Blues and Jazz Off Topic/Chat Thread!

[imgooley]

Being argumentative.


I'm bored.

EDIT

Did you fix your Java app?

[ze monsta]

No. :sad:
I'm trying...It's really annoying, I have to use Internet Explorer, which is really slow.

[imgooley]

Go to tools, options, content, and click enable java script.

[ze monsta]

I've done that loads. Still doesn't want to work...

[imgooley]

Restart your computer

[ze monsta]

It wouldn't work yesterday either though. But it wasn't a problem yesterday, because I had stuff to do. :haha

[imgooley]

Oh well.

I'm going to sleep now, before I get unruly.

[ze monsta]

Night.

[Vagabond21]

Man I should have realized that thread about killing a turtle would snowball out of control.

So... hows it goin in here?

[imgooley]

I need to go to feckin class for once in my life. This new job has got me ****ed up.

[Vagabond21]

I need to go to feckin class for once in my life. This new job has got me ****ed up.

Where ya workin?

[Carswell98]

man, I don't know why, but all of a sudden, I want to listen to Van Halen :wtf:

[imgooley]

Where ya workin?
Netflix. Not that bad, but it starts at 4 in the morning, and I ain't used to it.

And brae, listen to Hot for Teacher.

[Carswell98]

Netflix. Not that bad, but it starts at 4 in the morning, and I ain't used to it.

And brae, listen to Hot for Teacher.


:wtf: :wtf:


that is exactly what I was listening to


I love the beat in the intro, sounds exactly like a motorcycle engine, and the riff, sounds almost like La Grange by ZZ Top.

[imgooley]

I tried to learn that riff. It's hard.

[Carswell98]

I tried to learn that riff. It's hard.

it's just a little quick for me, i can play it, just not as fast as eddie


alright, **** it, Black Sabbath time

[imgooley]

Black Sabbath is a must (the song)

[Carswell98]

Black Sabbath is a must (the song)

I'm listening to the "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" album

[imgooley]

Listen to the Masters of Reality!!!

Death Mask/ Into the Void!!!!

[Carswell98]

this soc. paper is really getting to me,

i have millions of documents at my disposal, but do you think I can find one relating media influence to drug use? nooooooooo



time for some Paranoid, that is a kick ass album

[imgooley]

I have a lab report that I should be working on.

The Living End rocks

[Carswell98]

^ this paper should be easy, I just need sources


ahhh! :mad:

I only have to write 5 more pages, but jesus it's fighting me every step of the way

[imgooley]

Kill it with fire

[Carswell98]

^ yeah, but there is the small issue of it being worth 30% of my final grade :haha

[imgooley]

Own it like a Led Zeppelin CD

[Carswell98]

Own it like a Led Zeppelin CD

:haha


O...Ok





man I've been so energetic lately though, it took 3 sleeping pills and a shot of crown just to get to sleep last night, and I'm just amped again


it feels good, I'm going to need it for work

I can't believe I'm not going to be able to UG for a while :(

I'm going to miss this place

[imgooley]

Awe....

[Carswell98]

yeah :sad:

I probably won't be around much for the next 4 months

[imgooley]

That means that I will have a reason to interact with the real world, seeing as half the posts in this particular forum come from me and you.

[imgooley]

Damn site bugs

[Carswell98]

That means that I will have a reason to interact with the real world, seeing as half the posts in this particular forum come from me and you.

I know

weird, I really don't know how this forum survived before you and I arrived, none of the so called regulars are ever around it seems :p:

[imgooley]

srsly

:sad:

[Carswell98]

^ aww there there,


you'll thank me when you are forced to get a life ;)

[imgooley]

Maybe some hot sweet lovin will be in my future once I cut out UG for a while.

[Carswell98]

Maybe some hot sweet lovin will be in my future once I cut out UG for a while.

:haha

one can dream, no pray :angel:



I plan on making this a good summer

which means a few things

1- Booze, lots of it

2- Parties, Lots of them

3- Friends, only the oldest and best

[imgooley]

I need some lady time :sad:

[imgooley]

I need some lady time :sad:

[gopherthegreat]

this summer i plan on hanging out with my friends, getting stoned, and going to a lot of local shows

i do so much planning, dont i?

[Carswell98]

^ maybe not, but it sounds good :)



oh and I forgot, many many many hours jamming with my best friend

[imgooley]

coolz

[Carswell98]

coolz


but first I have to get him playing again :/



he was the person that got me started playing, and he hardly plays anymore, even with a really nice 80's squier Tele and a brand new Yamaha acoustic


'tis a shame he plays through that awful Roland of his :p:

[imgooley]

Tell him to buy a Peavey Delta Blues. sexy amps.

[Carswell98]

Tell him to buy a Peavey Delta Blues. sexy amps.

well he isn't much of a blues fan ;)



I'll get him though, he loves zeppelin, it shouldn't be hard to get him onto blues


I'll convince him to get a tube amp soon :p:




it's either that or I'm stealing all 6 of his guitars

[imgooley]

Send me one

[Carswell98]

Send me one

no way
:p:



yeah hes got a few weird guitars

he saved the guitar on my profile (the pic of me with the teisco) from the dump

he found a vintage LP replica his uncle bought in the late 60's, it's really solid for a knockoff, solid mahogany with a maple top, just needs some new pups 'cause it gives epic feedback

he's got an old Japanese made SG replica, good body and neck, but the wiring needs redoing,

and then he's got an old crappy harmony acoustic

[imgooley]

Send me the SG

[TheDev01dOne]

I'm usually around, I'm just too lazy to post anything. I just read whatever you guys are talking about Lol I feel like a dirty pervert sometimes..

There is youtube videos of The White Stripes with Jeff Beck.. Pretty cool but they barely let him play anything, he should be soloing his ass off. They're covering all Yardbirds songs I think.. Check them out anyway, worth a watch.

EDIT: On a bluesier/random note.. At work (I work at the pub where I play sessions every monday night) they've all started calling me 'Skippy'.. Because I'm Australian.. How original.. But I kinda like it 'cos my middle name is James and yeah.. Skip James is awesome.

I could be a ripoff like Sonny Boy Williamson II.. I could be Skip James II :eek:

DOUBLE EDIT: Has anyone watched the cartoon/anime "Cowboy Bebop"? It's pretty awesome its like anime about these space cowboy bounty hunters in the future but it's set to all modern jazz and blues music, it's awesome.

I'm was listening to one of the songs with awesome sax playing and now I want some good Saxophone stuff to get so can anynoe recommend me a good album to start with? I was think something by Coltrane? The sound I like is kinda.. Just wailing, bluesy, mellow solo-age.. Think "Red Sky At Night" by David Gilmour?

I'm bored, where'd you all go.. Talk to me!

[Carswell98]

why is it everyone scatters away and deserts this place so much....

[gopherthegreat]

because you touch yourself at night

[Carswell98]

no, thats why the dinosaurs all died :rolleyes:


;)

[imgooley]

DOUBLE EDIT: Has anyone watched the cartoon/anime "Cowboy Bebop"? It's pretty awesome its like anime about these space cowboy bounty hunters in the future but it's set to all modern jazz and blues music, it's awesome.

I'm was listening to one of the songs with awesome sax playing and now I want some good Saxophone stuff to get so can anynoe recommend me a good album to start with? I was think something by Coltrane? The sound I like is kinda.. Just wailing, bluesy, mellow solo-age.. Think "Red Sky At Night" by David Gilmour?

I'm bored, where'd you all go.. Talk to me!
I just downloaded the whole series. If you like that one, check out Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad.

As far as saxophone, get some Sonny Rollins.

