OT: How I spent my New Year's Eve
RichL
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=787260&songID=8550207
Just for fun, more-or-less, and to occupy my evening. It's just my
voice and guitar. The song is Elvis Costello's "Alison", my own twist
on it. It's not necessarily a finished product at this stage, but I
thought it might be fun to skip all the multi-instrumental,
multi-tracking that I usually do.
Happy New Year!
Jeff
> Recording this:
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> http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=787260&songI...
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> Just for fun, more-or-less, and to occupy my evening. It's just my
> voice and guitar. The song is Elvis Costello's "Alison", my own twist
> on it. It's not necessarily a finished product at this stage, but I
> thought it might be fun to skip all the multi-instrumental,
> multi-tracking that I usually do.
>
> Happy New Year!
I like it, Rich. Thanks for sharing.
Jeff
Mack A. Damia
wrote:
That's great, Rich!
I'm envious. I have a pretty good voice but don't play an instrument.
RichL
Thanks! I play a pretty decent guitar but I don't have a great voice
:-)
RichL
Thanks, Jeff!
Mack A. Damia
wrote:
Well, I've sung in choirs, but my voice needed profession tgraining,
which it never got. I'm ytoo old neow, and hear my voice cracking on
notes that I used to be abloe to reach.
Took piano lessons for a couple of years but quit when I was bitten by
a dog one day while I was t=riding my bike to a lesson.
Also, when I was eight, I was given a guitar. My folks couldn't
afford lessons, but you might have thought I could have taught myself
a few chords, etc., but we emigrated to the U.S., and my guitar didn't
accompany me.
I once tried the banjo and still have it. That's thirty years ago,
but I was driving sixty miles roundtrip to lessons, and that wore me
out after a while.
Not too much motivation, I'm afraid.
I have a mudsical graveyard in the corner of my livingroom. It has
all kinds of instruments - some broken, some not. Trombone, small
organ, violin, flutes, harp, castanets, drums, trumpet, ukelele,
bugle, small guitar - and the banjo.
who?
> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 02:18:27 -0500, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> >Mack A. Damia <mybaconbu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 01:38:39 -0500, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
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> >>> Recording this:
>
> >http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=787260&songI...
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This has to be one of the funniest posts I've ever read.
I took one guitar lesson and smashed my hand thru
the back of the guitar afterwards. I'm still playing
50 years later. My parents gave my sister piano
lessons and not me. I never got it. Why not me?
I was the child who was interested in music.
Oh well. I taught myself the basics of piano.
Jeff
Mack A. Damia
<yourimag...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>On Jan 1, 1:31锟絘m, Mack A. Damia <mybaconbu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 02:18:27 -0500, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
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>> >Mack A. Damia <mybaconbu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 01:38:39 -0500, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo.com>
>> >> wrote:
>>
>> >>> Recording this:
>>
>> >http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=787260&songI...
>>
>> >>> Just for fun, more-or-less, and to occupy my evening. 锟絀t's just my
>> >>> voice and guitar. 锟絋he song is Elvis Costello's "Alison", my own
>> >>> twist on it. 锟絀t's not necessarily a finished product at this stage,
>> >>> but I thought it might be fun to skip all the multi-instrumental,
>> >>> multi-tracking that I usually do.
>>
>> >>> Happy New Year!
>>
>> >> That's great, Rich!
>>
>> >> I'm envious. 锟絀 have a pretty good voice but don't play an instrument.
>>
>> >Thanks! 锟絀 play a pretty decent guitar but I don't have a great voice
>> >:-)
>>
>> Well, I've sung in choirs, but my voice needed profession training,
>> which it never got. 锟絀'm too old now, and hear my voice cracking on
>> notes that I used to be able to reach.
>>
>> Took piano lessons for a couple of years but quit when I was bitten by
>> a dog one day while I was riding my bike to a lesson.
>>
>> Also, when I was eight, I was given a guitar. 锟組y folks couldn't
>> afford lessons, but you might have thought I could have taught myself
>> a few chords, etc., but we emigrated to the U.S., and my guitar didn't
>> accompany me.
>>
>> I once tried the banjo and still have it. 锟絋hat's thirty years ago,
>> but I was driving sixty miles roundtrip to lessons, and that wore me
>> out after a while.
>>
>> Not too much motivation, I'm afraid.
