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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread

Why skateboarding is part of who I am.
Legendary Rodney Mullen speaks about skating. He talks on subjects that hit home on so many levels regardless of the sport or art form you practice.
A genius virtuoso, extremely nice guy, beyond humble.



have you read his biography “the mutt”…

it was one of the most awesome humble biographies I’ve ever read…

I like to think I’m a skater… I can barely Ollie and my 4 kids never let me get time but I love skateboarding and I find any shoe that’s not a skate shoe with good heel support uncomfortable
 
have you read his biography “the mutt”…

it was one of the most awesome humble biographies I’ve ever read…

I like to think I’m a skater… I can barely Ollie and my 4 kids never let me get time but I love skateboarding and I find any shoe that’s not a skate shoe with good heel support uncomfortable
Will buy the bio for sure.
I go out as often as possible. But my knees are completely destroyed. Had surgery on the right side and the left needs the same intervention. Plus eating pavement is about a hundred times worse now that I'm "old".
Hurts for weeks. Broke my foot last year and I'm still feeling it.
My oldest loves skateboarding so I go out with him all the time.
My 2 youngest aren't as in to it but can cruise around no problem.
So I'm 3 for 3.
:)
 
As for Prince I'll say this. As a giant Rush fan, over the years I've heard people tell me they respected the band's talent and musicianship but didn't care for the music itself. I felt pretty much the same about Prince. .
I feel that way about Rush, Prince and Bowie. Lots of respect and great musicianship, but just doesn't click for me.
 
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Was just gonna post it as well :)

Looks pretty dang fun to me. Never used that type box and have no real clue about the workflow, but it looks fun and fast
That's kind of what I was thinking too - especially the first bit in the video - then I remembered that this guy seems to attain mastery of the stuff he demos really fast! Not sure I'd be able to, though I'm getting better at reading manuals and grappling with concepts...



I've really liked Tycho for a while, and this DJ set (where I think he starts out playing a bunch of his own music before branching out to other artists) has a bunch of sequenced stuff that I like and find inspiring, then saw the SP-404 review soon afterwards. Not sure I'd be able to master it though, for now I'm enjoying pushing against my limitations on my new gear (and the limitations of the gear, though that could get old...)
 
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