[imgooley]

why is it everyone scatters away and deserts this place so much....
I was in lab, son.

[Carswell98]

I finally found some good sources for my paper, so I'm happy

[imgooley]

^ Almost done?

[Carswell98]

not really, I have about 3.5 pages of honest writing left, but I'm going to be getting very quote heavy if you know what I mean

and then a page for a conclusion, so I'll be done by my normal 3:30 bed time


with a day to write my 4 page short paper tomorrow + study for my exams on friday

[imgooley]

Whenever I go to the pit, my brain cells die.

[Carswell98]

I just die a little inside

[imgooley]

that too


Gojira!!!!

:headbang:

[Carswell98]

:wtf:


i don't know what you are talking about

[imgooley]

Tis a metal band that I like

Br00talz

[Carswell98]

Tis a metal band that I like

Br00talz

...oohhhhhhhhhhhhh GO -jira... hehe :o no I kid, I'm still sort of confused

:wtf:



you know who kicks ass? Bill Fucking Bailey

[imgooley]

:wtf:

Who?

[Carswell98]

http://liammacuaid.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/bill-bailey-l.jpg

[imgooley]

big picture

[Carswell98]

fixed


he is an english comic, he kicks ass

[imgooley]

Cool eh?

I am going to sleep

[Carswell98]

I'm going back to work

[TheDev01dOne]

I have a day off work woohoo. I shall play some getar.

[Vagabond21]

I'm at work..... :mad:

Days like today...


I wiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssh

I was a catfiiiiissssh

[TheDev01dOne]

I'm so sad, last night I watched Soul Of A Man again with the directer commentary on Lol..

I need to find a drummer and start rehearsing **** really quickly so I can play at Wilkestonbury in july I think it is.

[TheDev01dOne]

The blues is number one..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbwxLGohUM0

[nightraven]

here's an exercise! :eek:
plug in guitar
turn on amp
get mp3 player/ipodz0rz
find an awesome song
put headphones up to pickups
start song
crank up volume
play with effects pedals :p:

[TheDev01dOne]

headphone magnets + Pickup magnets = probably not very healthy for either?

Listening to Slim Harpo, good ****, he has a weird voice but he's got some great songs.

And downloading some John Mayall, Bonnie Raitt, Blind Willie Johnson and John Spencer Blues Explosion. (I know, I'm killing the music industry...)

[sre9981]

The blues is number one..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbwxLGohUM0

Well, that was the first time I've ever heard a blues theremin...

[imgooley]

Listening to Slim Harpo, good ****, he has a weird voice but he's got some great songs.

That Swamp blues :liplick:

Did you look at that anime suggestion that I made on the last page?

[ze monsta]

Bill Bailey is hilarious. My sisters seen him a few times, Brae. Do you like Black Books, he's in it. Absolutely awesome, and he's in NMTB. And also Brae, how did that essay take so long? :haha For my history exam I wrote 7 A4 pages (by hand biatch) in just under an hour, I suppose there were different questions, but still!
How many words is it?

I'm going to see The Australian Pink Floyd tonight, should be pretty awesome.

[TheDev01dOne]

That Swamp blues :liplick:

Did you look at that anime suggestion that I made on the last page?

I took note of it but haven't checked it out yet. Trying to do a Dm slide version of Devil Got My Woman so I've been ****ing around with that all day and being lazy.

It sucks cos I really want to learn proper fingerstyle acoustic blues but I always just quit and invent my own progression for slide or just with a pick because I suck at fingerpicking. Seriously the only song I can finger-pick is Stack Shot Billy just because it's more rhythmic than crazy arpeggio stuff and alternating bass stuff.

[imgooley]

It sucks cos I really want to learn proper fingerstyle acoustic blues but I always just quit and invent my own progression for slide or just with a pick because I suck at fingerpicking. Seriously the only song I can finger-pick is Stack Shot Billy just because it's more rhythmic than crazy arpeggio stuff and alternating bass stuff.
Me too :haha

I don't really sweat all the arpeggio stuff because it's not really my style. I do fingerpick a bunch, and I am getting better at it. Oh, and I tried out that Dm tuning, and I love it. Have you tried this tuning?

E
A
F
D
A
D

I think it's a Dmadd9 chord.

[ze monsta]

I'm alright at finger picking, coz I was taught classical guitar from the ages of 8 to 10, so I have basic grounding. But I stopped for a year and lost it...Now I can play classical, just. When I finger pick, I don't use the same technique thats used for classical though, I'm just not quick enough.

[imgooley]

I'm alright at finger picking, coz I was taught classical guitar from the ages of 8 to 10, so I have basic grounding. But I stopped for a year and lost it...Now I can play classical, just. When I finger pick, I don't use the same technique thats used for classical though, I'm just not quick enough.
The only classical training I have is in Violin. I played for about 2 years when I was in middle school, and didn't pick up another instrument until I was 18. I lost all my musical knowledge. :sad:

[ze monsta]

Oh, god, I was useless at sight reading. I had such trouble doing it, but I was playing electric guitar, which gave me bad habits I guess. I would just learn pieces of by heart, working out how to play them in a way that made sense to me. Music notations has never liked me. :sad:

[imgooley]

I just play by ear. Melody is not even that important to me, I focus mainly on rhythm and harmony.

[ze monsta]

Oh god, I never stick to melody. People hate me for it when they try to sing along with me. I guess it's the blues influence coming through.

[imgooley]

All black music is rhythm and harmony first. From spirituals to hip hop, it's all essentially the same formula.

[nightraven]

http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3897/redbluemiastratdb1.jpg

since i can't get the JEM neck, i won't make this a shred machine. instead i'll get some nice warm, bassy, jazzy humbuckers. this means i'll save my green/black combo for a shred build some time in my life. i've been messing with colour schemes and I FINK I LIEK DIS.

watufinx? i'm sure you're all sick of these pictures :p:

[TheDev01dOne]

http://a592.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/98/l_0fb18f0a919ca2b2608f8c138cb30807.jpg

I want that one. Or maybe with just a lipstick pickup.. For slide of course.

[imgooley]

http://elderly.com/images/new_instruments/50N/HR200CE_front.jpg

This is what I want.

Night, that is nice, but maybe red knobs and pup covers?

[TheDev01dOne]

Yeah I'd have one of those too if someone bought it for me.

[imgooley]

Yeah I'd have one of those too if someone bought it for me.
Do you mean that someone was going to buy it for you, or do you mean that it's nice, but I don't plan on buying one?

[Jackal58]

My preferred instrument of destruction.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff137/Jackaldc/lpc.jpg

[imgooley]

^Mister lefty?

[Jackal58]

Damn straight. Or maybe Damn a little off to the left. :)

[Carswell98]

http://a592.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/98/l_0fb18f0a919ca2b2608f8c138cb30807.jpg

I want that one. Or maybe with just a lipstick pickup.. For slide of course.

:eek:

now that is an esquire even I'd play :p:

http://www.guyjeanmusic.com/guitar/electric/orville/ES/orville_es335_J602187/images/orville_es335_J602187_bodyfront2.jpg

that is what I've wanted...forever

I'll get one some day

[TheDev01dOne]

Do you mean that someone was going to buy it for you, or do you mean that it's nice, but I don't plan on buying one?

I meant I wouldn't buy one but if someone gave me one I'd keep it and play it.

[imgooley]

I meant I wouldn't buy one but if someone gave me one I'd keep it and play it.
Not a Resonator man?

