Dad used to take me to a university course when I was in middle school. I once took my drive shot and hit a tree and it came back and it hit me, that's as good as I got I think.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
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Technically speaking, that was not golf. That was riding around putting a good drunk on.
Really in fear for these motorhead tickets I have and the fact that Lemmy has basically cancelled the last 3 shows. I have to drive to st Louis which is about 4 hours for me one way. I'm really thinking of trying to get a refund. Th clips from the 3 songs they played looked really bad. He even seemingly forgot to play th Solo on my favorite song.
Random FYI. The other day I was asking if there are alternatives to going to a dealer to get transponder car keys made. Walmart makes them now, got one made today and it works fine for $60 plus tax.
I only went golfing once and the three of us were all thrown out by the owner. It was boring to us but it was out in the country of PA so there was this huge hill and if you drove the cart up it and then nailed the gas on the way back down, then slammed the brakes after you gained maximum speed, the cart would do a 360. Fun while it lasted. The owner hurled my buddy's set of golf clubs out of the cart. Memories...
Man that is crap news. Hope you get yer tix deal worked out and now I'm really concerned about Lemmy's health. He's a hero of mine. Anyone know anything?
Yup
MotÖrhead's Lemmy Stops Austin Show After Three Songs: 'I Can't Do It' - Blabbermouth.net
Songs are slow and the tech and Phil walk In Front of Lemmy's amp like they can't hear it or it's not on
I'm debating on shelling out some money to take some comprehensive lessons on core theory/technique for bass, to up my game. My rhythm work is really strong, since I've studied music theory and played drums/percussion previously, but I'm pretty weak on chord construction, keys, scales and being able to move stuff around the fretboard. I tend to stick to my caveman style playing or hacking things out through improv by trial and error when I'm in bands. I was thinking it couldn't hurt my songwriting to work on the foundational stuff and get some good regular practice habits down. Still haven't made a final decision, but since I'm not having any luck with bands, figured I should put my energy somewhere.
The last few weeks I have been grabbing the bass before work and doing one note/key at a time and finding the note it in all positions on the fretboard and playing a major scale out of it to learn my keys better and the fretboard better. Sometimes I just bounce from the octaves instead of the major scale to go through them fast. I switch from singing the notes out to counting the intervals. I swap to minor scales too. I also count the intervals below the root note I am on, like what are all notes of the key I can grab in that position too. Counting out the intervals helps me with chord theory too as I know what all the basic chords are and what happens if I stack intervals or what happens if I switch from a major to minor. Really opening up the fretboard to me and to trying some weird interval jumps to get away from 1 4 5 chord progressions all the time. I have also been forcing myself to learn some cover tunes so I don't noodle too much.
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Got no sleep last night, 15 month old son fell off of a bar stool and got a big knot on the back of his head on my watch. This kid moves like a miniature Chris Farley.
The internet isn't really helpful in these situations at all, it said to watch for uncoordinated movements, acting drowsy, clear fluid from nose and mouth to detect a concussion...modus operandi for a toddler.
At least work is slow today.
The internet isn't really helpful in these situations at all, it said to watch for uncoordinated movements, acting drowsy, clear fluid from nose and mouth to detect a concussion...modus operandi for a toddler.
At least work is slow today.
I can relate, I just signed up for some similar classes. I met with the guy and he already pointed out some bad habits, mostly my deathgrip on the neck. We'll see how it goes.
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It would require vigilance to spot our 1 year old NOT like that. He's a magnet for small injuries, dude just started walking and he's already discovered a love for daredevil free climbing.
I'm right with you, man. My oldest boy at 9 months or so slipped while pushing a toy along tile kitchen floor, instant goose egg, FREAKED me out. Yeah, the advice is like you said, look out for drowsiness and irritability... oh like he is ALL THE DAMN TIME, especially at about 7 PM?? Yeah I was up every hour on the hour until 2 AM making sure he was still breathing OK. Of course it happened on MY watch.
Just last summer when he was 5 years old, again on my watch, doing repeated headfirst dives at the splashpad at the public park, WHAM right into another kid's knee, instant goose egg, like the size of an actual Grade A Large chicken egg, again FREAKED me the FVCK OUT, rushed him to urgent care, no no he's fine as soon as the swelling goes down.
After these incidents and more, he's fine, perfectly healthy six year old, stubborn, irritable, and combative as he's been since day one! Hang in there.
I was up every couple hours checking on him, the last time at 4AM I woke him up by accident so I was up for the day at 4. His 2.5 year old sister was pretty adventurous but apparently had a much better grasp on the dangers of gravity.
That is pretty much what he said...that was the worst on my laundry list of bad habits. At the end he said "You've got great rhythm", but it felt like he was looking for something to complement after the brutal ego smashing he had just performed. He's about 20 years older than me with a completely different music background, hopefully I learn something.
Funny afterthought. He was not at all impressed with my rendition of "Bassically"
Bob, is that you?
That is pretty much what he said...that was the worst on my laundry list of bad habits. At the end he said "You've got great rhythm", but it felt like he was looking for something to complement after the brutal ego smashing he had just performed. He's about 20 years older than me with a completely different music background, hopefully I learn something.
Funny afterthought. He was not at all impressed with my rendition of "Bassically"
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XBMC!?! I remember when it was actually ON Xbox. In fact, I still use my original Xbox for XBMC every so often. Oh, the nostalgia...
My drummer tells me his buddy at work is selling Amazon Fire sticks for $150 - which are hacked to provide all cable channels. No details or more info of course, but based on google it looks like people load XBMC on there.
And those Cataldo basses look killer.
There was a Gibson Victory on my local craigslist for $900, but it's gone already. (They have one on Reverb though)
Guy Pinhas
And those Cataldo basses look killer.
There was a Gibson Victory on my local craigslist for $900, but it's gone already. (They have one on Reverb though)
Guy Pinhas
@askrere Confirmed - Digiverb does lose volume at higher "level" settings. It seems to be a blend, rather than a level. Sounds good, and works like a blend should, but if you're worried about volume loss, it seems that from about 1:30 on, it loses noticeable volume. Didn't go in depth, just kept settings the same (no different modes or anything) and just swept the volume knob. Hope that helps. Can do more in depth later if necessary.
