tlp1234
Moderator
Nothing wrong with an "old soul" as some say. I've got 10yrs on ya. Just turned 64. It's not a badge, it's only a number. 11 of my friends have died since 2019. Most were younger than me by a few years at least. I could be next in the near future which is why I look up to give thanks for all I have everyday when I think of it. I deserve none of it and very fortunate for what I'm allowed here on the planet.I just turned 54.......... Yes, I am a total dinosaur! Vinyl records, prefer a landline phone etc.
- I still hear the magic in vinyl and tape and still prefer it over the jizzless chystalline perfection of digital audio. But I truly believe in first impressions and making do with what's at hand.
- I still miss the times before the proliferation of electronic gadgetry's garbage that has pervaded modern virtual audio and visual reality.
- Back before the masses were able to buy smart phones and post every god awful amount of drek on you tube.
- Back before online forums or chat rooms when you either met and discussed in person (in person where you can make eye contact, shake a hand, observe body language), or over the wired phone.
- Back to a time when you had to pay for ads in a paper that made you think a little more before you spent your $$$ doing so, vs the "free" mindless, moronic clap-trap in Craigslist, Facebook, Reverb Nation, Bandmix...et al, etc.
- Back to the times when people actually sat down and learned the material they were going to gig, vs using their digital crutches like set list helper and similar applications on the goddamned phone or tablet! Live is not in the studio. You don't read standard notation, or play in a fucking orchestra or jazz lab band, at least I don't. (I have played in a high school lab band back in the day, but so what?) BFD I use the number system too and circle of fifths on occasion, but only as a tool and not something to spout off to people because it sounds cute, or want to impress your peers with something they probably don't understand anyway. LEARN THE FUCKING SONG WELL ENOUGH TO WHERE YOU'RE NOT CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO FOLLOW INTO IMMINENT TRAIN WRECK!!!!! RHYTHM SECTION GODDAMNIT!!! THIS ESPECIALLY MEANS YOU!!!!
- Back when live performances were more organic with all the attitude and spirit you could stand, and great drummers were just that and didn't need a god damned "click track". WTF!?!.....they were the click track!!
