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Today, 02:41 PM
Thank you! This instrument amazes me every time I pick it up.
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Today, 02:34 PM
The Notated Lick Compendium.
A thread for posting and storing notated licks.
I like this quote:
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Today, 02:18 PM
I try to sort out the past here. It's therapy.
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Today, 02:12 PM
iim's commission threads are one of the best things about the forum. And he has some dandies. I remember the 'Roycroft Rose'. I look forward to...
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Today, 02:08 PM
More like a dirge in this instance... for whom did the bell toll?
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Today, 02:02 PM
Yes, one should be able to effortlessly play any melody one hears, except perhaps complicated be-bop melodies, etc. Being able to play what you hear...
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Today, 01:53 PM
https://youtu.be/nOLNeGaLkYw?si=jBhlB0oXmgWcZrN4
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Today, 01:38 PM
The variation of placement position of a phrase into the tempo is "beat width", which in jazz is highly desired to be as "fat" as can be musically...
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Today, 01:33 PM
Gee Skip, I am not a mental health professional but that sounds suspiciously like a form of depression to me, specifically what is clinically called...
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Today, 01:29 PM
You are a patient and gracious lord.
I guess it’s constructive criticism time?
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Today, 01:24 PM
I think that the way to memorize melody is the same way any non-musician can sing a popular song they like.
You listen to the song, learn the...
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Today, 01:18 PM
I forgot to mention a very important thing I do first: I listen to as many versions and especially vocal versions of a tune as I can find. I download...
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Today, 01:14 PM
A Brazilian resonator
Del Vecchio (guitar maker) - Wikipedia
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Today, 01:12 PM
What the heck is that guitar?
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Today, 01:06 PM
Beautiful playing and wonderful sound. Chet Atkins used Del Vecchios for one of his signature sounds for decades. My recollection is that they...
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Today, 12:59 PM
Peter -
There's nothing wrong with what you did, it's very impressive as I said. It was just hard for me to follow, that's all. I mean, you must...
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Today, 12:47 PM
A lot of slower versions but most I would call maybe down swing. Not really ballad. Most of the time I’ve heard it live it’s closer to the Sonny...
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Today, 12:47 PM
The Wayback are from San Fran and Dead-adjacent. They did a long jam featuring Casey Jones segueing into Help on the Way then Lawyers, Guns and...
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Today, 12:46 PM
lovely
the low end of that guitar is
coming out great now
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Today, 12:43 PM
Sounds to me like you’re doing it right. I found a sport coat on eBay that fits better, but I still need a longer sleeve. There ought to be a...
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Today, 12:41 PM
WOW. Thank you. I think. lol
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Today, 12:37 PM
Stevebol - sounds like you’ve had quite the colorful life. Need to write a book!
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Today, 12:37 PM
Just got back from a trip to Bristol, TN, my family home and the location of a great music festival, the BRRR, now in its 20th year.
I went to 2...
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Today, 12:31 PM
Great 3 knob amp.
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Today, 12:30 PM
I learn it in two distinct approaches: By tonal phrase and as an entire melody intact. This is with the ear.
In learning it on the guitar, I'll...
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Today, 12:17 PM
The Bad Plus new album:
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Today, 12:17 PM
Tbf I never told you about the time a guy I knew (sax player) threatened Ray Davies when he was rude about Belgium. There’s more to the story.
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Today, 12:14 PM
Did they inhabit a sort of Demi-Mond?
Good grief kill me now.
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Today, 12:12 PM
Oh, come on, it's practically a folk song!
Stream AT by ragman | Listen online for free on SoundCloud
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Today, 12:12 PM
I love Floating Points, particularly his album with Pharaoh Sanders.
He has a new album out, which is pretty techno, but more interesting than...
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Today, 12:09 PM
I am not quite retired, but I do like to travel. We recently got a Class C RV for longer travels. We took it out to the East coast last week for a...
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Today, 12:00 PM
ok thanks , understood ….
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Today, 11:54 AM
I enjoy traveling very much. A few years ago my spouse and I decided to get a camper and do some touring. I like to play outside and get a new twist...
