Recent content by Dixon Steele

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    How to convert songs to 440 A?

    Transcribe! can change both pitch and tempo of a song.
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    Best Opening Song for Classic Rock Band

    Highway Star - Deep Purple as mentioned earlier
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    Musicman Stingray Club, Part IV!

    I love the neck
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    Bands that sound much better live than on recordings?

    Deep Purple imo I've always found their live albums like Made in Japan more energetic than their studio albums.
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    Nathan East and James Genus on the new Daft Punk!

    The bass sounds incredible on that album. Excellent playing + great productions = Excellent album :)
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    Stairway to Bohemian Pie

    What do you mean Bohemian Rhapsody doesn't make sense? It's quite literal to me; A guy who killed another guy and now has to deal with the punishment... The two other songs though
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    Greatest Rock, Bass Song "Of All Time"?

    It's Hysteria by Muse; that's one kickass riff
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    Must see! The greatest bass to date, visually anyway.

    Bootsy!!! He's the coolest guy
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    Loudness wars may be over?

    I'm doing my master thesis on a subject that involves loudness in music, so I've read quite a bit about the loudness wars recently. I havent' checked out the article you linked yet, but I'm definetly gonna check it out, it looks really interesting. For anyone interested in the background of...
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    Drooling on the fretboard

    not gonna lie, I've been there too maybe we should make a club? :D
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    The most and the least versatile bands of all time.

    Surely Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention are the most versatile. Sure Frank Zappa has a certein sound, but their catalogue spans so many different genres it would be difficult to name them all.
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    Exercises for each day

    There could be a couple of reasons why you're getting fret noise. Firstly, as you mentioned, the action could be too low, in which case you'll need to raise it a bit. The second reason could be your left hand technique. If you don't place your fingers right at the frets you get fret noise...
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    Bands that singers ruin...

    Rush and Dream Theater really I still listen to them, but not a fan of the vocals.
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    Lost pedalboard - found in Denmark!

    Heh, saw a post about this pedalboard on facebook; it's spreading quickly it seems Hopefully the owner will pop up soon Edit: The board: Link Removed
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    A question of etiquette..

    If you do decide to tip him, make sure that you mention it's because you really appreciate his lessons, rather than because of charity. I would think that would make him more likely to accept it, and less likely to be offended.