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  1. More than 50 of the world’s finest guitar heroes have joined forces for the track, which has been recorded to raise funds for teenage cancer charities.

    The star-studded list of contributors includes Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, Tony Iommi, Peter Frampton, Pete Townshend, Susan Tedeschi, Steve Vai, Sheryl Crow, Slash, Joan Jett, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Urban, Ronnie Wood and Steve Lukather, as well as many, many others.

     

    Can you pick out who's playing what?

  2. An Irish man walked into a bar and ordered 3 Guinness beers.  He drank all 3, paid and left. He continued to do this several times a week.

    One day the bartender asked why he didn't just order one, drink it, order another and so on. The man explained that he had 2 brothers, one lives in the US and the other in Australia and they have a tradition that whenever they have a beer, they also have one in honor of the other two. 

    One day the man came in and ordered two Guinness. The bartender said "I'm sorry. I guess one of your brothers died?" the man said "No. I gave up beer for Lent".

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  3. 29 minutes ago, 'Scales said:

    No thanks. I'm kind of surprised if they've sold 50 of them in total in their history. 

    ...then again, what could possibly go wrong? - well, jump ahead to 28 minutes in to see the answer....

     

     

    This is probably what gave the idea to whoever first started making those "shreds" videos.  

  4. Coincidentally Peter is playing tomorrow at Maryland Live right near me. My 34 year old son was hinting that we should go see him, but I already had plans to take his younger brother out for his birthday.  

  5. 6 hours ago, B.T. said:

    Last night - First gig in quite a while. Outside condo pool deck right on the Gulf of Mexico. Temperature was pretty nice with a good breeze off the water but the humidity was murder. Had to retune between almost every song. 
    Got another one next week - forecast indicates almost exactly the same conditions. 
    Anyone got any suggestions??? 
    That was the worst it’s ever been out there!!! 

    Congratz on the gig. Hope the next one goes well. I don't what to advise on the humidity. I've played some gigs like that too. There's just no escaping it. 

  6. Only music I currently have tickets for, is our annual  4 day bluegrass festival, Delfest.  Artists include Old Crow Medicine Show, Marty Stewart, Leftover Salmon, Sierra Ferrell, Yonder Mountain, Green Sky Blue Grass, Jig Jam and many others. 

     

  7. My previous comment was made concerning my speaking voice. Not so much singing. But I know that I don't have a good singing voice. 

    Part of it for me, is that as much of a conscious effort I put into not speaking in that horrible Bal'more Maryland accent, I can still hear it in recordings of myself. But here is some content copied from an article addressing the phenomenon:  

    When listening to a recording of your voice, the sound travels through the air and into your ears – what’s referred to as “air conduction.” The sound energy vibrates the ear drum and small ear bones. These bones then transmit the sound vibrations to the cochlea, which stimulates nerve axons that send the auditory signal to the brain.

    However, when you speak, the sound from your voice reaches the inner ear in a different way. While some of the sound is transmitted through air conduction, much of the sound is internally conducted directly through your skull bones. When you hear your own voice when you speak, it’s due to a blend of both external and internal conduction, and internal bone conduction appears to boost the lower frequencies.

    For this reason, people generally perceive their voice as deeper and richer when they speak. The recorded voice, in comparison, can sound thinner and higher pitched, which many find cringeworthy.

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  8. Played the first full band gig of 2024 tonight. Also the first gig playing my new PRS through an amp, not just straight into PA.

    Also the first gig we played at this venue. Place called B.C. Brewery. Huge stage, lot's of space inside and place was packed. Another guitar player, who has filled in for me several times in the past, was there and sat in on several songs.  No photos but here's the Set List with a few "new" songs added,  

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  9. I don't practice nearly as much as I should. I sometimes go a week without picking up a guitar. Other times I play some every day of the week. But it's rarely disciplined practice.

    If I have a full band rehearsal or gig coming up, I make sure to cram any songs I know we will play that I might not be up to speed on.

    As far as the acoustic stuff with Steve. Like last night. I/we rarely practice. He just scrolls through his Ipad and pulls out whatever song he feels like playing, and I just keep up. All the songs are basic 3 or 4 chord songs, and I am familiar with them 90% of the time. So it's not too hard for me to just improvise over what he does.

    I keep telling myself that I'm gonna get serious and really get my chops better, but so far I haven't done that.

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