Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[BassmanPaul]

My Mac Mini’s, three, are going to be scrapped as they are EOL and therefore useless. Each contains a 500GB SSD made by Toshiba that I installed when I got them. Those will go into USB drive casings for such a use. I have to admit I’m sad about them. They did everything that I needed upto a few months ago. Now they cannot access the Internet and won’t even connect to the Apple Store to download the songs I buy. Such however is life.

 

[beans-on-toast]

My Mac Mini’s, three, are going to be scrapped as they are EOL and therefore useless. Each contains a 500GB SSD made by Toshiba that I installed when I got them. Those will go into USB drive casings for such a use. I have to admit I’m sad about them. They did everything that I needed upto a few months ago. Now they cannot access the Internet and won’t even connect to the Apple Store to download the songs I buy. Such however is life.

Perhaps something here will help. In recovery mode, the system accesses the internet, to reinstall files.
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201255
Mac startup key combinations

 

[GwenOnBass]

Come these days on our shared calendar, it's not uncommon for us to take time to reflect. And in reflecting on my own experience with computers, I see how my own life took a different course in my intersection with Ananias. That was the given name of the Digital PDP-8 - 1972 - by golly it is 1972. The standard deal is any student who completes a homework assignment on the computer receives an automatic "A".

My own explorations into the world of computers begin here, where I learn to code how letters are made. On this computer with no operating system. Every task created is the operating system for the duration of the program! And entirely possible to see what the computer is doing by watching the lights.

Our boarding school has no music program in 1972, you see ... in this period I have my saxophone and my collection of records. There's a theater program, and that teacher gifts me with the Speedball Textbook. :: smh ::

 

[BassmanPaul]

Perhaps something here will help. In recovery mode, the system accesses the internet, to reinstall files.
Mac startup key combinations

I talked to the guys at Apple and they said there was no path forward for these units.

 

[beans-on-toast]

I talked to the guys at Apple and they said there was no path forward for these units.

I had two Apple computers that developed hardware problems after upgrading the OS. Almost as if there was a low level self destruct routine that was put there to help generate more sales. In one case, the computer was out of warranty. I paid for apple support only to be told that it was going to cost a lot more to replace all the guts. No offer to return what I spent buying the support if bought a new computer. Just an apple store ripoff.

My iPad has serious display and touchscreen issues. This is a known design flaw. Kind of like a car battery, after so much time they expire on queue. There are third party replacement screens available. Changing the screen isn’t easy. You have to heat, melt the adhesive, and pry the old screen out. Most people are forced to replace the iPad. Apple can fix this flaw but they refuse to. iPhones have the same design problem. It’s how Apple makes money.

 

[GwenOnBass]

The real money in computers has always been in the hardware, same as the real money in car dealerships is in the repair bay. IMO.

 

[LBS-bass]

Even a jam requires a good “rock” solid drumming foundation. It doesn’t have to be more about the “roll” improvisation.

Years ago when Phil Collins was popular, charity concert promoters would bring him in to guest on songs. The problem is, Phil didn’t always learn the songs. This really ticked off Jimmy Page off, enough was enough, and he let Phil have it in an interview. It’s important to learn the song!

Why not try bringing the jam to the drummer rather have the drummer bring the rock’n’roll to the song. Encourage him learn and play just one rock song well. Build some nice fills around that for jamming. Then have others play around that. Then learn another rock song and eventually build up a repertoire of song, one step at a time. As Phil demonstrated, you can’t always get away with faking it.

There’s an entertaining Levon Helm drumming video at Homespun where he talks about his approach to playing different styles.

Oh, we've done all that. He's worked with that Levon Helm video plenty. He wanted to join an Americana band at one point so he really put a lot of effort into it. It's just not his thing.

Not going to try to drag him where he doesn't belong. He doesn't like rock. He likes jazz. He can have his stuff and I'll have mine. When we jam, he gets to invite his jazz and swing buddies over and we have different groups in the studio at different times. I usually get to sing some standards while someone else plays upright bass. It's all good.

