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But let's be real, you idiots—you claim to be such a nation of athletes. Personally, I’d love to see us adopt something like they have in Germany, where kids have to pass a mandatory bike riding and swimming exam at the end of second grade. Honestly, most of you wouldn't even make it through elementary school under those standards.
Melissa Collins41 said:perhaps it is purely imaginary 😳
or maybe it is just made of latex.😕
My top 3 picks for drummers who successfully pivoted to frontman status:
-Jasmin Stavros
-Phil Collins
-Udo Lindenberg
Ryan Price20 said:Why? Do they know something you don't, or did some trained musician sexually abuse you when you were a kid?
I believe that for playing guitar, developing a sense for the instrument and practicing scales across the entire fretboard is far more vital. A rigid obsession with sheet music provides zero actual benefit; you just become a slave to the notation and find yourself unable to play anything practical without it sitting in front of you. The guitar is a supporting instrument—it’s meant to adapt to the voice. I have frequently encountered "guitarists" who could master specific licks with absolute authority, yet if you asked them to transpose to a different key, they were completely lost. I speak from experience here. I attended music school and learned piano, but without the notation, I was useless. It wasn't until later, when I began studying the saxophone, that a professor showed me the fingerings for the C major scale—allowing me to practice and improvise across the whole range. That was when I finally grasped how harmony works, specifically how to build chords from the notes within a single scale. That insight is what actually helped me learn the guitar, because I essentially started by improvising on it first. Only much later did I realize that coloring an Fmaj7 chord into an Fmaj7(#11) is called the Lydian mode, which isn't even that critical. Isn't that right?
Look, just go ahead and grab a few packs of strings. They aren't exactly breaking the bank, and if you’re playing as much as you claim, you're going to need to swap out a fresh set constantly anyway. This is the first time I've ever heard of someone buying individual strings like they're at a hardware store, and frankly, if you're tensioning them that tightly, you're just asking to wreck your guitar.
steelviper6 said:Obviously, the ones that dig into your fingers more are better... that way your calluses develop faster. 👍 😁
Yeah, right. Playing guitar without any pain is just like trying to have sex without actually getting anything in.
Ryan Price20 said:What absolute nonsense! Look, practice is obviously the most important part, but having musical literacy provides an incredible advantage. Not to mention that reading music actually allows you to grasp the soul of the composition much more deeply.
I find myself getting frustrated with musicians who rely solely on sheet music, and frankly, even those who feel they need it just to make sense of what they're playing.
ruggedhound23 said:What good is me posting a picture? You’ll just tell me I need to buy new strings so I don't mess things up.
I’d love to actually play something, even though I’m a total beginner still stuck on basic notes. haha.
Dreaming of shredding some Ozzy solos today or maybe tomorrow. Anyone else listening?
Look, here’s the deal: if your tuning pegs—those little screws you wind the strings onto—are plastic, then go get plastic strings. If they're metal, stick with metal. And honestly? Stop worrying about learning sheet music and start learning how to actually play.
Alright, for those of you just starting out, here is the most current breakdown of guitar types:
-Classical guitar (some people still call it Spanish, concert, or nylon string). The architect of the modern classical design was Antonio de Torres back around 1860.
-Acoustic guitar (Western or steel string). I don't know who specifically invented this exact iteration, but "Martin" stands as the most iconic manufacturer and distinguishes six basic body styles: 1, 2, 0, 00, 000, and D. In this hierarchy, the 1 is the shortest with the narrowest body, while the D is the largest and widest. The Dreadnought is the ubiquitous acoustic model and corresponds to the Martin D (featuring 14 frets to the body). A Jumbo acoustic features an even larger, more rounded body. A "cutaway" refers to that notch in the body that allows easier access to the higher frets beyond the 14th. Finally, a 12-string acoustic utilizes paired strings where the first two pairs are tuned in unison, whereas the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th pairs feature one string tuned an octave higher than its partner.
-Resonator guitar (Dobro or National are the names you'll recognize). These utilize a metal resonator cone; the strings pass over a bridge that sits directly on the resonator, creating a vibration transfer similar to how a diaphragm microphone functions.
