Funny enough, I've had more issues trying to gain vocal strength and getting stuff slightly fsckd while trying to sing clean vs dropping a couple octaves and busting out the death metal screams and growls.
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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out
- Thread starter Korladis
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Funny enough, I've had more issues trying to gain vocal strength and getting stuff slightly fsckd while trying to sing clean vs dropping a couple octaves and busting out the death metal screams and growls.
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Yeah I feel like company expectations actually got worse when my company sent everyone home due to the Pandemic...
The first couple of months it felt like I had a MUCH better work/life balance until all of the higher ups at my company started to panic and put a bunch of pressure on everyone below them...
I think my biggest problem with the job I'm about to quit is that I used to think that if I worked really hard and saved and really poured myself into my career it would somehow pay off and I would feel successful or I would somehow enjoy work more if I really put myself into it and that doesn't seem to be materializing for me personally...
I found out today that I am going to get to switch companies at the end of next month (Thank F-ing GOD!!!) and do something that is hopefully at least slightly less stressful than where I am now (or at least has better boundaries about when I'm on the clock or not)...
I'm sure the people I work with will label me a "quitter", but I'm so burned out that even the things I used to sorta like to do or felt I was decent at have absolutely no appeal to me anymore...
I also so do NOT fit in socially where I am (a lot of people on my team are really extroverted and really aggressive by nature- I am neither of those and I HATE the kind of person my job is turning me into)...
My Mental Health just can't take any more...If I hadn't picked up the bass and started taking anti-depressants I don't think I would be having this conversation bc I don't think I would have survived (literally- I almost decided to turn out the lights on myself in May while my spouse was out of town)...Ultimately decided against it for reasons I won't get into here, but things got REALLY bad and they have been that way for several months...Just grateful I get to break away and try something different even if things don't turn out like I hope they will...
I believe we were meant to work and work is definitely beneficial/positive up to a certain point, however things have gotten so far out of balance where I work that I think its the company culture...
I wanna work to live, not live to work (hopefully that makes sense)...
Thanks for reading...
Thanks! \m/
We need more gear porn.....how about some from my 'dorky combo amps' collection?
I've been looking for any of these Rolands for a while and finally got the mid-tier one, 30w with a 12" (I think). Surprisingly delivers the lows and is loud as F barely turned up.
I've been looking for any of these Rolands for a while and finally got the mid-tier one, 30w with a 12" (I think). Surprisingly delivers the lows and is loud as F barely turned up.
It's a paravox! Get it? A paradox with vocals?? (Eh, I'll show myself out.)
Have you tried taking actual singing lessons? I know that singing the wrong way can do real damage...but that's the full extent of my knowledge about singing.
It makes excellent sense, and is one of those things that more people should adhere to.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Best of luck to you.
Glad to oblige.
The single coil Precision I play in my band. At first I worried that maybe it didn't look Stoner enough, but now the bandleader prefers his 335, so I think I'm good.
I recently found this homebuilt cab in the used gear shop. It contains an Eminence Delta 12 LFA. Loud and beautiful.
There's no amp in this pic. That makes no sense, but I figured: a lot of regular porn makes no sense, so why should gear porn?
Quoting @Tendril and @br1qbat too I think "If it sounds good, it is good."
Sweet looking bass! I'd say rock what ya got without thought. I've seen everything from modern designs to classics, honestly I don't think there's any gatekeepers for that. Maybe I'm just deaf, but I wouldn't care anyway.
Thanks for sharing, glad you're here! Hopefully that helps ya feel even better getting it off your chest. That alone makes things so much more bearable for me. People shift jobs all the time. I think thats almost a qualification for millennials, I kid.
In other news, I'm unfortunately downgrading my jam space for the time being. Kind of a better look maybe, but half the space. However, the future jam room's also gonna be a nice cave.
Old:
New: (not my stuff)
Future:
The gain from sacrifice: (not my stuff, but the dust collection was left)
For gits and shiggles and those that waited: the legit porn
I have no idea what I'm looking at.For gits and shiggles and those that waited: the legit porn
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I would say all the pedals on a board activated in a dark room.
