the only cod like thing they added was a sprint ability other than that its still good ole halo, i never liked cod much

forza 3 is cool, thats the only game i 100% completed

Just Cause 2 and Assassins Creed 2 are fucking awesome.

Dead Space 1 and 2 are amazing also.

I literally stayed up all night, like, 9 hours, playing Just Cause 2 on my mates PS3 when he left it at my house. Grapple shooting things never, ever gets old.

Metro 2033 is dirt cheap generally, and is ace

[quote=Epidemechanical;18442850]honestly why do you need more than 1 input if you're not doing [I]anything[/I] but guitars?[/quote]
He's right.


And with even if you have 8 pres you are still going to need 8 good mics. And even then you don't have many options. And even then you're going to need a decent room and a decent kit.

I've kind of given up on recording drums ghetto.

Just get two really good channels and you're set.

But two realllllly good channels cost almost twice-four times as much as a 20in/out Focusrite whatsamajig.


Get one of the Liquid series, that thing is legit.

Oh and also look at the Echo Audiofire Pre8. That thing is cool.

sad but true do vocals on my song idk why but now i have decided that you are the only one who can

[QUOTE=Epidemechanical;18446882]sad but true do vocals on my song idk why but now i have decided that you are the only one who can[/QUOTE]

Probably so you can laugh at any vocal ability that I have and proclaim yourself as much, much better. But I'll do it anyway, I could do with the practice.

pig squeals plz

[QUOTE=The Transporter;18447029]pig squeals plz[/QUOTE]

Can't do 'em. Also they suck. My (pretty lol) screams are more in the vein of Reuben/Deftones.

I've been having a bit of trouble with my playing recently. It's not consistently giving me a problem, but enough that I want to correct it as soon as possible.

I've just been finding that sometimes my strumming can be uneven; my up and down strokes will not always be dynamically the same. How would you recommend I go about fixing this?

practice accent patterns

[QUOTE=fingers mccoy;18447086]practice accent patterns[/QUOTE]

Could you maybe give me an idea of how to go about this? Anything in particular I should do to practice? Something more specific would be great, that's all.

after i have handed in my dissertation i will help

Lod do I drain and remove the master brake cylinder from my dad's car or do I wrote some lyrics?

Awsome. Thanks dood.

[QUOTE=fingers mccoy;18447095]after i have handed in my dissertation i will help[/QUOTE]

lolwat

[quote=Spaceman Spiff;18447081]I've been having a bit of trouble with my playing recently. It's not consistently giving me a problem, but enough that I want to correct it as soon as possible.

I've just been finding that sometimes my strumming can be uneven; my up and down strokes will not always be dynamically the same. How would you recommend I go about fixing this?[/quote]
not that this is an acutal solution to your problem, but i have heard your music and it can all be played easily with only downstrokes which would make it super easy to always get dynamically the same

[QUOTE=The Transporter;18447411]not that this is an acutal solution to your problem, but i have heard your music and it can all be played easily with only downstrokes which would make it super easy to always get dynamically the same[/QUOTE]

I don't know, some of it can be played with only downstrokes, but certainly not most or all of it. Anyway, this is regarding some new stuff we're doing that cannot be played with only downstrokes, so I'd like to correct my technique.

Do you have any tips/certain things to do while practicing that will help me fix this?

I'd just focus on your accenting. Get some songs that have lots of strum pattern and do them til they sound right. probably go in slow motion for awhile too to really focus on dynamics

accents like been mentioned already could help. Relaxed strums with emphasis placed on alternating up/down strokes. Make up practice for yourself.

fyi transporter can't strum

[url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18517358/Niall%20Haviland%2001.mp3[/url]

oh my god this is supreme so far man

MY problem is that sometimes I can strum where the dynamics on the up and down are the same, but other times it comes out sounding like every other strum (either the ups or downs) is accented.

[quote=Kuffuffled;18447597]fyi transporter can't strum[/quote]i dont do constant down up i only do it to the actuaaly rhythms so i dont hit "invisible" notes i just wait the extra 16th or 8ths before strum again

[QUOTE=(*The Noonward Race*);18447616]oh my god this is supreme so far man[/QUOTE]

thx man

Is it sad or awesome that at all times for the past few weeks I've had a tumbler and a bottle of single malt in my bedroom?

Currently enjoying the bottle of Glenmorangie I got for Christmas.

You're too European for me to understand what you're talking about

[QUOTE=Kuffuffled;18447785]You're too European for me to understand what you're talking about[/QUOTE]

You take that back :angry:

Besides, whisky is a universal language.

I don't know much about booze I just drink the stuff. That whiskey sounds quite elegant by looking at their web page

It's fantastic. Possibly my favourite whisky of all time, hence why my dad buys it me for xmas then proceeds to beg borrow and steal it off me at every occasion.

[url]http://i.imgur.com/7bkPs.gif[/url]

lmfao

glenlivet and killzone as we speak bro

anyone else listen to my tune?

