Music... I Listened to Some

herzalot said:
Why am I not surprised that you are a BHTATM fan? You and I keep discovering parallel tastes in damn near everything. BitterSweet is one of my faves to play on guitar, as is most everything else on the album. When I saw Todd live (at The Grove with Collective Soul), I was shocked at what a talented guitarist he is.
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Yeah, they're one of those bands that might seem out of place nestled among the stuff I usually listen to, and I definitely listen to them in spurts, but when I do it's like a breath of fresh air. The Black Crowes kind of fall into that category as well.

I didn't realize you played guitar. Assuming I'm laid up as expected, my wife said I HAVE to find some sort of project to occupy myself with. I think that's going to be starting guitar. I was a music major in college (percussion), so it's not like I'd be starting from scratch from a theory standpoint. I've always wished I could play, but just never made it happen. Perhaps it's time.
 
buggravy said:
Yeah, they're one of those bands that might seem out of place nestled among the stuff I usually listen to, and I definitely listen to them in spurts, but when I do it's like a breath of fresh air. The Black Crowes kind of fall into that category as well.

I didn't realize you played guitar. Assuming I'm laid up as expected, my wife said I HAVE to find some sort of project to occupy myself with. I think that's going to be starting guitar. I was a music major in college (percussion), so it's not like I'd be starting from scratch from a theory standpoint. I've always wished I could play, but just never made it happen. Perhaps it's time.
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Do piano instead. If you can play that, you can play anything. :thumbsup: (I took 8 years of piano and 5 of guitar)
 
Runs with Scissors said:
Do piano instead. If you can play that, you can play anything. :thumbsup: (I took 8 years of piano and 5 of guitar)
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Not as portable, generally. : )


@buggravy, that’s a great idea! I’m gearing up for music this winter as well. I’m about to take on a new acoustic guitar. If you’d like to adopt my Seagull 12-string, I'm seeking a home for it.

It’s not worth anything as a trade in. Cost me $600 new from Guitar Shoppe in Laguna Beach in 1993. The bridge is pulling away slightly from the body with no effect on sound or playability. Someday it might fail. My guitar tech buddy went through it completely this summer, has fresh truss rod adjustment, new strings and includes a hard case.

It’s a great campfire guitar with some scratches and a nicely worn fretboard. I have to be ruthless with space in our present mode, or I would store it. I was going to donate it to ASPCA in Reno, but would love to put it in the hands of someone who wants to play. Especially a bro. LMK.
 
herzalot said:
@mike aren't 12 strings notoriously hard to tune and keep in tune? Asking for a friend.
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With 12 strings being twice as many, yes, it is kind of like two guitars. But tuners make it easy if you can keep track of which tuning key you’re twisting.

It stays in tune as well as a 6, but when the high strings sre out it might be more noticeable. I think the way a 12 is generally played (more strumming and picking, less lead noodling) lends to that, just a theory.
 
mike said:
Not as portable, generally. : )


@buggravy, that’s a great idea! I’m gearing up for music this winter as well. I’m about to take on a new acoustic guitar. If you’d like to adopt my Seagull 12-string, I'm seeking a home for it.

It’s not worth anything as a trade in. Cost me $600 new from Guitar Shoppe in Laguna Beach in 1993. The bridge is pulling away slightly from the body with no effect on sound or playability. Someday it might fail. My guitar tech buddy went through it completely this summer, has fresh truss rod adjustment, new strings and includes a hard case.

It’s a great campfire guitar with some scratches and a nicely worn fretboard. I have to be ruthless with space in our present mode, or I would store it. I was going to donate it to ASPCA in Reno, but would love to put it in the hands of someone who wants to play. Especially a bro. LMK.
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Hey Mike, that's a super rad offer. I think keeping things as simple as possible, i.e. half the strings, is probably in my best interest at this point. Also, until I'm fully committed to the idea I wouldn't want to run the risk of squatting on an instrument that someone else could put to good use. Again though, super cool offer, and thanks for thinking of me.
 
buggravy said:
Hey Mike, that's a super rad offer. I think keeping things as simple as possible, i.e. half the strings, is probably in my best interest at this point. Also, until I'm fully committed to the idea I wouldn't want to run the risk of squatting on an instrument that someone else could put to good use. Again though, super cool offer, and thanks for thinking of me.
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All good, thanks, Matt. Sounds rational to me. 12 strings are not for the faint of tuning ambition or finger strength!
 
