[QUOTE=Blue_Moon;17340329]beer and a BBQ later whose in


some pool and music too most likely

good day ahead i says[/QUOTE]

Im on my way.

[QUOTE=Blue_Moon;17340329]beer and a BBQ later whose in


some pool and music too most likely

good day ahead i says[/QUOTE]

i'd be down, but i'd need to find a ride to holyhead and pay for a ferry ticket


also chinese for dinner tonight

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[quote=BridgeToSolace;17339654]No other good place to put this:

I've been playing guitar for about 5 years now and I'd like to start playing some other stringed instruments. I figure I'll start small and cheap and try a violin.

Anyone with experience have any notes about the ease of transitioning to the instrument?

Also, should I not even bother buying a 40-60 dollar violin or will one in that range be decent for a beginner?[/quote]

Get a cheap violin if you just want to piss aroun tbh. If you're gonna play it seriously look at lessons.

The only thing I really know about violins is that they're tuned in intervals of 5ths raather then 4ths (like the guitar).

Talking of starting young playing violin, anyone heard of Jennifer Pike? Strangely enough, she went to my primary school, we were best mates :P

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u laff u lose

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note leg of passed out guy in corner

[QUOTE=Squirrel;17340299]1. you houldnt really skimp out when you buy a violin

2. the violin is VERY hard to play, so you should start very young and should expect to be playing a looooooooooooooooooooong time before you get anywhere near what people would say is decent

odd choice of instrument to transition to[/QUOTE]

Well, you shouldn't skimp when you buy a guitar, but my first guitar was $150 and it served me fine for a few years before I decided to upgrade to a 500-600 dollar one.

My favorite instrument to listen to is by far the cello. I LOVE it. But it's not economically or spatially feasible for me to buy or own one for most of the year. Since violin and cello or in the same family, I figure that although the transition from guitar to violin will be difficult, the transition from violin to cello will be easier.

Mebbe saving up for a cheapo viola will be better in the long run, since I also prefer the sound a viola to the violin (as it's more akin to a cello)

Is it part of the reason it's harder than guitar because it's so easy for a mediocre guitarist to pass himself off as "good" to normal people by playing recognizable things? I figure that I've already got a solid left hand as far as fretting/fingering goes, and the biggest challenge will be learning the new position of notes, the using the bow, and vibrato.

Not that it'll be quick, necessarily, but I've certainly gotten over a few beginners hurdles already.

be prepared to spend years with very little control over timbre and dynamics if you attempt to learn violin without a teacher

if you get a teacher they'll recommend getting a better quality instrument at every turn

it's not a particularly inexpensive hobby

buy electric violin

use distortion

buy water


use alcohol

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so i got a 500 dollar fine for playing music too loud

i was having practice for my band; the officer wasn't like hey josh could you turn that down thx, it was more like sir are you aware that you can be heard a block away?

this is awesome yn

the loudness part is very y

500 dollar fine is very n


in b4 you probably weren't wearing earplugs

nah i bought some hearos when i got my amp ftw

haha, once an officer tried to fine me for rehearsing too loud, he wasn't aware of the legal volume level. The authorities here are so stupid that they have the volume limit in watts, because most of the time the infractors are stupid mexicans in their cars or PAs, so when the idiot saw that my amp was 50W I told him "so what's the limit on decibels?" - "1 radius" he said. I laughed at his face, told him to stay out of the house unless he had a warrant and then he said he was coming back with one. He came back 1 hour later, telling us to lower the volume cause the neighbours were complaining, and that he didn't have a dB meter but that we knew it was too loud. So then, when he asked nicely we turned it down.

bored

Aight squig, long time no type

Yeah, i've been really busy for ages now, got a lot going on atm.

Plus i havent played guitar properly in years so coming here is a bit unwarranted :p that and this place seems dead these days, I remember a while back when i couldnt keep up with how fast the 'lod moved.