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Today, 11:52 AM
FORUM PRICE: $450 shipped in the lower 48. PayPal only please, or cash if you're local to the New Orleans area (welcome to come audition).
The...
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Today, 11:47 AM
Back when I did solo gigs, I was asked to be part of a group that did volunteer fundraisers.
First gig I showed up in a jacket and tie, as I...
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Today, 11:32 AM
Yes, you can definitely use MP3s with Soundslice. When adding a "recording," choose MP3 instead of YouTube. See here for details.
There are...
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Today, 11:31 AM
I learn the first couple of lines of
lyrics with the tune then feel my way through the rest
hear it
sing it
play it (or fumble through it)
...
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Today, 11:30 AM
Weekend bumpity!
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Today, 11:27 AM
Damn, the head of the astrophysics must've had some questions from law enforcement. That's unfortunate that fool didn't see any prison time. Off...
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Today, 11:24 AM
Eliott mentions in his podcast that one advantage of Cork's approach to memorizing tunes is that it improves one's improvisation because one stops...
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Today, 11:23 AM
Never played it as a ballad. Don't know what you're on about
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Today, 11:20 AM
That was awesome.
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Today, 11:04 AM
No one's as good as Rollins. As for singing while I play, I don't do that. Unless I'm singing, if you see what I mean :smile-new:
I was a singer...
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Today, 11:03 AM
I noticed that your from Kalamazoo,Michigan. I can’t help but laugh at the irony of your posting Leo Fenders’s designs, Lol! :smile-new:
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Today, 11:02 AM
A follow-up question about entering music into SoundSlice. I watched a video on this and the guy entered a YouTube video and went to work...
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Today, 11:01 AM
I'm reminded of my time in astrophysics school. There was a bunch of goths who called themselves the 'Dark Matters'. They'd go around bullying anyone...
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Today, 11:00 AM
If I ever had a kid, I wouldn't let him or her go into jazz music. Jazz music won't be played around the house at all. It's too dangerous of an...
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Today, 10:47 AM
My parents knew academia would eat me alive. They were classical pianists. Mom said go run with gangsters.
It's safer. I wound up in Japan. That was...
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Today, 10:40 AM
What are you a gangster rap group? I'm kidding. It sounds like you were hot.
Bandleaders were very happy to get rid of me back in 1980's...
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Today, 10:33 AM
Block chords, Red!
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Today, 10:20 AM
Fwiw, Hand written serial #s are "Roger NYC" setup guitars. Stamped is Japanese, Source: Roger Sadowsky, Jan 2024
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Today, 10:17 AM
This is what I am talking about.
Moving the melody and positions to meet descending the chord changes.
On a side note, I do believe I was...
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Today, 10:06 AM
That really sounds fantastic. If he has that setup for slide, he must have hammers for fingers!
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Today, 09:55 AM
I actually took Krav Maga classes when I was at university to stay in shape and a girl I liked went to the same gym. I never had to use my training...
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Today, 09:49 AM
Not sure I follow. Where are you playing the melody when you do this?
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Today, 09:40 AM
The year should be written in on the label inside.
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Today, 09:29 AM
Linearly would be moving the melody of say Autumn Leaves Gm starting at the 10th fret and then hitting then coming back to Gm on the 3rd fret...
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Today, 09:28 AM
Well that sounds like a personal problem.
Yes, dear boy, I am aware that I am not as good or musical as Sonny Rollins.
Well then...
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Today, 09:11 AM
I know, especially after time away. But I can't really tell what you're doing, that's the trouble. I don't know whether you played the Abo or the E7,...
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Today, 09:04 AM
I assume by linearly you mean along strings or string sets rather than in position?
Definitely string sets for me unless it’s super technical,...
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Today, 08:59 AM
I thought he was salvageable. It all depended upon how he reacted to being caught and outed publicly and dealing with my anger. And I used it in...
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Today, 08:46 AM
That's a beauty. And I've always loved the complex circuits. Leo was brilliant.
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Today, 08:44 AM
See the melody linearly, or in as close to one position as possible?
Thoughts?
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Today, 08:42 AM
The melody is the song, not the changes.
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Today, 08:28 AM
Thanks.
