Music

[Walker]

Wow. That’s very nice. I remember the tune, and the experience.

I’m taking a break from this stuff for awhile. I have some stories to write.



Donald Fagen - I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World) (HQ)

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

[thedoc]

one of my favorites,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlq1GcHJz8k

[Harbal]

Yup Alfie, I have tons of music online. Music was pretty well my life for a long time.

It just so happens that I've recently made my greatest hits available on YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgTkbM ... klHlJk-giw

[Pluto]

https://soundcloud.com/burgerrecords/walter-just-do-it

[Pluto]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIIS-Ugi ... e=youtu.be

[Pluto]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShvAr9uOgOw

[Greta]

Thanks for your kind words, Walker. Well done with the transaction with the woman driver. Through you she saw the folly and triviality of these kinds of spats. Nice.

Cosmik Debris is a favourite from my youth - I love Frank when he's not being disgusting :) If you're an Uncle Frank fan you'll love this concert by his son Dweezil's band - Zappa Plays Zappa. They are outstanding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Jz4UH2_8U

Yes, Hal Galper's talks are all about psychology and philosophy. Another instructor who is just as brilliant, if more unconventional, is Kenny Werner, who released a book called Effortless Mastery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un3p614XExc

While they use different methods, each instructor is trying to help students to reliably achieve a flow state when playing. When you play an instrument, after the first rush of love wears off it can be difficult to have any control over achieving a flow state while playing because of the defensive ego judging and criticising each bar of the music. A bit like a relationship, really. In performance you are supposed to throw away much of your critical faculty and risk making a fool of yourself and unselfconsciously throw yourself into it, trusting that your practice and experience will come through. Easier said than done when you have a lot of curious hominid eyes trained on you.

[Greta]

Yup Alfie, I have tons of music online. Music was pretty well my life for a long time.

It just so happens that I've recently made my greatest hits available on YouTube.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgTkbM ... klHlJk-giw

That's an odd coincidence - I never realised that we both play jazz influenced instrumental guitar rock. Small world, eh? Love the imaginative song titles ho ho. Nice sound and style, kind of spacious.

Here's a song we did that my jam pal and I recorded at home that's probably closest to your style https://soundcloud.com/in-the-house-5/t ... from-ankle.

[Walker]

Thanks for your kind words, Walker. Well done with the transaction with the woman driver. Through you she saw the folly and triviality of these kinds of spats. Nice.

Cosmik Debris is a favourite from my youth - I love Frank when he's not being disgusting If you're an Uncle Frank fan you'll love this concert by his son Dweezil's band - Zappa Plays Zappa. They are outstanding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Jz4UH2_8U

Yes, Hal Galper's talks are all about psychology and philosophy. Another instructor who is just as brilliant, if more unconventional, is Kenny Werner, who released a book called Effortless Mastery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un3p614XExc

While they use different methods, each instructor is trying to help students to reliably achieve a flow state when playing. When you play an instrument, after the first rush of love wears off it can be difficult to have any control over achieving a flow state while playing because of the defensive ego judging and criticising each bar of the music. A bit like a relationship, really. In performance you are supposed to throw away much of your critical faculty and risk making a fool of yourself and unselfconsciously throw yourself into it, trusting that your practice and experience will come through. Easier said than done when you have a lot of curious hominid eyes trained on you.

Likely she saw the truth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSdkPMc7aEo

[Harbal]

Here's a song we did that my jam pal and I recorded at home that's probably closest to your style

I like it.

[Greta]

Here's a song we did that my jam pal and I recorded at home that's probably closest to your style

I like it.

Of course you would - it's closest to your style ;)

Are you playing all instruments on your tunes and programming a drum machine?

[Harbal]

Are you playing all instruments on your tunes and programming a drum machine?

Anything that isn't a guitar or bass is computer generated. I've just finished directing a video, it's in the editing stage at the moment and is due for release in about a week. I'd be interested in your opinion when it's finished.

[Hobbes' Choice]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvgqWO_TgP0


And in the death
As the last few corpses lay rotting on the slimy
thoroughfare
The shutters lifted in inches in Temperance Building
High on Poacher's Hill
And red, mutant eyes gaze down on Hunger City
No more big wheels

Fleas the size of rats sucked on rats the size of cats
And ten thousand peoploids split into small tribes
Coverting the highest of the sterile skyscrapers
Like packs of dogs assaulting the glass fronts of Love-Me Avenue
Ripping and rewrapping mink and shiny silver fox, now legwarmers
Family badge of sapphire and cracked emerald
Any day now
The Year of the Diamond Dogs

"This ain't Rock'n'Roll
This is Genocide"

[Greta]

Are you playing all instruments on your tunes and programming a drum machine?

Anything that isn't a guitar or bass is computer generated. I've just finished directing a video, it's in the editing stage at the moment and is due for release in about a week. I'd be interested in your opinion when it's finished.

Hope this isn't a double post. Not sure if my last one was lost or I screwed up.

You play well. Tasty guitar work. I know bugger all about moviemaking, not being patient enough for it, but happy to give feedback as an audience member.

[Harbal]

I know bugger all about moviemaking,

Neither do I. It's an animation and I've only managed to grasp the basics of how to use the software but I think you'll be impressed.