Hell yeah. I've been playing but have been distracted with other things lately so I've not recorded anything. I do plan on rectifying that here in the next week or two though.
They have been pretty awesome. @cynicaloldfart opened the last one, for the first time. I was unable to attend, due to real life adventures. So, he ran it for us and did a fine job. I also haven't listened to all the tracks. I did listen to @crazy_eyes' song about black/darkness. I forgot the title, 'cause I do drugs.
EH and I did Sweet Home Alabama and COF shared that for us, along with a live jam from our last performance. That one was chosen to highlight EH's improved skills behind the board. She's come a long ways and has done so rapidly. Last week, and weekend, I took her to the rally driving school a few mountains over. She killed many innocent cones, but will improve with time and practice.
Anyhow, the guitar threads have taken on a big new group of people. I no longer even recognize all of the names. I no longer am able to track progress for everyone, but I can assert that many have made marked improvements in their playing and recording. To see that, and the increased participation, warms me to my very cockles. Not that I know what cockles are, but I'm quite certain they are warmed.
It is a good thing, that weekly thread. It's great to see that the overwhelming majority are able to appreciate it and it's even greater to see the community participation. As tempting as it is to take credit, it's really y'all who make the thread what it is. Otherwise, the thread would be titled something like Listen To TheBuddha Play Guitar. It's quite distinctly not titled that.
It's really blossomed into something special. Hopefully it will inspire other subverses to do similar things. I suspect that is what Putt is trying to encourage with it being a recurring global sticky. It would really be a good thing for Voat if more people did similar things for whatever hobbies they are into.
Oh shit, EH is behind the wheel now huh? Smashing road cones is much more preferable to deer. Not to mention a whole lot cheaper! Speaking of which, how has the healing process been coming along? Everything getting knitted back together properly?
Yeah, he likes the thread. I asked him to sticky it and he felt that was a good idea. I admit my bias, but I also think it is a good idea.
Yeah, she's learning to drive. We are going to do some amateur rally races this season, specifically rallycross. She's a cone murderer, still. She will improve.
My leg is still pretty fucked, but I'm healing. I'm able to hobble on it, without any aids. I seldom use crutches, cane, or wheelchair. I'll probably use my chair a bit this week, as six days at rally school was a lot more work than I probably should be doing. It is what it is, thanks for asking.
That rally stuff always looked like a blast to me. I don't know that there is anything like that in my area but I should poke around and see. If EH learns how to handle her whiskey, when she gets old enough, on top of her guitar playing and rally driving none of the boys will be able to keep up with her lol.
Oh good, I'm glad you are able to get around mostly unassisted these days. I had been wondering about that. It's crazy how much longer things take to heal the older you get.
Then start something. In rallycross, you don't even need a special vehicle. People often just use their daily driver. The course is marked out with cones, so you're not going to smash into trees and shit.
In our case, we are just going to build a new car for it. The goal being to build it ourselves and on a budget. So, I'm replacing the missus' Impreza and going to use that.
I don't know that my interest level is quite that high, haha. Plus I'd have to buy another car since what I currently drive wouldn't really work and I could spend that money on an amp instead. I'm not ready to do that just yet but I do plan on picking your brain when the time comes!
I'm more than happy to answer questions. It's just a hobby for me, but I enjoy it a great deal. I've taken many, many classes and driven many different vehicles on a variety of surfaces. It isn't even all that expensive to get into motorsports at some level.
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Lyonessrising ago
Is that why I'm back to 5 points?😕
Mustard_of_puppets ago
No that's because you suck.
Reverse-Flash ago
He just rocketed up to 6.
Mustard_of_puppets ago
Not if I can help it.
Reverse-Flash ago
It may sound cliche but Q predicted this.
Mustard_of_puppets ago
I predicted Q so it shoudl all balances out
SandHog ago
So this is all your fault. I knew it!
TheBuddha ago
The number of guitar goats in this thread is amusing.
I warned voat that the guitar cabal was taking over the site. They didn't believe me.