 

[12BitSlab]

Oh, we've done all that. He's worked with that Levon Helm video plenty. He wanted to join an Americana band at one point so he really put a lot of effort into it. It's just not his thing.

Not going to try to drag him where he doesn't belong. He doesn't like rock. He likes jazz. He can have his stuff and I'll have mine. When we jam, he gets to invite his jazz and swing buddies over and we have different groups in the studio at different times. I usually get to sing some standards while someone else plays upright bass. It's all good.

I understand what you’re saying. I’ve met a number of extremely talented, classically trained trumpet players that can’t carry a jazz or pop chart to save their life

This is in spite of the fact that the stuff they normally play (i.e., symphonic stuff) is far more difficult and requires far more training.

It’s not a matter of talent. Sometimes it just gets down to how one’s brain is wired.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Oh, we've done all that. He's worked with that Levon Helm video plenty. He wanted to join an Americana band at one point so he really put a lot of effort into it. It's just not his thing.

Not going to try to drag him where he doesn't belong. He doesn't like rock. He likes jazz. He can have his stuff and I'll have mine. When we jam, he gets to invite his jazz and swing buddies over and we have different groups in the studio at different times. I usually get to sing some standards while someone else plays upright bass. It's all good.

Oh well, there’s always craigslist...things tend to pick up after Christmas.

 

[LBS-bass]

Oh well, there’s always craigslist...things tend to pick up after Christmas.

I had something like seven drummers at the last jam, so I'm good there. We're planning another one in February and I think three drummers have said they'll be there so far. Mr. S likes to come in and play hand percussion during some of the rock jams; he has a good time.

 

[LBS-bass]

I understand what you’re saying. I’ve met a number of extremely talented, classically trained trumpet players that can’t carry a jazz or pop chart to save their life

This is in spite of the fact that the stuff they normally play (i.e., symphonic stuff) is far more difficult and requires far more training.

It’s not a matter of talent. Sometimes it just gets down to how one’s brain is wired.

Yes, this seems to be the thing. He's been listening to jazz his whole life; doesn't really listen to rock at all. And he's not a tempo-keeper. If you listen to the kind of stuff he plays, it's generally the bass that's holding the steady groove while the drums are comping all over the place. It's a completely different instrumental role and he just isn't wired to be a metronome. When he's playing with a good jazz bassist, everything works just fine. But when he's trying to be the backbone of the tempo in a rock beat, it's just not an easy place for him.

That said, he's starting to use some tools to help him keep more steady; he's got an app that tells him what tempo he's playing at and he'll use that to micro-adjust on the fly. Since he has started using that it's gotten way better.

 

[GonePlaid]

Yes, this seems to be the thing. He's been listening to jazz his whole life; doesn't really listen to rock at all. And he's not a tempo-keeper. If you listen to the kind of stuff he plays, it's generally the bass that's holding the steady groove while the drums are comping all over the place. It's a completely different instrumental role and he just isn't wired to be a metronome. When he's playing with a good jazz bassist, everything works just fine. But when he's trying to be the backbone of the tempo in a rock beat, it's just not an easy place for him.

That said, he's starting to use some tools to help him keep more steady; he's got an app that tells him what tempo he's playing at and he'll use that to micro-adjust on the fly. Since he has started using that it's gotten way better.

Now that you mention it, I notice that a lotta jazz drummers keep pretty straight time on the ride cymbal and hi-hat, but accent on snare /toms....uh,....whenever.

 

[LBS-bass]

Now that you mention it, I notice that a lotta jazz drummers keep pretty straight time on the ride cymbal and hi-hat, but accent on snare /toms....uh,....whenever.

Yep the ride is where it's at with those guys for straight time.

 

[GonePlaid]

Yep the ride is where it's at with those guys for straight time.

And every so often, a bomb from the kick drum on the a-and-uh of 3. And you're like

 

[GwenOnBass]

Jazz, you say? On a Blues Monday?

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[Fat Freddy]

Ok.....

 

[GwenOnBass]

 

[GwenOnBass]

Ok.....

Was it even legal for those to to perform together?!

 

[beans-on-toast]

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I often get those verifications wrong.

 

[the harp unstrung]