CWB 20: Babes and Barbarians - Page 3

Vandy · #41 11-09-2012, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by SpecialBlender

. . . say a prayer/think positive thoughts for a really nice guy by the name of Johnny Goshulak.

+1
You're not done, Johnny . . .

Vandy · #42 11-09-2012, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by PassivAggressiv

FM, you've seen him live, please tell me - does his playing have an even higher WP factor in person?

P/A . . .
You're awesomely inspirational . . .
Gotta line up some gigs . . .

Mulebagger · #43 11-09-2012, 06:31 AM

Blender, sorry to hear about your friend. I'll be keeping him in my thoughts. He's lucky ti have friends like you.
MB

Mulebagger · #44 11-09-2012, 06:36 AM

C3, I only play bass but love playing w different lineups. I played w an incredible banjo player for years in Binghamton, a Gospel group, and a prog metal group when I was in grad school. It made for some quick thinking to say the least. I miss the regular challenge of that diversity.

It's really great that you play another instrument. It keeps things fresh.

DerTeufel · #45 11-09-2012, 06:39 AM

Thanks for the vids, MB. Still wasn't quite what I was looking for (the third vid, however, was..straight up fingerstyle, and tooooooooooone for days!) but it does give me an indication of how that amp sounds.

Specialblender, sorry to hear about your friend.

chuck3 · #46 11-09-2012, 06:42 AM

so that the record is clear as to the visuals that go along with Jack White's version of "I'm Shakin'", and so that these pics survive the transition from CWB Hey 19 to CWB 20, here they are again -

chuck3 · #47 11-09-2012, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Mulebagger

C3, I only play bass but love playing w different lineups. I played w an incredible banjo player for years in Binghamton, a Gospel group, and a prog metal group when I was in grad school. It made for some quick thinking to say the least. I miss the regular challenge of that diversity.

It's really great that you play another instrument. It keeps things fresh.

yeah ... I love your style on bass and you are great at it, but I don't get the call to play anything along that line these days. The roots rock/Americana style translates to as many gigs as I want to play, and having upright and mando in the arsenal helps you get the calls. To be honest, I'd like to do what you're doing and think I'd be OK at it, but it's just not there at the moment. Same is true for straight up jazz - I love playing it, but the market for it gig-wise in the Hudson Valley is very small.

Mulebagger · #48 11-09-2012, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by chuck3

so that the record is clear as to the visuals that go along with Jack White's version of "I'm Shakin'", and so that these pics survive the transition from CWB Hey 19 to CWB 20, here they are again -

Wow, like the greatest things on life, these are even better the second time around

Woot woot PA!!

SpecialBlender · #49 11-09-2012, 08:14 AM

BG, C3, Vandy and MB thank you for your thoughts & prayers. I'll be passing those thoughts onto him.

I don't post on here very often but it is the first place I check when I get home from work and enjoy reading with my coffee in the mornings. It is a special little community that continually brings a smile to my face.

Thanks again CWB & MoCWB.

SpecialBlender · #50 11-09-2012, 08:21 AM

MB your playing is awesome. You make it look so incredibly easy easy.

Always makes look at my own playing go "what a hack".

**Thor** · #51 11-09-2012, 08:53 AM

subbed.

SB, hope your buddy makes out ok, I'm not a real religious guy, but he will be in my thoughts,

**Thor** · #52 11-09-2012, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by chuck3

so that the record is clear as to the visuals that go along with Jack White's version of "I'm Shakin'", and so that these pics survive the transition from CWB Hey 19 to CWB 20, here they are again -

How did I miss those first time around. Nice shoes btw.

Vandy · #53 11-09-2012, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by chuck3

What's the "approved" version of the male WP factor?

Lee H · #54 11-09-2012, 09:55 AM

my 12 year old daughter has been giving me a hard time... I finally got talked into doing the facebook thing. My friends have convinced me to start a page to show off or promote the weird and cool projects that I build, or restore...
the problem is that I am a fairly private person. I do not feel the need to check in every 10 minutes. I have no desire to tag every photo of myself or everyone I know. I am not going to twit or tweet or whatever it is, and tell everyone where I am, every moment of every day. If you really know me, you know exactly where I am, most days. I am in the shop. It is pretty simple.

I am being told that I don't "get it"... can someone explain this elusive by apparently very definitive "It" that I am supposed to be getting

Mulebagger · #55 11-09-2012, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Lee H

my 12 year old daughter has been giving me a hard time... I finally got talked into doing the facebook thing. My friends have convinced me to start a page to show off or promote the weird and cool projects that I build, or restore...
the problem is that I am a fairly private person. I do not feel the need to check in every 10 minutes. I have no desire to tag every photo of myself or everyone I know. I am not going to twit or tweet or whatever it is, and tell everyone where I am, every moment of every day. If you really know me, you know exactly where I am, most days. I am in the shop. It is pretty simple.