@Carswell/brae- You might think I'm crazy, but I'd rather have one of these

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/My_Epiphone_Sheraton_II.jpg/241px-My_Epiphone_Sheraton_II.jpg

[TheDev01dOne]

I dunno I just don't really need that kind of sound I'd rather a regular acoustic or electric for slide. Esquires work good since half the design of them was stolen from Fender lap steel guitars anyway.

And yeah those Epiphone Sheratons are reallllly ****ing nice guitars. My GFs dad has like a £3000 hand made 335 copy, it's an exact replica of a vintage one (I forget what year) and it plays like ****, but my friends £400 Sheraton is possibly the nicest semi I've ever played. The only negative is they still have bad sounding Epiphone pickups that they use in all their guitars but just replace them with like BKP Mules and rewire it and it would be the shizzle.

I like the blonde finish though.

[Carswell98]

^ hmmmm


yeah, a little crazy ;)


http://homepage2.nifty.com/yo-yo-web/starthp/img/k-4L.bmp

I really want to get my buddy's teisco, and fix it up though

[imgooley]

Gotta love the sheraton :)

[TheDev01dOne]

I'm bored. Um... Do you think it would be weird having a band of 20 year olds, bass + guitars and then a 14 yr old drummer? I'm trying to jam with this dude who wants a band but hes only 14, might be difficult with the age gap, I dunno.

I'm bored.. Someone talk about something with me.

[Jackal58]

I'm bored. Um... Do you think it would be weird having a band of 20 year olds, bass + guitars and then a 14 yr old drummer? I'm trying to jam with this dude who wants a band but hes only 14, might be difficult with the age gap, I dunno.

I'm bored.. Someone talk about something with me.
I jam with 20 yr olds all the time.

[sre9981]

I want a sunburst double-bound tele with a maple neck, a home-built semi-hollow [hopefully my project this summer], and a les paul sunburst of course

[imgooley]

maybe

[TheDev01dOne]

I guess it depends on the dude if he's mature enough or not, I hope he's cool though. I have until June 22nd to get a band together to play gigs.

[Jackal58]

I've been trying to thing of bands that had major age discrepancies in their members. The three that I can think of right off the top of my head are (in no particular order) Thunderclap Newman. Song of theirs you might find is "Something in the Air" Kid playing guitar was 14 if I remember correctly. Jefferson Starship. On their Dragonfly album they had a kid that was about 17 playing guitar. His last name was Chaquta or something like that. Humble Pie. Steve Marriot spent 2 years trying to get Peter Framptons parents to allow him to join and go on tour with them. Peter joined at 16.
It can be done but I would guess the success rate is rather low.

[TheDev01dOne]

Can't hurt to try I guess. It's not like I'm gonna be a bad influence on him since I'm straight edge and the bass player doesn't drink or anything either.. so his parents should be cool I guess. I just reallly want a drummer so I can get shiit sorted and get gigging and having fun.

Still listening to Slim Harpo, loads of the songs I never knew were his, he has a lot of really good songs it's crazy he's not very well known. "I got love if you want it" is a great song, Aussio harp player/singer Chris Wilson does a great cover on a DVD I have but I never knew who did the original.

He seems to be popular with Aussie bluesers actually.. Johnny Diesel covers "Tee-ni-nee-ni-nu" and Dave Hole covers "I'm a King Bee"

[Carswell98]

I've been trying to thing of bands that had major age discrepancies in their members. The three that I can think of right off the top of my head are (in no particular order) Thunderclap Newman. Song of theirs you might find is "Something in the Air" Kid playing guitar was 14 if I remember correctly. Jefferson Starship. On their Dragonfly album they had a kid that was about 17 playing guitar. His last name was Chaquta or something like that. Humble Pie. Steve Marriot spent 2 years trying to get Peter Framptons parents to allow him to join and go on tour with them. Peter joined at 16.
It can be done but I would guess the success rate is rather low.



well, a more modern band would be Derek trucks Band, the youngest member Derek is 27 and the oldest is Kofi Burbridge, I think he is in his late 50s now


I'll try and think of some more

[TheDev01dOne]

Clapton was pretty young in the Bluesbreakers wasn't he?

[Carswell98]

Clapton was pretty young in the Bluesbreakers wasn't he?

yeah, but John mayall was pretty young as well, he was only maybe 10 years older than Eric

[TheDev01dOne]

Still a decent gap though I guess, age gaps mean less the older you get though like 6 years between 14 and 20 is a huge difference but 6 years between 20 and 26 is like ****all, just the same maturity level (theoretically)

[imgooley]

Still listening to Slim Harpo, loads of the songs I never knew were his, he has a lot of really good songs it's crazy he's not very well known. "I got love if you want it" is a great song, Aussio harp player/singer Chris Wilson does a great cover on a DVD I have but I never knew who did the original.

He seems to be popular with Aussie bluesers actually.. Johnny Diesel covers "Tee-ni-nee-ni-nu" and Dave Hole covers "I'm a King Bee"
I love that Slim Harpo. He has an oddly jazzy, yet bluesy voice at the same time. I like Hangover Blues.

[imgooley]

well, a more modern band would be Derek trucks Band, the youngest member Derek is 27 and the oldest is Kofi Burbridge, I think he is in his late 50s now


I'll try and think of some more
....

Allman Brothers Band?

[TheDev01dOne]

He's cool I really like his stuff, will be covering some of his songs for sure.

Now I'm listening to a bootleg of Robert Cray, Jimmie Vaughan and Hubert Sumlin live.. It's really good quality, plenty of Cray improv solo-age, I assume it was one of his gigs since they're mostly his songs.

[imgooley]

I need some Cray

[TheDev01dOne]

He's great definitely one of my favourite guitar players and singers. I love his clean spanky tone and the fact that he always improvs his solos, he says he tries to never play the same solo twice.

[Jackal58]

Still a decent gap though I guess, age gaps mean less the older you get though like 6 years between 14 and 20 is a huge difference but 6 years between 20 and 26 is like ****all, just the same maturity level (theoretically)
That's kind of what I was searching for in my "gray matter" were bands that had members maybe 16 or so as the youngest when they did some recording. Age differences of say 25 to 50 aren't as dramatic as 14 - 20. A 14 yo is still a kid. Sorry if you're 14 and that pissed you off wasn't trying to. The ravages of puberty are pretty much done at 20. 14yo males can be pretty much like 30 yo pmsing queens of hell.

[imgooley]

14yo males can be pretty much like 30 yo pmsing queens of hell.
QFMFT

Though I was uber responsible at that age, so I don't count.

[Carswell98]

QFMFT

Though I was uber responsible at that age, so I don't count.

+1

I almost feel cheated though

here I could have really had some excusable fun, but no, I just had to be a good kid :(

[TheDev01dOne]

I squandered my childhood from 13 - 17 hanging out with much older people, I guess I was always mature for my age. I feel like I missed out though a bit. I'm making up for it now though trying to stay as young as possible Lol.. I'm turning twenteen in 12 days, dreading that. Feel like I'm getting old and should have accomplished more with my life by now..

[Jackal58]

I'm not saying anybody is irresponsible. Both my kids were and still are quite responsble.
I was referring to the mood swings that show up at random.

[imgooley]

I'm not saying anybody is irresponsible. Both my kids were and still are quite responsble.
I was referring to the mood swings that show up at random.
Oh. Well, I never really had those. I think I had early development, seeing as I haven't grown since I was 13 and have had a full beard since.

And I'm talking about being responsible for keeping house, as in cooking, cleaning etc. for myself and my family.

[Blind In 1 Ear]

Where you going to see him?

On Jack White, I much rather hear him play country, folk and blues music than I do his garage stuff. I'd love to hear him do an album of covers with other than Meg White, would be so much more interesting to hear him do some good covers of Bob Dylan, Blind Willie Johnson and stuff like that. :liplick:

Youtube on Firefox is pissing me off, it says:

"Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Adobe's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player."

