You know damned well that it's time for the weekly guitar thread! Get on in here and play for us the merry tune of your people! We'll listen! (guitar)

submitted ago by TheBuddha

It's that time again, a time when we get together and share our work, talk about performing, talk about practice, ask questions, and see if we can push ourselves to new levels of enjoyment. The most important thing is that we enjoy ourselves.

Some of us play for fun. Some of us are professionals. Some of us play with our friends. Some of us are just learning. Some of us don't even really play at all. It doesn't matter, we want to hear you play as well as you can - or just play.

I don't care if you play a kazoo - I want to hear it and, if history is any guide, the rest of the folks who frequent this thread also want to hear it. So, no matter what you play, come share it with us. If we like the song, we'll sing along when we all get to the chorus!

Grab your guitar and your cell phone - and play us a song. Sing for us! Play a piano. Make electronic music. Play a kazoo, blow a trumpet, bang a xylophone! We don't mind - we want to hear all of it, not just guitar.

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TheBuddha ago

One more from my archives but not from your archives.

This is old. This is TheBuddha and friends. from a few years back. I'd forgotten all about this! LOL I can barely remember the recording!

I'm told to ping @cynicaloldfart.

https://instaud.io/36Cw

EH says she noticed this because she remembers you asking about it? So, she and J edited it up (There was some mucking about and talking in front of it and laughing at the end. I am not entirely sure who the rest are, but it wasn't even recorded here (thus the redacted bit).

Anyhow, she says she remembers you mentioning the song and she's going through my storage (digital) and looking for tracks. She and J just edited it up and she says it's for you. Ii like how she gives away my music and takes credit for it! Sheesh... Elder abuse!

Err... I don't recollect you asking about the song, but she insists and her memory is better than my own.

crazy_eyes ago

That was awesome!

TheBuddha ago

Thanks. We were actually pretty shitfaced, as I recall. However, that was with a bunch of other professional musicians.

Do you still have your copy of you and Chris jamming on the Ripple track? I'm not sure EH has heard it.

cynicaloldfart ago

Is this the one?

https://soundcloud.com/user-239623580/voice-180320-1

It was in 3.9.18 archive.

TheBuddha ago

@crazy_eyes found it. But, yes, that's the one.

I did dig the ripple one out for the archives, for ya. It'd been shared on vocaroo. I figure I'll TRY to remember what hasn't been properly archived and add them in slow threads. But, my memory isn't that good and EH wasn't always here or always paying attention. So, I may not know them all.

cynicaloldfart ago

I might get bored some day and go back through and make a list of all the vocaroo tracks everyone shared. But I've really got to get inspired to start doing some MFU articles again. I only have 4 or so already drafted there, so I need to get back in gear.

TheBuddha ago

I saw you published one in the middle of the night. I was confused.

But, yeah, keeping motivation is difficult. I need to get writing again. My plan is the new year. By then, I should be okay to sit for a few hours in one spot. Right now, I can do it but it's distracting and not really conducive to writing. That and opiates sap my creativity. I'm not sure if that's normal, but they do. I haven't been smoking much pot lately.

cynicaloldfart ago

I hit schedule instead of draft. I pulled it back and it's waiting.

I have missed PG. You've introduced me to some great guitarists I have missed. Maybe an easy warm-up would be to complete the list of Better Thans. You stopped at 20 being blank.

Oh, there's Clapton playing now on Tommy with Townsend and Entwistle. What a weird looking bass John is playing.

TheBuddha ago

That explains it. And, good tunes. I like Tommy.

I'm now up the stairs and in bed. Well, I'm on the bed. I still have two lovely ladies keeping me company. I'd have three, but the missus didn't seem interested in moving and the dog was not interested in getting off her lap. It's a good thing I'm well behaved and the ladies are too young!

cynicaloldfart ago

I don't know about being too young, well certainly EH is, but just keep telling them and yourself "I'm old enough to be a GRANDPA". And there's certainly been enough ELDER abuse for one night!

TheBuddha ago

LOL J has meandered off to bed. But, yes... I'm old enough to be a grandfather! I'm not sure I'm mature enough, but we shall see!

cynicaloldfart ago

I'm not sure I'm mature enough

Keep that attitude. A won't like it, but your grandkid certainly will. That kid is going to be soooooooo spoiled, and that's great!

TheBuddha ago

Oh, she'll like it. She's already accustomed to me! She constantly tells me to never grow up. In fact, she tells me that I was worse while I was pretending to be an adult.

It's a quirky family, I suppose. I love 'em.

cynicaloldfart ago

You know, thinking about it, with a mother virtually an expert in kids specially trained to deal with both medical and emotional aspects and a GRANDPA with your knowledge and artistic passion, that kid is sure to be an outstanding person. This world surely needs a family such as yours, even though they don't deserve it.

TheBuddha ago

The kid will be just fine, I'm sure of it. I've instilled good values in the family. The kid will be mentally healthy, productive, and hopefully physically healthy and happy. Their education is already paid for, but they'll still need to work for a living. We have our familial standards.

I was the first to go to college and get a degree in my family. I'd like to believe that this will start a foundation where academic achievement is valued, be it formal or otherwise. I can leave a lot to the future generations, but I will not leave them in a position where they can be physically or intellectually lazy. I'm reconsidering some choices, but they are too long to type on a tablet.

Also, it's a good thing people trust me. LOL EH has fallen asleep in the bed. I ain't even gonna wake her up.

cynicaloldfart ago

There's no worry, on anyone's part. You're a man of honor. No one needs to trust you, you trust yourself. And the Bear knows you, or else she wouldn't be there. Integrity isn't limited to your music, it is a part of your nature. I'm sure EH is in the best place to go through this period in her life, history included, and adding J into the mix can only be a plus. Personal worth and values are taught, and she has a great teachers.

TheBuddha ago

She's already a good person.

LOL She has seen me pee. She was in the hospital room with me and pretty much impossible to budge. More than once she returned to the room only to see my struggling to hold myself sorta on my side so I could piss in the urinal jug thing. She's even emptied it!

It was that or a catheter. A catheter was NOT an option. So, I peed in a jug. I kept peeing in a jug at night, 'cause getting out of bed was an ordeal.

She's a strong one. She will do alright.

cynicaloldfart ago

Well, maybe now you and her can understand why blackbird is my interpretation of the whole situation. I sense how much potential she had, as a caring, giving, loving soul just waiting for the chance to express it. Just waiting for this moment to arise. I tend to view it in my context and attribute to a something more than human happenchance. However it happened it is truly the best, and exact, situation for her to be in. I am so happy for the both of you. These are the values that make life worthwhile.

TheBuddha ago

She is delightful, even if she flops around and snores.