That is generally what I already do, though I do the reverse, I see the melody within the chords.
I do sing along as well.
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Today, 08:13 AM
Pingu, it's 5 dB louder and sounds just bigger. The new Jensen Falcon 8 is meant to please the rawk crowd, meaning great overdrive sound for eg....
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Today, 08:00 AM
Grant Green, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins, also I just felt like it.
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Today, 07:51 AM
We are still a long way out from Gary starting this project in earnest next year, but we came up with a headstock inlay design more based on a 1925...
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Today, 07:27 AM
There is a echo twin up on goodwill. Its pickup only up in minnesota. If anyone is going up that way of lives there, you can probably get it for a...
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Today, 07:10 AM
I always hope to remember what key I'm improvising in :redface-new:
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Today, 05:21 AM
I can relate, totally!
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Today, 04:21 AM
Mostly zooby dooby squiddly bop, and buddely dumba da! Da!
It’s pretty embarrassing. Probably I’m doing it wrong.
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Today, 04:09 AM
Haha, love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlR9xasmhWw
EDIT: When the music coms from deep within people will rather close their eyes...
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Today, 03:03 AM
I see it as a sign of human greatness if it is possible to make mistakes (of course not all the time) and to apologize. No one is perfect. From what...
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Today, 02:49 AM
Well, it's very good, of course, but Alone Together is a slowish ballad!
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Today, 01:53 AM
(Yeah, Reg, I know that in the end you have to be able to play fast, so you have to bring your chops up to speed but)
I think the Tristano/Marsh...
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Today, 01:39 AM
You have omitted voicings of a few chord types, e.g., Dominant 7th, Sus2 and 6/9 chords.
Sometimes you include the chord tones on the low E string...
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Today, 01:16 AM
It took me many years before I started noticing that if a phrase came into my head that I knew very well (from practicing it hundreds of times), but...
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Today, 12:47 AM
Misplaced phrases.
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Today, 12:39 AM
Being in the moment.
Bird quotes:
"You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get...
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Today, 12:36 AM
what happens less?
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Today, 12:05 AM
Sometimes I think about chords and pull melodies from them, other times it’s key center noodling. Depends on the song and how I’m feeling.
If...
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Today, 12:03 AM
Yeah, I think when I audiate this happens a lot less even if it is just rhythmic syllables and not actual pitches.
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Yesterday, 11:57 PM
On a good day, my hands are on autopilot and I’m just listening. On the best days not to myself.
I think there’s this misconception about how you...
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Yesterday, 11:49 PM
Probably is. But not being able to go inside other's heads, what are other people doing in the moment when improvising?
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Yesterday, 11:49 PM
I don't understand
My pp wants an ainy
And not a male one
:smile-new:
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Yesterday, 11:45 PM
I hate to say it but the problem is probably that whole “thinking of a phrase” thing :nightmare:
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Yesterday, 11:40 PM
I'm the one who originally told pauln he hadn't written a correct haiku when he first posed one. So I know the form of a haiku. Was doing a goofy...
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Yesterday, 11:25 PM
It's not recovering, it's called improvising. I play around with starting and ending phrases early or late all the time.
My recent favorite...
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Yesterday, 11:23 PM
I learn the lyrics and sing the melody while I practice (or try to figure out by ear) the changes. The lyrics are helpful for the phrasing and for...
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Yesterday, 11:19 PM
I find myself thinking of a phrase I want to play and then have a tendency to come in late. This is especially bad if I was envisioning starting on...
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Yesterday, 10:54 PM
What is the best way to memorize melodies and how many keys do you REALLY need to know them in? I'm asking specifically for melody because I'm...
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Yesterday, 10:45 PM
I wonder. If someone posts an NBD (New Bow Day) on a cello forum about their new Douglas Ragusa or Argus T9, do they have to scroll through troll...
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Yesterday, 10:23 PM
I'm retired and not enjoying it much because I've never had a hobby - always been work whether music or art - could never separate them from the...
