Alpinestars at play

Colin let me have a bit of the video footage that Pat took while we
were away, so I've quickly mangled it through Movie Maker and stuck it
on YouTube. I'm afraid, as is often the case, that it looks pretty
bloody pedestrian, but it felt far from it at the time. On air
commentary provided by Adie.

 

Strangely, I found this one much more amusing

 

I amuse you? I make you laugh... I'm here to fuckin' amuse you? What
do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?

 

<snip>

And finally I got a few pics up on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/97296479@N00/sets/72157622203684643/

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/97296479@N00/3907979512/in/set-72157622203684643/

you had better taste in Continental men on the trip

 

What a classic film, one of my all time favs.

'gimme the fuckin' money'

'They called him Jimmy the gent'

I think I'll watch that this weekend, thanks for that.

--


Nige,

BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue

 

Oh come on - how can you deny that that is a very attractive cow? I
took the photo for Steve, anyway.

 

"Moo, she's making eyes at me"

 

what club-handed muppet set up the mixing levels for that?

Hint: cymbals should never be louder than a lead guitar solo.

 

I know it may be stretching their intellects a little, but can't you
just get drummer to hit the things a little less hard?

Not too shabby either. Although of course the poor recording sound
quality can disguise a lot... certainly better than your half-hearted
attempt at Floyd t'other week.

You mentioned that before. But no.

 

Heh.

As it happens, I do[1]. Takes a 'special' kind of person, IME. Tried
it myself a few times and filed abysmally.

[1] He's the one with the full-arm tattoos here
http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=48096676

 

excuse #1

excuse #2

excuse #3

hahah

you certainly did that wanky think were you pulled a note and then
held your right hand deliberately away from the guitar whilst the
sustain held it.

That was the guitar doing that, not you, you posing twat ;-)

Anyway - guitar-ists - I'm seriously considering buying one of these
(I know basses aren't your thing):

http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/en/71871


what's the current considered opinion of Ibanez as a brand now the
manufacturing is doing in China?

 

This seems odd. You already independently coordinate your left hand,
left foot, right foot and right hand and read road signs at the same time.

 

LTSTP-RU

though today, to be honest I'm having trouble typing generally - pain
in my right shoulder from yesterday's gardening is shooting down my
arm and bizarrely re-appearing in my right thumb.

 

They're not independent in the same way as a drummer's hands and feet
have to be though. A manual gearchange uses three limbs all working
_together_, and the forth isn't really having to do anything positive
at the same time.

It's odd, I know. But I find piano incredibly difficult if the left
hand has to do anything more than play a chord, for example. On its
own it's fine, but if the right hand's working too the left just wants
to be left in peace. Whereas when playing guitar, like driving, the
left and right are part of a single operation, so it's just an issues
of coordinating them, rather than sending different instructions to
each.

 

It's all practise and exposure though really. If you spent a while
trying to drum you'd be able to. I've not met anyone yet who can't
learn a simple beat and play it with as many limbs as they own.

I can't play the bass and dance though, I can barely play the bass and
*walk*... also, I can barely play the bass

 

I don't think so. I've tried for a couple of band practce sessions and
I'm really crap.

A _simple_ beat, sure. I can do that, two-handed even. It's holding
one beat with the foot while simultaneously using the hands for a
different one, or even different beats left and right hand, that
throws me utterly.

 

I break it down into all the individual two way co-ordination steps,
then transfer those into three way co-ordination, let that settle, then
add the fourth.
Then step through every possible combination of where a foot or hand can
go, practising each one for several minutes and letting them settle into
comfort. Once my body and mind have got used to all the possible
combinations, each one is easier to recall and you have a full set of
'possibilities' to draw on to play whatever you want.
Trying to jump in to a complex pattern within an hour of rehearsal is a
very sink or swim approach, likely to lead to drowning

We need a drum kit...
The complex beats are just lots of simple things stuck together.

I think I might go and play my drums for a bit.

 

well, now that you've pointed out the obvious...