And I have downloaded the new flash player, and I have javascript turned on... Help? :(
FFS! :mad:

he's comming to toronto. i live in barrie (some canadians here may know barrie) so im probably going to train down and spend the day there, see the show, go to a hotel or something and leave the next day. should be fun.

[Carswell98]

GADOOOOOOOOOOSSHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I have pwned my final paper, and now I must do some sort of celebratory dance in my room.



but then I have to study for exams, but that is the easy part.


I am the greetest!

http://www.geocities.com/zoidberg_fan/episodes/images/brain.gif

[Dimebag22]

That's kind of what I was searching for in my "gray matter" were bands that had members maybe 16 or so as the youngest when they did some recording. Age differences of say 25 to 50 aren't as dramatic as 14 - 20. A 14 yo is still a kid. Sorry if you're 14 and that pissed you off wasn't trying to. The ravages of puberty are pretty much done at 20. 14yo males can be pretty much like 30 yo pmsing queens of hell.
I can't say I've ever been compared to a 30 PMSing chick at age 14 :p: I might have a couple years ago when I was really immature but I've always been a super mature kid for my age...

[Carswell98]

I guess this is it guys, for the next 4 months, don't expect to see me much

I have 2 exams in a few hours, and then I'm packing up, and I'm off back home to work in the salt mines(actually the Molybdenum mines but whos counting)

toodles. :)

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and wish me luck ****ers :peace:

[syk3d]

You might have been expecting a big farewell party....

....but I'm afraid I am all you've got. Me, and you don't even know me. Sucks to be you. :)

Farewell.

[Dimebag22]

I guess this is it guys, for the next 4 months, don't expect to see me much

I have 2 exams in a few hours, and then I'm packing up, and I'm off back home to work in the salt mines(actually the Molybdenum mines but whos counting)

toodles. :)

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and wish me luck ****ers :peace:
Awwwes, no!!! :p:

Have fun dude.

Come on every once in a while to tell us how you're doing, ok? :p:


:cheers:

[nightraven]

good luck :[ WE'LL MISS YOU! :cry:

[gopherthegreat]

I guess this is it guys, for the next 4 months, don't expect to see me much

I have 2 exams in a few hours, and then I'm packing up, and I'm off back home to work in the salt mines(actually the Molybdenum mines but whos counting)

toodles. :)

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and wish me luck ****ers :peace:
noooooo :(

good luck!

[imgooley]

Later Braedon. Good luck, and don't get et by a bear.

[TheDev01dOne]

I'll PM you my adress so you can post me your wages to spend for you since there's not many shops underground in a molybdenum mine.

Have fun man, jsut think of all the guitars you can buy when you're finished.

[Jackal58]

I guess this is it guys, for the next 4 months, don't expect to see me much

I have 2 exams in a few hours, and then I'm packing up, and I'm off back home to work in the salt mines(actually the Molybdenum mines but whos counting)

toodles. :)

edit


and wish me luck ****ers :peace:
Don't let anybody shaft ya. Cya laters.

[GD_GC]

Good Luck man! We'll miss you!

:cheers:

[ze monsta]

Cya Brae!

:wavey:


Aussie Floyd were awesome, if they ever go to your town, I say go and see them. ****ing incredible show. My dad rated them up there with YES a few years ago, Thin Lizzy in the 70's the few times he saw them and someone else I can't remember who he said though.
There were these two guys in their sixties at the very front, completely stoned :haha It's great to be able to go to a gig, and there be so many ages of people there, everyone knowing the words.
The best thing about the gig was that they didn't try, or pretend to be Pink Floyd, they just played their music incredibly. There were two guitarists, a bassist, a singer, an incredible drummer, and a keyboard player. There were also some very hot backing singers. :p:

[Carswell98]

Thanks guys, I just finished my last exam, now I'm gonna start packing up :)


I think I did pretty feckin' good too :)

Don't let anybody shaft ya. Cya laters.

a well made pun indeed, but 'tis a shame it's a pit mine ;)

[imgooley]

later :wavey:

[gopherthegreat]

good luck!

[ze monsta]

Goolz is gonna be lonely...and bored, on those nights where he doesn't have booze, money or women. :haha How you gonna make up for it?

[imgooley]

Goolz is gonna be lonely...and bored, on those nights where he doesn't have booze, money or women. :haha How you gonna make up for it?
Porn

[TheDev01dOne]

I was gonna say, I'll keep you company but now I see his point.. You will be lonely.

I'm officially dubbed a Nave of the Knights of Wilkeshire now. Awesome. Seriously the pub that I work at is 100% easily my favourite place in the world. I know I'm gonna miss it when I go back to Aus.

Got a prctice room booked to jam with this drummer on sunday, hopefully it all goes well and I'll have myself a drummer. My GF has also agreed to start practicing bass seriously with me so we can learn songs together and then I'll always have a bass player.

I'm also waiting for like a good moment to propose to her.. (not sure what constitutes a good moment for that but I guess I'll realise when it comes) Gotta buy a ring or something too I guess, I don't have much money though so it's gonna have to be cheap.

EDIT: For those that play slide on electric guitar, what gauge strings do you use?? I normally have 10-52 on all my electrics but I find the strings are a bit floppy for slide playing and seem to fret out alot. I'm gonna buy some 12s or 13s if I can find them tomorrow and see if they're any better.

[imgooley]

I'm also waiting for like a good moment to propose to her.. (not sure what constitutes a good moment for that but I guess I'll realise when it comes) Gotta buy a ring or something too I guess, I don't have much money though so it's gonna have to be cheap.
Hopefully, she doesn't frequent UG. Cheap to a woman=expensive to a man.

Here is the perfect plan for proposal:

1. Get her to be an awesome bass player
2. Get many gigs, or go on tour in Aus.
3. Have a killer set on the last stop of tour
4. Play Lenny for the Encore, and propose in the middle of the song onstage.


;)

[imgooley]

I was gonna say, I'll keep you company but now I see his point.. You will be lonely.

I'm officially dubbed a Nave of the Knights of Wilkeshire now. Awesome. Seriously the pub that I work at is 100% easily my favourite place in the world. I know I'm gonna miss it when I go back to Aus.

Got a prctice room booked to jam with this drummer on sunday, hopefully it all goes well and I'll have myself a drummer. My GF has also agreed to start practicing bass seriously with me so we can learn songs together and then I'll always have a bass player.

I'm also waiting for like a good moment to propose to her.. (not sure what constitutes a good moment for that but I guess I'll realise when it comes) Gotta buy a ring or something too I guess, I don't have much money though so it's gonna have to be cheap.

EDIT: For those that play slide on electric guitar, what gauge strings do you use?? I normally have 10-52 on all my electrics but I find the strings are a bit floppy for slide playing and seem to fret out alot. I'm gonna buy some 12s or 13s if I can find them tomorrow and see if they're any better.
I use 11-52, but when I downtune, it gets a tad floppy. Though it may be becuase my nut is cut OBSCENELY low.

I played a Valve Standard today. Secks.

[gopherthegreat]

my shirt is stuck to the inside of my belly button

[Jackal58]

a well made pun indeed, but 'tis a shame it's a pit mine ;)
A "Pit" mine? That opens up all sorts of pun possibilities that I'm not gonna touch. :)

I was gonna say, I'll keep you company but now I see his point.. You will be lonely.

I'm officially dubbed a Nave of the Knights of Wilkeshire now. Awesome. Seriously the pub that I work at is 100% easily my favourite place in the world. I know I'm gonna miss it when I go back to Aus.

