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My parents knew John Sebastian. Said he was a nice young man. They worked in the restaurant at the private school he went to in NJ back in the 60s and got to know him there. I don't think he was famous or 'known' back then but maybe I'm wrong. My dad said he used to tell him stories of musicians who would come to their house. I remember him mentioning Burl Ives and others that I can't recall anymore. Ives stuck with me because it seemed so odd to me that he would be there.

I bought one of those on Facebook marketplace last year to transfer some very old masters in to me daw. I still have my original Tascam 8track too. I think, if I remember correctly, my first was Cakewalk Pro Audio 9. But I can't really remember anymore.

I played a stripped down Epi Studio version of a Les Paul one time. Best feeling and best sounding LP I ever played. I really regret not buying it. I've had both and I greatly prefer the Epi version. I had a Gibson LP Custom one time. I could never warm up to it. I don't remember who it was now but I sold it to someone on the old Cakewalk forum. I had it on consignment at a very well known guitar shop in Lawrence Kansas and they posted it on their website and he bought it through them.

I have the 2x12 version of that. They are really great amps. I got it thinking I might play live again. Then when faced with an opportunity to play live again I just didn't have the drive to do it anymore. So it sits in a closet. Lots of good times playing out but a lot of headaches too. My goto is Guitar Rig 4 and my Epiphone Sheraton II Sunburst (lefty version). If I ever were to play live again my goto would be my Champion 100 and my 84 MIJ Strat with EMG Golds on it. I put them on back in the 80s to stop the neon sign buzz in bars back before LED signs were a thing and hum from bad grounds in various places we played.

Some places had Christmas decorations out with the Halloween decorations this year. I can only guess it stems from lack of workers and having the ones that were there on Halloween put out both for fear of not having workers at Christmas. Seems nobody wants to work any more. Or greed. Probably some of both.

I recently moved back here after being away for almost 26 years. It's only gotten worse. Suddenly driving through Kansas City doesn't seem so bad. I was in an accident about 4 years ago. Airbag went off and threw my left arm back (my lefty struming hand) and broke my index on my forehead. Completely destroyed my non-bendable/ unbreakable flex-glasses. I was in physical therapy for over a year for various injured areas of my body. For my hand they had a machine they would have me stick my hand in just above my wrist. It was a big machine with sand in it. It acted like a mini sandblaster and gently pelted my hand and wrist. It helped a lot and eventually I regained 99% of my ability to play. Look in to physical therapy for hands. It was a big box with clear sides and you could see the sand and your hand inside. It felt really good while running. It help the tissue damage in my wrist significantly as well as the finger.

What clouds? (Taken today in Kansas)

At the risk of sounding dumber than all you guys already know I Am ... Who/What is DW?

After 51 years and a severe allergy to cig smoke I just started my nicotine fix. My new neighbor said one night ... Here try this vape. I was instantly hooked. I've been doing 2 at once (double chiefing) the kids call it for a couple months now. I go through 2 of the 3600 puff ones a week now. It actually opens up my nasal passages even though I was tested and am extremely allergic to nicotine. It calms my anxiety and gets me incredibly high for about 3 minutes then Im back to normal ... About 40 times a day. As for the detox .... I won 2 weight loss/body building competitions back to back a couple years ago. The guy who set it all up had us do a simple detox cocktail and believe me it f'ing works. A lot of people especially coffee drinkers got very sick. He said It flushes your adrenal system iirc. I got a bad headache the first few days then felt great. You put half of a fresh squeezed lemon in 8 oz room temp water and some fresh ground ginger. I used organic ginger paste. Chug it in the morning. It works. We also drank a lot of water throughout the day. The goal 1 gallon a day. It works. But be warned if you drink a lot of coffee you will at the very least get a bad headache for a few days. At the least. It didn't just get rid of caffeine. It flushed any toxins. I'm assuming it would have the same effect if you have nicotine in your system but I don't know I stopped doing it a while ago and am afraid to try it again seeing how much I've been vaping. Good luck with quitting. Smoking has killed several of my family members. Please do everything you can to kick it. Its a wicked terrible way to go when it catches up to you.

