I took lessons to start, but there really aren't any good teacher around my town. I just learn everything from the internet and books now.

My teacher was amazing...he won a national finger picking contest or something like that 2 years in a row, plus i know him personally and hes a really great guy so i might go back to him since we're friends and that

[QUOTE=emo_must_die]My teacher was amazing...he won a national finger picking contest or something like that 2 years in a row, plus i know him personally and hes a really great guy so i might go back to him since we're friends and that[/QUOTE]

The only reason I stick with my teacher now is because I've gotten to know him personally, and he's an awesome guy. He can't teach me **** anymore, but he's still cool.

My drum teacher apprently has a band that is getting kinda big. He's real modest and doesn't really share anything from it though. His name is Mike Lund. Does that ring a bell to anyone?

[QUOTE=Ripper22]Lessons? You don't need no stinkin' lessons! :)

I've been playing for three and a half years now, and it's all without lessons. I'm pretty good I'd say...I think I have a natural affinity for the guitar. I have tons of tab books, tons of theory books, tons of guitar magazines...I just drink it all in. It's a trip for me, and it's hugely inspiring to me to learn the whys and wherefores of theory and structure. I've never run scales. Just dedicated practice, practice practice.[/QUOTE]

I've been taking lessons with the same guy for 5 1/2 years. Lessons are a good thing. Well, atleast for some people. I see myself stopping my lessons only when I really have too. There's always something new to learn. Even if your just learning random tidbits from a song, it's good to have someone else there to help you. Especially when you can't think of anything to work on, you always have someone else to give you criticism and tell you what to do.

did any of you listen to my song on the previous page at all?

[QUOTE=Iron Man]1000th post

*horrible spam*[/QUOTE]

Congrats.

:chug:

I will get there someday.

Well, what a fun time that was. How long exactly was the site down for?

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Well, what a fun time that was. How long exactly was the site down for?[/QUOTE]

I think it's been down since Sunday night...about two days? Not sure

[QUOTE=Iron Man]I think it's been down since Sunday night...about two days? Not sure[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I wasn't able to get on at all last night, and its been up and down periodically through the day.

Hehe, good old database corruption. :)

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Hehe, good old database corruption. :)[/QUOTE]

Almost as bad as a toasted motherboard on your PC...ALMOST.

How is everyone doing?

I'm doing fine. Nothing utterly screwing up my day yet. YET.

Not bad. At work, eating some Fatdonald's, MXing again...don't get no better.

I see. Well, I can imagine better, but then I am Australian. :)

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]I see. Well, I can imagine better, but then I am Australian. :)[/QUOTE]

You mean such as frollicking through the outback with your neighborly kangaroos and dingos?

/And it would be better if I had a nice frosty brew in my hand as well.

That reminds me.

*grabs beer*

Ahh, that is much better.

Boogeyman is a very terrible movie.

Night :wave:

By the way, added a solo at the end...sorta (imagine rough take #1):
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EDIT: Jason, fix your avatar :angry:

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]That reminds me.

*grabs beer*

Ahh, that is much better.[/QUOTE]

I wish I could. Just kidding about the Aussie comments. I'm actually surprised you didn't come back with a US comment. I mean come on Jason, I handed it to you by telling you I was eating McDonald's...

Yey! MX is Back!

Fix'd. And just for Chris... "Stupid Fat Americans"

Speaking of which, has anyone heard that Lazyboy song, "Underwear goes on the inside"? Very funny.

Underwear Goes Inside The Pants


Why is marijuana not legal? Why is marijuana not legal?
It's a natural plant that grows in the dirt.
Do you know what's not natural?
80 year old dudes with hard-ons. That's not natural.
But we got pills for that.
We're dedicating all our medical resources to keeping the old guys erect,
but we're putting people in jail for something that grows in the dirt?