About pedal boards and lights, I just redid my board and but the Grey Stache and MBD-2 next to each other. Both have blue LEDs, but the LED of the MBD-2 is sooo Bright that I seriously thought my Grey Stache was broken because it wasn't as bright
About pedal boards and lights, I just redid my board and but the Grey Stache and MBD-2 next to each other. Both have blue LEDs, but the LED of the MBD-2 is sooo Bright that I seriously thought my Grey Stache was broken because it wasn't as bright
Well, that means it's art, and not porn.
I find properly done death or black metal vox are eadier on me then my usual Lemmy/Pike vox. I've been trying to sing cleaner tho
First practice at the new doom room later. Very excited.
Got to jam out a tune the other day when we set up our gear, but thos will be the first full fledged go at it in the new space.
Just glad my neighbors stayed cool enough for the time we had to play in my garage, but I won't miss it.
Got to jam out a tune the other day when we set up our gear, but thos will be the first full fledged go at it in the new space.
Just glad my neighbors stayed cool enough for the time we had to play in my garage, but I won't miss it.
I can see someone frequenting the "Luthiers Corner" sub-forum in the near future.
Quoting @Tendril and @br1qbat too I think "If it sounds good, it is good."
Sweet looking bass! I'd say rock what ya got without thought. I've seen everything from modern designs to classics, honestly I don't think there's any gatekeepers for that. Maybe I'm just deaf, but I wouldn't care anyway.
Thanks for sharing, glad you're here! Hopefully that helps ya feel even better getting it off your chest. That alone makes things so much more bearable for me. People shift jobs all the time. I think thats almost a qualification for millennials, I kid.
In other news, I'm unfortunately downgrading my jam space for the time being. Kind of a better look maybe, but half the space. However, the future jam room's also gonna be a nice cave.
Old:
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New: (not my stuff)
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Future:
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The gain from sacrifice: (not my stuff, but the dust collection was left)
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For gits and shiggles and those that waited: the legit porn
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Quoting @Tendril and @br1qbat too I think "If it sounds good, it is good."
Sweet looking bass! I'd say rock what ya got without thought. I've seen everything from modern designs to classics, honestly I don't think there's any gatekeepers for that. Maybe I'm just deaf, but I wouldn't care anyway.
Thanks for sharing, glad you're here! Hopefully that helps ya feel even better getting it off your chest. That alone makes things so much more bearable for me. People shift jobs all the time. I think thats almost a qualification for millennials, I kid.
In other news, I'm unfortunately downgrading my jam space for the time being. Kind of a better look maybe, but half the space. However, the future jam room's also gonna be a nice cave.
Old:
View attachment 4414904
New: (not my stuff)
View attachment 4414907
Future:
View attachment 4414903
The gain from sacrifice: (not my stuff, but the dust collection was left)
View attachment 4414906
For gits and shiggles and those that waited: the legit porn
View attachment 4414905
NICE space!!!…
Lol-I probably should get some egg crate foam on my walls and my ceiling so I can play louder (although I really like hearing the light fixtures rattle when I play)…
How in the world my neighbors haven’t called the cops on me for playing too loud especially on Fridays when I try to play along to Master Of Puppets is beyond me…
Thank God for older double insulated town homes…
Thanks! \m/
Thanks all, I'm pretty pumped for it.
What @Deleted member 132197 said, lights out all pedals on. Though the same with an EQD pedal and a tubescreamer. Those white EQD lights are so damn bright. They're at the point that on darker stages it's sometimes tough to reed knobs.
Yeah, I used to frequent it when I had more time and was doing some active builds. Hoping to jump back at some point, but updating those threads is so time consuming!
With all that room, I do hope to get back to finishing my final prototype (I think it's the 4th revision) and start working on figuring out how to run a cnc router. Planning on fitting one in there and going to town at some point.
What @Deleted member 132197 said, lights out all pedals on. Though the same with an EQD pedal and a tubescreamer. Those white EQD lights are so damn bright. They're at the point that on darker stages it's sometimes tough to reed knobs.
Yeah, I used to frequent it when I had more time and was doing some active builds. Hoping to jump back at some point, but updating those threads is so time consuming!
With all that room, I do hope to get back to finishing my final prototype (I think it's the 4th revision) and start working on figuring out how to run a cnc router. Planning on fitting one in there and going to town at some point.
Why cnc? It usually takes so much trial and error that it's only useful for those who build in large quantities.
