Kiahdaj July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 whatever A Rite of Passage is on. Fucking great song, and Album if I recall. Which I might not. That would be Black Clouds and Silver Linings. My heart throb of the album is The Count of Tuscany. My ex girlfriend kept pestering me to listen to more Dream Theater, and she finally linked me that song, and I'm pretty glad she did. Despite the fact that I don't care much of Dream Theater in general, that is a genuinely good song. Also, I think I know what album I'll start with. I think it's best to start with one that I love, which is still easily accessible. I know the one. I might start work on it today. "If this can be avoided, it should. If it can't, then it would be better if it could be. If it happened and you're thinking back to it, try and think back further. Try not to avoid it with your mind. If any of this is possible, it may be helpful. If not, it won't be."
sushi July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 And what's this about a giraffe toy? That's about that video link I posted. Giraffes are gay. Super gay. I never knew that, but apparently it's true. "Some things have to be believed to be seen." - Ralph Hodgson
Guest July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 That's funny, Shui. I hope Kiahdaj can live with himself, having such a gay avatar. Totally, SUPER gay. So I've always done Rockband 3 on the keys, and got pretty damn good after a year or so, then I learned that I'm only supposed to be using my right hand. That fuckin' sucks, being reduced to easy-mode after doing so well on at least hard for most of my playing experience. But, I figure it honestly will help with articulation and reflex. I spent a while yesterday learning bits of Roundabout by Yes, and actually got like, forty seconds of it down. My hand is dead and I must have punched my own right-hand at least fifteen times, but it was cool. Really wanna get into real piano stuff at some point. My aunt's boyfriend is pretty great, lives next-door, and could probably teach me, buut, he's a MAJOR tool. Just, not worth it. I'll buy a cheap keyboard and self-teach with the aid of YouTube at some point, I guess. Dream Theater Binge is going well. I've only cried from sheer awesomeness like, four times so far.
Dracky July 1, 2015 July 1, 2015 I need to pick up the guitar again. I was on the verge of being not awful, and I hit a plateau on progress and burned out. Monoprice had a sale on their knockoff Les Pauls (which are surprisingly decent, supposedly) a few days ago, and I was totally going to get one and then didn't. YouTube is fantastic for learning, though. Edit: Derp. I wanna see movies of my dreams.
Guest July 4, 2015 July 4, 2015 Play that guitar, Dracky. It's not too late to become John Petrucci. Play it until your fingers bleed, which they will, and then put it down for a bit cause that shit's gotta callous, and then play it more. I have fuck-all to do. I'm so bored. My mobile data got slowed down a couple days ago and this is the only site that loads quickly. The only reason that I have so much time on here is because this happens every month, and I just compulsively check and refresh here for like, twelve days, because it's the only page I can load. I'd probably have like, two days as opposed to nearly three weeks, otherwise. Uugghhh. On the video game side of things, I've done nothing but play Soul Calibur against the computer for the past day and a half. My thumb, and the muscles attached to it going up my arm, feel like they're going to explode. I'm not built for fighters ;-; So bored..
Kiahdaj July 4, 2015 July 4, 2015 I'm finally buckling down and learning guitar, after about a decade of owning one, and picking it up occasionally. I've shown a lot of progress in both the way of skill and knowledge, but it's still pretty daunting to look how far ahead I will have to go before I am satisfied. "If this can be avoided, it should. If it can't, then it would be better if it could be. If it happened and you're thinking back to it, try and think back further. Try not to avoid it with your mind. If any of this is possible, it may be helpful. If not, it won't be."
Guest July 4, 2015 July 4, 2015 My brother has been playing for aboouuut ten years? Ten years fairly casually, and is able to learn most stuff around Periphery-tier with a bit of work. He's not any kind of prodigal, but definitely shows that consistent work will get you where ya wanna be. At some point. Just go at it every day, make sure you wash behind your ears, and drink lots of milk, and it could be as few as five years before you can proficiently play some technical stuff. Probably. Did you follow the unspoken rule that you can't play anything but Smoke On the Water, and I Am Ironman for at least a month? I hope so.
Kiahdaj July 4, 2015 July 4, 2015 Smoke on the Water is indeed one of the first things I ever played. And the James Bond theme. I don't think I played much Iron man. The first full song I learned, though, was Under the Milky Way, by The Church. "If this can be avoided, it should. If it can't, then it would be better if it could be. If it happened and you're thinking back to it, try and think back further. Try not to avoid it with your mind. If any of this is possible, it may be helpful. If not, it won't be."
Guest July 4, 2015 July 4, 2015 Man, speaking of music, and just improving at things in general, I've got like, nothing going for me. I actually own a banjo, if you can believe it, but never had the means to learn it, so it's just been sitting around for the last, what, five years? I can do pretty solid tracking and mixing and stuff I guess? There's a pretty big scene for Metal here in Arkansas, albeit shitty slam, and hardcore stuff. Regardless, I get to watch a lot of live mixing at the local shows I work, and that kinda thing has always interested me, but damn. There are kids younger than I am that are better at that kinda stuff than I'll ever be. I even took a look at electronic a while back, seeing how nobody else in the fam had yet, and then, fuck, even more young talent when I'm scratching my head at what's supposed to be the most simple stuff. Like, I've followed this Laszlo kid for a couple years, and he finally put out an EP, and just, . Dude's younger than I am. Man, idunno. I almost wanna blame it on the school I went to for beating any kind of creativity that couldn't be catered to by a shitty art class, shittier marching band, or choir, out. But hell, my entire family is musicians, and fantastic artists. Guess if that were meant to be, it would have happened regardless. Aha, I even spent around three years trying to figure out a cutie mark for my ponysona dude when I was big into ponies, before deciding I had none. That poor ass remains unbranded to this day T_T Idunno, rambling. I can't be the only one who feels this insignificant in every regard, can I? I think I'm just getting to that point where I'm realizing how shitty life is going to be up until I'm dead, don't mind me if you don't wanna. I'm also totally not cut out for higher education, so I guess a shitty life will be my fault anyway. We don't even have any ice-cream to drown my sorrows in, help
Kiahdaj July 4, 2015 July 4, 2015 Well if I really keep at guitar, I'll have that going for me. But God knows how long it'll take before I'm a professional. I also want to learn to play piano and drums. And saxophone if I've already got those down. So yeah. The modern musical stuff is beyond me. All about digital production and electronic music. I really do want to learn how to produce music, as I'd like to be able to record/mix/master my own stuff at least fairly well, but I just don't even know where to begin. Considering I can't play any instruments yet, I'm stuck with electronic music, and that is definitely not my area of strength or interest. And I have no patience for terrible samples, or trying to find decent ones. It's a skill I am very, very interested in picking up, but I just don't even. It feels wrong to me. "If this can be avoided, it should. If it can't, then it would be better if it could be. If it happened and you're thinking back to it, try and think back further. Try not to avoid it with your mind. If any of this is possible, it may be helpful. If not, it won't be."
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