Got a prctice room booked to jam with this drummer on sunday, hopefully it all goes well and I'll have myself a drummer. My GF has also agreed to start practicing bass seriously with me so we can learn songs together and then I'll always have a bass player.

I'm also waiting for like a good moment to propose to her.. (not sure what constitutes a good moment for that but I guess I'll realise when it comes) Gotta buy a ring or something too I guess, I don't have much money though so it's gonna have to be cheap.

EDIT: For those that play slide on electric guitar, what gauge strings do you use?? I normally have 10-52 on all my electrics but I find the strings are a bit floppy for slide playing and seem to fret out alot. I'm gonna buy some 12s or 13s if I can find them tomorrow and see if they're any better.

I married my drummer over 26 years ago. Of course she wasn't a 14yo dude either. :p:
I keep 11s on my Les Paul. Makes the bends a little tougher but the slide likes it.

I just bought a base. An Ibanez. Now I gotta figure out what to do with it.

[TheDev01dOne]

This guitar is my permanent slide guitar I have the nut cut higher for that purpose so I figure it can't hurt to put some beefy strings on and try a few different options to see what feels best.

[TheDev01dOne]

Someone talk to me I'm bored.

"The Death of J.B. Lenoir" by John Mayall is such a great song, so groovy I love it.

[Jackal58]

Don't recall it atm. Have probably heard it John Mayall rocks.
And your bored an awful lot. :p:

[TheDev01dOne]

Yeah well for some crazy reason everyone else is always asleep at 3am and I have nothing better to do than play on the computer. I still don't understand this whole sleeping thing, seems quite overrated to me.

[imgooley]

This guitar is my permanent slide guitar I have the nut cut higher for that purpose so I figure it can't hurt to put some beefy strings on and try a few different options to see what feels best.
Dude, if it's your slide only guitar, put the 13s on it. If I didn't use mine for other stuffs, I would.

[imgooley]

Yeah well for some crazy reason everyone else is always asleep at 3am and I have nothing better to do than play on the computer. I still don't understand this whole sleeping thing, seems quite overrated to me.
Seriously though.

[TheDev01dOne]

Gotta see if I can find a shop that sells 13s first, probably go with 12s for now since I need them tomorrow so I can restring it for sunday. Do 13s have a wound G?

[imgooley]

^yeah, and the 12s that I sometimes use do to, but you can just swap it out for an 18 unwound and be fine

[Jackal58]

Yeah well for some crazy reason everyone else is always asleep at 3am and I have nothing better to do than play on the computer. I still don't understand this whole sleeping thing, seems quite overrated to me.
I like my sleepy time. I'm getting ready to go there shortly. Have been up since 5 and it's
now pushing 10:30. Gotta get up at 5 again. :( Can't wait til I win the lottery. :rolleyes:

[TheDev01dOne]

Lol one good thing about working in a bar is I don't have to get up early so it works good. Wake up about 2 or 3pm... chill, play guitar.. go to work at like 7... finish at midnight and hang around there until like 1 or 2am.. come home and chill until about 4 or 5am... sleep... repeat as desired.

[imgooley]

I want a job tending bar

[TheDev01dOne]

I love it but only because I'm working in the pub where I already know everyone and they're all cool and the owner is a good friend. I wouldn't work in any other pub.

[imgooley]

I would. I'm a drunk though.

I unfortunately know no one in this damn town

[TheDev01dOne]

Lol yeah its just really not my kinda thing since I don't drink and **** but this pub is cool there's never any trouble or anything so I'm not uncomfortable like I would be in another pub. That and I desperately need the money so I can't be too picky.

Getting my dose of "Electric Mud" now, I love this album, there should be more psychedelic blues in the world.

[imgooley]

I turned a bunch of folks onto Blind Willie Johnson and Skip James. Blooz Roolz!!

[TheDev01dOne]

Lol awesome, I still hate it when I tell someone pretty much all I listen to is blues and they laugh at me or look at me like I'm crazy.

It's really funny when they're completely ignorant and then reply with something like "Oh you should get some real music into you.. Like Led Zeppelin" :haha: (True story BTW)

[imgooley]

^Oxymoron


I'm listening to Nobody's Fault But Mine.






































By Blind Willie Johnson ;)

[TheDev01dOne]

I have Disk 1 of Blind Willie Johnson complete recordings awaiting its forst listening but I'll wait til I get disc 2 aswell.

I dunno how well I'll get along with the religiousness but we'll see. I wanna learn Soul of a man and do a rocking electric cover for my band but I'll be changing the lyrics a bit to get rid of the religious crap.

[imgooley]

Eh, to each his own.

Yeah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAU2xqWkyKU&NR=1

[TheDev01dOne]

Yeah I just don't like religion at all in any form on account of it being forced upon me by my parents/schools. Got nothing against anyone else who is religious though, like you said, each to their own as long as they don't try to preach to me I got no problems.

BTW Your link doesn't work, it goes back to that exact post.

[imgooley]

^Fixed the link

[ze monsta]

MMMMMMMM Blind Willie Johnson. Awesome. I've been listening to Son House and Charley Patton though recently, learnt( or realised how piss easy they are to play) some Charley Patton songs, I love Poor Me and Highwater Everywhere.

I don't play slide on my electric any more, just not my thing like it used to be. I want a P-90 on my acoustic now, to get that kinda Lightnin' Hopkins sound, that's an awesome sound. On my acoustic which I use for everything, I have 13-56 Rotosounds, used them since I was 9 or 10 because my guitar teacher said they were good. :haha I'm suprised I could even press them down. :p:

Going to my guitar shop in an hour or so, need to get new strings for my electric, and I'll get to play/make love to that resonator again. :liplick: Hopefully :liplick:

[ze monsta]

Today has been goooooooooooooood. Nice weather, music, guitars, amps, nice food, girls, everything. :haha
Today pwned.

[TheDev01dOne]

Today was good..

I got to play a real '69 Esquire Custom

Today did pwn.

[ze monsta]

And it was nice and warm. Which is a rarity for Britain.
I too played some teles today, american standards. Found the necks a little uncomfortable, but all in all fairly nice. Played it quietly through a Champ 600, thought it would be a little rude to play it through anything bigger, because I clearly wasn't going to buy it. :haha Played some really nice acoustics today though, and I think I'm gonna get a Blues Deluxe for my birthday in August, if I pay for some of it. :liplick:

[GD_GC]

I screwed up my Blues Deluxe today, apparently it needed to be rebaised and I cranked it and something blew. I don't know if its the tubes or the speaker but it is fucked up. So today for me was not good :haha

[ze monsta]

Open it up and check the speaker cone, tubes are cheaper than speakers aren't they? You seem to have a lot of problems with it, Eric. Did you keep the warranty? :haha

[imgooley]

Played an Epiphone Valve Standard yesterday and got to crank the hell out of it. Sounded great.

[GD_GC]

Open it up and check the speaker cone, tubes are cheaper than speakers aren't they? You seem to have a lot of problems with it, Eric. Did you keep the warranty? :haha

:haha yeah, I did, but I don't think its gonna help me. Guitar Center ****ed me over with it twice, so I'm not taking it back there. I'm taking it to a local music store that's a whole lot better, and I'll see what they can do for me.

[ze monsta]

Why don't you just send it back to Fender and get a new one. :haha If it keeps on crapping out, that's what I'd do.

