Recent content by Moose22

Do it all the time. Mostly it started because I had several of the same brand of guitar, having a sticker on it was a fun way to tell the difference between almost identical cases at a glance. I was in a mood one day, stuck on a sticker someone gave me, and have done so ever since. I can...

I just wanted to comment and say this was a useful and thoughtful post. Thanks. Not OP but was brought a basket case short scale bass for repair/resurrection. Found this timely thread. I have zero experience with short scale other than playing someone else's. And I tend to flats... And...

Can't really think of a better reason to love an instrument. Good score man. This thing looks like a classic.

Yet, still, it is distracting. Badly so. So is talking hands free, by the way. Way more than people realize. Somehow everyone who does it thinks they're the one who can pull it off, yet everyone knows the guy fiddling with his phone drives less well. The data say otherwise.

That's three words.

They weren't all. One was definitely when at speed, the others there are no brake lights. And it doesn't matter. Cell phones in heavy traffic are just as annoying and cause it to get worse. Distracted drivers start moving later as traffic speeds up, start braking later when it slows, and cause...

Am I the only one uncomfortable with all of the cell phone use and picture taking from the driver? As a motorcycle rider and driver who uses these freeways, I'd really appreciate it if you'd just put that phone away while in your car. I love the gig pics from when you're not in the driver's...

yeah, these choices are all wrong. When to quit is when you don't want to do it anymore. Or when you can't, I guess. If you are making good music, people are coming to the gigs, you're enjoying yourself, you're physically capable... really, what does it matter how old you are? I mean, if...

I set up a PA for a chick singer I was mentoring some years back. 18 year old (at the time) with a stellar voice and a great flair for dramatic lyrics and songwriting. She had an opening guitarist/singer to fill out the night, who was terrible with mic technique. He would lean back from the mic...

Or make it work. Why 100 songs? Why no guidance? If you REALLY want to keep the gigs, how many songs does it take to get through a night? Start there. 25 songs maybe? 30? No way it's 100. Unless it's all 1:40 Ramones songs string into a medley. That's more doable. Give GUIDANCE on...

And yet we just piss it away...

Your first assertion is poppycock. We can learn a great deal from like minded people. We can learn from everyone who has some focus or perspective to share, in all sorts of environments. If I like bass, and you like bass, we are like minded. Yet I bet you could teach me a huge amount about...

I'm often surprised by this sort of thing, but shouldn't be. 15 years ago or so I hosted a little impromptu acousticy jam at a coffee shop. Mostly friends playing together, anyone was welcome to join sort of thing. A lady who was often there wanted to sing, but was shy, so I asked her what...

Read his autobiography. There were all kinds of issues, and heroin wasn't because of Patty Boyd. It was because he's an addict by nature. Or take my word for it. I like Clapton's early work, he was very influential on my playing when I was a teenager, and I wish him well. But his book was...

Why is it Yuk? They were born in the same year. If you meet a teenager when you're a teenager where's the yuk?