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But, if I can break from my usual expected replies and be serious for a moment ( ), I've always looked at musical education as a stool with multiple legs: Music Theory (notes, keys, scales, chords, chord progressions, harmony, melody, etc.) Instrument Knowledge (how it's setup, how it's used, how to tune it, how to play it, how to maintain it, etc.) Physical Training (muscle memory, body preparation like stretching exercises for flexible fingers, repetitive exercises, etc.) Ear Straining Training (perfect pitch, relative pitch, etc.) All legs need to be incrementally lengthened to keep the stool somewhat balanced. For example, having blazingly fast fingers isn't going to be useful if you don't know what notes to play! Actually, one area that's crucial that I didn't include (and that I have difficulties with! ? ) is developing a good sense of timing and rhythm. Another is how to deal with issues like performance anxiety. I'm sure we all know someone who's insanely talented until you hit record or they try to play for others; then they lock up and can even get physically sick! Finally, in the beginning, it's very important to not go cheap on their first instrument! Nothing kills the motivation to learn and be interested like trying to play on something that's almost unplayable to begin with! A guitar with sharp-edged frets and strings that are about 1/2" above the fretboard comes to mind. Ok! I'm done with my diversion! ?

Just Beat It? ?

What a musician Roy was!

I'm sure that video won't give you nightmares! No, not at all! ?

A few repurposed ones in there, but a good collection none-the-less!

Did that just Dawn on you? ?

Yes, they always tell you that right after the key-logger is installed. ?

But the crowd was blown away! ?

Hackers will hack! ? I made a .pdf of the article for anyone without a subscription. Their Songs Were Stolen By Phantom Artists

I once bought a course on mixing that included FOH setup. Aja was the album they used as a reference. "Play the reference through the FOH until it sounds like how you know it's supposed to sound!" Good advice. ?

Just realized that a Hawkwind day would make alphabetic sense for me! ? I've been in a Prog mood lately and went from Djam Karet, to Eloy, to Gentle Giant (who I'm listening to now). I guess an "H" band should be next, ya? (The alphabetic order wasn't intentional, and I guess "F" got left out!?) All of that out of the way, there certainly were a lot of items discussed that bring back memories! I used to play a '76 Les Paul Classic through a Rat with a Space Echo. I had a Peavey amp around that time as well, but I must have gotten one of the crappy ones and got rid of it fairly quick. My main talent was that I was completely able to make it sound like muddy crap! ?

Talk about abrupt endings though! ? It's been awhile since I've had a Hawkwind discography day; will have to have one soon!

Didn't realize you had a Royal Title Sir None! ?

People enjoy nonsensical irony Steve! ?

You'll have to ask Google! There are lots of videos about this and... you can prove it to yourself!

I wouldn't be too sure about that! Much of it is already gone...

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Um, actually SMS stands for Short Messaging Service and has nothing to do with authentication. (MMS is its bigger brother and stands for Multimedia Messaging Service). There are several ways to implement 2FA which the most common being a texted PIN and having to use an Authenticator app.

Reminds me of the video (that I'm too tired to go look for) where a guy has both Siri and Alexa in the same room. He asks Siri when it thinks of Alexa and it responds with "I think she's very nice." Then, across the room, Alexa replies with "Thanks!" I'm sure that having devices that are listening 24/7 would never be used by certain entities for nefarious purposes though. "Alexa: Tie my shoes!" Alexa: "You're not wearing shoes right now..."