Humor Random Comments Thread

[C3PO]

Another windy X-mas.

http://www.nordportal.net/tiacuteethindi/ringt-skil-a-davabrekkuni-i-klaksvik-bilar-i-luftina

There is a defacto curfew in place, but the only people mad enough to venture outside are Darwin award candidates. So far there are no reports of any injuries, but when parked cars go flying like that most people have the sense to stay indoors.

Merry Christmas everyone.

---------- Post added at 07:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:30 PM ----------

I don't blame the rescuers for bailing out on this one.
https://www.facebook.com/adolf.davason/videos/vb.100001461355093/1299852106740155/?type=2&theater

Pretty "colorful" language but Faroese is obscure enough that we usually get away with it. Anyway if there's any situation where this kind language is appropriate, this is it!

---------- Post added 12-26-16 at 05:52 PM ---------- Previous post was 12-25-16 at 07:40 PM ----------

Partial failure of a waterfall. Most of the water fails to fall. :lol:

 

[Loru]

Finally had time to fool around. Still WIP (needs vocals, solo and few touches) but made it pretty far already.

 

[jedidia]

Whooo man, listening to a demo track like this brings back memories from a past life...

Overall a nice first attempt, very classical, good to work of. If I may put in a few suggestions:

That gallop needs more palm, unless you want to take this thing into a black metal direction, but in general it doesn't sound like it. Overall the distortion needs more middle, and of course the whole thing needs more bass, but preferably by adding an actual bass, not by putting more bass into the guitar.

Decide on actentuation in your rythms. Right now, it feels like your drums and your rythm guitar are playing two different songs, while they should form a closely knit union. This concerns the bassdrum most of all, of course, which doesn't seem to bother much with what the rythm guitar is actually doing. Then again, it is hard to tell what the rythm guitar is really doing, due to the lack of propper palm muting during the galloping.

In the parts where you let the chords roll, practice your left-right hand coordination. There shouldn't be an audible gap between the chords. If neccessary, play the chords on other frets so you don't have to switch strings, or at least not all of them.

I hope you don't get annoyed. I spent a while working as a band coach, consider it professional deformation :lol:

---------- Post added at 08:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:46 PM ----------

Holy , google just was offline for a few seconds (confirmed rest of the internet working, about 30 secs later google came back on again. I got scared for a second there...

 

[Loru]

I hope you don't get annoyed. I spent a while working as a band coach, consider it professional deformation :lol:

I'm not annoyed at all. Just to address some things:

- I'm left handed guy playing right handed guitar - makes phrasing notes bit difficult.
- You can hear some bass there however it's guitar pitched down octave (don't have proper bass guitar)
- Since I'm recording bare guitar signal It'll be easy to "re-amp" the thing and bump up mids. Same with drums as they're just midi driven drums.

I think with vocals, solo and proper mix it'll be nice song.

---------- Post added at 09:59 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:55 PM ----------

As for professional deformation I cannot look at any poster/billboard or any large scale printing application without finding flaws.

 

[jedidia]

- I'm left handed guy playing right handed guitar - makes phrasing notes bit difficult.

Stringed right-handed, or upside-down?

You can hear some bass there however it's guitar pitched down octave (don't have proper bass guitar)

Uh, uhm, yeah... a bass-guitar from a sampler would probably yield better results in this case.

Since I'm recording bare guitar signal It'll be easy to "re-amp" the thing and bump up mids.

Yeah, that's the nice thing about virtual amps. Though they still have to convince me that they can do a decent speaker emulation. Our guitarist usually looped the guitar through the distortion of the V-amp, and then recorded the output with a microphone of the speakers. Even with lousy speakers, the result was still better than the "speaker"-emulation by the Vamp. But getting your guitar sound right is a thing that takes months of incremental fiddling anyways, so take your time.

Holy , google just was offline for a few seconds (confirmed rest of the internet working, about 30 secs later google came back on again. I got scared for a second there...

Never mind, seems to have just been extremely confusing timing in a few hickups of my modem...

 

[Loru]

Stringed right-handed, or upside-down?

Stringed right-handed eg I play like right handed pearson.

Uh, uhm, yeah... a bass-guitar from a sampler would probably yield better results in this case.