>>
>> I have a musical graveyard in the corner of my livingroom. 锟絀t has
>> all kinds of instruments - some broken, some not. 锟絋rombone, small
>> organ, violin, flutes, harp, castanets, drums, trumpet, ukelele,
>> bugle, small guitar - and the banjo.
>
>This has to be one of the funniest posts I've ever read.
>I took one guitar lesson and smashed my hand thru
>the back of the guitar afterwards. I'm still playing
>50 years later. My parents gave my sister piano
>lessons and not me. I never got it. Why not me?
>I was the child who was interested in music.
>Oh well. I taught myself the basics of piano.
Oh! I didn't buy the instruments in my graveyard to play. I purposely
set out to make a "musical instrument graveyard", I had the banjo, so
I buy them when I see them at second-hand shops if they are of a
reasonable price.
Funny thing is, too, that my mother plays the piano and had a
beautiful soprano voice when she was younger. I grew up with music
all around me, and I have had a great interest in music all my life.
Not only that, but I am into all kinds of music and always have tunes
running through my head. I suppose I could grab the banjo or ukelele
and try to teach myself, but I just don't have the motivation these
days.
Are you good in mathematics? There is a strong relationship between
those who play musical instruments/read music and mathematical
ability. I always ask piano players this when I get a chance, and
always get a "yes" answer.
The Nice Mean Man
On Jan 1, 2:11 am, Mack A. Damia <mybaconbu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 01:38:39 -0500, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Recording this:
>
> >http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=787260&songI...
>
> >voice and guitar. The song is Elvis Costello's "Alison", my own twist
> >on it. It's not necessarily a finished product at this stage, but I
> >thought it might be fun to skip all the multi-instrumental,
> >multi-tracking that I usually do.
>
> >Happy New Year!
>
> That's great, Rich!
>
> I'm envious. I have a pretty good voice but don't play an instrument.
Screw YOU, Moe-Foe.....
http://cosmoscrystal.com/graphics/images/Calvin%20thumb%20on%20nose.gif
You can go and play THAT.
This little exhibition is to illustrate to you and ANYBODY ELSE who
thinks they can silence THE TRUTH of another by means of instilling
FEAR... that IT AIN'T GONNA WORK. It’s just to show you that you are
100 percent POWERLESS, as long as we don't break the law!
LOL....!!!!!
who?
> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:19:08 -0800 (PST), "who?"
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>
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> >On Jan 1, 1:31 am, Mack A. Damia <mybaconbu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 02:18:27 -0500, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo.com>
> >> wrote:
>
> >> >Mack A. Damia <mybaconbu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 01:38:39 -0500, "RichL" <rpleav...@yahoo.com>
> >> >> wrote:
>
> >> >>> Recording this:
>
> >> >http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=787260&songI...
>
> >> >>> voice and guitar. The song is Elvis Costello's "Alison", my own
> >> >>> twist on it. It's not necessarily a finished product at this stage,
> >> >>> but I thought it might be fun to skip all the multi-instrumental,
> >> >>> multi-tracking that I usually do.
>
> >> >>> Happy New Year!
>
> >> >> That's great, Rich!
>
>
> >> >Thanks! I play a pretty decent guitar but I don't have a great voice
> >> >:-)
>
> >> Well, I've sung in choirs, but my voice needed profession training,
> >> notes that I used to be able to reach.
>
> >> Took piano lessons for a couple of years but quit when I was bitten by
> >> a dog one day while I was riding my bike to a lesson.
>
> >> afford lessons, but you might have thought I could have taught myself
> >> a few chords, etc., but we emigrated to the U.S., and my guitar didn't
> >> accompany me.
>
> >> but I was driving sixty miles roundtrip to lessons, and that wore me
> >> out after a while.
>
> >> Not too much motivation, I'm afraid.
>
> >> all kinds of instruments - some broken, some not. Trombone, small
> >> organ, violin, flutes, harp, castanets, drums, trumpet, ukelele,
> >> bugle, small guitar - and the banjo.
>
> >This has to be one of the funniest posts I've ever read.
> >I took one guitar lesson and smashed my hand thru
> >the back of the guitar afterwards. I'm still playing
> >50 years later. My parents gave my sister piano
> >lessons and not me. I never got it. Why not me?
> >I was the child who was interested in music.
> >Oh well. I taught myself the basics of piano.