SandHog ago
Hell yeah. I've been playing but have been distracted with other things lately so I've not recorded anything. I do plan on rectifying that here in the next week or two though.
TheBuddha ago
I hope so. The threads have been magnificent lately. The sticky has given us lots more participation.
SandHog ago
Awesome! I've missed the last couple Friday's threads and need to go back and check them out here at some point.
TheBuddha ago
They have been pretty awesome. @cynicaloldfart opened the last one, for the first time. I was unable to attend, due to real life adventures. So, he ran it for us and did a fine job. I also haven't listened to all the tracks. I did listen to @crazy_eyes' song about black/darkness. I forgot the title, 'cause I do drugs.
EH and I did Sweet Home Alabama and COF shared that for us, along with a live jam from our last performance. That one was chosen to highlight EH's improved skills behind the board. She's come a long ways and has done so rapidly. Last week, and weekend, I took her to the rally driving school a few mountains over. She killed many innocent cones, but will improve with time and practice.
Anyhow, the guitar threads have taken on a big new group of people. I no longer even recognize all of the names. I no longer am able to track progress for everyone, but I can assert that many have made marked improvements in their playing and recording. To see that, and the increased participation, warms me to my very cockles. Not that I know what cockles are, but I'm quite certain they are warmed.
It is a good thing, that weekly thread. It's great to see that the overwhelming majority are able to appreciate it and it's even greater to see the community participation. As tempting as it is to take credit, it's really y'all who make the thread what it is. Otherwise, the thread would be titled something like Listen To TheBuddha Play Guitar. It's quite distinctly not titled that.
SandHog ago
It's really blossomed into something special. Hopefully it will inspire other subverses to do similar things. I suspect that is what Putt is trying to encourage with it being a recurring global sticky. It would really be a good thing for Voat if more people did similar things for whatever hobbies they are into.
Oh shit, EH is behind the wheel now huh? Smashing road cones is much more preferable to deer. Not to mention a whole lot cheaper! Speaking of which, how has the healing process been coming along? Everything getting knitted back together properly?
TheBuddha ago
Yeah, he likes the thread. I asked him to sticky it and he felt that was a good idea. I admit my bias, but I also think it is a good idea.
Yeah, she's learning to drive. We are going to do some amateur rally races this season, specifically rallycross. She's a cone murderer, still. She will improve.
My leg is still pretty fucked, but I'm healing. I'm able to hobble on it, without any aids. I seldom use crutches, cane, or wheelchair. I'll probably use my chair a bit this week, as six days at rally school was a lot more work than I probably should be doing. It is what it is, thanks for asking.
It'll be another year of properly mending. Meh...
SandHog ago
That rally stuff always looked like a blast to me. I don't know that there is anything like that in my area but I should poke around and see. If EH learns how to handle her whiskey, when she gets old enough, on top of her guitar playing and rally driving none of the boys will be able to keep up with her lol.
Oh good, I'm glad you are able to get around mostly unassisted these days. I had been wondering about that. It's crazy how much longer things take to heal the older you get.
TheBuddha ago
Look up rallycross. There's likely to be events local to you.
SandHog ago
Hmm, nothing super close by. I'm guessing it's only a matter of time though. I bet it's pretty popular because it sure does look like a lot of fun.
TheBuddha ago
Then start something. In rallycross, you don't even need a special vehicle. People often just use their daily driver. The course is marked out with cones, so you're not going to smash into trees and shit.
In our case, we are just going to build a new car for it. The goal being to build it ourselves and on a budget. So, I'm replacing the missus' Impreza and going to use that.
SandHog ago
I don't know that my interest level is quite that high, haha. Plus I'd have to buy another car since what I currently drive wouldn't really work and I could spend that money on an amp instead. I'm not ready to do that just yet but I do plan on picking your brain when the time comes!
TheBuddha ago
I'm more than happy to answer questions. It's just a hobby for me, but I enjoy it a great deal. I've taken many, many classes and driven many different vehicles on a variety of surfaces. It isn't even all that expensive to get into motorsports at some level.