[Jimmy94]

I finally got some footage from the weekly blues jam I've been going to lately! Here we are working our way through Killing Floor. The singer is shark38j here on the forums (he hasn't posted in a while) and I'm the guy on the left with the big ass semi-hollow. And yes, that's a woman with the les paul between us, the best woman blues guitarist I've personally met.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-T3-BAKyk8

[TheDev01dOne]

Cool man looks like great fun, good cover of the song. Cool that there's an organ player, blues organ players are getting rare these days, its kinda a forgotten part of that blues sound with everyone focusing on guitar so much.

Today I had a band practice/drummer audition and it was great fun. We didn't play much blues though, we were rockin a cool funky kinda sound with some RHCP and Hendrix stuff and then just jamming on weird funk chord progs. We actually did break into "Play that funky music white boy" which, as shameful as it is to admit it, was great fun Lol that song has such a sweet bass line.

But yeah the drummer turned out to be great, can definitely play his kit and he's bigger than me and looks older anyway! so no worries there, he seems really keen to do this so hopefully the other guitarist liked him and we can get things moving.

So yeah, looks like its gonna be a funk-ish rockin band so now I need to improve my funky techniques Lol so far my only techniques are barre chords, off beat up strokes and then double stop solos..
Hopefully I can slot some more bluesy songs in there though so we'll have a good mix of different stuff to jam on and keep us motivated.

[Jackal58]

Glad it worked out for ya man.
I'll watch your video tomorrow at lunch Jimmy. Dialup don't work very well for videos.

[Mr.Cuddles]

good luck with the drummer then...

[Jimmy94]

Here's another one, an arrangement of whole lotta love that the dude singing came up with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ckBbv5elAU

[Vagabond21]

Jimmy, those are some cool vids.

[TheDev01dOne]

I expected you to look like Clint Eastwood(? I think thats who your avatar is) both times Lol But great videos man, looks pretty fun I wish we had an electric jam around here somewhere.

[Jimmy94]

haha, yeah that is clint eastwood in my avatar and I wish I looked that bad ass all the time. Thanks for watching, I appreciate it. I've got one more that has a few extended solos from me, but my friend probably wouldn't be happy if I uploaded it because he solos in the wrong key for a while.

[TheDev01dOne]

Lol just upload it, don't worry about your friend, its a jam thats what its all about!

[nightraven]

i can't use the DT labs to paint my guitar :(

there isn't proper extraction there for the amount i'm painting :(

this means i'll have to spend a lot of money on the paints :cry:

[Jackal58]

Good times Jimmy, good times. I love jamming like that. You guys get to do it often?

[ze monsta]

i can't use the DT labs to paint my guitar :(

there isn't proper extraction there for the amount i'm painting :(

this means i'll have to spend a lot of money on the paints :cry:
Don't worry Nighty, paint isn't too expensive.

And nice job, Jimmy. You played some tight solos.

[Jimmy94]

we usually do a jam night at least once a week, sometimes twice.

[Jimmy94]

http://media.putfile.com/Statesboro-Blues-49

there's the last one I've got! I get three solos in this one. By accident at the start of the third one I hit the octave pedal on whoever's pedal board it was. It was a slow start while I'm staring down trying to fix it, haha.

[TheDev01dOne]

Lol was cool and garage-y sounding with the octave-solo, I liked it. Shame the other dude was playing in the wrong key, why didn't you yell at him what key it was in? Or why didn't he notice it was wrong and swap keys, he was playing the rhythm part he should've know what key it was in.

[chobe]

imgooley = banned?

[syk3d]

woah yeah... oh well, it'll give him something to moan about in a twelve bar blues. :)

[GD_GC]

Goolz is banned?

[Dimebag22]

Looks like it. :eek: No wonder this forum has been so damn slow in the last little while.

I haven't posted like at all for the longest time. Mostly because of the weather is starting to get nice! :)

[Jackal58]

Goolz is banned?
It appears he posted in a reported thread while having a current warning. Thread got like 2 pages of replies with about half the people posting in it now banned.

[TeXaS_db]

WOOOO!
The Raconteurs r goin to be in KC tonight, and i got tickets.
The weirdest thing happened, i only ordered one ticket from ticket master, but they gave me an extra ticket. So thats pretty sweet, but i feel bad for whoever didnt get there ticket because there goin to miss an awesome concert.

[ze monsta]

^ You lucky bastard! :p:

Shame Goolz is banned, it was only a matter of time though. He's a pit monkey. :haha

[Jackal58]

^ You lucky bastard! :p:

Shame Goolz is banned, it was only a matter of time though. He's a pit monkey. :haha
You say that like it's a bad thing. :sad:

[GD_GC]

How long is his ban?

[ze monsta]

30 days I think.

[GD_GC]

That sucks. I've still never been banned, sometime I think I'll enter one of those competitions where the loser gets like a 3 day ban just to see what its like :haha

[ze monsta]

It's nothing special. It really is just boring as hell, you can still log out and view forums, but you see loadsa threads you want to post in, but can't. Even after 3 days, I was contemplating making a multi. :haha It's that boring.

[ze monsta]

How are condenser mics when micing amps? I know they're good for acoustic guitars and vocals.

[aetherspear]

^If you plan on cranking the amp and close-miking it, I'd use a dynamic, otherwise the condenser could get damaged.

[ze monsta]

That's what I was thinking...Thanks dude.
:cheers:

[gopherthegreat]

goolz is banned and carswell is gone. this forum wil be sloooooooow :(

[Jimmy94]

How are condenser mics when micing amps? I know they're good for acoustic guitars and vocals.

They can work great without using close micing techniques. Try moving it about 5-10 feet away from the amp to get a more ambient sound that you can mix with the close mic'd track. Sometimes I like to position a condenser near my ear, so I can get close to the sound I hear as opposed to the sound coming straight out of the speaker.

ALWAYS experiment while recording, it's how you learn what works and what doesn't, and how you can get what does work to sound as good as you possibly can.

[GnikNus]

huh, why did goolz get banned?

[nightraven]

i'm going away for a few days so it'll be slightly slower :p:

[GD_GC]

This place is gonna be sloooow. Especially since Kris doesn't post much anymore also. Does anyone know if Braedon will be back sometime, or is he gone for good?

[Dimebag22]

I'll post more if you guys want :p: But yeah, it's just cause I've been up to other stuff and I've been making new riffs and lyrics for my band because we're playing two shows in May. Then the city finals in June and maybe another show in June. Right now we only have 2 originals but I'm trying to make a few more that we will only have to do like one or two covers per set.

But I think Braedon will be back after the summer, I'm not too sure though...

[ze monsta]

I think Brae is going for 4 months.

@ Jim, I plan on experimenting, but I was asking for a friend who plans on buying one, we wanted to make sure we weren't gonna destroy it within a day. :haha

[TheDev01dOne]

Cissy Strut = Awesome song!

I've become addicted to the funk. The Meters are awesome, I love their instrumental funk songs, so much room for improv (which I assume they do when they play live) and just really fun to play. We're gonna cover Cissy Strut in the band so when we play live we can just improv the middle section and swap solos for a while, should be awesome fun.

And yeah its way too quiet in here lately. I bet Goolz is uber bored without UG Lol he was always on here.

[Dimebag22]

I think Brae is going for 4 months.

@ Jim, I plan on experimenting, but I was asking for a friend who plans on buying one, we wanted to make sure we weren't gonna destroy it within a day. :haha
I use a condenser microphone and I just put it in the same room, I don't close mic my amp. You get the sound that you hear, and the acoustics of the room, rather than just speaker to microphone.

[Beakwithteeth]

Cissy Strut = Awesome song!

I've become addicted to the funk. The Meters are awesome, I love their instrumental funk songs, so much room for improv (which I assume they do when they play live) and just really fun to play. We're gonna cover Cissy Strut in the band so when we play live we can just improv the middle section and swap solos for a while, should be awesome fun.
.