I am being told that I don't "get it"... can someone explain this elusive by apparently very definitive "It" that I am supposed to be getting

Lee, my daughter is 11 and I plan on keeping her off the grid for as long as possible. People like to connect, not unlike all of us here. Unfortunately, I see a huge amount if bullying and distraction with my middle schoolers through social media. As an administrator roughly a 1/3 of my time was spent dealing w cyber bullying.

Talking with her and coming up with some guidelines and expectations will help her when she does go on line. Technology is a part of kids daily lives. Best we can do is guide our kids is the best ways to use it.

I recently got back on FB. It's pretty much the same crap but I'm keeping my site primarily music focused. I hardly post and don't get it when I see people posting dozens of random things daily. But that's what they are comfortable with and I'll use my page as I choose. There's room for us all.

Good luck. I hope you two can have a meaningful and productive discussion about being on line. You may find it is an easier way to know what she thinks and feels.

MB

Mulebagger · #56 11-09-2012, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by SpecialBlender

MB your playing is awesome. You make it look so incredibly easy easy.

Always makes look at my own playing go "what a hack".

Thanks for the nice words Blender. Loving the bass makes it look easier than it is

Lee H · #57 11-09-2012, 10:44 AM

my FB page is kind of eclectic. There are a couple old hot rod pics, guitar stuff and custom guitar/ bass stands I have made, motorcycles that I have built, and the trains that I am currently working on.
I can rationalize the focus, as stuff that I have built, modified, or restored... but no one else will see a rhyme or reason...LOL

DerTeufel · #58 11-09-2012, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Mulebagger

Lee, my daughter is 11 and I plan on keeping her off the grid for as long as possible. People like to connect, not unlike all of us here. Unfortunately, I see a huge amount if bullying and distraction with my middle schoolers through social media. As an administrator roughly a 1/3 of my time was spent dealing w cyber bullying.

Talking with her and coming up with some guidelines and expectations will help her when she does go on line. Technology is a part of kids daily lives. Best we can do is guide our kids is the best ways to use it.

I recently got back on FB. It's pretty much the same crap but I'm keeping my site primarily music focused. I hardly post and don't get it when I see people posting dozens of random things daily. But that's what they are comfortable with and I'll use my page as I choose. There's room for us all.

Good luck. I hope you two can have a meaningful and productive discussion about being on line. You may find it is an easier way to know what she thinks and feels.

MB

My oldest (14) has a FB page. She created an account without our consent, but I allowed her to keep it as long as she follows certain guidelines. She knows that I am monitoring it and if I see something that I don't like, her page will be shut down.

I use FB to connect with friends and family.

EricF · #59 11-09-2012, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by DerTeufel

My oldest (14) has a FB page. She created an account without our consent, but I allowed her to keep it as long as she follows certain guidelines. She knows that I am monitoring it and if I see something that I don't like, her page will be shut down.

I use FB to connect with friends and family.

My oldest daughter has had a FB page since she was 12. From the beginning, there have been some very specific rules:

1. Her mother and I will know her password and will check her page regularly.

2. Friends who post inappropriate comments on her page will be "un-friended" or blocked (depending on the issue). This has happend twice.

3. She will not "friend" her mother or me. There are thing that I comments on, or comments my friends make that aren't appropriate for a 12-year-old. (I changed this rule when she turned 14 this year.)

Although there are some obvious dangers to social media, there are also a lot of upsides. For us, it makes staying in touch with the lives of our friends and family scattered across the country very easy.

drummer5359 · #60 11-09-2012, 11:21 AM

FB and the internet in general can be a wonderful or an ugly thing. TB is a bright spot for me. There is a small drum forum that I'm a mod on as well. I've been on there almost six years and have met several of the drum geeks (like myself) in person. It's a tight community, much like CWB.

I'm very much on FB. I use it to promote my music projects and to connect with other musicians and friends that I've made in my travels over the years. I have a thirty-one year old nephew who is the poster boy for putting things on there that he shouldn't. I've talked to him about it, and he thinks it's funny. I stay connected to him though. After the tragic loss of another nephew earlier this year, I want to stay close to him. (Even if he is sometimes a bone-head.)

I have a couple of friends who have teens who are into music. They encourage me to keep an eye on their kids as best that I can, and I do.

When Jimmy was missing I got to see up close and personal the positive things that social media can do. Sharing the links to the news stories on FB helped to keep it in the news. A reporter for the local ABC affiliate said that every time they ran a story about Jimmy being missing it wound get the most hits of anything on their site. Facebook was driving those hits for sure. Keeping it visible helped us in our search for sure.

If you have teens (or pre-teens) on there, you have to stay on it. But it really can be a good thing.