Civgeek I have my occasional bouts on GTA lol...very addictive oncec I get into...stealing fast cars.

Michelle I think I will name one of my children Gizzard...and the other Clerval, those names kick ass!!!

Happy to report I woke up this morning perfectly fine...if not for a little tired...but atleast I had no 8-legged friends up my nose this time. :-)

Do The Stu Thanks thats reall helpful, all noted :-)...I found out I have another media assignment now, I have to do an investigation into two types of media that are bias or express politcal views in an angry way...so I'm comparing Rage against the machine to Marvel Comics lol...I was told it was a good choice by my other media teacher so I'm glad someone agrees with me for once lol.

espguitarlord Ah thats a good one, thanks for that :-).

After the G3 concert theres some stupid ass thing goin on, we have to go Birmingham University and stay over night in the halls of residence...why you ask? Because 1 night in a University is going to teach us aaaaaaaaaaall about life at University. Plus theres a compulsary soccer tournament...why the heck do they even think that everyone would even consider it...its not like everyone is the same...I wanna play my guitar during the Summer, nearly everyday I have improving to do, I dont wanna be wasting my time playing a sport I dont like at a place Im not going to.

*Rant Over*

Well I feel better for that :-)

Espguitarlord Thanks, I have a profile on soundclick but its full of junk and crappy recordings, and I think I got two improvisations on there...nothing at all special though.

I've just been reading Fripp's online diary, he seems like a really nice guy and my favourite quote is:

"The maxim here is: when the audience boo, go for the bass end.

Can't wait now 8 DAYS TO GO!!!...Hopefully I get to the merchandise stand before they sell out of "Shove Aside The Sun"

I just learnt "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica, I'm not really a fan of their music, but they are good plus I like this song the best :-).

Oh yeah...I recommend John Petrucci's "Rock Discipline" book to anyone...it has some really excellent stuff in there, the warm ups are tricky...but thats the point.

And I'm rather good at sweep picking now, and before I did some of the excercises I couldnt do the legato bit in "The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing" properly, now I can do it, not upto speed ofcourse...But I'm getting there.

Just a quick poll type thing:

Motorbikes or Cars?

Thanks

962 Yeah people on bikes seem a lot more vulnerable, I'm asking because my dad bought another motorbike and I could either get a license to ride the bikes or get a license for a car. The insurance for a car however will be an ass load, a big ass load...Lisa Reilly's ass load.

I think my first car will be something like a Vauxhall Tigra...cos they are small and quite cheap...and most come with CD players...which is all that matters.

I wanna get a reaction when going thru like council estates where everyone generally drives with drum and bass music so loud in their cars the suspension starts-a-bouncin'...but I will be playing something like "Raspberry Jam Delta-V"...I'll probably get shot or something but it'll be funny upto that point.

What does the Feroce drive like on Pg2? I loved it on the original Project Gotham, such good control.

962 Ah right, Oh well still a nice car in my opinion :-).

U F Dean I'm glad to listen/read :-) How come your new area doesn't allow dogs?

Happy daddies day!

Hp29 I can't wait for the G3 I am going to in 5 Days PEOPLE!!! I'm really anticipating Fripp, I can't wait to see him...hopefully I'll win backstage passes and get a shirt signed by everyone and then frame it :-)

MARKY BOY Where the heck is the PMT Guitar shop? Like what area of Birmingham, Aston, Norhtfield, Bournville etc?

Muse Man Maaaan, I couldnt tell from the map on the site, so I checked the post code...the area in its in Nechells...by far the roughest area in Birmingham. My parents used to live there and they only lived there for 2 weeks before they moved out, but in that time they witnessed a shooting, a variety of stabbings, and countless amounts of street fights that ended in coma's....needless to say I won't be going.

If you can drive then I'd go for it, if your walking...well my opinion on walking through Nechells is clear...

lol Jazzy Boy I do not share Dolphin Pie...its just not in my nature :-)

I s'pose I could go if I got a ride there...I'm not too worried about meeting Joe, as cool as that would be. I'm really looking forward the show, its my first big concert type thing and featuring my favourite musician.

I think I'll get a ride down about an hour before the doors open at the meet and greet...hopefully its not that big a turn a out so I can get some stuff signed etc..

Taaaaaaaaastey I'll "borrow" my sisters digital camera sometime this week and get some pictures of them asleep in interesting positions.

I'll give you the names and the easiest way to identify them:

Ollie: Best cat ever...blubbery and fat, always got a grumpy look on her face.

FeeBee: Small with stupidly tiny feet, and a constant scared expression.

Rolo: He has a fat head.

Cleo: Bright blue eyes, constantly falling over, not very clever at all.

Pictures coming soon...

Whooo Summer song, at 7:47am....

In other news, my walkman broke and I am too broke to buy an MP3 player...which brings me onto my next item of news
(DUN DUN DUN DUM DUN DUN or similar news noises)
I had a dream last night where some old lady I had apparently just robbed gave me 39p and told me to put it in the bank, and then when I got back to the present day I would have £39,000...however I thought I would cheat and put all the change in my pocket into the bank...something like £4.10...either way I woke up before I could get back to the future and buy my 7-string and my amps and my car...

Thats all for now, we'l be back at 3:35pm

Zinc Duuuude that sucks you can't go..., but hey theres always next year, right? :-)

I really want to work on music over the summer as well as get a job and do my side project as well...I am gonna be tired all summer methinks lol.

Anywayz I think I am going to think as each track as a story, with equilibrium-disequilibrium-equilibrium to it, aka Todorov's Theory. (for people who don't understand that, and I didnt at first. Its the act of having a story, then something goes wrong...my best example is "Deep Impact", the world is perfect - comet threatens alll life on earth - comet gets blown up and everyone is happy as larry).

I need to really think about this before I go to sleep, thats when I think best musically, thats where I was when modes finally clicked in my head, and its where I was when I was working out the last thing Master Yoda taught me lol.

I would ask my parents for the guitar for christmas, but it seems a bit much, a £700 guitar, plus the money they are putting forwards for University for me...I think I'll just ask for money for christmas and put it towards University, I can't think of anything else that I want other than an Ibanez 7-string and an amp worthy of live performance. But they can wait I guess.

Whoooo Momma made me some Apple Pie!

Tastey lol Not yet, I'm gonna pursuade my sister to let me steal her camera for a few minutes to do it now :-)

I figure if I'm going to look for a 7-string I'm going to look at the older ones rather than the RG1527...

However I can't find a price on an RG7640 or an RG7420...so could anyone tell me the prices of these guitars and which they recommend? please

Thanx

After all the lovely weather the midlands has been having for the past few weeks...today it completely and utterly pissed down...so hard in fact I couldn't be bothered to do anything...some may like the rain, but I hate the rain when im out doors lol