I plan buying used bass guitar for that purpose.

Yeah, that's the nice thing about virtual amps. Though they still have to convince me that they can do a decent speaker emulation. Our guitarist usually looped the guitar through the distortion of the V-amp, and then recorded the output with a microphone of the speakers. Even with lousy speakers, the result was still better than the "speaker"-emulation by the Vamp. But getting your guitar sound right is a thing that takes months of incremental fiddling anyways, so take your time.

Devil is in the details however it's way better than my previous attempts at getting decent tone.

 

[Andy44]

In another forum I found a thread where people are basically taking turns trying to write the most depressing Christmas posts. Some of these are hilarious.

My kid asked me, "Daddy, why don't I get any toys for Christmas?"

"Because Santa hates poor people," was my answer.

My kid thought on this a moment, then said, "Christmas sucks."

"It sure does," I replied.

My birthday is december 26th. in 1996 when I turned 18 on december 26th my Dad gave me 800 dollars in 50 dollar bills, told me to pack my backpack then drove me to the Greyhound bus station and said "Have a nice life son. Out of respect for your Mother and I please live at least 100 miles away."
That was depressing as hell.

My kids are grown and never call me unless they need money.

My wife left me 5 years ago and took the house that I paid the mortgage off over 30 years. She sold the house and bought a condo in Bethesda where she lives with her boyfriend. My beloved dog died two years ago. I am getting forced out of my government job because I got my 30 years in and I'm old.

I spent the last couple nights at a lonely motel room next to the interstate drinking myself silly because I could not bear the Christmas going on at work and in the crappy apartment building I now live in.

I hope my story makes others feel better.

:rofl:

 

[jedidia]

Stringed right-handed eg I play like right handed pearson.

So, right hand picks, left hand frets? If you've learned it that way from the start, that should work out alright, I think. At least it does for drummers... :shifty:

 

[MaverickSawyer]

Finally had time to fool around. Still WIP (needs vocals, solo and few touches) but made it pretty far already.

Getting a 404 on that link, Loru.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Getting a 404 on that link, Loru.

404 because the forum is censoring a word in the link!

Also, the intended word is case-sensitive.

 

[Loru]

Getting a 404 on that link, Loru.

Fixed. I did not realize forum can censor urls too.

 

[Quick_Nick]

Looks like the FAA has made it easy to fulfill their "drone registration" requirement.

Just filled out a form with basic info and paid $5 via the same form to get a single unique number to mark my drone with (and any others that I obtain in the future).

Now my next challenge is finding a location more than 5 miles from an airport in one of the biggest metropolitan areas in the nation... At least when I go back home after the holidays I won't have this problem!

 

[Notebook]

It was only a matter of time:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38442672

 

[Andy44]

It was only a matter of time:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38442672

Awesome.

Now they need to work on compact fusion reactors and particle projector cannons, and we'll be ready when Clan Jade Falcon invades.

 

[jedidia]

Anyone else noticed they took the pilot out for the walking demonstration? I guess the thing is still a bit wobbly in the knees... :lol:

 

[Notebook]

Decidedly wobbly. I can't think of any use for it?

N.

 

[jedidia]

I can't think of any use for it?

In the current early prototype stage probably not, but if they make a reliable production model we know of tons of uses from science fiction...

 

[Notebook]

As an engineering project, looks fun to work on. Only thing I can think of practically is a glorified fork-lift.


Bit more useful.

N.

 

[RisingFury]

[ame="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/815185071317676033"]Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "Happy New Year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don't know what to do. Love!"[/ame]

So yea, that happened :lol:

 

[Urwumpe]

Finally had time to fool around. Still WIP (needs vocals, solo and few touches) but made it pretty far already.

Sounds great, the only part that became a bit dull was the slower part in the middle, the guitar sounded pretty less awesome there because of the slower strokes.

Generally, I have to give you a criticism that applies to 99% of all metal band - I can't hear your bass. :lol: Good luck with the bass guitar, make sure guitar and bass don't overlap badly in the mix and the guitar has its bass turned a bit down on the amp. Getting a good bass amp might be worth it for a great sound, those steal less bass.