[QUOTE=JoshIsNumber3;17342388]so i got a 500 dollar fine for playing music too loud

i was having practice for my band; the officer wasn't like hey josh could you turn that down thx, it was more like sir are you aware that you can be heard a block away?

this is awesome yn[/QUOTE]

hahaha man that happened when a band i was in played a wedding in this hippie family's back garden

it was just like will you now kiss the bride there will now be drinks and food served in the oh **** who called the police

Them were good days. Sup all? I've just finished day 10 of 12 on the trot at work. All full day shifts too. Annoyingly all the pay for it is going to get to me after I come back from holiday. :|

[QUOTE=fingers mccoy;17343454]hahaha man that happened when a band i was in played a wedding in this hippie family's back garden

it was just like will you now kiss the bride there will now be drinks and food served in the oh **** who called the police[/QUOTE]

We played a birthday for a friend recently and there was a db limiter in the hotel function room we were playing in. Apparently it was 110 db, and it cuts all the power to that room if it goes over 110 for more than a couple of seconds. We tripped it three times. Instead of moaning we just made our drummer do a solo every time it tripped then went right back into some Phil Collins.

[QUOTE=Sad But True;17343459]Them were good days. Sup all? I've just finished day 10 of 12 on the trot at work. All full day shifts too. Annoyingly all the pay for it is going to get to me after I come back from holiday. :|[/QUOTE]

that just means you wont be able to waste it all while on holiday!

sup to all my homies on emecks

[QUOTE=mnemonic;17343470]that just means you wont be able to waste it all while on holiday![/QUOTE]
Don't you [I]dare[/I] call alcohol a waste ever again.
[QUOTE=Daniel K;17343539]sup to all my homies on emecks[/QUOTE]

Sup dank.

also:

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[QUOTE=Daniel K;17343539]sup to all my homies on emecks[/QUOTE]

dan the man always doin' wut he can

[QUOTE=Daniel K;17343539]sup to all my homies on emecks[/QUOTE]

sup dank n2m chillen playin my ltd rockin azz tryin to transcribe guthrie govan stuff

sup wit it wit u nigguh

you reading dark tower, pupleh?

[QUOTE=Sad But True;17343542]Don't you [I]dare[/I] call alcohol a waste ever again.

[/QUOTE]

i srry

elections are today, alcohol sales have been suspended since friday, I have 2 bottles of fine scotch and sold half of one yesterday for the equivalent of 50 bucks. I'm saving the other half for the soccer match between mexico and USA today. Fukking Donovan is gonna kill some mexicans =/ gringos have a very good team now.

sbt: y

4yeer: sup wit you dawg

purp: I'm just chillin, maxin and relaxin

menomrnicic: hw r u?

moto: hi

sup dank

so who's gonna watch the game today with some beers?

sup dank smokin some dank i bet

also mota wtf why are alcohol sales suspended? mexico doesn't have enough gang problems so they're gonna try their hand at prohibition or what

nm bro. still in school till july 28th. i get AS degree soon. then bs

no, but they do that when you have to vote for congressmen and sh!t so you don't vote drunk. Pretty stupid, I have my stach. Also, USA vs Mexico isn't today, gg moto. Today we play against Nicaragua

i lost my shoe last night

[QUOTE=mnemonic;17343590]you reading dark tower, pupleh?



i srry[/QUOTE]

quite so max

i need to get my hands on wastelands now, drawing of the three was fu[COLOR="Black"]c[/COLOR]kin amazing.

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Lod: What do I clean nitro finishes with?

Also: Anyone watch Scrubs? Just watched the season 8/series finale. T'was epic.

[QUOTE=motogrifo;17343803]no, but they do that when you have to vote for congressmen and sh!t so you don't vote drunk. Pretty stupid, I have my stach. Also, USA vs Mexico isn't today, gg moto. Today we play against Nicaragua[/QUOTE]

i saw US vs Spain when i was at the pub, i was like wtf when i saw the US was winning.

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