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#286,842
dagrev said:
Winner for funny post of the day.
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"mind if I smoke?"

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dagrev said:
I'm glad I'm not the only one who does that from time to time. I've even got "lost" on easy songs...and I almost always have music in front of me, and still it happens. My wife says she never notices it, so somehow I fake my way out of it. I always cracked it up to how we play something different every week with one run-through on Wed and another on Sun morning. Generally it's a couple months before we do a song again at the earliest, with it generally being a number of months if not a year or more. I hate that part. I liked a band setting much better because you keep going over songs until they are second nature....and when it's show time you don't have to think so much about it. I think learning songs without music was a help for me as well. For what I'm doing at church with different songs every week I gave up trying to memorize songs long ago. No point since you may not play that song for no telling how many months or even years....or ever.
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We repeat some songs regularly; others are now and then or one offs (rare). We only rehearse Sunday mornings for the most part (logistics) so everyone practices on their own with something off spotify, youtube, etc.

But yeah, I occasionally get lost. I either fake my way out or quickly find a good stopping point, then build or jump back in as if it were on purpose. My wife inevitably tells me it was fine. I think once ever has anyone said anything, and that was another musician.

Just think of it as jazz.
 
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Instagator said:
Bars will still be open.
It reminds me of an old saying. Pubs = Irish sunblock.

:)
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Turns out someone misquoted. It was a million people descending on Texas. Which isn't a huge deal as they were fairly spread out. No idea how many came to Austin but the roads were pretty clear, etc.
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
We repeat some songs regularly; others are now and then or one offs (rare). We only rehearse Sunday mornings for the most part (logistics) so everyone practices on their own with something off spotify, youtube, etc.

But yeah, I occasionally get lost. I either fake my way out or quickly find a good stopping point, then build or jump back in as if it were on purpose. My wife inevitably tells me it was fine. I think once ever has anyone said anything, and that was another musician.

Just think of it as jazz.
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Chords and Keys my friend. With those, you can fake anything so long as you know any signature riff in the song, if there is one.
 
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This was the First Total Eclipse of the Sun in our area since 1806! We had a partial in 2017. It was pretty spectacular seeing the Sun turn total black with the Beautiful Corona! It got very dark too and the streetlights came on. It dropped about 20 degrees. I took a few iPhone photos but it really didn't do it justice. One of our friends had a nice camera with a telephoto lens and tripod and took some fantastic photos! It really was a spiritual experience. We played a little Dark Side of the Moon during the Eclipse. Great outdoor party. Next one is 2444!
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SubHuman said:
This was the First Total Eclipse of the Sun in our area since 1806! We had a partial in 2017. It was pretty spectacular seeing the Sun turn total black with the Beautiful Corona! It got very dark too and the streetlights came on. It dropped about 20 degrees. I took a few iPhone photos but it really didn't do it justice. One of our friends had a nice camera with a telephoto lens and tripod and took some fantastic photos! It really was a spiritual experience. We played a little Dark Side of the Moon during the Eclipse. Great outdoor party. Next one is 2444!
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Beautiful Corona.... That made you think the Sun went dark? Just how many Coronas are we talking here?

It's interesting that to see that Beautiful Corona the moon has to be a precise size and a precise distance from the Earth and also the Sun to observe it. A number of discoveries are now known because of this.
 
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MCF said:
Chords and Keys my friend. With those, you can fake anything so long as you know any signature riff in the song, if there is one.
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Flew in to a gig in Nashville with an old buddy of mine. He gave me a list of 50ish songs. Out of the first 18 songs he called, 2 were on the list and I knew an additional one on my own. The other 15 I had never attempted to play. Guitarist would shout a key and some numbers at me. Drummer played MD in the ears and I winged the poopie out of it. Lol. We were just laughing about that two nights ago.

Singer - I have never seen you so nervous before in my life.

Me - I wasn't nervous, I was flipping lost and had no clue what the hell we were playing.

S - Sounded good though.

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:
 
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dagrev said:
Beautiful Corona.... That made you think the Sun went dark? Just how many Coronas are we talking here?
It's interesting that to see that Beautiful Corona the moon has to be a precise size and a precise distance from the Earth and also the Sun to observe it. A number of discoveries are now known because of this.
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Ha! One Corona...one black disc (Moon) over the face of the Sun. It lasted about 3.5 minutes and it was spectacular! Yes interesting the Moon covers the Sun perfectly to just show the Corona. You could look right at the Sun for the entire Total Eclipse. Once the Sun started showing again you had to wear the sun protection.
 
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SubHuman said:
Ha! One Corona...one black disc (Moon) over the face of the Sun. It lasted about 3.5 minutes and it was spectacular! Yes interesting the Moon covers the Sun perfectly to just show the Corona. You could look right at the Sun for the entire Total Eclipse. Once the Sun started showing again you had to wear the sun protection.
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Question, if the moon exactly covers the sun, why is the transit about 4 minutes?
 
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