Ya Yo Gakk
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ibanezguitarist- lol thats messed up...
if anyone has some time, loves really vintage instruments and wants to read something very interesting read this article about a stratavari violin called "the messiah" and it's authenticity, supposedly it is made by the famous violin maker, one of his finest, and worth an estimated $20 million but theres a debate among scientists as to it's authenticity... very good read, nice photos too...
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Mon Dec 8 '03 10:49:54 am
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Clarky
Paul Clark
plays the organ, going blind
www.paul-clark.com
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ocps - I'm sure that a whole pile of guys use a chorus [or something similar] with their main tone....
I'm experimenting with dual stereo detune
ovation - on the accoustics... I really wish I could play finger style better..
However, I'll try to use Eve on the quartet. I think you have the title of the quartet as 'The Last Grand Master of the Nights Templar'.... The title of that piece is now 'Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit'...
The Raft -
I've mended the drum kit... I hope..
I've modified the sequencing for the first 2 movements - mostly orchestral parts.. re-orchestration
tonight I'll be looking at the orchestra in the 3rd movement and I'll begin to lay down the backing track.....
On Saturday I got baught the cd Hollywood by Marilyn Manson.. I love it....
The Valley of the Shadow of Death is such a beautiful song.. hints of Floyd in there... I wish I'd have writen that song... I can't stop playing it..
artanis - "Walk to the Aston" What? Never! I slide down the fireman's pole straight into it.
how very tacky..... lol..
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Mon Dec 8 '03 10:59:42 am
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mick87
Spoonman Spider Mike
Plays: Spoons
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Satch Tapes!
Austin - Lol... I think yesterdays Simpson's had some great moments, I mean Mr. T was in it! I just thought it got slow at times... none the less, it was a pretty good episode, had some good moments of satire. Oh, my cds came in... I'm listening to the Electromagnets now. Damn those guys were good... EJ at 21, he is very impressive! I've been getting into the whole fusion thing lately so I'm really digging this stuff.
Ovation again... - Mike Stern!!! lol... that's right it came in, and I've listened to it. That guy can play! His band is awesome. Good to really listen to or just use as background music... It'll get even better with time, as soon as I let it sink in... as I have to do that with a lot of jazz/fusion type music. Thanks for the recommendation man! The only thing I think Mike should do is switch to tube amps or something, just for a bit of tone improvement ;). ... But still an awesome cd!
Trutina - lol, I know! The people who actually came up with the words were probably just trying to piss people like us off! I mean, whatever happened to sounding a word out! Kindergarten now seems useless when confronted with stupidly-spelled words like tsunami! lol...
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Mon Dec 8 '03 11:03:19 am
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TASTEY
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just listened to some of live in S.F. love "love thing" and "friends", like the "rubina" on time machine better though i think, thats my all time fave i think. until we say goodbye, i thought i would feel something more from it, i'll have to listen again.....
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Mon Dec 8 '03 11:08:10 am
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michelle
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Tastey, he's a carpenter too!! It IS the same guy!! lmao!!
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Mon Dec 8 '03 11:13:25 am
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Simon
Granada, Andalucia
Spain
Plays: Guitar (24 years)
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crushingday, I thought that the song "Alive In An Ultra World" also sounded very zappa, or rather, sounded a lot like steve did when he played with zappa. had the same kind of tone.....very nice. very stratesque!
Airdy, the anothology records aren't getting a UK release before new year. sorry! Same goes for Steve's london DVD. 'Great Britain' can be such a sh!t-hole at times.
Max Crace put my $180 Venus Isle lithograph in the mail a month ago, and it hasn't arrived yet - somehow I can't help but think it might have something to do with the UK postal service, or HM customs.
Yeah, what Greg Said ~ Vai is American. specifically, Ital-American. He hails form New York, moved to California, yaddayaddaya, humdidllybonk and there you go ~ a virtuoso.
IbanezGuitarist, if Vai was Canadian, we wouldn't all listen to him?!? WTF? why does someone's nationality make any difference?
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Mon Dec 8 '03 11:42:36 am
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trutina
Bil McKim
Plays: Well with others
Plays: Guitar (29 years)
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Yayogakk: Damn that sucks. Being sick just sucks in general. Cool story you linked there by the way. It seems odd that an instrument like that would be worth so much given that it's been modified so many times throughout it's lifetime. It's a beautiful piece though.
Mick 87: Yes, it's definately a conspiracy just to piss us off. We'll have to relegate them to the likes of Kenny G as well lol.
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Mon Dec 8 '03 11:44:55 am
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Fretslayer
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TASTEY: Give "Until We Say Goodbye" another chance! Such a good Satch song. Loaded with feeling :) At least that's my two cents.
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Mon Dec 8 '03 12:08:52 pm
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OCPS470
Chris Peters
Lake Mary, FL
USA
Plays: Guitar (28 years)
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Sharif: Good to hear you're okay...could have been really bad.
DCK: Bucket head is nuts man!haha!
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Mon Dec 8 '03 12:31:04 pm
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crushingday62
chris woodland
slough, berks
england
Plays: Guitar (26 years)
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fretslayer i totaly agree that song is ace is great live as well
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Mon Dec 8 '03 12:32:57 pm
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Sharif
Sharif Jameel
Parkville, Maryland
USA
Plays: Guitar (30 years)
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So I got my call from the claims office for the insurance, they're coming to look at the truck on Wednesday...then I take it to the body shop :-P
Speaking on the reliability of Toyotas, my old car, a Celica, had 248,000 miles on it and it STILL runs!
sharif
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Mon Dec 8 '03 12:40:57 pm
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Stu Clone
Graham Shackelford
Tacoma, Washington
USA
Plays: Bass (26 years)
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CONDOM'D!
by Doug! how embarassing, eh?
