The Kinks' vocals are good.

Random, because I'm listening to them right now.

[QUOTE=Cain]:( You make me sad Steerpike. I was speaking relative to Bobo's comment and my own experience. I didn't mean to imply that should be easy for everyone, because obviously it wouldn't be.[/QUOTE]

I'm just in one of those moods. I just had to reset my computer again because it was acting up, which means my modem is hokey again, which means no uploads for tomorrow's spotlight until about Monday.

I've come to really hate Dell. It's gotten to the point where asking this computer to perform the simplest of tasks (such as "go back one page in browser") causes it to lock up. It's like the technological equivalent of a man who's never eaten a vegetable in his life trying to take a dump.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]Just remember who you're talking to. I've been playing Breaking the Law by Judas Priest for a year and still can't play it without screwing up at least 4 times.[/QUOTE]


Ever thought about getting a teacher to help you out?

In time you will get better, just a teacher could help you reach the point faster. And don't think about messing up because when playing the guitar, that is exactly what you will do if you keep thinking that way.

Also about your comp, do a full reformat on it, it should clear up all those stupid little problems like that.

Wormed vocals : Yes they are quite bad, but they are kinda high in the mix and it kinda drowns out the good insturmentals in the background.

[QUOTE=BoboTheRagingHobo]Ever thought about getting a teacher to help you out?

In time you will get better, just a teacher could help you reach the point faster. And don't think about messing up because when playing the guitar, that is exactly what you will do if you keep thinking that way.[/QUOTE]

I do have a teacher. But after the first semester of lessons, my progress is still extremely slow. I hit the beginner's plateau and am still trying to scale it.

[QUOTE=Cain]EDIT: Midnight is a great example of Jeff Beck's self-proclaimed favorite guitar playing style: "I like stuff that sounds really hard but is actually really easy." And in Midnight you have an added bonus of it looking hard, too.[/QUOTE]
god, jeff beck is so cool.

I've taken a few minutes to calm down. Sorry about my attitude tonight. As I said, I've been wrestling with this computer all night and it's putting me in a bad mood.

Next time I go off on one of these little emo rants, I think it would be better if no one paid any attention to me until I start talking and acting rationally again. Once I get pissed, it's a complete Jeckyll and Hyde. I'm starting to feel like an [size=2]a[/size]sshole for all the pointless melancholy bitching I've done lately. If anything, it's just counterproductive.

So, again, sorry for my surliness and pessimism. I just need to shut my trap and learn some tact in the future.

Eh, we still love you man.

It's all good, Steerpike, don't worry about it.

Cain : Either me or you should do a FA on Satch to defend him from being called a mindless fretboard wanker. Or we could collaborate on it.

What do ya think?

Tool is not metal! You should count them in your poll or you will face the wrath of Tool fans!!!!

Since everyone basically ignored Iai......
[QUOTE=Iai]Quoted for new page.[/QUOTE]
Korn - I would let them in, but some people may claim that they are metal
Rammstein - meh, a little too metal in my eyes
Green Day - no
Kyuss - Stoner rock = modern rock
System Of A Down - See Korn
Tool - I say let them in since they werent in the metal polls

Iai: No to Green Day and Rammstein, yes to everything else

Also, since some of y'all might be a little confused:

- My dad cheated on my mom with another woman and had a son (ie, my half-brother)
- My dad asked one of his brothers--my uncle--to raise the son, therefore making me think my half-brother was in fact my cousin

There is no way that Tool and System of a Down shouldnt be aloud. Before I listened to them I thought they were metal from what I had heard, but now I realize that they arent metal at all.

Rammstein is Metal, Green Day no because they arent really Rock at all and Kyuss I have never heard. No to KoRn they are metal.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]Iai: No to Green Day and Rammstein, yes to everything else

Also, since some of y'all might be a little confused:

- My dad cheated on my mom with another woman and had a son (ie, my half-brother)
- My dad asked one of his brothers--my uncle--to raise the son, therefore making me think my half-brother was in fact my cousin[/QUOTE]
And who told you about this?

He (my stepbrother) did.

[QUOTE=Woodstock]I don't care what anyone says, Dueling Banjos is a good song.[/QUOTE]

That song is so freaky. Ever since I saw Deliverance I have been freaked out by that song.

[QUOTE=BoboTheRagingHobo]Naw.

They have and always will be lame.

Bands like Strapping Young Lad and Mnemic are doing music that Fear Factory can only fathom of creating in their sleep.