Hell yeah dude the Meters are awesome! I don't have any of their stuff but I have some "The Funky Meters" (Which is what they go by nowadays idk why) and it is really some groovy stuff.

[TheDev01dOne]

I love it, could listen to it all day. I prefer funk without a brass section for some reason, just sounds better proportioned. Gets too busy with brass in there hogging up all the 'fill' time.

But yeah anyone who hasn't heard them should check it out.

[gopherthegreat]

east bay ray is a completely kickass guitarist. his solos and leads rawk.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oD2uKXWzFo0

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2zUVSmQpopw

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZH6kpjj3Fas

http://youtube.com/watch?v=quLqEu4mUOU&feature=related

[TeXaS_db]

I Just got this email on myspace. What do u think, is it a scam.

"Hey guys,
I found your page here on myspace and I really liked the song “Stella”. If you are interested, I wanted to extend an invitation to our upcoming compilation “Rock 4 Life”. Below I have included part of the invitation that explains everything about the CD and our cause. Because of the popularity and success of the series we have made a new page. Make sure to also add Quickstar Productions main page in our top friends. I hope that you will be able to join us and if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask.
Rock on,
Bryan

.... My name is Bryan Bosmans, a Project Manager with Quickstar Productions. We are putting out a compilation CD titled "Rock 4 Life" and we would love to have you join us. This compilation CD is going to be used to promote pop punk, screamo, power pop, and of course rock bands. The inspiration for this CD came from a close friend Quickstar Productions, Kevin O'Hara. Kevin O’Hara is a drummer from Northwest Indiana who was diagnosed with Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) at the age of 18. This disease causes the liver to shut down and currently the only cure is a liver transplant. We want to help Kevin and others like him by donating proceeds of "Rock 4 Life" to the PSC Partners Seeking a Cure. PSC Partners Seeking a Cure is a foundation that endeavors to find a cure and treatment for Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. The bands featured on the compilation CD will get great exposure for a good cause and the money raised will help those like Kevin who are awaiting the uncertainty of a liver transplant. This is a win-win situation.

“Rock 4 Life” will be professionally produced, glass mastered, shrink wrapped, full color, and retail ready. The compilation will be sold through the bands on the CD and will also be distributed digitally in more than 300 mp3 retailers worldwide. This includes all the big stores you are use to like iTunes, Napster, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Vcast, etc. Quickstar Productions will pay the bands 50% of profits for these downloads. To further help the artists on the compilation, Quickstar Productions will also send out promotional copies to various contacts at Record Labels (Vagrant, Victory, DriveThru to name a few), Internet and College Radio Stations, Management Firms, etc. Included with the promotional CD’s will be a booklet giving more information on each band. The booklet will feature brief bios, contact information, and a picture. This will be used to help promote each and every artist on the CD.

To have your song included on our upcoming compilation CD, “Rock 4 Life”, please visit our website to download the submission forms. We ask that each band purchase 50 CD’s at cost ($175) to help us cover the manufacturing, production, and shipping expenses included with this Compilation. Our recommended retail price for the CD is $7. 99, but of course you can sell them for whatever price you choose. If you sell them for our recommended retail, you take in $400. This is a great way to get more merchandise to sell at your shows and also a great way to target other fans in your genre. Please check out www. QuickstarProductions. com for more info on this compilation and also take time to learn more about PSC and what you can do to help at PSCpartners. org . Since we plan to release this CD in the summer of 2008, we ask that all submissions be returned by May 15, 2008. Please contact us with any questions or concerns and we hope to hear from you soon!

Rock On!
Bryan Bosmans

Quickstar Productions LLC
443. 552. 7058 office
410. 802. 2206 cell
312. 235. 6598 fax
www. QuickstarProductions. com
Bryan@QuickstarProductions. com
AIM QuickstarBryan


**Also, if you get the chance please take the time to check out the band Bravo Romeo Bravo. They are an amazing up and coming rock band from the Baltimore scene!"

[Dimebag22]

Epic wall of text.


I don't know if I would do it man. $140 is quite a bit of cash when I bet (if this isn't a scam) that you could be able to sell 50 copies.

[Jackal58]

Cissy Strut = Awesome song!

I've become addicted to the funk. The Meters are awesome, I love their instrumental funk songs, so much room for improv (which I assume they do when they play live) and just really fun to play. We're gonna cover Cissy Strut in the band so when we play live we can just improv the middle section and swap solos for a while, should be awesome fun.

And yeah its way too quiet in here lately. I bet Goolz is uber bored without UG Lol he was always on here.
I love The Meters. They do quite a good live version of Snatch it Back and Hold as well.

[ze monsta]

Epic wall of text.


I don't know if I would do it man. $140 is quite a bit of cash when I bet (if this isn't a scam) that you could be able to sell 50 copies.
+1

[theneildeal]

hai guyz! yeah, ive just submitted a tab, so can you vote yes for it please: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/home/tab_detail.php?tabid=671899

Trust me, its good enough for the site, so you don't even have to listen to it

Cheers

Neil

[ze monsta]

^
:haha
Neil uses his powers of persuasion, once again.

[theneildeal]

some **** rejected it. time for good ol' neil to start an argument

[ze monsta]

The proper english way!

[Vagabond21]

We see what you really want from us neil... jk

Guys, I'm glad to be back. Been real busy.

I heard ab goolz getting banned but why is Brae going away for four months?

Also, have any of you used the internet to find people to jam with? I just did and I don't really know what to expect.

[TeXaS_db]

Check out Raconteurs concert i just got back from.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ysrxh2RZmx0
We were front row and right in the middle, it was the most amazing concert i have ever been to. There playing is so awesome, and jack white is a godly guitarist and an all around good guy. During the last song (Carolina Drama), towards the end, jack saw a girl in the front row who just passed out, so since security sucked, Jack jumped off stage, guitar in hand, and asked the girl if she was all right, he swung the guitar around his back, picked up the girl, and took her the the side of the stage for help. The girl was like 3 ppl to the right of me. So jack walked right by me, it was awesome. So anyways when he got the girl to help, he jumped back on stage and finished the song. It was so amazing, and u could tell Jack was pissed at security for not doing anythingl. But that just made me respect Jack even more as a person.
O and when they finished the last song, they were doing there little bow thing, and when Brendon Benson saw my little cousins in front of me he got off the stage and took the roses my cousins got before the show for the band. So they were like so excited about that, there like 8. And i was amazed cause i got to be really close to jack and Brendon shook my hand.
O and my uncle caught a pick Jack threw out to the crowed.
It was just an amazing show, there performance was just so amazing. Jack and Brendon play really well together.
So that was my concert experience.

[gopherthegreat]

sounds awesome. wish i could see them.

[TheDev01dOne]

We see what you really want from us neil... jk

Guys, I'm glad to be back. Been real busy.

I heard ab goolz getting banned but why is Brae going away for four months?

Also, have any of you used the internet to find people to jam with? I just did and I don't really know what to expect.

Brae has gone to work in a mine somewhere, he's gonna be Dopey, I don't remember who filled the other 6 places.

And yeah I've found all my band members from ads on the interwebs, Gumtree.com and partysounds.co.uk ... Just email the people bac and forth a bit and then organise somewhere to jam and go there with an open mind to just have fun.

Most of the replies I got (I've had a surprisingly large amount of replies) once we emailed back and forth a bit about our plans, ideas, influences and stuff it was never going to be worthwhile so we didn't get together.

