OT: Guitar Talk

[blindbaby]

holy shit... that must be a hell of a mental exercise.
did you re-string, or just re-learn the chords upside down?

I would assume restringing would be a tad easier of a transition.

I didn't re-string at all. I just hold the guitar on my lap -- a la Jeff Healy. I tried re-stringing a couple of years ago when I first starting getting focal dystonia in my right hand. I didn't really like this because a) I didn't have a reference for what I was doing; meaning that once the guitar was strung left handed, I couldn't "flip it over to the right hand" if I got stuck on something, b) the guitar wasn't set up properly for re-stringing so that some notes just wouldn't sound properly.

Anyways, I tried the left-handed/restrung thing for a few months a couple of years ago and just pretty much gave up. I went back to playing right handed which proved futile, time and time again. Finally, a month or so ago, I just said fuck it and decided I'm going to force myself to learn left handed or die trying. This "new style" of left handed playing really does work for me.

 

[SLY]

Anyone know of any decent free recording software. Now that my mic is working I'd like to record some shit. My mic blows, but I'll make due.

 

[SLY]

I know of Reaper and Audacity, just didnt know if there was a better free program out there.

 

[SLY]

This guy is just fucking awesome... So much feeling behind his music.

 

[puckhead]

speaking of guitars... joe's got a sweet collection

 

[SLY]

i just wrote something very bluesy... lol, i attempted vocals... i suck.

 

[blindbaby]

Anyone know of any decent free recording software. Now that my mic is working I'd like to record some shit. My mic blows, but I'll make due.

Missed this one earlier.

About the only free program I know of is Audacity, which is pretty basic, but useable. I know there's a couple of freebies that run on the Linux system, too.

I have an unopened, unused copy of Sonar LE 8.5.1 that you can have for free if you want. I got it free with a midi-controller, but since I already have the full version of Sonar, it's just a redundancy to me. If interested, just PM me.

 

[SLY]

speaking of guitars... joe's got a sweet collection

Holy HEAVEN!!! I love his music...

 

[Ho_Brah]

sup Jeff. Pretty cool guitar playing you have on Youtube..

here's something from the islands, slack key guitar.

[YOUTUBE]928-mPkesZM[/YOUTUBE]

 

[SLY]

Thanks Nate, that's some cool stuff you posted, I'll have to look into it.

 

[puckhead]

Thanks Nate, that's some cool stuff you posted, I'll have to look into it.

in other words.... 'bears watching'

/just looking for an excuse to post that pic.

 

[SLY]

lol

 

[puckhead]

The rules of the Blues:

1. Most Blues begin, "Woke up this morning..."

2. "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line like, "I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town."

3. The Blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then find something that rhymes... sort of: "Got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Yes, I got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher, and she weigh 500 pound."

4. The Blues is not about choice. You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch--ain't no way out.

5. Blues cars: Chevys, Fords, Cadillacs and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or Sport Utility Vehicles. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft and company motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.

6. Teenagers can't sing the Blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the Blues. In Blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.

7. Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or any place in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle is probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City are still the best places to have the Blues. You cannot have the blues in any place that don't get rain.

8. A man with male pattern baldness ain't the blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg cause you were skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg 'cause a alligator be chompin' on it is.

9. You can't have no Blues in a office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go outside to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.

10. Good places for the Blues:
a. Highway
b. Jailhouse
c. An empty bed
d. Bottom of a whiskey glass

11. Bad places for the Blues:
a. Nordstrom's
b. Gallery openings
c. Ivy league institutions
d. Golf courses

12. No one will believe it's the Blues if you wear a suit, 'less you happen to be a old ethnic person, and you slept in it.

13. You have the right to sing the Blues if:
a. You older than dirt
b. You blind
c. You shot a man in Memphis
d. You can't be satisfied

14. You don't have the right to sing the Blues if:
a. You have all your teeth
b. You were once blind but now can see
c. The man in Memphis lived
d. You have a pension fund

15. Blues is not a matter of color. It's a matter of bad luck. Tiger Woods cannot sing the blues. Sonny Liston could. Ugly white people also got a leg up on the blues.

16. If you ask for water and your darlin' give you gasoline, it's the Blues

17. Other acceptable Blues beverages are:
a. Cheap wine
b. Whiskey or bourbon
c. Muddy water
d. Nasty black coffee

18. The following are NOT Blues beverages:
a. Perrier
b. Chardonnay
c. Snapple
d. Slim Fast

19. If death occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it's a Blues death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is another Blues way to die. So is the electric chair, substance abuse and dying lonely on a broke-down cot. You can't have a Blues death if you die during a tennis match or while getting liposuction.

20. Some Blues names for women:
a. Sadie
b. Big Mama
c. Bessie
d. Fat River Dumpling

21. Some Blues names for men:
a. Joe
b. Willie
c. Little Willie
d. Big Willie

22. Persons with names like Michelle, Amber, Debbie, and Heather can't sing the Blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis.

23. Make your own Blues name Starter Kit: a. name of physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Lame, etc.) b. first name (see above) plus name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, Melon, Kiwi, etc.) c. last name of President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.) For example: Blind Lime Jefferson, Jackleg Lemon Johnson or Cripple Kiwi Fillmore, etc. (Well, maybe not "Kiwi.")

24. I don't care how tragic your life: if you own even one computer, you cannot sing the blues.


also: Music Humor - Blues Name Calculator
I'm Jailhouse Dog McGee

 

[blindbaby]

LOL, nice puck!

 

[puckhead]

I was born to do this

[YOUTUBE]6Z-97jtqi38[/YOUTUBE]


and Jeff will appreciate this
20 Guitar Tattoos You've Gotta See | Latest

 

[SLY]

Im leaving work right now, Ill check this out when I get home, got one more trip of moving to do Ugh... The gas I have gone through this past week is sickening.

 

[blindbaby]

I was born to do this

[YOUTUBE]6Z-97jtqi38[/YOUTUBE]


and Jeff will appreciate this
20 Guitar Tattoos You've Gotta See | Latest

That was both funny and painful; especially the end. Definitely LMAO-Facepalm material.

 

[blindbaby]

The Buddy Holly, Carlos Santana, and Fender tatties were amazing.

 

[SLY]

Lmao @ #12, its bad enough that it looks horrible... But Randy Roads?

 

[SLY]

I like the PRS bird scheme, looks cool. Unfortunately I can not afford one at the moment.