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CWB 12 - The Dirty Dozen

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Tat2dHeart said:
Spent the afternoon hanging with a new to me drummer. It was a great afternoon. Big first time thing for me playing live with only a drummer. We clicked. It was definitely a butterflies in the stomach moment.

We worked on Werewolves, You Really Got Me, and Gimme Some Lovin' all afternoon and played around until we found the place where it just all came together. Then some time with him playing with tempo to see if I was capable of adjusting to changes. At the end of the afternoon.......he said to me, "You have a remarkable sense of timing. I threw some things out there that I wasn't sure if you'd pick up, but you did and you did it fast. You're the kind of bassist I could play in a band with. Would you be interested in partnering up and doing that?"

Needless to say - my answer was, "YES!" So now it begins.
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That's awesome!
 
#965
Glad you liked it. Great tune.

I confess, I am human, and I beginning to feel hurt by all the Jimmy M resentment stuff. I almost quit my mod thing yesterday over all the hate. When I now realize how many people effing hate me, it's been a real eye opener.

Well, now I said it. That's what it is. I've worked hard to make this a good place. For that you get crapped on.

Have a good night. :bassist:
 
#969
Hey Thor,

I agree that there is a lot of hate over the JimmyM thing.

Don't let the haters win by quitting.

My support for Jimmy is a lot like visiting a friend in jail. You know what he did to get there, and you know he will be out soon. But you still show up to keep his spirits up, or to bring him a cake with a file in it :D

As I have said before, props to the mods for making the TB experience a good one. Keeping this place clean is a dirty, and thankless job.

And thanks for your support and dedication to TB!!
 
#970
Thor said:
Glad you liked it. Great tune.

I confess, I am human, and I beginning to feel hurt by all the Jimmy M resentment stuff. I almost quit my mod thing yesterday over all the hate. When I now realize how many people effing hate me, it's been a real eye opener.

Well, now I said it. That's what it is. I've worked hard to make this a good place. For that you get crapped on.

Have a good night. :bassist:
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Thor: If I understand the policies in place, no one is put in the penalty box without fair warning. Whether they respond positively to that warning is on them, not you. You are doing your unpaid job as fairly as possible.

You have an incredibly tough (and totally thankless) job as a moderator and I feel you have done it extremely well. I find TB a fantastic site for me to learn about equipment, techniques and participate in the weird and wonderful CWB thread. It's due to your & other moderators efforts that I find it a welcome community.

Don't be discouraged & please stay the course.
 
#971
SB, Thanks for that. I was extremely discouraged yesterday. I am not a quitter. But I do have feelings.

When I woke yesterday morning and the crap made me throw up, I decided I have to let some of this crap go.



Mick,
Thanks for your words, but your words and your badges don't ring true to me. Pardon me if I find all that
disingenuous.

Anyway, I am done with that, any more of that should go to PM. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and everyone is entitled to act like an @$$hole. Seems to be the culture nowadays. Being a jerk seems to be cool. Fine. I went to a major wall to keep these CWB threads open, all I get is F-U. Pardon me if I think there are some turds here.

I am also entitled to not like it personally. I am cool with that. Don't take it personally just because I do. I try to to the job well. The hate makes me sick.
 
#973
Tat2dHeart said:
Spent the afternoon hanging with a new to me drummer. It was a great afternoon. Big first time thing for me playing live with only a drummer. We clicked. It was definitely a butterflies in the stomach moment.

We worked on Werewolves, You Really Got Me, and Gimme Some Lovin' all afternoon and played around until we found the place where it just all came together. Then some time with him playing with tempo to see if I was capable of adjusting to changes. At the end of the afternoon.......he said to me, "You have a remarkable sense of timing. I threw some things out there that I wasn't sure if you'd pick up, but you did and you did it fast. You're the kind of bassist I could play in a band with. Would you be interested in partnering up and doing that?"

Needless to say - my answer was, "YES!" So now it begins.
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That's fantastic, Tat. Nice going!!! :bassist:




Oh, and the 14 year old boy in me couldn't help but snicker at how dirty this sounds taken out of context... :
Tat2dHeart said:
... and Gimme Some Lovin' all afternoon and played around until we found the place where it just all came together. ...
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:p
 
#974
Thor said:
Glad you liked it. Great tune.

