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[Duran 387]

And, FUCK YOU MIKE OF TULSA, YOU PIECE OF CARAUDIO.COM SHIT!

hopefully nothing happen to his sale..

Sale of what?

i believe he has a thread in the for sale section. 2 tasty mj 18's that i wish i had a house to put them in

Wait... Ryan was selling 2 MJ-18's??? The damn thread should have been deleted because it was NOT mentioned in the H0P first!

He said he was selling in the RTMS

[///M5 2,833]

i dont know if we have any musically inclined guys who frequent the HOP but if you are, im thinking about learning guitar... i've been thinking about it for quite a long time and im pretty determined to learn. im a big gamer and after seeing the new rock band game actually releasing a guitar through fender that is a working guitar as well as an actual controller (basically there are sensors along the neck of the guitar to detect your fingers)made me interested in giving it a try. trust me if i spent half the time i usually spend playing COD or halo on learning guitar it would not take long to learn at all..

of course the price is a bit ridiculous considering you need the guitar @ 280 bucks, game @ 30-40 bucks used, and a midi adapter @ 40 bucks.

im sure some of you might be turned off to the price but what are your opinions?

No game will teach you how to play. If you want to learn, start with classical.

The real question is long term what are your goals...

just looking to pick it up as a hobby, i'll continue doing it as long as its still entertaining to me. maybe it would be better to think of the game as a learning tool. the songs you play use the exact cords, etc as "real life".

my dad has a classical (or acoustic guitar) in the house somewhere, i would have to see if it is in working condition but it might make for a better starting point then 300 dollars in gear.

What do you want to play?

My reasoning for classical is a bit unfair. It is by far the hardest instrument to play in the world in that regard, but it will make it super easy to play ANY rock song. I took classical guitar lessons from the time I was 6 throughout high school. I never really held any other type of guitar until 8th grade, but within a week of dicking around on an axe I had picked up more songs than all the other "band" members in our school and was put on stage a week later. It was super easy to make the transition. Throughout high school & college, I played guitar in a stage band (big band covers), a Metallica cover band, a reggae band, a classic rock band, all with never really needing to practice anything. A few bouts through any song and I was fine....the exception being Jazz. Holy shit is comping chords fast hard and nearly exclusively the reason I listen to so much of it. Everything else is just simple. A Jazz start is better with classical though as you really need the theory. Had some fun in college too, took guitar/piano lessons from Ray Charles's pianist.

sounds like you got quite the head start on me with music.

are big hands required for the classical guitar, looks like you need some ape hands to play that bitch.

No. Some crazy ass Spaniards with dinky hands dominate that scene.

Quite a bit ahead of everyone that I know in that regard. You've seen Ferris B's day off? Cameron's parents and mine were similar except mine had no money but had very strong beliefs on development.

not familiar with the film (its 4 years older then me lol). from reading a summary of the movie i know a few friends from grade school with parents who were more along those lines with raising their kids. i was always a pretty smart kid so i think my parents didn't worry about development,etc. they were pretty much useless by the time i got to the greater than and less than symbols :lmao:

what's really hilarious is that they really dont know what physics is or understand how that translates to a job.. i told them its kind of like engineering and they equate that with making big money lol

i tried the drums in 4th or 5th grade. wasn't my thing i guess.

i think ill start by getting my dad's old acoustic restrung and give it a shot? its an ugly ass guitar so if i decide to stick with it i'll be back with more question on purchasing my own, ill post some pics later.

what do you think? any recommendations on how to get started? sources for learning the basics,etc?

Scales and Chords. Not even sure I know what you listen to....that would perhaps change my recommendations.

4 yrs older,

[///M5 2,833]

we dont have an acoustics minor here unfortunately, not even an acoustics class

Neither did we, I wrote my own independent study and senior comps (thesis) proposal.

[lithium 358]

Snowshoes:

SEX

[///M5 2,833]

I am officially a grandpa. That is disturbing.

Congratulations! Hopefully someday I will be as well, but I do hope it is 30 years from now

But then you will be too old to hold the baby

I'll be younger than my dad and he still holds our baby

[lithium 358]

great to hear, i really need to nail down fields i'm interested in soon. its a bit embarrassing to tell people i have no idea what the fuck im going to do with my life as a junior in college. lately i've been just telling people im thinking about grad school... which shuts up most of my relatives as they have no fucking clue as to what im doing

Haha. First year of grad school and I still don't know what the heck I'm doing.

thank goodness its not just me...

[lithium 358]

we dont have an acoustics minor here unfortunately, not even an acoustics class

Neither did we, I wrote my own independent study and senior comps (thesis) proposal.

that's a hell of a way to do it!

a new professor here does shit in acoustics (seems to be more of on the side), i think ill have a chat with him when i get back to school and see what exactly he is working on.

his main field is dealing with Bose-Einstein condensates

[///M5 2,833]

Where are you studying?

