I thought astrophyscists all either played keyboards in pop bands or guitar in the greatest rock bands of all time? This must mean Alex Lifeson is an astrophyscist, which explains Cygnus X-1. I wonder if he likes badgers.
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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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Similar in etymology to cougar, a badger is a woman that looks for bassists for sex.
It is a well known fact that Alex wrote the lyrics for the majority of Rush songs (actually true). Many titles and lyrics are in fact about or inspired by bass alien Geddy.
All Rush lyrics are based on the complex relationship that they observed between Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley while touring with Kiss.
the input jacks hi / low on your amp relate to how you hold / play your bass
if you hold your bass like Duff from GnR then you plug into the 'low' input
if you hold your bass like Mark King from Level 42 then you plug into the 'hi' input
if you hold your bass like Duff from GnR then you plug into the 'low' input
if you hold your bass like Mark King from Level 42 then you plug into the 'hi' input
Dusty Hill is the smartest bassist around. By inverting the necks of his basses, he completely cured neck dive. This way the headstock wants to move upwards, making the bass lighter.
/True Yes. It was invented in the U.S.
?Nutso True/ Is was invented by the son of a slave who worked as a blacksmith's helper, but was also taking an online course to become a luthier. The original banjo was his first failed attempt to build a guitar.
It is always its own reward to diminish a perfectly good fifth.Or they really like a good fifth!
But if it's all done in one measure you will regret it the next day.
Well, sort of. There was a predecessor called the banjar that came from West Africa through the Caribbean and into the U.S. But the banjo as we know it was invented in the U.S. by Joel Sweeney.
Banjo - a brief history - Joff Lowson
"Sweeney popularized the use of a drum-like resonating chamber (legend has it that he adapted a cheese box for this purpose). He has also been credited with adding the banjo's fifth string, which according to legend was for an instrument he created for his niece between 1831 and 1840. He supposedly added the fifth string because he was "allegedly unhappy with the limited rhythm and melodic variation of the four-string banjos popularly in use." In fact, there is no proof that Sweeney introduced either innovation"