[QUOTE=The Transporter;18447679]i dont do constant down up i only do it to the actuaaly rhythms so i dont hit "invisible" notes i just wait the extra 16th or 8ths before strum again[/QUOTE]

Well, that's what I'm trying to improve. Not some sort of tremolo strumming or anything, just on rhythm 8th or 16th notes. I can play on rhythm (usually, working on that, too), but my main problem is keeping the up and down strokes dynamically consistent.

yea i listened to it a few times fingers it was really good i was typin a few quick thoughts as i was listenin but it ended up bein kinda big

not sure if u were lookin for comments or w/e so lemme know if u are

go for it man this was just a pre-recital thing the whole point of it is feedback

beautiful piece. i havent heard it for a while. what guitar is it again?

i never really got to know the last movement that well but i know the first two. i dont have any of my sheet music here tho.

youre probably at the level now where u are playing it exactly how u want to so ill just post a few suggestions and u can take or leave stuff. u are playing it well.

first thing that stuck out to me was a technical issue w/ string noise. the slow parts of the 1st are where its a real problem -especially the 2nd time w/ the barres 5th position and above. real loud string squeak like that is not realy conducive to creating the tranquilo feel required. i dunno if youve ever really worked on it cuz most guitarists havent cared til recently but my teacher was hard on it and i got most of it out of my playing. the squeakless strings suck balls so fix it w/ ur technique. helicopter not tram.

the other thing that instantly stood out when listening was that u have changed some of his fingerings. brouwers a master of the guitar and puts fingerings in most of his music for the sound he wants. i dont really think there is ever any reason to change left hand fingerings in brouwers music. the most obvious example was the 1st lyrico part of the warriors harp. its the most beautiful bit and u are playing it great then i get the open e sticking out after weve been hearing the 2nd string. no reason to move from 4th position here. maybe u have put some though into it and wanna keep that melody on the 1st string or somethin but it just doesnt sound right. at the very start of the 2nd movement theres some stuff goin on w/ open bs. id recheck the whole thing cuz his original fingerings are great. casual listeners wont even notice but ppl get bugged by this kinda stuff.

the 1st movement is my fave but i think it often gets played poorly and always seems to meander because the rhythm doesnt get respected. youre breathing nicely on the fermatas but i think u add a few of ur own and it kinda ruins the flow how i personally hear it. slurred d to e then down the 8ve. like p much everyone else who plays this, ur losin me on the tranquilo sections. imo it shouldnt have that much of a change in tempo if any at all (i dont think there is tempo change written but cant remember). i think this part is played far too freely and the rhythm is lost. most of the time u are not giving the bar its full value from the tempo u set on the 1st 2 notes but other times u are late. sometimes i wonder if ppl could play this part to a metronome. at least u got the 3+2 bar. thats just my opinion. obviously most ppl disagree w/ me cuz the rhythm is totally ignored in most performances i hear. i like it much more the 2nd time through but then the string noise is a show stopper. i think a lot more care can be taken here in general. to me, u should have more weight on the moving middle voice. like on the first 1 think about balance and how ur open e is naturaly ringing out that much louder. if ur gonna arpeggiate every chord id roll the marked ones slower.

in the 2nd sostenuto part he wants a strong contrast on the repeat. it made more sense to me to do it the reverse of what he said so i started off forte then repeat piano but the written way will work w/ his cresencdo. the point is u played them identical. there is an odd descending gliss that was bopthering me here on the 4th string somewhere i think.

in general id like to hear more attn to the marked dynamics and exagerrate what ur doin. from memory there is a lot of detail in there that u might be missing when it comes to the dynamics. give it everything u have on the last 2 chords. i played it in amasterclass once and he pointed out that its the only time fortisimo is marked in the 1st. beautiful piece nicely played

should fix tuning between here. dont wanna be out of tune on this 1 w/ all the e octaves.

plenty of room 2 be free in this one. u start the gallop part really fast and i dont think u have enough room to move. as u found out in this performance, that part is a trap. most ppl crash and burn when they get here cuz it starts really easy then u hit the big 2 to 9 position shift. obviously how fast u can play the 14 note bar determines what u should do before it. dont really wanna be slowing down at that great moment but most ppl do. i remember doing a lot of practice on rh and lh separately and then syncing them. what rh fingering are u using? mine was ppiapmiampiami. gotta get this dialled or it wont hold up in performance. i cant really hear what lh fingering youre using but the 1 brouwer gives is the only 1 that works. u are probably playing that part faster than most ppl do; great if u can but id prefer slower if it meant clean. on the next part w/ the slurs u didnt give urself any room to move again but this time dynamics not tempo. i think it should be a big crescendo from pianissimo as written.

for the valley of the echos part hes after a specific effect. do u play this part from memory? i always needed the music or it could get lost. im not really a john williams fan but he nails this. there has to be a huge contrast between the forte and then the echo. youre trying it but it doesnt come across enough. for the first e give your loudest thumb rest stroke then drop right down to piano when it says. this is meant to be very sudden. subito piano. then fade right down to ur softest pianissimo. i like to really change the colour here too w/ the right hand. im sure u know this already but its not really coming through. all of the low es should be at least as strong as the first one you did. most of them are barely audible i dunno if thats intentional. i heard a funky left hand shift in here somewhere. this section is a lot more difficult to play well than i thought. isnt that meant to be a slur at the very end i dont rmemeber.

i really liked your last movement. nice tempo on the moderate part. u play it very well. thats really fast on the piu mosso parts. again, great if u can get it working but ur not in control and u lose the music and the tempo goes everywhere.

