I'm not too uptight about much, but the 4th of July is a date. Independence Day is the holiday we celebrate.
/ Steps off pedantry soapbox....
802 2012-07-02 17:12:03
Re: SG vs. V or Explorer (2 replies, posted in Electric)
None, other than I was playing an SG last night, and commented that the neck felt really, really short. I love that Gibson crunch, but I didn't like the neck, either. I think it's because I play bass a lot, so I prefer big wide necks.
803 2012-06-29 18:57:11
Re: I was told by another it didn't matter` (20 replies, posted in Acoustic)
topdown wrote:
The rhythm matters, the beat matters, the feel and tempo matters. Strumming patterns don't mean a hill of beans. You can oftentimes play the same song in numerous patterns and each sound as good as the other. You can even vary strumming patterns in the same song. That's why I hate "what is the strumming pattern to this song" questions - there ain't no such thing - strum what feels and sounds good for the moment, then change it when the feeling moves you. If it sounds good it is good.
What I call that up there, is truth. My only complaint is I have to figure out how top got into my head to say it for me. 
804 2012-06-28 16:14:33
Re: What do you do for fun? (16 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I'm cursed with broad and varied interests.
805 2012-06-26 16:35:16
Re: instruments of the world. (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
It's called a Stroh Violin. They're poplular in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, apparently.T
he lady holding it, Annalisia Hornfeld is a local player in Portland that kicks around with 3/5ths of The Decemberists with a group called Black Prairie. Like the Decemberists, they're really good, and really depressing, so they look for an appropriate amount of weirdness in their instrumentation.
806 2012-06-25 18:42:50
Re: instruments of the world. (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I'd bet he doesn't have one of these...
807 2012-06-19 19:12:40
Re: Relearning (5 replies, posted in Acoustic)
That is on my list of things to do. "Light touch" is relevant to almost everything we do, and I'm a guy that likes to squash stuff, just to be sure.
808 2012-06-15 18:15:14
Re: Dumb (24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
dino48 wrote:
beamer wrote:jerome.oneil wrote:Don't feel bad. I've seen US Marines drill holes all the way through computers so they could bolt them to the desk to make the ship ready for heavy seas.
Happens to the best of us!
That is because they did not call the Navy metal smith to do it for them! We used metal bands across them in a sorta U shape. LOLOLOLand mount them to the desk. They must not have been Airdale marines. cause they train the same place we did.
I think the Marines sometimes take there frustrions out on machines if you keep them out of battle zones for two long.
If you put two Marines in a room with a rock, the rock will end up broken or missing. Neither will have seen anything.
True fact!
809 2012-06-14 20:27:44
Re: Dumb (24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Don't feel bad. I've seen US Marines drill holes all the way through computers so they could bolt them to the desk to make the ship ready for heavy seas.
Happens to the best of us!
810 2012-06-13 19:34:17
Re: Carvin Stagemate as Vocal Monitor? (4 replies, posted in Electric)
If it's a powered amp you should be able to drive it directly from the mixer, rather than the PA.
811 2012-06-13 19:32:14
Re: Key of "B" (9 replies, posted in Music theory)
If it's in B, you should be playing a I IV V progression as B, E, F#. A major would be "outside" the progression.
A chord progression of B A E A E B would more likely be in E major.
812 2012-06-08 16:26:31
Re: June birthdays (33 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I ceased to have birthdays a while ago, but when I did have them they were always at the end of the month.
You may have a beer (as if you need a reason) in remembrance.
813 2012-06-08 16:24:56
Re: Open Scale shapes (7 replies, posted in Music theory)
What I think you will discover as you practice is that those "five new patters" are really just "five patterns" and what you have been playing all along fits neatly into one of those.
Good luck with the fingerpicking. Mine sucks!
814 2012-06-07 16:42:29
Re: YouTube in a Death Spiral? (17 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Detman101 wrote:
manicbassman wrote:topdown wrote:Firefox + AdBlock Plus = No ads!
I wouldn't use the net without it.
+1
really missing adblock on the Android mobile version of Firefox...
Another reason to leave blackberry and get the Samsung Galaxy-II...
*sigh*
Dm
BB10 is pretty dang cool, if you have the patience to wait for it.
815 2012-06-07 16:19:18
Re: Best Band Ever!!!!!!! You choose and share you're thoughts!!!!! (231 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
The Dwarves.
