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    Debt Free

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    Congrats.

    The best thing we did is finance our home with a 15 year mortgage, paid an extra $100 on the principal every month, and paid it off in less than 10. Our cars are old, but still run well, and we also have zero debt, and have been for years.

    Once you have zero debt, you are free.

    Welcome to the club.


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    On 5/18/2024 at 6:39 PM, tx-ogre said:

    One of the things I like about playing a 6 string bass is that in standard tuning it’s tuned in perfect 4th across all 6 strings (B-E-A-D-G-C).  No pesky B string tuned to a major 3rd.

    I could do that. When I started playing lead guitar, the B string took a while to get used to.

    15 hours ago, tx-ogre said:

    Sounds similar to the complaints coming from horn players about guitar players who only want to play in the keys of E and A.  I did learn how to play in F and other flat keys to play nice with my horn-playing brothers, especially for Blues jams and any Jazz collaborations.  I do aim to please.

    I've been playing with guitar players since I was in high school.

    I like E and A concert (F# and B on tenor sax) more than I like Ab and Eb concert which most jazz pianists like.

    I can play in most any key, but I'm most comfortable in these concert keys, E, F, G, A, Bb, C & D. Whatever the singer likes best is OK with me, but I'd prefer these keys. Mrs. Notes will move a half step for that.

    On sax (and most wind instruments) playing the same song in a different key is like learning the song all over. The fingerings are completely different. So when I learned guitar, and the song modulated up a half-step, I just moved up one fret! WOW! Easy peasy! Do you want to modulate again!

    Of course, each instrument has its benefits and challenges. It's easier to transpose on a guitar, but easier to read music on a sax or piano.

     

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    Any one know spiders?

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    On 5/18/2024 at 4:02 PM, Dub-T-123 said:

    Have you ever seen a male “black widow”? I don’t recall ever seeing one before but they obviously must be around. I guess the females are really eating them all up

    As a matter of fact, I think I have. On rare occasions I've seen a small, black spider in the web with a female.

    I suppose he was deciding if it's worth it or not. 😉 Or hadn't even started the foreplay yet.

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    13 hours ago, tx-ogre said:

    Interestingly, while I was in school (can’t remember if it was in grade school or Jr. high school), I was tested, along with everyone else, for musical proficiency.   I apparently scored high and when I indicated an interest in playing the oboe

    Oboe fingering is close to the sax and flute (but not clarinet). I tried a schoolmate's oboe once, and I wasn't a natural at the double reed embouchure. But what I did notice is that oboists messed with their reeds a lot. And remember, the entire symphony orchestra tunes up to the oboe - that's power!!!

    I wanted to play Baritone Horn (Euphonium) because it had a beautiful tone. It's a good thing the saxophone became available, because I've never heard of any girls being attracted to the Euphonium player. :D 

    I looked up the tuning of an 8 string, interesting, two lower strings F# B E A D G B E. At least, unlike the B string, they are tuned in fourths.

    Before I played anything but barre chords on a guitar, I played the bass for a few years. So I deal with strings tuned in fourths OK, if I need to think about what a note in relation to another I'm playing.

    Have fun on your new adventure.

     

     

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    Any one know spiders?

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    2 hours ago, Dub-T-123 said:

    There are lots of black widows where I live. They aren’t aggressive at all but they do command respect. One look at them and you know you don’t want to play around with that venom

    As you pointed out, they aren't aggressive. I read somewhere that they are nearly blind. 

    I have a good relationship with them, as long as I don't bother them, they won't bother me. They are just trying to make a living, and they do so by eating insects. 

    I've never had one get in the house, but if I do, I'll invert a glass over it, carefully slide some cardboard under it, and release it outdoors.

    We also have brown widows. Pretty much the same spider, but brown instead of black. I read that their venom isn't as powerful as their black relatives, but I'm not about to test that out.

     

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    Any one know spiders?