Probably a regional and time of life thing as much as anything for me. Shake Your Money Maker came out when I was 16. I'd just gotten my license, was just starting to choose music as a path, and lived in the South. It just felt cool and important as soon as I heard it, and helped me fall deeper in love with music. They've definitely put out some stuff I don't care for, and Chris strikes me as pretty unlikable, but they'll always be a favorite and their best stuff definitely still gets me deep. As an aside, I got to briefly hang out with their original and long term drummer, Steve Gorman, a number of years ago, and he was such a nice and unassuming guy. As a drummer hanging out with the drummer from my favorite band when I started drumming was pretty awesome.
 
buggravy said:
As an aside, I got to briefly hang out with their original and long term drummer, Steve Gorman, a number of years ago, and he was such a nice and unassuming guy. As a drummer hanging out with the drummer from my favorite band when I started drumming was pretty awesome.
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This I can relate to and get behind. I just never liked their music/lyrics/vibe.

My friend and I sat on the edge of a stage sharing a beer with Stuart Adamson and Mark Brzezinski once after their band played a bar in Golden, CO (1994). I still can't believe that happened. Imagine your biggest musical hero, then imagine having a nice 2x2 conversation for 20 minutes, just hanging out in a bar. Coors Winterfest, of course.

Your love for Black Crowes is hereby certified as OK. :thumbsup:
 
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Rediscovering some good chit...Old Hippie by the Bellamy Brothers.


He turned thirty-five last Sunday
In his hair he found some gray
But he still ain't changed his lifestyle
He likes it better the old way
So he grows a little garden in the backyard by the fence
He's consuming what he's growing nowadays in self defense
He gets out there in the twilight zone sometimes
When it just don't make no sense

Yeah he gets off on country music
'Cause disco left him cold
He's got young friends into new wave
But he's just too frigging old
And he dreams at night of Woodstock and the day John Lennon died
How the music made him happy and the silence made him cry
Yeah he thinks of John sometimes
And he has to wonder why

He's an old hippie
And he don't know what to do
Should he hang on to the old
Should he grab on to the new
He's an old hippie
This new life is just a bust
He ain't trying to change nobody
He's just trying real hard to adjust

He was sure back in the Sixties
That everyone was hip
Then they sent him off to Vietnam
On his senior trip
And they forced him to become a man while he was still a boy
And behind each wave of tragedy he waited for the joy
Now this world may change around him
But he just can't change no more

'Cause he's an old hippie
And he don't know what to do
Should he hang on to the old
Should he grab on to the new
He's an old hippie
This new life is just a bust
He ain't trying to change nobody
He's just trying real hard to adjust

Well he stays away a lot now
From the parties and the clubs
And he's thinking while he's joggin' 'round
Sure is glad he quit the hard drugs
'Cause him and his kind get more endangered every day
And pretty soon the species will just up and fade away
Like the smoke from that torpedo
Just up and fade away

He's an old hippie
And he don't know what to do
Should he hang on to the old
Should he grab on to the new
He's an old hippie
This new life is just a bust
He ain't trying to change nobody
He's just trying real hard to adjust

Yeah he ain't tryin' to change nobody,
he's just trying real hard to adjust
 
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Runs with Scissors said:
Channeling the millennials, I signed up with Spotify - the free version. Holy crap, how do they give this stuff away? I already have three full-day playlists. :inlove:

And since it's at work, it's their WiFi and not my data. :whistling:
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Careful there, some resourceful intern at my office keeps getting onto my account and all they listen to is System of a down.o_O That kid is ruining my sad old punk dude street cred with the spotify algorithm.
Also, if you have a kid in college, you can get Spotify and Hulu through him/her for $5 a month!
 
buggravy said:
Yeah, they're one of those bands that might seem out of place nestled among the stuff I usually listen to, and I definitely listen to them in spurts, but when I do it's like a breath of fresh air. The Black Crowes kind of fall into that category as well.

I didn't realize you played guitar. Assuming I'm laid up as expected, my wife said I HAVE to find some sort of project to occupy myself with. I think that's going to be starting guitar. I was a music major in college (percussion), so it's not like I'd be starting from scratch from a theory standpoint. I've always wished I could play, but just never made it happen. Perhaps it's time.
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Do it now....about 10 years ago I used to to say "when I retire, I'm going to learn to play guitar"...my wife looked at me with a bemused smile and asked why I would would wait.....so my fingers are more arthritic when I start? The next day I signed up for some lessons and have been playing ever since...I even play bass in a local Americana/Blues band....one of the best things she has ever talked me in to. It's a great creative outlet and just feels plain old good!The first few years are a bit frustrating because my progress was slow, but at some point, you reach a tipping point and actually understand what you are doing and your fingers listen to your brain.....now singing while playing is a whole 'nother animal. I still struggle with that.....thankfully now as a bassist, I'm not expected to do much singing.
 
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