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Hey dino!

I have some real ones as well, my friend, just wanted to be sure there wasn't one hiding here.   One is my Pocket Rockit, my mini-amp and I have another two on both my 15w amps. I appreciate your taking the time to look up pricing for me. Every kind thought and friend helps!

Bill

Great story, Dirty Ed! I especially liked the part about the numb lips. I drank a lot when I was drumming, but I don't think my lips ever got numb. I missed my cymbals a lot, and didn't dare try to twirl the sticks, but never numb lips.

You must have had quite a show if you drew in that many kayakin' folks. Any of your river songs on the Tube?

And what a hell of a birthday party that must've been!

Bill

Yes, it so happens I do: John tuned his bass strings incredibly high (give a listen to the 5:15 solo below), and this was like playing the bass as a solo instrument. Paul McCartney had that same ability, but not to the same degree.

That said, I think he was a complete *expletive removed* for OD'ing on cocaine and dying on us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVl39LBZGMw

Thanks, Bill

Let's see if I can make this work. Anyway, this is me from about 6 years ago, sitting in on a practice with my German friend Peter's band.

See that happy (but ugly) face? Now take it and imagine it in front of my computer and you can see how happy I am to be among fellow musicians such as yourselves!

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff71 … ctures.jpg

Well, shoot! I put the url's in there!

Oh well, you can't tell much but I am, indeed, a happy boy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEZtII8rt_Y

Thanks!

ETA: That first link takes you to my Photobucket page, so that picture should be on page one. Feel free to look at the rest. There's no porn in there, unless you count that sexy lookin' chicken.

Bill

Or Bandcamp?

Bill

Just my opinion, but I think they all make promises they fall short of keeping.

For instance, Firefox, my present browser, promises faster speed for gaming, but I haven't seen it and it sure pulls down the mbps's when I play Warcraft. It's like a 4 cylinder car trying to make its way up the Smoky Mountains.

When I get out of the game, it's a little faster, but not much. I have 4 Gb at the moment and have two more empty slots, so does anyone know if more RAM will increase my speed? Due to being on fixed incomes, I can't really justify buying a new machine, so "tweaking" is about where I am at the present time.

Thanks

Bill

Grah1 I took a look online for any reviews of the site and found nothing negative, but then again all the links I visited orginated there, so that isn't much of a help to you. They also appear on a site called "Angie's List" which rates various services here in the US. I don't know if she offers a free trial, but you might want to check there as well.

Also, it may be that one of our friends here may be a member of AL and can take a look on the list for you. She's pretty much "right on the mark" with her ratings.

Admittedly, I didn't read too much about them, being that they're mostly "blowing their own horn", so to speak, but I hope they're legit.

Bill

Wow! I sure appreciate the candor, guys! I once (and posted about it here, I believe) tried to sing and play "Legend In My Time" - The Johnny Cash version - and couldn't keep myself from tearing up and consequently choking up, as it was not long after his passing that I did that. I finally just said "eff it!", cleared my throat and did "Under The Boardwalk". One person told me I was short-changing the audience when I tried to do the tune, "so take it out of your song list."

TF: Did you introduce what you were about to do, or did the audience "get it" on their own? Also were you regularly in the Principal's office? Pretty brave (as well as angry) "young man".

grah1: Did the audience really notice the mistake or was it just you who did? In other words, did they throw fecal material onto the stage? I remember something a pilot once told me (and I am sure you've heard it as well) "Any landing you walk away from is a good one." No matter, you got it right (to your own satisfaction) the second time, so you must have had a kind-hearted audience.

Doug_S: That's a self-criticism I don't think I've ever heard before. and I had to read it twice before I "understood" it. Are you saying you don't practice enough, and so leave out much of the instrumental "break"? If that's the case, I would love to have seen the faces of your fellow musicians when they realized it. "There's FIVE more bars!!!!"

Anyway, these are all just my opinions and y'all know that "opinions are like a**holes, everybody's got one."

I'd love to hear/read more, because one of my favorite things to do has always been playing (and talking about) music. I can talk to you about Beethoven all day long, for instance.

Thanks for sharing!

Bill

Very nice, Joe, and very kind of you as well!

Thanks!