They are serioulsy one of the worst metal bands in my book, so god da[SIZE=2]mn[/SIZE] boring, especially live. I almost fell asleep during their set when I saw them with Cob and LoG. Their music and their vocalist lacks any feeling, I could not even mosh to the stuff, yet I see all these other people freak out and go crazy because FF is on, especially my fanboy friend.

/doesn't get that band.

NP - The Black Dahlia Murder - A Vulgar Picture[/QUOTE]

The only real talent is Raymond Herrera.

[QUOTE=YDload]Tool is not metal! You should count them in your poll or you will face the wrath of Tool fans!!!![/QUOTE]

You know, you'd think that after the first 15,000 times of the band itself telling folks that they aren't metal, people would get the general idea.

[QUOTE=BoboTheRagingHobo]It's all good, Steerpike, don't worry about it.

Cain : Either me or you should do a FA on Satch to defend him from being called a mindless fretboard wanker. Or we could collaborate on it.

What do ya think?[/QUOTE]

Joe approves. Defend Vai too? Please?

ATTN Nick...

Korn - No
Rammstein - Yes
Green Day - No
Kyuss - Yes
System Of A Down - No
Tool - Yes

:)...any poll is gonna bu ruined by some kind of fan boy, though i still say Flyd, Zepplin and Metallica suffer worse than tool.

[url]http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8938630&posted=1#post8938630[/url]

:( Why does my thread always attract close-minded idiots?


I'm off to bed. Night..err..morning, folks.

See you ICB.

And HAHA! I WIN!

She text me :cool:

*sigh*

Cheer up Alex! I understand how you feel. I've been constantly experiencing computer problems since I first bought this evil machine and they're just driving me crazy to the point of feeling totally down :(.

As for the guitar matter, my experience has been totally disappointing. I started with so many dreams and excitement only to find out a bit later that practice and actual progress require commitment and patience I didnt have. However, this Monday I'm starting practicing again and try to take it as seriously as possible. It's a torture to be such a huge fan of technical/progressive music and not to able to produce such sounds and emotions myself :upset:

Cheers for the help guys.

I've very recently implemented a strict 3-hour daily practise regime for my guitar playing. I've yet to see if it'll have any dramatic effect, but at least it feels like I'm doing something.

what do you exactly do when practicing?

Well, when i practice i practice all the basic stuff (hammer ons, pulls, trills and mutes) with a metronome for say, 15 minutes at a time, then i go and play songs such as Avenged Sevenfold : Reminissions and DragonForce : Valley Of The ****ed. I do that about twice a day.

But most of my time is spent writing, on average i will be writing and perfecting lyrics and songs for an hour or so a day, and then i have to practice drums as well.

Hey there all. The Countess is back from being banninated from the board for a week. Way too long if you ask me. Posted our Metallica cover, and it sounds awesome. I can post the instrumental version here if anyone is interested. Just waiting for magicaltroll to add the solo...

EDIT: :lol: Someone closed the Song You'd Play for a Girl thread.

[QUOTE=Taste_My_Scythe]Hey there all. The Countess is back from being banninated from the board for a week. Way too long if you ask me. Posted our Metallica cover, and it sounds awesome. I can post the instrumental version here if anyone is interested. Just waiting for magicaltroll to add the solo...
[/QUOTE]

banned? Why? Thought you were on holiday or something! Why didnt you get another account?

[QUOTE=Stoic]banned? Why? Thought you were on holiday or something! Why didnt you get another account?[/QUOTE]

:lol: Not banned by a mod, banned by my mom. About a week ago I was on the board, she told me to get off, and I complied....after ten more minutes. She got pissed and said no board for a week.

Sad, isn't it?

[QUOTE=Taste_My_Scythe]
EDIT: :lol: Someone closed the Song You'd Play for a Girl thread.[/QUOTE]

I requested that it be closed and Ken was happy to oblige. It had gotten to page 65, consisting of little more than n00bs contributing bad jokes ("I Cum Blood" lolzers) and Steerpike swooping down with bitch-slap after bitch-slap. It was not a pleasant thread anymore, and it hasn't been a useful one for weeks.

Why were you banned?

EDIT Never mind, :lol: You're addicted as well, it seems.

[QUOTE=Cain]I requested that it be closed and Ken was happy to oblige. It had gotten to page 65, consisting of little more than n00bs contributing bad jokes ("I Cum Blood" lolzers) and Steerpike swooping down with bitch-slap after bitch-slap. It was not a pleasant thread anymore, and it hasn't been a useful one for weeks.
[/QUOTE]

Yeah, it was about time. That dolt was starting to get on my nerves. I remember the frequent b[SIZE=2]i[/SIZE]tch slaps.

