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    Buying CDs and streaming music

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    6 minutes ago, Navy Vet. said:

     But I’m absolutely convinced that we Baby Boomers grew up with the best music ever created.  

     

     

    I think this is proven with the amount of Classic Rock still being played, and used in Movies and commercials.

    One this missing from those days is the anti-pop sentiment. It was cool to NOT be popular, sell out, go commercial and such.

     

    Buying CDs and streaming music

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    21 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:

    The Grateful Dead ( the real one) didn't. They never sold albums , they just toured and toured and then Jerry died. The hippies in the parking lot took care of the tye dyed t-shirt sales and Owsley.

    They  were on WB got dumped and then started  their own label, but it folded. Then they signed to Arista, and of course they toured.

     

    According to wiki they sold over 35 million albums. Underestimate the Dead at your own peril. 

     

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    This article is about the rock band. For the folktale, see Grateful dead (folklore).
    Grateful Dead
    Grateful Dead (1970).png
    The Grateful Dead in 1970, from a promotional photo shoot. Left to right: Bill Kreutzmann, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh.
    Background information
    Origin Palo Alto, California, U.S.
    Genres Rock
    Years active 1965–1995
    Labels
    Associated acts
    Website dead.net
     
    Past members

    The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California.[1][2] The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, gospel, and psychedelic rock;[3][4] for live performances of lengthy instrumental jams;[5][6] and for its devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads." "Their music," writes Lenny Kaye, "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists."[7] These various influences were distilled into a diverse and psychedelic whole that made the Grateful Dead "the pioneering Godfathers of the jam band world".[8] The band was ranked 57th by Rolling Stone magazine in its The Greatest Artists of All Time issue.[9] The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994[10] and a recording of their May 8, 1977 performance at Cornell University's Barton Hall was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress in 2012.[11] The Grateful Dead have sold more than 35 million albums worldwide.

     

     

     

    Pickup battery pack falls out

    in Gibson Acoustic

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    7 hours ago, BluesKing777 said:

    And remember to change batteries regularly and if you are not using it, take it out. My recent J50 purchase had the battery welded to the connector and it all came out with the battery.

     

     

     

     

    I need to do that. I never use mine anymore since getting the Bose S1-Pro and the L1-Compact. The S1 has 2 mic inputs, then I can line out to the L1-Compact if the room is large enough.

    I just keep buying batteries and putting them in there every time I change strings.

    But they never fall out...

    Buying CDs and streaming music

    in The Gibson Lounge

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    I'm seeing more local bands doing home made cd's. They get ALL of the money that way. The quality is equal to or better than a lot of classic recordings and they have complete control over the entire project. No label, no pocket pickers. I think it's the future.

    Streaming doesn't seem right to me, as a songwriter. It simply doesn't pay beans. It's the last grasp to pick our pockets.

    I'm still buying stuff from iTunes (even though the News says it's gone, the iTunes Store works fine for me) , even if it's just single songs. That's a sale for the Band/Writer and I actually own it and can compile it in any list I want.

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    2020 - (preliminary) musical resolutions

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    1 hour ago, zigzag said:

     

    I love that sound. Heard a fabulous band in Asheville, NC a couple of nights ago doing Dawg Jazz and Tony Rice tunes.  Myself, I'll never be that good. Maybe my resolution should be to become a better flatpicker. Might require buying a better acoustic guitar. 

     

    It's a hoot and you can work for 1/2 the price of a Band and not bring nearly as much gear because it's acoustic and people will usually shut the he11 up and listen.

    Me and this guy did a few gigs, but he ran off with a Classic Rock Band....

     

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    Different Gibson j45s?

    in Gibson Acoustic

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    11 hours ago, j45nick said:

    There have been more than 40+ different J-45 models in modern times....Don't go by the name to guess what's best: go by what your eyes, ears, and hands tell you.

     

    Bingo. The name J-45 really just means a size / scale nowadays. There are cutaways, thinner ones, and every type wood/color you can imagine with different necks/tuners and on and on.

    I consider my J-15 to basically be a walnut J-45.

    When you get "the one" you'll have no doubt.

    The workhorse

    in Gibson Acoustic

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    2 hours ago, bobouz said:

    I've got an '02 J-45 Rosewood that's soooo incredibly dry & woody.  Every time it gets pulled into the rotation, I'm pleasingly struck by it all over again.

    Clearly, the J-45 is one of the finest guitar body designs ever conceived.

     

    My Rosewood / ebony is an '03. Still my favorite guitar ever.

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