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    Looks like a wolf spider to me. I would invert a glass bowl over it, slide a piece of cardboard under it, being careful not to hurt it, take it outside and set it free.

    Even if it is a recluse, which I doubt, it's a good way to get it out of the house.

    I don't mind the little spiders in the house, but the wolf spiders get pretty big, so I put them in a big clump of bushes,

    We have black and brown widows where I live. I leave them alone unless they try to build their web near a door or high traffic area. 

     

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    On 5/14/2024 at 9:07 PM, tx-ogre said:

    You are way ahead of me.  I have a hard enough time trying to play just two (somewhat similar) instruments.  I can only imagine how clueless I would be trying to play that many instruments, regardless of how many years of experience I had.

    I do this for a living, so I have more time to spend on it than most people do.

    I started on drums. Not by choice, but all the instruments in the school band were already rented, being the new guy, I got a pair of drum sticks and a practice pad. Some time later, the tenor sax player moved away, the sax was available and when the band director asked who would like to try it, I guess I said, "I do, I do, I do" more enthusiastically than the others.

    When I graduated, I tried to join the Air Force, got a 4F classification, so I went on the road with a rock band. Every song writer doesn't have the good sense to include a sax solo in every song, so I would sit in on drums, bass, keyboard, and a bit of guitar. Just barre chord rhythms - simple stuff.

    In order drums, sax, bass, flute, keyboards, rhythm guitar, wind synthesizer, and voice. I bought my own guitar in my 60s and started getting serious about it. I'll never be a Jeff Beck, but I can improvise rock, pop, and country guitar solos pretty well. I'd never take a gig as a guitarist, but I'm happy to double on it.

    Of all these instruments, the one that took the most practice is the voice. It took years of doing it before I became decent.

    We all have our own path to follow, and this has worked for me. Until the COVID lockdown came around, I never lacked for gigs. 

    Have fun with your 8 string. I'm impressed that you would get into that.

     

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    Re-doing Classic Albums

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    On 5/6/2024 at 2:50 PM, Sgt. Pepper said:

    So my cousin sent me The Reimagined In The Court Of The Crimson King with a whole slew of musicians and singers on it. He also sent me Zakk Wilde doing the entire first Black Sabbath album. Don’t get me wrong they are done well, and it’s almost note for note accurate, but is it necessary to recreate to a T? He also sent me Tedeshi/Trucks doing the entire Layla album done live. Doing it as a live thing I get, but going into the studio and redoing it seems odd. It’s already done and needs no tweaking. How are you gonna improve on what the originals did?

    Do I want Dali’s Hallucinogenic Toreador hanging in my house painted accurately by Timmy Tingle?

    I suppose some people might like it, but it's not for me, either. I don't mind someone taking a song and reinterpreting it, I like some covers better than others, but a note for note album? 

    Even remixes of old classics, though interesting, never seem to replace the original for me.

    I wonder if I heard the original and the re-doing or the remix for the first time, if I'd feel the same way.

     

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    10 hours ago, tx-ogre said:

    Yeah, I did consider that fact.  When I bought my 7 string guitar back in 2015, I figured the extra string would present more and greater opportunities to increase my “suck factor.”  (Like I need any additional help).  Buying my 6 string bass offered the same possibilities on the low end.  Buying an 8 string guitar seemed like the logical next step.

    Guitar is my 7th instrument. 

    While I played a little rhythm in bands, mostly barre chords, when there was no sax part, I didn't buy a guitar until I was in my 60s. Then I decided to play lead and learn more advanced chords too. I can do what I do fairly well, and feel comfortable doubling on guitar if the song isn't too challenging, but I would never take a guitar gig.

    8 strings, even 7 strings, would be too much for me.

    I played bass (4 string) during the psychedelic years, when nobody wanted to hear saxophones, so I wasn't afraid of the fretboard. 

    I hope your new 8 string guitar agrees with you and gives you years of pure pleasure.

     

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