-Jazz guitars fall into three primary categories: acoustic (think Django Reinhardt), semi-hollow with a pickup (Wes Montgomery style), and the Archtop—which is often what people mean when they simply say "jazz guitar." These typically feature carved tops reminiscent of violins, two f-holes, and are almost always played through an amplifier.
-Electric guitar. This is where string vibration is captured by pickups, sending an electrical signal through a cable to an amp, which, well, amplifies it. The division here is based on: single-coil (a single-coil pickup) used by Fender on the Stratocaster and Telecaster; humbuckers (dual-coil pickups) characteristic of the Gibson Les Paul; and solidbody guitars, which frequently combine two single-coils and a humbucker, usually paired with a Floyd Rose tremolo system.
-Double bass (upright bass). It has four strings tuned exactly like the 6th, 5th, 4th, and 3rd strings on an acoustic, just an octave lower.
-Octave guitar. Roughly the size of a mandolin, it is tuned like a classical guitar but an octave higher (available in both steel and nylon strings).
-Beyond that, there are various national variations, including Flamenco guitars, ukuleles, banjos, and so on, as well as historical instruments like lutes and Baroque guitars.
I honestly doubt money is what’s driving this for Hungry Joe. This band has never been about playing it safe, nor have they ever made enough music to actually live off of—and those few bucks they pulled in at the venue wasn't exactly a jackpot. As for the communication breakdown and that general vibe that things aren't quite right? I’d say their sudden sobriety might be the real culprit here. I still remember the last time I caught Hungry Joe live back in '91 in Chicago; they were handing out cans of beer on stage to the crowd, just being generous like that, and the whole show was nothing but a massive party.
Outsiders is actually a really solid thing
ruggedcrane22 said:Honestly, the Death disco that my buddy Nicholas Perez33 hooked me up with recently is about five hundred times more entertaining and engaging than FF...
Oh, sure, and Funkadelic is a thousand times more fun than the Beatles too... My point stands: how exactly does one acquire Death disco? (And yes, I am willing to pay full price).
My god, it’s a total rip-off of Gift🙂 if my ears aren't deceiving me. It's the exact same mix, the exact same guitar tones.
It strikes me that Franz Ferdinand managed to sidestep the sophomore slump entirely. This record feels incredibly well-constructed—honestly, I’d argue it actually surpasses their debut. On first listen, there’s a distinct Jam influence, though they carry themselves with a bit more buoyancy. If we're stuck listening to this whole New Wave revivalist movement, then FF isn't such a bad bet, despite my initial skepticism after hearing the last album. All things considered, I think FF sits well above some of those trendy British bands people won't shut up about today; they feel right in line with someone like The Bluetones back during their *Expecting to Fly* era, before everything went south for them. Nothing more, nothing less.
Jason Rogers said:I'll have to give him a listen then. I haven't checked out Lacni since Rimele left. What's his deal, anyway?
Rimele works as a professor of painting and sculpture at a teacher's college in Milwaukee (and he paints, obviously), though he was a bit of a late bloomer—graduating from the fine arts academy in Chicago when he was already 28. For those interested in the music, I highly recommend checking out the Laibachov John Peel sessions where Rimele played guitar. For those who aren't in the loop, Rimele was actually hailed as a guitar prodigy in Lacni; he started playing with this band when he was only 16, and by the time Ikebana came around, he was already being called one of the best guitarists in the country.
hollowseal33 said:Yeah, even in that song by The Cure, it 😬 sounds like he's talking about some fake Dimitri 😁 😁
It’s just like how when they sing "Imagination" in "Just an Illusion," what they're actually saying is: "Why are you so ugly?"
And here is my definitive top 5 list of ZX Spectrum classics:
1. Spy vs. Spy
2. Manic Miner
3. Boulder Dash
4. Deus Ex Machina
5. Daley Thompson's Decathlon
My top 5 picks for music websites:
1.online karaoke (singing along to those weird MIDI files—personally, I’m all about Celine Dion’s "My Heart Will Go On" type of vibe)
2.beauty in music (The Ultimate Guide to the Most Influential Women in Classical Music)
3.bizarre records (just straight-up strange vinyl finds)
4.guitar jam machine
5. project C-90 (a site dedicated entirely to a massive collection of blank C-90 cassettes; a true treasure trove for anyone hunting down rare, vintage plastic shells)