The people that did seem cool from emailing and stuff then I just invited them around to jam and sometimes we picked a few songs we could both learn so we'd definitely have something to jam to together, that works well. But all except 1 were really cool, had a jam and made some noise then whatever happened happened. But I ended up with a guitarist, drummer and bass player (though the bass player doesn't seem very interested anymore)

But yeah only 1 guy who said he was a guitarist and singer turned up and couldn't even barely play any chords or anything, couldn't keep in time, and didn't want to sing infront of my girlfriend, so that was a waste of time but it wasn't that bad I just made an excuse after a while for him to go and was still nice about it, he was just too much of a beginner.

I'm rambling aren't I?..

Anyway yeah, it's worked out well for me, just keep an open mind, be friendly and have fun. If it's not fun then call it a day.

Did that help? Probably not.

[TheDev01dOne]

$1 000 000 to anyone who can find me a good backing track for Cissy Strut anywhere?

I can't find one. But I'm bad at finding stuff on the internets.

[Vagabond21]

TheDev01dOne

Yep, it actually does help, thanks!

[theneildeal]

$1 000 000 to anyone who can find me a good backing track for Cissy Strut anywhere?

I can't find one. But I'm bad at finding stuff on the internets.

make it €1000000 and we'll talk

[TheDev01dOne]

make it €1000000 and we'll talk

Don't use your mind powers and knowing stuff against me!

Seriously though do you know of one?

[ze monsta]

Tex, you lucky bastard! :p:
Sounds awesome.

Finally the f*cking weekend! It's been a long week.

[GD_GC]

Finally the f*cking weekend! It's been a long week.

Amen to that, brother.

:cheers:

[theneildeal]

Don't use your mind powers and knowing stuff against me!

Seriously though do you know of one?

no sorry mate. i always have that problem with backing tracks. unless its a really well known song, i can never find a backing track

[ze monsta]

^ I looked as well, but couldn't find anything.

[gopherthegreat]

weekends go by to fast :(

[ze monsta]

Not in Britainistan.
Bank Holiday weekend. :liplick:

[Dimebag22]

weekends go by to fast :(
Tell me about it. Especially when you work two 8.5 hour shifts under the hot sun all day.

I really like my new job though :) I work maintenance at a golf course, so what I do is mow the greens and fairways, rake the bunkers, random shit like that. It's all on big machines so it's not too bad. Sometimes they get you to do some hard work like shoveling gravel and stuff but I don't even mind that, just gets me stronger and gives me bigger muscles :p: But it's pretty fun, and it's really nice cause you're outside all day.


Oh, but I also get tomorrow off. It's some teachers convention tomorrow :) Yay for sleeping in :p:

[Dimebag22]

Ok, I just added a new song up to my profile. Check it out, rate it, do whatever. Just a little blues jam for about 2 mins. :)

[gopherthegreat]

mondays suck

[TeXaS_db]

i just go this guitar at musicians friends this weekend for $200
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Gretsch-Guitars-Electromatic-Pro-Jet-Electric-Guitar-511586-i1147131.gc
was it a good buy?
it was a blem item so thats y is was so cheap, but the only thing wrong with it was the nut was chipped and it made the high E string buzz a lil, but when u play a note with that string it doesnt buzz, so it kinda sucks with playing chords, but bar chords and lead play great on it. and it has a really diverse sound, from heavy screaming rock to warm bluesy tones. and i love the look of it, just looks so classic, i got the silver sparkle and i didnt think i would like it, but when i saw it, it just looked so good.
could i replace that nut? i think im goin to take it to my local music store and see what they can do with it.

[Vagabond21]

This place is so dead now.......

I've been listening to RJ and Son House a lot lately.

It amazes me how they can make one guitar sound like more than one instrument.

[Jack Off Jill]

Check out Raconteurs concert i just got back from.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ysrxh2RZmx0
We were front row and right in the middle, it was the most amazing concert i have ever been to. There playing is so awesome, and jack white is a godly guitarist and an all around good guy. During the last song (Carolina Drama), towards the end, jack saw a girl in the front row who just passed out, so since security sucked, Jack jumped off stage, guitar in hand, and asked the girl if she was all right, he swung the guitar around his back, picked up the girl, and took her the the side of the stage for help. The girl was like 3 ppl to the right of me. So jack walked right by me, it was awesome. So anyways when he got the girl to help, he jumped back on stage and finished the song. It was so amazing, and u could tell Jack was pissed at security for not doing anythingl. But that just made me respect Jack even more as a person.
O and when they finished the last song, they were doing there little bow thing, and when Brendon Benson saw my little cousins in front of me he got off the stage and took the roses my cousins got before the show for the band. So they were like so excited about that, there like 8. And i was amazed cause i got to be really close to jack and Brendon shook my hand.
O and my uncle caught a pick Jack threw out to the crowed.
It was just an amazing show, there performance was just so amazing. Jack and Brendon play really well together.
So that was my concert experience.
Where did you see them at? I have to wait til next month to see them, and I live in Missouri, too. I'm glad its a good concert, though.. I don't like the idea of wasting 40 bucks on something thats gonna suck. I hope it is worth the wait. Though, I'm a little more excited about seeing Zappa Plays Zappa again. I saw them play about a year and a half ago, and I'm seeing them around the same time I get to see the Raconteurs.

...oh.. and hi everyone. :)

[Dimebag22]

Where did you see them at? I have to wait til next month to see them, and I live in Missouri, too. I'm glad its a good concert, though.. I don't like the idea of wasting 40 bucks on something thats gonna suck. I hope it is worth the wait. Though, I'm a little more excited about seeing Zappa Plays Zappa again. I saw them play about a year and a half ago, and I'm seeing them around the same time I get to see the Raconteurs.

...oh.. and hi everyone. :)
You're company is not welcome 'round these parts.




:p:


But yeah, people need to start posting again... *tumbleweed*

[chobe]

I went back to Blind Willie Johnson's God Moves On The Water over the weekend. Not got it down by any stretch of the imagination, but I was having trouble with the alternating bass concurrent with the main slide riff before, and I've got my head round it a bit better now. Quite pleased about that.

[Vagabond21]

Where did you see them at? I have to wait til next month to see them, and I live in Missouri, too. I'm glad its a good concert, though.. I don't like the idea of wasting 40 bucks on something thats gonna suck. I hope it is worth the wait. Though, I'm a little more excited about seeing Zappa Plays Zappa again. I saw them play about a year and a half ago, and I'm seeing them around the same time I get to see the Raconteurs.

...oh.. and hi everyone. :)


I like dweezil a lot. I remember seeing him play on the tonight show or some late night show. He kinda looked like he didn't want to be there which was kinda funny.

[ze monsta]

I went back to Blind Willie Johnson's God Moves On The Water over the weekend. Not got it down by any stretch of the imagination, but I was having trouble with the alternating bass concurrent with the main slide riff before, and I've got my head round it a bit better now. Quite pleased about that.
That song is pretty difficult. Theres some complicated licks in that, and the phrasing is really difficult as well. :(

[chobe]

Yeah I've barely got to grips with it, just happy that I made a tiny bit of progress.

Cracking song though.

[TeXaS_db]

Where did you see them at? I have to wait til next month to see them, and I live in Missouri, too. I'm glad its a good concert, though.. I don't like the idea of wasting 40 bucks on something thats gonna suck. I hope it is worth the wait. Though, I'm a little more excited about seeing Zappa Plays Zappa again. I saw them play about a year and a half ago, and I'm seeing them around the same time I get to see the Raconteurs.

...oh.. and hi everyone. :)

Kansas City at the Uptown Theater 4/29/08

[gopherthegreat]

Kansas City at the Uptown Theater 4/29/08
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jack_white_saves_fainting_fan.html