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Yesterday, 10:06 PM
Alone Together … some really pleasant-to-listen-to muttering in this one. Enjoy.
https://youtu.be/lskOHSMMy3M?si=iSw6-rYp_dKDxK-f
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Yesterday, 09:59 PM
I had pretty much the same symptoms befall my own TomKat model. Took it to my very reliable local tech guy a few months ago, and he couldn't repair...
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Yesterday, 08:42 PM
I see chip marks on the fret board binding as if the guitar fell forward and maybe resulted in the neck joint lacquer separation on the opposite end....
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Yesterday, 08:34 PM
Now that I’ve had a taste of running the band and playing in another bar band. I prefer to be in charge.
The big band is good too, it’s run by a...
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Yesterday, 08:00 PM
The number of syllables in this haiku confirms that you're mad at rhythms.
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Yesterday, 07:50 PM
The people that retire and say they don't know what they will do to fill their time are just sad in my opinion.Hate to sound harsh but it's...
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Yesterday, 07:31 PM
I guess that's the reason I call you Mark. No need for formal last names :)
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Yesterday, 07:21 PM
I was always impressed how our big band leader could sip his pint and rhythmically cue the bones.
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Yesterday, 07:07 PM
Ha - right!
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Yesterday, 07:00 PM
Good recent thread here, too.
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Yesterday, 06:41 PM
Thank you! Yeah the issue is that these archtop Waterloos are next to impossible to find. They are amazing instruments though.
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Yesterday, 06:35 PM
You are correct Sir.
I need syllables not words
For Haiku structure.
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Yesterday, 06:11 PM
Odd question but my guess is most of the regulars here are at least semi-retired and older. I find that I am a homebody at heart. I really don't like...
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Yesterday, 06:05 PM
Oops. Sorry.
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Yesterday, 05:17 PM
Rhythms you say?
Rhythms Complete Bugs Bower
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Yesterday, 05:15 PM
Adding standard 6th and augmented wouldn’t hurt. I mean, you could go on forever adding features, open voicing, drop 2, specific string set voicings....
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Yesterday, 05:12 PM
I started the thread as a band leader to see what the hired players like and don’t like. So I can do my job better.
I started as a band leader, no...
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Yesterday, 05:06 PM
Band form attacking band leaders or anybody in the band. Help, not attack. It's a sign of insecurity and ONLY causes division and ultimately is the...
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Yesterday, 04:52 PM
Someone seriously tell me what beats an L5. AFAIK nothing. Does an L5 plugged into a BF vibrolux count?
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Yesterday, 04:50 PM
cool
does the 8 have more bottom
or is it just louder
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Yesterday, 04:15 PM
I'll be sucking the walls of her AINY!!
0:45 :smile-new:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg3iQsaDucQ
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Yesterday, 04:09 PM
Unless "it" happens to be an H. :numbness:
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Yesterday, 03:51 PM
I admit I'm mad at rhythms
I try to jam with regular notes and soul rhythms and I can't do it
Tony traumatized me
I need complex notes
Mad at...
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Yesterday, 03:48 PM
I just didn't want to sound like an idiot if I call about one lol
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Yesterday, 03:48 PM
When ur mad ur mad.
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Yesterday, 03:42 PM
Looks good. It might be nice to allow showing interval names, replacing note names. A button could allow you to toggle between the two.
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Yesterday, 03:34 PM
And then there's his former apprentice - Dah-KWEES-toe - I've heard it pronounced Dee-ah-KEES-toe, which would make him Spanish instead of...
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Yesterday, 03:27 PM
Bobby Timmons thinks
Everyone is mad, but he’s
The maddest of all
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Yesterday, 03:24 PM
I wish I’d noticed this post earlier. Years ago I opened up my Jazzkat to look at the layout of the circuit board. As I recall the effect chip was on...
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Yesterday, 03:20 PM
Ha - a very entertaining discussion : ) In "proper" Italian, the correct pronunciation of my last name is Cahm-pehl-LO-neh, with accent on the 3rd...
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Yesterday, 03:01 PM
I ate the whole can
The room smells like a bad egg
Beans beans magical
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Yesterday, 02:50 PM
That's Greg Ruggiero, who (as I understand it) was instrumental in getting Markku to make a smaller, easily portable version of his TOOB speakers –...
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