>
> Oh! I didn't buy the instruments in my graveyard to play. I purposely
> set out to make a "musical instrument graveyard", I had the banjo, so
> I buy them when I see them at second-hand shops if they are of a
> reasonable price.
>
> Funny thing is, too, that my mother plays the piano and had a
> beautiful soprano voice when she was younger. I grew up with music
> all around me, and I have had a great interest in music all my life.
>
> Not only that, but I am into all kinds of music and always have tunes
> running through my head. I suppose I could grab the banjo or ukelele
> and try to teach myself, but I just don't have the motivation these
> days.
>
> Are you good in mathematics? There is a strong relationship between
> those who play musical instruments/read music and mathematical
> ability. I always ask piano players this when I get a chance, and
> always get a "yes" answer.
I'm terrible at math. I got a 98 score twice though on finger
dexterity,
at a job service center ...over a 20 year period. They told me I
would be excellent at typing.....but I'm not much of a piano
player. I know the basics. Musically, what I'm best at is
figuring out what chords are, in a matters of seconds, either
on the guitar or piano, and that's great..since I can't read
a note of music, but I'm not a technically good musician,
on any instrument. I'm also very good at improvising.
Jeff
Mack A. Damia
Maybe it has something to do with reading music, then.
who?
> On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 19:43:50 -0800 (PST), "who?"
>
>
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I suppose, if someone has a desire to be a technically
good musician. I've never strived for that, cause my
desire isn't to be a guitar hero, or to be excellent on
the piano...or any other instrument. I wanted to be
a songwriter....and in most cases, songwriters
aren't technically good musicians. They don't have
time for it. They're too busy writing chord
progressions and lyrics.
Adding some Beatles content here, It's the same
way the Beatles were.
Jeff
Mack A. Damia
I didn't know or never thought about it.
I started to read music when I was learning the piano for a brief
time, but I doubt I would have made an excellent piano player. I was
only average in math, too.
who?
Well, you were better than I was in math. In my 9th grade class,
the students were so bad at math...the teacher gave up
teaching the students, let paper airplanes fly across the
room...as well as spit wads, and gave out hall passes
to 3 or 4 students at a time, so they could roam the
halls, and wave to their girlfriends/boyfriends in other
classes for 20 minutes at a time. I'm serious. Oh,
yeah, we arm wrestled a LOT too. :-)
The last thing I heard, was that this teacher was
spotted being still alive and in his 90's..about
2 years ago.
Jeff
Mack A. Damia
Much of it had to do with the teachers themselves. I recall getting
Ds and Fs in junior high school math, but when I reached senior high,
my grades started to improve. I remember getting a B in 12th grade
math which includied trig.
Junior high school teachers were nasty in my school.
who?
> On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 21:28:10 -0800 (PST), "who?"
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You know, my father told me this story about how he flunked
math in college, because the teacher didn't like him, but
when he changed classes, his story sounds like your
story.
>
> Junior high school teachers were nasty in my school.
Junior high was a total horror at my school, and that
includes the teachers and the students. I would
rather stand before a firing squad before going
through those years again at that school. It felt
like being in prison for those 3 years. I was in
total shock...for many years afterwards. It
messed up my head.
Mack A. Damia
wrote:
>On Jan 2, 9:35�pm, Mack A. Damia <mybaconbu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 21:28:10 -0800 (PST), "who?"
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>I came across a paper of my bro's at about 10/11. He was talking about
>mercury pool rectifiers. The teacher gave him a B+ because he was
>talking "way over our heads". Fuck JH teachers. (No offense all you
>JH teachers on the side of Good.) :-)
Thelma Brunner. 7th grade math. In truth...Room 101. (think *1984*)
She looked like the bride of Frankenstein. Literally.
Mack A. Damia
Even our gym teacher turned out to be a sexual pervert.
RichL
> I came across a paper of my bro's at about 10/11. He was talking about
> mercury pool rectifiers. The teacher gave him a B+ because he was
> talking "way over our heads". Fuck JH teachers. (No offense all you
> JH teachers on the side of Good.) :-)
Oh yeah, thinking back on my kids' childhoods, junior high teachers were
the worst. To make matters worse, in this area kids enter what we call
middle school in 6th grade, they're not quite at the age where they
learn to question things (for the most part). I remember correcting
several misconceptions that teachers had communicated to the kids in
math and science. The usual response from my kids started out with "but
Teacher said...".
