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A bunch of stuff by Trip Shakespeare. John Munson is a great rock fretless bassist. Like jumbo shrimp, it SOUNDS like an oxymoron but isn't. --JES Eeeuuuuwwwww... What a fay band that was. I think Fernado Suanders (I hope that's his name) played fretless on all those early 80s Lou Reed records. The...

Is this a good deal? Gretsch Catilina 5 peace with all hardware, a throne, a zildjian hi-hat and zildjian crash/ride. It's been played twice by a student drummer and she wants $450 for it. I think there are two versions of this kit and I'm fairly certain this is the cheaper one (Stage?). Keeping in ...

Go here and click on S100

http://www.oram.co.uk/main.html

This looks cool

Teens don't identify emotionally with music? BULLSHIT! Yeah... you're probably right, to a degree. I was mainly reacting, to what I think is a really facile implication: that teens "identify" with hardcore rap. I think this is simply not true if examined even a little bit. They're transferring a po...

Actually the most annoying thing (big generalization here, I know) about indie rock is it's LACK of SEX.. I actually agree with this. Not that I'm a big fan, but many years ago I saw Jane's Addicition somewhere, after having been to many many "indie" shows, I remember thinking, "Yes Sir! That's roc...

You hear this stuff on the radio because listeners, especially young teens, a huge market for music, want to hear something they identify with. Umm... Do most young teens actually identify with stalking fans, killing your girlfriend, and all the sundry bling bling "pop" music? It takes a mature per...

Shortly I'll be moving into a house, with a basement and everything. I've thought for while that it'd be cool to learn how to drum. I play bass and a little guitar now, but I've never drummed. My question is: How hard is it to get mildly good (e.g., good enough to play simple patterns on slow songs)...

I don't know what "inexpensive" is, but there's this: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid=031023053559024215148134477497/g=home/search/detail/base_id/60388 Also, the person who pointed out that in a computer based environment you might only need a controller is right. I bought a cheap Yamaha con...

Go to Ebay and count how many copies of the "Pretty Ugly" 7" sold for under $8 earlier this month. Then count how many have sold for $40-50 in the last 24 hours. Sick. Well... profiting on the death buy selling his records is definately sick, but buying his records because he died isn't. I've never...

So I'm moving to DC in about a month. Can someone give me some low-down on good neighborhoods? From the internet, we've gotten as far as Tacoma Park and Silver Spring as possibilities. We will be buying a house, not renting. Ideally, we'd be walking distance to the metro, walking distance to some in...

It's just a simple set-up. I'll try main drag as they're exceedingly conveniently located. I'm not currently gigging with this guitar, but if I did decide to get that pick-up installed, could main drag be trusted for that work as well? Also, though no expert, I concur regarding the d-15. I'm happy w...

I need to get my acoustic set-up. It's a low-end Martin (D-15). Any recommendations as to where to take in Manhatten, B'kly, or Queens?

Thanks,
C

P.S. I swear this has been covered here before, but searches were fruitless.

My point is that the guitarists are louder than YOU think they need to be. They have a different opinion. I, wholeheartedly, disagree with you. If you're in a band, and your goal isn't to sound as good as you can for the people coming to listen, then why play out? (Obviously, if your goal is to sou...

You forgot about Jessie's love of security and his son's keggers at the governor's mansion! You might be right about Minnesota's decline. But it felt like to me, that it was a "nothing" administration as well. The new guy seems 10x worse. It took him a day to get a bill passed allowing the carrying ...

Is Motorhome the same Motorhome that was playing in Chicago circa 1995 or so? Just curious.