[QUOTE=Cain]
EDIT Never mind, :lol: You're addicted as well, it seems.[/QUOTE]

Hell yeah, you know I love you guys. :p

[QUOTE=BoboTheRagingHobo]It's all good, Steerpike, don't worry about it.

Cain : Either me or you should do a FA on Satch to defend him from being called a mindless fretboard wanker. Or we could collaborate on it.

What do ya think?[/QUOTE]

Da[size=2]m[/size]n, you should have told me this before I got offline! I would love to do something like that.

EDIT: Steerpike's a dolt? Is that what you meant?

:( (To Leah)

[QUOTE=Taste_My_Scythe]:lol: Not banned by a mod, banned by my mom. About a week ago I was on the board, she told me to get off, and I complied....after ten more minutes. She got pissed and said no board for a week.

Sad, isn't it?[/QUOTE]

haha, it's indeed sad! No board or no internet in general for a week? For god's sake it's summer :(. Why is your mom so strict?

[QUOTE=Cain]

EDIT: Steerpike's a dolt? Is that what you meant?

:([/QUOTE]

:lol: No. That jerk who kept double posting and saying stupid stuff. halburton something. And that other dude that kept coming back who called me something not very nice at all. :evil:

[QUOTE=Stoic]haha, it's indeed sad! No board or no internet in general for a week? For god's sake it's summer :(. Why is your mom so strict?[/QUOTE]

It was just no board, or anything having to do with the board. I was allowed to do my cover though. I don't f[SIZE=2]u[/SIZE]cking know. She says it unhealthy and bad for my eyes if I sit in front of the computer for too long. She wants me to go outside and play or something. :upset: In this heat? No f[SIZE=2]u[/SIZE]cking way, man.
Plus, I'm lonely. Who the hell wants to go wander around a sh[SIZE=2]i[/SIZE]tty neighborhood waiting for someone to come along and talk to them? When I could just be talking to you guys?

[QUOTE=Arucard]Joe approves. Defend Vai too? Please?[/QUOTE]

I'll do the FA on Vai, since an even larger proportion of people (i.e. those who have heard his music) think he's a mindless wanker.

[QUOTE=Taste_My_Scythe]Yeah, it was about time. That dolt was starting to get on my nerves. I remember the frequent b[SIZE=2]i[/SIZE]tch slaps.[/QUOTE]

My temper is rather legendary, isn't it?

Before the thread was closed, I was beginning to consider tracking some of those stooges down and kicking them in the balls personally.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]My temper is rather legendary, isn't it?

Before the thread was closed, I was beginning to consider tracking some of those stooges down and kicking them in the balls personally.[/QUOTE]

Well, it was really just that I thought it was funny.
Yeah, those guys were really starting to get on my nerves. Whoever the hell it was that called me what he did; I wanted to track him down too. Guess I thought better of it. :evil:

[QUOTE=Taste_My_Scythe]Well, it was really just that I thought it was funny.
Yeah, those guys were really starting to get on my nerves. Whoever the hell it was that called me what he did; I wanted to track him down too. Guess I thought better of it. :evil:[/QUOTE]

You mean that one misogynist who lied extravagantly about his sexual escapades?

I'm sure one day he'll mess with the wrong girl and then his balls will cease to exist.

[QUOTE=Steerpike]You mean that one misogynist who lied extravagantly about his sexual escapades?

I'm sure one day he'll mess with the wrong girl and then his balls will cease to exist.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, that was probably him. I don't remember. Towards the end of the thread, there were just too many [SIZE=2]a[/SIZE]ssholes to keep tabs on them all. I just remember that I told him to "shut the hell up" because he said something stupid and he went off on me.

[QUOTE=Taste_My_Scythe]Yeah, that was probably him. I don't remember. Towards the end of the thread, there were just too many [SIZE=2]a[/SIZE]ssholes to keep tabs on them all. I just remember that I told him to "shut the hell up" because he said something stupid and he went off on me.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I think that's the one I'm thinking of. People like that should have their food poisoned.

On a more positive note... uh... give me a second. :p

[QUOTE=Steerpike]Yeah, I think that's the one I'm thinking of. People like that should have their food poisoned.

On a more positive note... uh... give me a second. :p[/QUOTE]

Agreed. :lol:


:p