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Joined: May 4, 2006
Topics: 11 / Replies: 76
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RE: Long-term Backpacking with a Guitar (advice needed)

Well, there goes my dreams of playing tuba on Mount Everest.

17 years ago
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RE: Recordings don't lie

They don't lie, but you can always bend the truth with a good editing program.How else do you think they make pop music these days?

17 years ago
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RE: Theory: How much do i need to know?

All depends on the kind of music you want to play. You wanna play bebop, better know your theory forwards, backwards, and inside out. If you want to...

18 years ago
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RE: Which height/style should I play my bass?

I prefer to keep it higher, a little lower than chest level.

18 years ago
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RE: Essential items for a first bass?

Strap. Lock on ones are nice.Chromatic tuner. Absolutely necessary, unless you have perfect pitch.Metronome. Bass is all about the pulse.Picks. Bu...

18 years ago
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RE: keep on strumming... or not?

When you're playing with a band, you can't stop and go back to fix the chord. Just keep going, and try to fix it next time it comes around. I know t...

18 years ago
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RE: why bass?

I play bass because my band director handed me one in the middle of my freshman year, and told me to learn it for jazz band. Fortunately, I turned ou...

18 years ago
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RE: Breedlove

Yea, they're definitely high end. They make a lot of very expensive custom guitars, but they have lower end production models, which are still amazin...

18 years ago
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RE: Arranging instruments in a rehersal room

Hbriem, þú er frá Ísland? Ég tala (a little?) Íslensk (is that the right form?). Íslenskur er mál fagur! (that was probably a train wreck o...

18 years ago
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RE: Beginner Advice Sought!

Star-Spangled Banner is a kids' tune?

18 years ago
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RE: Out of key

A tip: Don't let the drummer write songs.

18 years ago
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RE: Standard notation sorcery.

I just play it wherever it seems easiest. Playing bass in jazz band, sometimes you gotta move fast. I actually use open strings a lot.

18 years ago
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RE: Bass Strings Comparison

I don't know what I'd do without BP...

18 years ago
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RE: The Best & Worst Shows You've Seen in Person

Best one- seeing Sigur Rós in Louisville.I haven't been to any others (if by show, you mean a performance by a band or solo artist that costs money t...

18 years ago
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RE: You learn something new everyday

A fun thing to do at school, while in the band room is to check the pitch of the dismissal bell at the piano. (I think it's an F#...)

18 years ago
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