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Mon Dec 8 '03 12:55:26 pm
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Greg M
Greg Melia
York
UK
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hated programming language of the day: C
This computing assignment is giving me such a headache! I've got to get a good way through it today, because its due in Wednesday lunchtime, and I want to got out for a Christmas social tomorrow evening!
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Mon Dec 8 '03 12:57:47 pm
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jelly man
Paul Huxley
Guildford, Surrey
England
Plays: Bass (24 years)
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printf("Lighten up Greg!")
;)
Tastey - I'm surprised that you prefer Rubina on time machine! That's my favourite performance on the DVDs and one of my very top satriani tracks full stop.
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Mon Dec 8 '03 1:00:41 pm
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jelly man
Paul Huxley
Guildford, Surrey
England
Plays: Bass (24 years)
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greg m - just a thought - you don't happen to know a guy called ed hargin there do you? or paul barker?
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Mon Dec 8 '03 1:02:09 pm
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Mr Nick
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about reliable cars..anyone see top gear?? they put a Toyota pickup truck thru its paces..
they smashed it against a few walls..drowned it in the Bristol Channel...set fire to it...dropped it from 240 feet on top a building which was demolished...dropped a caraven on it..maybe a few more things..no spare parts..and the thing still worked!!
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Mon Dec 8 '03 1:07:36 pm
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TASTEY
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jelly man: well i haven't seen it on DVD, i should put that on my christmas list....but i like the time machine version better that the live in SF, but i could change my mind in a few days after listening to it over and over......
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Mon Dec 8 '03 1:15:46 pm
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fused9
Colin Hughes
St. Pete Beach, FL
USA
Plays: Guitar (28 years)
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Just curious but who would you all say is the greatest drummer of all time?
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Mon Dec 8 '03 1:19:48 pm
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Kirk Bradford Myers
Kirk Bradford Myers
Essex, Maryland
United States
Plays: Keyboards (37 years)
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Trutina --- Thanks for the welcome back. :) Yep, had to take a little 'time-out' from everything...decide where I wanted my life to go, domestically and musically, and in doing so, it was time to take a good look at where I've been so far. Truth be told, I definitely had some "You gotta be kidding me" moments...some stuff even scared me. You could say that the entire experience sobered me up a bit, so it was time to make some changes...
So what's changed? Well, first of all, I'm definitely not so full of myself anymore. :) My musical ability was never in question in anyone's mind, including my own. The problem was that I knew it. And in the way I chose to present it. I surely did not come across the way I had intended...or I did, I don't know at this point. All I know is that the reason I wrote so little music in so long of a time period, quite honestly, was that the entire Prog X thing had become more about me and how cool and suave I tried to present myself and less about my music. This is never a good thing. Not to mention that I wasn't making the music I honestly really wanted to make...raw, uncompromising, to the point. I was so concerned with 'big sounds' and 'the best sounding gear' and whatnot that I was totally missing the point, which is to write good songs that affect people emotionally. A well written song will affect someone deep down no matter what crappy equipment it's played through. The total opposite is true. 'Big sounds' don't make the music, the person writing it does.
Starting my new project, One With The Computer, and beginning from scratch is my first step towards achieving my musical goals. I'm happy to say that things are moving along at a rather accelerated pace. Two songs completed since October, three in the works as we speak. This thing is really moving along. I shoud have half the album finished, or close, by the time my site goes into activation on April 15th. This date, of course, is subject to change, as I've been putting more time and energy into my music than anything else.
That's just the tip of the iceberg...the musical realizations listed above were only part of the big picture as far as things about myself that I wanted to change, there was a lot of other stuff involved that's well beyond the scope of this post...God knows I've already written a novel here as it is. :)
But many thanks to all to welcomed me back...to the real world, that is. :)
I wonder how everyone here, including Joe Satriani, would feel if I re-made one of his songs? Not for the upcoming album, just as a non-profit fun sort of thing? I was thinking about doing "Driving At Night". That is one of Joe's best mood pieces, highly underrated and overlooked in my opinion, and I feel that I can really do the piece some justice. It certainly sounds like a good candidate to be turned into a "One With The Computer" song. Everyone give me a heads-up and tell me what you all think...
Fused9 -- The greatest drummer of all time? Definitely Cozy Powell. :) A shame he isn't here anymore to enlighen us with his music. Rest in piece, CP!
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Mon Dec 8 '03 1:24:27 pm
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TASTEY
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fused 9: i am really not into drummers, but when i saw whitesnake last summer, the drum solo the drummer did was one of the best i had heard. and he had this crazy big afro type hair, he was wacky.
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Mon Dec 8 '03 1:37:39 pm
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crushingday62
chris woodland
slough, berks
england
Plays: Guitar (26 years)
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MR nick yeah i saw that was funy as hell to see a toyota being smashed up in my home town ! :) when they put it in the channel i thought ti wud never servive as the current si so strong but the tough bastard held on lol. the shud have ran over it with a tank-- then again it wud have probably stood up to that!
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Mon Dec 8 '03 1:57:12 pm
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fused9
Colin Hughes
St. Pete Beach, FL
USA
Plays: Guitar (28 years)
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Ill just go right ahead and say that buddy rich is the greatest drummer of all time. Its mindblowing what he can do with that little 4 piece.
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Mon Dec 8 '03 2:06:11 pm
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Narface
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Sharif,
Mr.Nick: Yeah! Toyotas are so long lasting. My dad's last car was a Toyota and he had it for 10 years. He wanted a new car but the good ol' Camry still looked and runned like it just came out from the show room! he almost couldn't let go of this reliable car, but eventually, he got a new one... but he was so satisfied withthe last one! So naturally, he got another Toyota. Well, almost... it's a Lexus. haha~
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Mon Dec 8 '03 2:07:10 pm
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