[QUOTE=aria;18448481]
youre probably at the level now where u are playing it exactly how u want to so ill just post a few suggestions and u can take or leave stuff. u are playing it well.[/QUOTE]
not at all. i've known this piece for a long time but never really taken it seriously. not because of the piece just because of the period in my life in which i learnt it, i was learning shitloads of material but never performing. it is a beautiful piece and I don't think I've ever heard a performance of it that wasn't riddled with flaws, especially my own.
[QUOTE]first thing that stuck out to me was a technical issue w/ string noise. helicopter not tram.[/QUOTE]
dunno what helicopter not tram means. you're right about string noise and i've seen you raise the issue before. it certainly isn't something that's been mentioned by any of my teachers and I don't really know how to practice it so I'll bring it up at my next lesson.
[QUOTE]i get the open e sticking out after weve been hearing the 2nd string. no reason to move from 4th position here. maybe u have put some though into it and wanna keep that melody on the 1st string or somethin but it just doesnt sound right[/QUOTE]
basically i was playing this from my memories of learning it like 3 years ago. I wanted to change the fingerings back to what's written but i didn't really have time to work through that so when it came to performing i totally forgot. i don't perform classical that often, so the way i play to an audience is very distinct from the way i play in practice. better in some ways and worse in others. i do agree with you generally but the way i play that second phrase works for me from an aural standpoint.
[QUOTE]slurred d to e then down the 8ve.[/QUOTE]
are you saying i shouldn't do this?
[QUOTE] like p much everyone else who plays this, ur losin me on the tranquilo sections. imo it shouldnt have that much of a change in tempo if any at all (i dont think there is tempo change written but cant remember). [/QUOTE]
i thought about changing the tempo as well. i guess i heard the recordings of it and thought that tranquillo just implied that the tempo should be relaxed. i will give this a go.
[QUOTE]i think this part is played far too freely and the rhythm is lost.[/QUOTE]
believe me i didn't want to play it freely. technical issue from a lapse in concentration, not a lack of consideration for the meter.
[QUOTE]to me, u should have more weight on the moving middle voice. [/QUOTE]
yeah i guess i just find it hard with these fingerings, especially playing the G string with my m finger never sounds right to me, i think i need to devote some time to this aspect because it's a fundamental issue for me.
[QUOTE]the point is u played them identical. there is an odd descending gliss that was bopthering me here on the 4th string somewhere i think.[/QUOTE]
noted
[QUOTE] give it everything u have on the last 2 chords. i played it in amasterclass once and he pointed out that its the only time fortisimo is marked in the 1st.[/QUOTE]
yeah my examiner noted that i should've brought that out. you can hear i lost confidence in that antepenultimate bar.
[QUOTE]should fix tuning between here. dont wanna be out of tune on this 1 w/ all the e octaves.[/QUOTE]
yeah, i learned that the hard way i guess, won't happen again.
[QUOTE]what rh fingering are u using? mine was ppiapmiampiami. [/QUOTE]
pimapmiampiama i think

i do that last e open
[QUOTE]on the next part w/ the slurs u didnt give urself any room to move again but this time dynamics not tempo. i think it should be a big crescendo from pianissimo as written.[/QUOTE]
true, i guess i don't conceive of the distinction between this and the previous bar fully enough so in performance they come together dynamically.
[QUOTE]for the valley of the echos part hes after a specific effect. do u play this part from memory?[/QUOTE]
yeah
[QUOTE]im not really a john williams fan but he nails this.[/QUOTE]
totally agree with both parts.
[QUOTE]there has to be a huge contrast between the forte and then the echo. youre trying it but it doesnt come across enough. for the first e give your loudest thumb rest stroke then drop right down to piano when it says. this is meant to be very sudden. subito piano. then fade right down to ur softest pianissimo.[/QUOTE]
yeah that's what i try to do only i lose a bit of my range when i get nervous. just takes better practice and more performance i guess.
[QUOTE] i like to really change the colour here too w/ the right hand.[/QUOTE]
yeah usually i move from pont to dolce every sequence but i guess that didn't come out so well here
[QUOTE]im sure u know this already but its not really coming through. all of the low es should be at least as strong as the first one you did. most of them are barely audible i dunno if thats intentional.[/QUOTE]
not intentional
[QUOTE]i really liked your last movement. nice tempo on the moderate part. u play it very well. thats really fast on the piu mosso parts. again, great if u can get it working but ur not in control and u lose the music and the tempo goes everywhere.[/QUOTE]
i do really like that tempo though, think it works really well. some of the lines i had just re-fingered because my old fingerings would've basically slowed me down no matter how well i pulled them off, so they didn't come out well, but i reckon i can do this a lot better now.

thanks for all this it's good critique. i got 69/100 for this btw.