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#246,782
JIO said:
Sure thing - I'm not good at copping every beat/bass-line the first time, sometimes much simpler beats will trip me up. I watched a YouTube vid of a top drummer (it was a while ago- can't recall who) where he listened to a really sophisticate metal song (something by Metallica?) that he never listened to before, and right after followed the same song sans drums and killed it! :woot: That kind of memory retention I do not have!
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while I get what you are saying on complex, more challenging parts to remember, that applies to al the musicians…..what I meant is drum intros that sound easier (and natural) than they actually are because they were played with such skill by the respective drummer….seen multiple guys with “calisthenics” type drum chops choke on this for example….
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
while I get what you are saying on complex, more challenging parts to remember, that applies to al the musicians…..what I meant is drum intros that sound easier (and natural) than they actually are because they were played with such skill by the respective drummer….seen multiple guys with “calisthenics” type drum chops choke on this for example….
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That intro would have to be counted in - was that on Ghost in the Machine - one of my favorite Police LP's.
 
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JIO said:
Maybe it's because I'm not a schooled musician, but coming into that drum intro seems pretty intuitive. Same with the Eagles song.
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Me either, I've always just loved what he does. I've never played it in a band so I don't know what drummers think of it. You may be like me and don't count much but play by "feel." I kind of hear the song in my head and just play. I only count if there's a really weird think I'm not feeling and getting right. If I were to do a lot of counting I would make it more complicated and mess up more than normal.
 
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JIO said:
Yes, we are on fb... but I was kicked off a year or so ago. I started it and luckily had Pauls wife Sandy and Kirstin as co-administrators or they would have removed it. I think I told the story here after it happened, but ones account can be deleted w/o any reason and there is absolutely nothing one can do to resolve it. I have no idea what rule I broke and there is no way to find out. (no way to contact a fb representative - I even sent letters to their headquarters just south of SF) Attempting to deal with it, I learned it has happened to thousands of people - you wake up one day and they send you a 30 day notice, but don't offer a reason or recourse to address it. Then, after 30 days - your page is gone. I lost my personal page, and my Gildaxe page. I wish I would have known about the co-administrator angle as I would have done that to keep both up.

But no-one knows about this until it happens to you or a friend. I highly recommend anyone on fb to get at least one co-administrator on your fb page, best if it's your mate so you can access your page if fb decides to remove you. And needless to say, I wasn't posting hate-speech etc - and neither were all the thousands of people removed. It happened around the time of the META launch, so possibly some algorithm issue. The Facebook headquarters just south of SF will not let you anywhere near the two locations unless you are an employee. Apparently they are not required to comply with standard business user laws - probably because it's free to be a part of and they make the rules.

I wish I still had my Gildaxe page as it was where I kept up a daily dialogue of my custom builds etc. And I wish I could access TSC's page because Kirstin with her now 2 kids doesn't do much to keep it current, which I totally understand. But otherwise - Zuck F'erberg and the horse he rode in on.
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Also, download a copy of your fb data every so often if you care about it.
 
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So Will was over yesterday and we had a couple of 4Winds IPAs. He thought it was a mellow IPA. He says the Seattle craft IPAs will rip your face off.
This is my current favorite:
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Miles_ONeal said:
I used to hear that a lot running sound, whether at gigs or church. I’d tell everyone the same thing, to pick their seat based on the volume. Most people refused to listen. I don’t miss that.
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Our sound guy told me of an article he read about how Disney does their productions. He said they are able to make the music very present, but without being loud. Of course they have an almost unlimited budget (or did), but the article was about how they figured out how to do the perfect balance. Everyone could hear everything perfectly, but none of it was too loud for anyone.
 
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dagrev said:
Our sound guy told me of an article he read about how Disney does there productions. He said they are able to make the music very present, but without being loud. Of course they have an almost unlimited budget (or did), but the article was about how they figured out how to do the perfect balance. Everyone cold hear everything perfectly, but none of it was too loud for anyone.
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They are also controlling the space. When playing live, it helps to use speakers with wide dispersion.
 
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dagrev said:
Our sound guy told me of an article he read about how Disney does there productions. He said they are able to make the music very present, but without being loud. Of course they have an almost unlimited budget (or did), but the article was about how they figured out how to do the perfect balance. Everyone cold hear everything perfectly, but none of it was too loud for anyone.
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sure, if you have good acoustic engineers & enough money from the beginning. Reflections, absorptions, sometimes lots of speakers can do wonders.
 
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dagrev said:
Me either, I've always just loved what he does. I've never played it in a band so I don't know what drummers think of it. You may be like me and don't count much but play by "feel." I kind of hear the song in my head and just play. I only count if there's a really weird think I'm not feeling and getting right. If I were to do a lot of counting I would make it more complicated and mess up more than normal.
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Like Mission:Impossible - I never count it - just play it. Our last drummer always complained about playing it, but always played it correctly. Same with Golden Brown... never had a problem feeling it.

 
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JIO said:
Too late for me on that note - but like I said, have someone close become a co-administrator and that will safeguard you.
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It was a general suggestion. It guards against more than just account deletion. FB has been known to delete features, so you may lose content that way. It also gives you a way to search all your content.
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
It was a general suggestion. It guards against more than just account deletion. FB has been known to delete features, so you may lose content that way. It also gives you a way to search all your content.
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If fb/F-erberg can't be bothered to allow recourse against their canceling my account - I could care less. As far as I'm concerned - fb doesn't exist.
 
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