RichL
> Are you good in mathematics? There is a strong relationship between
> those who play musical instruments/read music and mathematical
> ability. I always ask piano players this when I get a chance, and
> always get a "yes" answer.
My travels in the mathematical and scientific worlds are limited, of
course, but I'm always amazed at the number of scientists and engineers
who are also musicians.
Before the Big Layoff (which I survived), our small start-up company had
four guitarists among 13 employees.
I think the connection of mathematics with music is more apparent at
higher levels of the former -- people who are involved in the conceptual
aspects of math, as opposed to the rote stuff we all dealt with most of
the way through high school. All through college and grad school, I
routinely encountered other musicians.
Nutella
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I always said that I served a 12 year prison sentence in Catholic
School until
I was 18 years old. I've never looked back. I feel like a much better,
and guilt-free Christian,
now than I ever did back then.
Imagine getting hit by a Nun for doing poorly on a Religion test.
Imagine getting flipped out of your
desk by a priest for not having your book covered.
RichL
I don't have to imagine it. I experienced it. Kindergarten through
high school, so I have one more year of it under my belt than you ;-)
who?
Sorry to hear that. I have to admit that I'm not familiar
that much with your posts..though I've seen you
around. Those years must have been a horror
for you.
>
> Imagine getting hit by a Nun for doing poorly on a Religion test.
> Imagine getting flipped out of your
> desk by a priest for not having your book covered.
I could tell you stories about my life that are just as bad,
or worse, but I won't cause:
1. People don't believe me.
2. They don't want to read about it here.
3. Any combination of the above. :-)
Nutella
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Oh, don't get me wrong. Since I was in the same boat with a gang of
other kids,
we all acted as therapy for each other down at the playground on
weekends. But,
it WAS a prison sentence. That being said, I wouldn't cheat my kids
out of the experience. :-)
Tell us your stories. We are here for you!
Yes. I am new here. I didn't realize there was a Beatles newsgroup
until last year. You know how it is, you
don't see the old gang like you used to. so there isn't much of the
"let's hang out at the schoolyard and play
Beatles tunes". We're all displaced. So, this is great!
I live in Maryland. So, I can be in NYC rather quickly. I'd love to
meet you guys. I wouldn't mind buying some
bootlegs off you guys. I only have The Esher Demos and the Anthology
CD's.
who?
> On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 21:48:36 -0800 (PST), "who?"
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My father also told me a story like this recently, that
I had never heard before: He lived in a very small
town, and one of his grade school teachers lived
next door to him. My dad was accused by this
teacher of stealing parts off of cars that he was
not involved in. The teacher gave him hell about
it, but he never said a word to my grandmother.
One day, my dad was hanging around the
school after the day was over..and he was
hanging around a few friends. Suddenly, he
happened to look though a window into the
school...and he saw the teacher walking
behind a very young girl, zipping up his
pants. My dad is sure the teacher saw
my dad looking through the window,
cause he never harassed my dad ever
again. The teacher continued to live
next door to my grandmother until my
dad was in his late 30's and 40's,
until the teacher died in his 90's.
Since my grandmother was never
told this story, she always thought
this teacher was such a nice guy,
and she died with those thoughts.
I guess there are plenty of sexual
perverts out there.
Mack A. Damia
<yourimag...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>On Jan 2, 11:53�pm, Mack A. Damia <mybaconbu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 21:48:36 -0800 (PST), "who?"
>> Even our gym teacher turned out to be a sexual pervert.
Quirky guy. He was the only teacher in high school who used corporal
punishment. He would paddle us with whatever was handy.
He belonged to my church, too. He was a Lt. Col. in the Air Force
Reserves, and in junior high school he showed us slides of males and
female genitals that had been literally eaten away by veneral disease.
A few of the guys got sick, too. One passed out.
I had a new baseball mit with my name in it. I foolishly left it on a
bench one afternoon after practice, and he said to me the following
afternoon when he saw me that he had it in his office. I didn't get
there until the following day, though, and when I asked him for it, he
said he didn't know what I was talking about. Creepy.
He once lashed out to hit me with his hand - I blocked it with my
hand, and he broke his thumb. <*grin*>
He was involved in exposing himself to some younger kids and some
fondling, I think, and the school quietly retired him.