bring a gun on the plane, right????  
...as for the basses, see above, I'm certain we can work things out!  | She don't need a gun. Trust me.
However, I think she is now cool with me ordering a new bass. So no worries, actually. I will be PMing you and Greg later today with details............(MM/J)
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03-30-2012, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Ryan L.  She don't need a gun. Trust me. | Oh do I know what's up with that... Quote: |
However, I think she is now cool with me ordering a new bass. So no worries, actually. I will be PMing you and Greg later today with details............(MM/J)
| Woohoo! |
03-30-2012, 10:02 AM
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Would be so fun to go to the shop, the store, socialize, etc. |
03-30-2012, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by RocketMusic Yeah, I mean you get the guy's undivided attention for 2 hours?!? That's awesome! And he probably likes to do 2 hours because he actually wants to get to know you and your playing a bit so he can dial in some good things for you to work on. | Geez, I didn't even see that it said 2 hours.
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03-30-2012, 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Darkstrike Geez, I didn't even see that it said 2 hours. | Has anyone had a lesson like this before - a one time thing with a big time player? Where do you begin? What can one expect? I'm curious as I've thought about it before, but have no idea what to expect. |
03-30-2012, 11:03 AM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | Ok, I'm working really hard on being able to attend. I'm gonna seek out one of the madmen himself to help me prepare. Keep an eye out on my Facebook status for details  
God Bless, Ray
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03-30-2012, 11:06 AM
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Originally Posted by SteveC
Has anyone had a lesson like this before - a one time thing with a big time player? Where do you begin? What can one expect? I'm curious as I've thought about it before, but have no idea what to expect.
| Steve, I begin with "I Suck! Help!".
God Bless, Ray
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03-30-2012, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by LilRay Steve, I begin with "I Suck! Help!".
God Bless, Ray | You could scream "What the heck does this do!?!?!?!"
Then hold up your bass.
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03-30-2012, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by SteveC Has anyone had a lesson like this before - a one time thing with a big time player? Where do you begin? What can one expect? I'm curious as I've thought about it before, but have no idea what to expect. | Having studied with a "bigtime" guy myself for a bit, I can relate to the FIRST lesson experience:
Where do you start? Where you are.
What do you expect? You WILL be changed.
What you do with that is your responsibility, but a guy with what Jimmy will bring to the 2 hours you spend together will see what you don't, point it out, and show you a path you didn't see before. I can tell you that I'm almost sad, because as the "host", I won't have the ability to avail myself of his presence. |
03-30-2012, 11:34 AM
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Owner, Rocket Music | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Blacksburg, VA | | I did a one-off with Anthony Wellington when he was in town to do a clinic at our store. It was pretty great. Anthony's really big on fundamentals. Do you know all the notes on the fretboard? How well do you know the major scale and all the modes? And gawd help you if you say you know some of that stuff... because he will very quickly expose the fact that you don't. So we spent our hour with him showing me the many ways that I DO NOT in fact know the major scale as well as I could.
I wouldn't expect any particular aspect of your playing to immediately skyrocket as a result of a session like this. But if you pay attention to the questions they ask and their approach to learning something specific (take something simple, but really think about all the different ways you can work on that one simple thing), it can literally change the way you look at the instrument and your approach to learning it better. Add in the sheer inspiration you'll get from them, and that brief amount of time will pay dividends going forward for a loooong time. |
03-30-2012, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryan L. However, I think she is now cool with me ordering a new bass. So no worries, actually. I will be PMing you and Greg later today with details............(MM/J) |
Try to hang on to this one, eh?
I think I'm going to splurge on the lesson thing. Jimmy is definitely a hero of mine, it seems really stupid NOT to get some time with him! |
03-30-2012, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Pacman ....it seems really stupid... | Why would you start doing anything different NOW? |
03-30-2012, 02:00 PM
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Owner: LilRay's Leatherworks | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between my Roscoe and Leather | | Haslip being a hero, check. I'm gonna shoot for learning to read, so that I won't be the only illiterate person there.
Minimally I'll HAVE to learn the buzz words. :hiding;
God Bless, Ray
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03-30-2012, 02:10 PM
| | | Just steal the fancy lookin' bits from Greg's real book thread.
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03-30-2012, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Pacman
Try to hang on to this one, eh?
! | Hey now, I have had my two 5s for longer than I have owned any other basses in the past! And they are going NOWHERE. I am still regretting trading off that 6, but at least it's in good hands now. And I can have a similar one made down the road sometime (next year).
This one will be a 5 string as well.
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03-30-2012, 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Pacman I think I'm going to splurge on the lesson thing. Jimmy is definitely a hero of mine, it seems really stupid NOT to get some time with him! | Oh, yeah. I have no doubt if I could be there I'd spend the $175 for 2 hours of getting my butt kicked. I can only imagine how much I don't know. |
03-30-2012, 02:30 PM
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03-30-2012, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryan L. I am too scared of how much I don't know. So I won't be doing that. | It's tough when you know what you are supposed to know but you don't know it. I know I know nothing and It doesn't matter that everyone knows I know nothing EXCEPT FOR WHEN I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW.
I think .....
God Bless, Ray
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03-30-2012, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by LilRay It's tough when you know what you are supposed to know but you don't know it. I know I know nothing and It doesn't matter that everyone knows I know nothing EXCEPT FOR WHEN I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I DON'T KNOW.
I think .....
God Bless, Ray | ...my brain hurts now...  |
03-30-2012, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryan L. I am too scared of how much I don't know. So I won't be doing that. | Yeah, I'm all talk when I'm not going... 
If I were there, I'm guessing I'd chicken out. I don't even know where I'd begin. I doubt I could play Brown Eyed Girl in front of him. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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