I confess, I am human, and I beginning to feel hurt by all the Jimmy M resentment stuff. I almost quit my mod thing yesterday over all the hate. When I now realize how many people effing hate me, it's been a real eye opener.

Well, now I said it. That's what it is. I've worked hard to make this a good place. For that you get crapped on.

Have a good night. :bassist:
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I honestly don't know what happened in this case, but I've seen enough people get banned to know it doesn't happen without warning from the mods. If you got pushed into doing what you had to do as a mod, then you have nothing to feel guilty about. Just because someone has been here a long time and who's knowledge earned him a good reputation doesn't absolve them from anything.

It's a thankless job and, you're right, you're going to get crapped on for doing it well. Don't let it get you down. Doing your job well is one of the things that makes TB such a great place.
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#975
Tat2dHeart said:
Spent the afternoon hanging with a new to me drummer. It was a great afternoon. Big first time thing for me playing live with only a drummer. We clicked. It was definitely a butterflies in the stomach moment.

We worked on Werewolves, You Really Got Me, and Gimme Some Lovin' all afternoon and played around until we found the place where it just all came together. Then some time with him playing with tempo to see if I was capable of adjusting to changes. At the end of the afternoon.......he said to me, "You have a remarkable sense of timing. I threw some things out there that I wasn't sure if you'd pick up, but you did and you did it fast. You're the kind of bassist I could play in a band with. Would you be interested in partnering up and doing that?"

Needless to say - my answer was, "YES!" So now it begins.
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Wooooooo Hooooooooo Tat!
 
#976
Hey Thor, I'm most certain you have a tough job. These boards are very, very well kept by the mods and we as users probably don't appreciate that outwardly often enough.

So for doing a thankless but very important job, I thank you.
 
#977
Thor said:
Glad you liked it. Great tune.

I confess, I am human, and I beginning to feel hurt by all the Jimmy M resentment stuff. I almost quit my mod thing yesterday over all the hate. When I now realize how many people effing hate me, it's been a real eye opener.

Well, now I said it. That's what it is. I've worked hard to make this a good place. For that you get crapped on.

Have a good night. :bassist:
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Everybody doesn't hate you dude, but I know exactly how you feel. Last year, I went from designing our products, to quality control, safety and security...people who I thought were true friends (I'm talking for over 20 years here) barely speak to me now, and others avoid the hell out of me. I've gone from surprised & stunned, to angry and pissed, to depressed and not wanting to work anymore. I try to be friendly, but I also try to be sure we deliver the best products we can build so the customer is happy and gets what they paid for, that we do so safely so no one gets hurt and everyone gets to go home to their families, and that people are safe from getting robbed or killed in the parking lot, and our own people don't rob our profits...so the profits can go back to the employees as a Christmas bonus. For this, I get to be miserable most of the time, hated by everyone, and make about $5000 per year more than what I was making. I get results, and everyone is better off whether they admit it or not...except me.
 
#979
Thor said:
Glad you liked it. Great tune.

I confess, I am human, and I beginning to feel hurt by all the Jimmy M resentment stuff. I almost quit my mod thing yesterday over all the hate. When I now realize how many people effing hate me, it's been a real eye opener.

Well, now I said it. That's what it is. I've worked hard to make this a good place.

Have a good night. :bassist:
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I don't know if it's much consolation, but I f'ing love you. You've stood up for us here in CWB, I'm sure even more than we realize, so thank you for that. We are d@mn lucky that we got you as a mod.

I have no idea what the JimmyM thing is, as I haven't ventured outside of CWB much(except into the classifieds :eek:) and to find out that there is a huge group of grown men that appreciate the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic cartoon. Maybe the haters need to go over to their thread for a little lesson in, um, as someone over there said, "I'm gonna love and tolerate the sh!t outta you." Or something along those lines...:p

For that you get crapped on.
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That's only cool if you're into that kind of thing. Did you use your safeword? :eyebrow:
 
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