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Baby girl Zoe was delivered by C-section just after 10 this morning. Mom and daughter are doing well, currently resting. Bandcamp and hangovers can wait.

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That's true, although it's still a pity you can't (yet?) fully put your past skills to use. On the bright side, this is the perfect opportunity to pick up a second instrument? I don't know, let's say a classical bowed instrument of which the register lies in between the viola and the double bass? :mrgreen:

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I've tried learning other instruments before and the only one I had any success in coming to grips with was drums. On an entirely different subject I seem to be in that awkward stage of a relationship between being friends and actually dating. Still trying to figure out how I got there.

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That's true' date=' although it's still a pity you can't (yet?) fully put your past skills to use. On the bright side, this is the perfect opportunity to pick up a second instrument? I don't know, let's say a classical bowed instrument of which the register lies in between the viola and the double bass? :mrgreen:[/quote'] When it's so glaringly obvious how the discipline twists the minds, and cripples the bodies, of every dedicated cellist, it's hard to imagine why one would be willing to pay the price... :D
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On an entirely different subject I seem to be in that awkward stage of a relationship between being friends and actually dating. Still trying to figure out how I got there.
And on which side of the line do you want to be?
When it's so glaringly obvious how the discipline twists the minds' date=' and cripples the bodies, of every dedicated cellist, it's hard to imagine why one would be willing to pay the price... :D[/quote'] My my, such pessimism; is it not noble to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous practice in order to reach a certain level?
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My my, such pessimism; is it not noble to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous practice in order to reach a certain level?
Nay, sir, the other option doth appeal far more: to take up our picks, our steel strings, against a sea of cellists, and by opposing, end them! To die? To sleep, no more; and if, by sleep, to say we end the heartache and the thousand unnatural shocks that cellists gave us, why, 'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished!
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Nay' date=' sir, the other option doth appeal far more: to take up our picks, our steel strings, against a sea of cellists, and by opposing, end them! To die? To sleep, no more; and if, by sleep, to say we end the heartache and the thousand unnatural shocks that cellists gave us, why, 'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished![/quote'] Thou doest not seem to realise, that our battle is more full of musical delight than yours, our men more perfect in the use of bows, our cellos all as strong, our instrument the best!
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Thou doest not seem to realise' date=' that our battle is more full of musical delight than yours, our men more perfect in the use of bows, our cellos all as strong, our instrument the best![/quote'] O Lord, cello will hang upon him like a disease: it is sooner caught than the pestilence, and the cellist runs presently mad. God help the noble musician! If he hath caught the cellist's urge, it will cost him thousands of Euros ere it's cured. Just think of the guitar and amp you could have had for the same price... :D
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O Lord, cello will hang upon him like a disease: it is sooner caught than the pestilence, and the cellist runs presently mad. God help the noble musician! If he hath caught the cellist's urge, it will cost him thousands of Euros ere it's cured. Just think of the guitar and amp you could have had for the same price... :D
Ah, but 'tis sweet, sweet, sweet poison for the musician's tooth! I haven't got a clue what guitar gear I could get for that price (3123.06 dollar)
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I'm still not entirely sure. More on the dating side of things (as is she) but I've got lingering trust issues from a previous relationship.
Exes almost always suck major butt. My last serious relationship before my current one, he was talking to his ex behind my back and eventually broke up with me for her (who didnt even want him...hahaha), but my bf now would never in his life do something like that, but it has taken me a good while to trust him even 99% (will never trust anyone 100%). Did I just turn this into a dating hotline advice thread?
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What the hell are you two rambling on about.....haha
He started it with his "slings and arrows"...
Ah, but 'tis sweet, sweet, sweet poison for the musician's tooth! I haven't got a clue what guitar gear I could get for that price (3123.06 dollar)
Over here, that kind of cash would buy you a very serious acoustic, a really great electric, or your choice of many great amps; or a really good electric and a good, solid amp together; or a couple great microphones, a very good recording interface, and some world-class software, if you wanted a home studio. My acoustic and my good amp each cost around that much.
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He started it with his "slings and arrows"...
My mom always told me: if someone starts, the other should be mature enough to end it :mrgreen:
Over here' date=' that kind of cash would buy you a very serious acoustic, a really great electric, or your choice of many great amps; or a really good electric and a good, solid amp together; or a couple great microphones, a very good recording interface, and some world-class software, if you wanted a home studio. My acoustic and my good amp each cost around that much.[/quote'] Hm, that sounds awesome. Too bad I can't play the guitar.
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Hm, that sounds awesome. Too bad I can't play the guitar.
Giving up so soon? :D Cello is something I've always loved the sound of, and would have loved to learn how to play, but I doubt that I'd get much out of a cheap student cello, and I probably won't find the time and money to put towards a more serious instrument and lessons. Doomed to hire people, or just keep using midi... ;)
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Giving up so soon? :D
I have to retune my guitar. I tried D tuning, but the only possibility I saw in it with my now still unexisting skills was the ability to combine the really deep and heavy notes with lighter arpeggio sequences. Somewhere along the way of tuning it bach to C, something went wrong. It's almost impossible to do it on ear, since I'm not used to it too.
Cello is something I've always loved the sound of' date=' and would have loved to learn how to play, but I doubt that I'd get much out of a cheap student cello, and I probably won't find the time and money to put towards a more serious instrument and lessons. Doomed to hire people, or just keep using midi... ;)[/quote'] No one gets a lot out of a cheap study cello in the beginning, but at that point no one gets more out of a better cello either. My cello teacher uses an 1848 Giuseppe Cerutti, but the difference in sound quality when he plays a study cello is barely hearable. The classical cello I use to this day is actually a study cello. *looks around in abundant paranoia* Hm, MIDI or Midi?
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I have to retune my guitar. I tried D tuning' date=' but the only possibility I saw in it with my now still unexisting skills was the ability to combine the really deep and heavy notes with lighter arpeggio sequences. Somewhere along the way of tuning it bach to C, something went wrong. It's almost impossible to do it on ear, since I'm not used to it too.[/quote'] Do you not have a tuner, or a keyboard, or at least a pitch pipe or something? There are free tuning apps for smartphones, too, that include tone generators. It is a bit harder to tune a guitar with a tremolo, though. When you say "D" and "C", do you mean standard tuning intervals with those as the bottom notes?
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Do you not have a tuner' date=' or a keyboard, or at least a pitch pipe or something? There are free tuning apps for smartphones, too, that include tone generators. It is a bit harder to tune a guitar with a tremolo, though. When you say "D" and "C", do you mean standard tuning intervals with those as the bottom notes?[/quote'] I refer to the standard tuning intervals with those as the bottom notes, if I understood correctly. And yes, I have a tuner. Somewhere. In my house. If I haven't lost it already.
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