Milk Carton Kids I always thought that was a bad name. One of my favorite songs ...

Ozone 9 Advanced is your friend. I suffer from high and low end hearing loss. I did take a supplement and it helped a lot but my hearing will change from time to time. O9A shows you a graphical representation of your EQ curve and you can see where you have peaks and valleys compared to popular mixes or a selection of mixes you want to emulate the EQ curve of. It completely changed my mixes and masters for the better. They've never been as close to pro sounding recordings. I know they never will be at that level due to my recording environment and gear limitations but O9A can help you polish things. I imagine in the coming years after AI has advanced even more it will get even easier. The last 3 mixes and masters I did I used headphones only and O9A and they were the best I've ever done. But yeah. I've had hearing loss and tinnitus since I was a kid. You get used to it or you go insane. One or the other.

I was listening to a bluegrass band one time at Pigeon Forge in Tennessee(?). They set up and the sound guy twisted a few knobs and they went on. They played about 30 seconds and he walked outside to have a smoke and the feedback started. He stood there at the door and finished his smoke listening to the ear damaging screeching like nothing was wrong. A song and a half later her came in and tried to stop it but couldn't so I left. On a side note I know the or one of many maybe sound guys for Hall & Oats. I wasn't impressed with him either. Sound guys and bass players. I tells ya. Sheesh. 😁😜

Hah. Same in MO. Haven't seem it happen once here in NJ ...

Thank God for amp sims and subscription services.

Can't wait for 128bit to catch up.

The algorithm needs an update to BapsBot 4.0 so he can find all the 64bit plugins ... because 64bit matters ... 😁

What's a Like and a Play? Never seen either. 😜😁

FWIW I haven't said a word to anyone about anything I'm going through except family. I just got back from NY this afternoon. Have a memorial service to attend tomorrow morning and reception in the afternoon. I need to go away by myself for a while but can't. It's all good though. Nothing more or less than anyone else goes through in life. It's why I don't bitch and complain about shit anymore. Does nobody any good and I'm sure as hell not the only one and many have it far worse. @craigb I have tried it. It must have helped because I've been bombarded almost every day for the last 2 months and I haven't snapped yet. I've developed a twitch in my left eye and the shakes came back from the bua accident but it's all good. Lol. Everything will work out and it will be what it will be.

I'm in upstate NY rebuilding a rotted porch on someones summer home. One of their relatives saw my work in NJ and paid for a hotel for 5 days plus a set amount per day to get me up here. Guys who can swing a hammer (successfully) can't be found so I'm told. Now I have more work in NJ and NY than I can handle. All in just a few weeks of barely even trying. It all just fell in to my lap. Lost all my shit in MO so I'm temporarily borrowing tools from my brother. Go back home to NJ Friday. Music is on hold for now but I'll be back.

I'm in the process of walking away from everything. I'll let you know how it goes in 6 months. Haven't worked in 9 years and now I'll be in the street if I can't find a living wage. Something over $25/hr plus health insurance. IOW ... I need to find the nearest sturdy branch that will hold a noose.

Happy Birthday Steve! Love the guitar. Always wanted to try one but I've never seen a lefty one of those.

I played live every weekend for 16 years straight. There were songs I liked that the audience didn't and ones they liked that I didn't. I hated that Elton John Lion King song. Can You Feel The Love Tonight? Or something like that. But the floor was elbow to elbow every time we played it and that I loved. My favorite to play was Hotel California. Nobody within our tri state area ever attempted it. Took me weeks to learn the lead and rearrange it for 1 guitar. People would sit there staring at us until it was over and then they went nuts. Least favorite I can't really remember. I think Hello by Lionel Ritchie, or maybe Desperado. It was the only song I played keys on and it was incredibly stressful. But people loved both so we kept doing them for a very long time.

I am actually. I'm still in NJ and nobody wants to see me. I'm having a hard time forcing myself to go back to MO though. It's becoming a problem ... Oh great. Now there's a puzzle involved. Anything over those big 10 piece wooden ones and I'm lost.

Im still lost. Who has the dress on? The girl or the ladder?

What was this fred about again?