Recent content by SimonSays32

I use it through a bass amp, and play traditional bass on it fairly easily (took a few months to get used to the string spacing). It is a great instrument for the trio format because during solo sections for the guitar, I can play rhythm guitar parts without losing much bottom end - obviously it...

I'm in my 30s - I have to listen to a ton of new music of that genre type (popular music) at work... I am amazed at how pornographic lots of it is, with almost no clever innuendo at all. It is kind of crazy because people I think would be offended by it just let it slide - I think it is because...

First - points for a good reference! Second, I think that if it had been that line - I don't think it is offensive, and I think it makes more sense. For, if we are the lucky ones to wear the glove it would indicate that whoever the song is about; based on a single lyric it sounds as if it is...

If you’re thinking about playing the Toosie Slide by Drake, don’t.... it’s an awful lazy version of the Hokey Pokey. Also he could never dance like Michael Jackson. Lol

Man, that sounds like a band I'd like to hear - I'd say don't worry much, take the time to get to know how they play. If they were happy with your Joe Jackson bass line - it was probably because it was an interpretation of a memory. It sounds like they are focused on originals - which means...

I'd definitely invest in it - especially at that price point. I am already looking at getting a few of their pedals including their Ibanez CP9 copy - I have an original CP9 that needs repair, when it is working it is the nicest sounding compressor I've ever used. From what I have read / heard...

That's awesome - love the design, looks great on the hat.

I totally understand your point of view - but I create artwork for nobody really outside myself, not that I don't take into consideration what the image will look like in the smaller form factor. I think all of the album covers except for my first one (a MySpace live EP release) look great on my...

For me personally - I think that creativity is king, I'd much have an interesting cover that works conceptually with the songs contained within. I create all my artwork to be record sleeve sized - even if it never gets printed at that size, and am never worried what it looks like on a phone. It...

I use a squire jag bridge and flipped it backwards, works fine but I still want a better bridge eventually

I figure I'll post the album covers I've designed for our band newest to oldest - and somewhat the thought process behind them: This was a cover I designed for our last single - the drawing was found outside on the street, and the guitarist saved it and brought it to me. I loved what it...

Jackson Pollack isn't my favourite artist, but I never had a strong negative reaction to his artwork - like the Burroughs shotgun paintings (though less comically extreme), my understanding of his style is that the end result embodies the moment of creation - it is interesting how this type of...

I haven't read through this entire thread - but I have been in the same band with the same members for 20+ years now. I say it is "my band" all the time, as do the other members because sometimes when you are talking about your band it is just easier to say "my band" than to try and word it so...

So I received probably my favourite birthday present ever today - a painting I had done about 20 years ago for school (the project was to interpret a famous painting). It is something I hadn't seen in about 20 years - and beyond all the emotions that flooded back in my memory from seeing it (in...

Actually this is something I think about consistently with regards to art - and it brushes on the tenets of abstractionism. Does abstract technique belong in Music? I think that sometimes playing something "wrong" or "off" in an intentional way sounds great. There are countless representations...