You know we have more prescription drugs now.
Every commercial that comes on TV is a prescription drug ad.
I can't watch TV for four minutes without thinking I have five serious diseases.
Like: "Do you ever wake up tired in the morning?"
Oh my god I have this, write this down. Whatever it is, I have it.
Half the time I don't even know what the commercial is:
people running in fields or flying kites or swimming in the ocean.
I'm like that is the greatest disease ever. How do you get that?
That disease comes with a hot chick and a puppy.

The schools now: It is all about self-esteem in the schools now.
Build the kids' self-esteem, make them feel good about themselves.
If everybody grows up with high self-esteem, who is going to dance in our strip clubs?
What's going to happen to our porno industry?
These women don't just grown on trees.
It takes lots of drunk dads missing dance recitals before you decide to blow a goat on the internet for fifty bucks.
And if that disappears, where does that leave me on a Friday night with my new high speed connection?

Masterminds are another word that comes up all the time.
You keep hearing about these terrorists masterminds that get killed in the middle east.
Terrorists masterminds.
Mastermind is sort of a lofty way to describe what these guys do, don't you think?
They're not masterminds.
"OK, you take bomb, right? And you put in your backpack. And you get on bus and you blow yourself up. Alright?"
"Why do I have to blow myself up? Why can't I just:"
"Who's the ****ing mastermind here? Me or you?"

Americans, let's face it: We've been a spoiled country for a long time.
Do you know what the number one health risk in America is?
Obesity. They say we're in the middle of an obesity epidemic.
An epidemic like it is polio. Like we'll be telling our grand kids about it one day.
The Great Obesity Epidemic of 2004.
"How'd you get through it grandpa?"
"Oh, it was horrible Johnny, there was cheesecake and pork chops everywhere."

Nobody knows why were getting fatter? Look at our lifestyle.
I'll sit at a drive thru.
I'll sit there behind fifteen other cars instead of getting up to make the eight foot walk to the totally empty counter.
Everything is mega meal, super sized. Want biggie fries, super sized, want to go large.
You want to have thirty burgers for a nickel you fat mother ****er. There's room in the back. Take it!
Want a 55 gallon drum of Coke with that? It's only three more cents.

Sometimes you have to suffer a little bit in your youth to motivate yourself to succeed in later life.
Do you think if Bill Gates got laid in high school, do you think there'd be a Microsoft?
Of course not.
You got to spend a long time in your own locker with your underwear shoved up your *** before you start to think,
"You'll see. I'm going to take of the world of computers! I'll show them."

We're in one of the richest countries in the world,
but the minimum wage is lower than it was thirty five years ago.
There are homeless people everywhere.
This homeless guy asked me for money the other day.
I was about to give it to him and then I thought he was going to use it on drugs or alcohol.
And then I thought, that's what I'm going to use it on.
Why am I judging this poor bastard.
People love to judge homeless guys. Like if you give them money they're just going to waste it.
Well, he lives in a box, what do you want him to do? Save it up and buy a wall unit?
Take a little run to the store for a throw rug and a CD rack? He's homeless.
I walked behind this guy the other day.
A homeless guy asked him for money.
He looks right at the homeless guy and says why don't you go get a job you bum.
People always say that to homeless guys like it is so easy.
This homeless guy was wearing his underwear outside his pants.
Outside his pants. I'm guessing his resume isn't all up to date.
I'm predicting some problems during the interview process.
I'm pretty sure even McDonalds has a "underwear goes inside the pants" policy.
Not that they enforce it really strictly, but technically I'm sure it is on the books.

:lol: That's great.

[QUOTE=HeavyRiva]Fix'd. And just for Chris... "Stupid Fat Americans"

Speaking of which, has anyone heard that Lazyboy song, "Underwear goes on the inside"? Very funny.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for coming though. Very humorous song too, had me laughing good at a few parts.

NP: Pantera - Cemetery Gates

I know. I saw it on the radio, I and thought "Wow! A commercial, mainstream song with meaning". :eek:

Hehe... The Trial's brilliance just increased tenfold. I can't believe how many little nuances I can draw from it each time. I mean Pink Floyd's song, of course.

of course

Sweet, so my bloody internet connection was out for dam[size=2]n[/size] near the last 2 hours. Anyone still around?