816 2012-06-01 23:37:53
Re: Inverted Chords (31 replies, posted in Music theory)
How can I be sure you and I aren't the same person?
817 2012-06-01 22:56:44
Re: Inverted Chords (31 replies, posted in Music theory)
There's a joke about the trinity in here somewhere, but we ain't making it....
818 2012-06-01 22:31:10
Re: Inverted Chords (31 replies, posted in Music theory)
Your head is really gonna spin around when you find out we are really the same person. 
819 2012-06-01 17:28:42
Re: Inverted Chords (31 replies, posted in Music theory)
Baldguitardude wrote:
My convos go: "Dude wrong note."
"No, you said play a G chord."
"I said G minor chord."
"That's what I played!!!"
"Play it again please...ok ok. See that note...? That's a B natural. Lower your index finger a fret...there you go....that's a G minor."
"I like the way it sounds better when I play it my way."
"Yeah but then we're playing two different - dude please just play a power chord ok?"
Haha! I have that conversation a lot, too.
"Can you play the G rather than the F#?"
"Why?"
"Because it's in E minor and no one will know if you don't."
820 2012-06-01 16:42:44
Re: Led Zep track the favourite rock song? (26 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Man, I see this is an old track, and I'm repeating myself.
821 2012-06-01 16:40:05
Re: Led Zep track the favourite rock song? (26 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
manicbassman wrote:
Stairway to Heaven only keeps getting voted up there because that's the only song most people these days remember them for... It's NOT their best song... they have far far better tracks to select from... Kashmir, Communication Breakdown, Whole Lotta Love, When the Levee Breaks... just to give a few. It's just that people have such a hard time picking just one song from their catalogue that they play safe and pick StH just to ensure LZ gets top spot...
This and that, right up there.
As a certified Zep nut, let me pontificate for a moment. Stairway isn't even the best song on that album, let alone of all time. Misty Mountain Hop and Going to California can battle it out for the best on the album title.
Best Zep track of all time, though?.... Hmmmm I'll go with Bron Yr Aur Stomp, Dazed and Confused, or Immigrant Song.
822 2012-06-01 16:31:51
Re: Inverted Chords (31 replies, posted in Music theory)
Astronomikal wrote:
jerome.oneil wrote:We are a country oriented punk band...
Probably not many of those around, so you may have invented a new genre of music. You'll have to come up with a name for it. I suggest "mash-mosh" (Mash for corn whiskey, mosh as in pit.)
We call it "Cow Punk" or "Rock-n-Tonk." Ain't nothing new under the sun, though. Hank Williams III does a lot of good stuff like that, and there is a really cool country scene popping up here in Seattle, which tied in with our grungy past, is coming up with some nifty little bands. Locals like The Fuzz and Shamewreck are doing pretty cool stuff.
What do you guys mean by "color tones"?
As BHD notes, any note above the 5th is a color tone. There are really only two types of chords, triads and 7ths. So any time you see a Zb13 chord, you can cheat a bit and play it as a Zb7, as all 9, 11, and 13's are just 7s with the color tones added. It's a good way to expand your repertoire, as all those songs that looked really complicated become a lot more simple, and you can learn the color chords on your own time.
823 2012-06-01 16:25:09
Re: Inverted Chords (31 replies, posted in Music theory)
Baldguitardude wrote:
You can prolly forgo color tones and just play roots and fifths while you drink jim beam from the bottle. Just sayin.
We do a lot of that, but there are some more melodic tunes that allow me to wander the fretboard. Overall, it's pretty satisfying. The crowds generally like us, and the bars keep inviting us back, so we're OK. Country bass is sort of the Haiku of music. It's a generally well defined form, but there is actually a lot you can do with it.
We have committed to generally improving our musicianship, though, so perhaps there's some kind of prog-rock future for us.
824 2012-05-31 22:32:08
Re: Inverted Chords (31 replies, posted in Music theory)
We are a country oriented punk band, so yeah, power chords and chunkin' (we call it "The Chucka Chucka") is where it's at.
825 2012-05-31 21:17:37
Re: Inverted Chords (31 replies, posted in Music theory)
As a guy that primarily plays bass, I wholeheartedly agree. My guitar player isn't even remotely a theory guy, though, so it's sometimes hard to explain what I mean. As a result, I often play the 3rd or the color tones.