[lithium 358]

cut some of this down

not familiar with the film (its 4 years older then me lol). from reading a summary of the movie i know a few friends from grade school with parents who were more along those lines with raising their kids. i was always a pretty smart kid so i think my parents didn't worry about development,etc. they were pretty much useless by the time i got to the greater than and less than symbols :lmao:

what's really hilarious is that they really dont know what physics is or understand how that translates to a job.. i told them its kind of like engineering and they equate that with making big money lol

i tried the drums in 4th or 5th grade. wasn't my thing i guess.

i think ill start by getting my dad's old acoustic restrung and give it a shot? its an ugly ass guitar so if i decide to stick with it i'll be back with more question on purchasing my own, ill post some pics later.

what do you think? any recommendations on how to get started? sources for learning the basics,etc?

Scales and Chords. Not even sure I know what you listen to....that would perhaps change my recommendations.

4 yrs older,

ill pick a few examples. I attached some links to stuff that's not so popular

alice in chains

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikdg3hJXEYE

soundgarden

nirvana, pearl jam, metallica, maiden, sabbath, tool

some of my favorites, i really need to expand my music library. however, right now im trying to purchase cd's to go with the music i own, which were obtained from less then legal sources :ehh:

im picking up something like 19 cd's this Christmas

[lithium 358]

Where are you studying?

Bloomsburg University,link

site is ridiculously hard to navigate so here is the link to the school of science and tech and to the physics and engineering tech department if your interested.

[///M5 2,833]

Woah, no posts between then and now??

[///M5 2,833]

The good news is that you picked music that is easy to play Mostly 3 chord songs with an quick interlude of something else or a quick scale in the middle. Really nailing down progressions of chord changes and some scales will solve that. In particular those songs will all done with "power" chords. Called that way because they require way less fingerings and slide evenly up the whole neck of the guitar if you want to change keys. That is the beauty of rock and roll though as it is in general super easy to play compared to other genre's.

Some lessons early on in particular from a classsical guitarist would be useful to make sure that you don't develop bad habits.

Other than that I would shop for books and see what you find. I'd be glad to look at anything and help you narrow it down. I started with more guitar specific classical and less technique related pieces which for your needs I wouldn't encourage otherwise I could just dig around and tell you waht I have.

[///M5 2,833]

Where are you studying?

Bloomsburg University,link

site is ridiculously hard to navigate so here is the link to the school of science and tech and to the physics and engineering tech department if your interested.

The "Research" links were empty. Thought maybe I'd find something there.

[nem 2,019]

Where are you studying?

Bloomsburg University,link

site is ridiculously hard to navigate so here is the link to the school of science and tech and to the physics and engineering tech department if your interested.

The "Research" links were empty. Thought maybe I'd find something there.

We have a couple grads from Bloomsburg.

[dem beats 1,223]

great to hear, i really need to nail down fields i'm interested in soon. its a bit embarrassing to tell people i have no idea what the fuck im going to do with my life as a junior in college. lately i've been just telling people im thinking about grad school... which shuts up most of my relatives as they have no fucking clue as to what im doing

3 homes, a really well paying career. Forclosure on my first home, dropped the career to pick up a JOB and I STILL don't know what I want to be when I grow up other than rich.

Working on the school though, it's the only peice of the puzzle I'm missing. I'm so good in sales training and management, I just can't get my foot in the door with no education.

So to anyone who feels bad about not having a path... school will open doors. Just work hard at it.

Haha. First year of grad school and I still don't know what the heck I'm doing.

[dem beats 1,223]

All this guitar talk... I really wish I would have played.

Tim Reynolds trips my trigger for guitar amazingness.

[dem beats 1,223]

Here is some of his sweet sweet work. Sounds like crizap but it's home videoed and you can see the hand work.

[dem beats 1,223]

I killed the HOP.

[nem 2,019]

Done baking cakes till after Christmas

Then only 12 to bake for New Years parties.

[nem 2,019]

I killed the HOP.

[dem beats 1,223]

You sound like me and cookies.

This year I made buttewrballs/russian tea cakes what ever you call them.

Also making my version of a pork sugo sauce to can and give as presents.

For Xmas day I'm making a full on prime rib.

[j-roadtatts 1,129]

I can see this being a short week for me, considering today is my monday.

[dem beats 1,223]

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[j-roadtatts 1,129]

You sound like me and cookies.

This year I made buttewrballs/russian tea cakes what ever you call them.

Also making my version of a pork sugo sauce to can and give as presents.

For Xmas day I'm making a full on prime rib.

Cookies are my favorite food!!!!

We are having prime rib also, although moms cooking it at my Sissys house, So I am not privy on cooking method yet.

[Goddyd4me 0]

Stayed at the mother in laws house till 1:30am last night so she could get her christmas shopping done (she doesnt have a car so my wife took her shopping). So tired today. at least it should be an easy day.