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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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I can understand guitar players wanting to get their “tone” standing in front of a loud amp. Interacting with the amp through touch sensitivity and feedback helps inspire better playing.
For me, proper monitoring is very important.
For me, proper monitoring is very important.
I've maintained for years that a band doesn't need to rehearse(inside)at stadium volumes. Our band uses our smallest amps, few if any effects, and the drummer brings a snare, bass drum, and one cymbal. That's all that's needed to rehearse numbers. Oh. We also don't use mics for the vocals at practice. And we don't play songs all the way through. We stop and start to correct[stuff]. Then decide on the form(i.e. 2 verses, a chorus, 1 or 2 solos, chorus, verse, ending-subject to extension if we have a lotta dancers on the floor). And we don't hafta yell, wear ear protection, or have any[extra]ringing in our ears afterwards. Oh. One other thing(as Columbo): I'm a certified GOF.
OK, this will prove beyond anything else I've said/typed that I'm a GOF. It doesn't matter one bit whether the guitarist-or bassist-is playing a 59 Les Paul or a 2020 Squire Tele through a Marshall stack or a Behringer 12" combo if he/she is using 16 tons[Tennessee Ernie]of distortion/delay/echo/whatever, it all sounds the same. "His tone" my @$$!
Yep. Two of my happiest days as a bass player: the day I got my mid 70's SVT/810 rig and the day I sold it.
Always did it this way with the band sitting in a circle around the drummer. Cotton diapers work well over the snare.
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What, a railing to hold on to? Decent lighting? Too easy.
The lighting was prolly just for the pic; the railing is something management could bill you for scratching; and the railing at the bottom is for whoever's holding the lower part of the cab to be crushed against and to make it nearly impossible to turn the cab.What, a railing to hold on to? Decent lighting? Too easy.
Secretary of State for a vehicle title transfer today...after a 2 month wait for an appointment. Fun fun.
So with the vehicle transfer comes insurance premiums. They get you coming and going.
I got my car insurance renewal yesterday. It made me think, why do I have to pay so much when I’m driving ten times less distance due to covid. I used to drive 30,000 a year, now I’m lucky if I break 3,000.
Oh I’m paying insurance. I already had it in place. I bought out my lease. No more payments. It had about 11,000 miles on it for a 36 month lease.
I couldn’t buy the same model vehicle with more mileage for the price I paid.
still paying insurance though...
Me, too...I am trying Pay Per Mile. So far, it looks like I will be saving $200-$300 per year. YMMV...sorry, had to add that
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Yes, we drive very little too. The very few trips we make add miles on the odometer, but we’re still way below average.
I get that but the guys at that rehearsal space sounded like they had Beelzebub on guitar. There was no finesse in their playing.
USAA hasn't charged for car insurance for about a year, mostly because of Covid. I think I'm due to pay a hundred bucks or something for the next quarter. They'll eventually get back to normal, like everything else, but it's been nice in the meantime.
These things are important! Did you think that buying a microphone was the end of it?Pick up a SM58s and next thing you know we have an internetish overhead slide projector presentation on recording consoles
The last three bands I was in were definitely not like your band. We were always playing Shea Stadium when we rehearsed.
A drummer friend of mine uses Maxi Pads.
Better to be crushed by a
I too was once in a band that had a girl drummer. She had a 60's Ludwig set, well it was the early 70's, with a double bass drum. They were great sounding drums.
I have a Roland Octapad.
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It’s been twelve years and my mattress is doing my back in, time for a new one. I started looking online and am confounded by the myriad of options. Buying a mattress didn’t used to be this difficult. There’s an array of foam ones, some have cooling because foam can be hot. Then there’s hybrid ones, foam and who knows what. Then at the bottom of the page there’s the traditional type. They lead me to believe that they don’t sell many of that type anymore. Prices are all over the place.
I’m told that memory foam can get really hot which I don’t want. My current one is a firm S&F mattress with a topper built in. They say that firm is not good if you sleep on your side. It apparently prevents proper back alignment.
Has anyone found nirvana when it comes to a comfortable mattress?
I’m told that memory foam can get really hot which I don’t want. My current one is a firm S&F mattress with a topper built in. They say that firm is not good if you sleep on your side. It apparently prevents proper back alignment.
Has anyone found nirvana when it comes to a comfortable mattress?
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