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caulfield!  good to hear from you man!

these boards have dried up considerably in your absence (would you blush if i said "because of your absence?").  admittedly i post here very infrequently these days, damn life always getting in the way...

either way good to hear from you man, and that you're doing well.  congrats on getting shit together like you have, we should all be so fortunate!

best wishes man
~c

ripple is the greatest song ever written.

i still love you guys...

life goes on...  after a lot of running around and a lot of problems i'm back on two feet and actually have a place i can call "home".  drew, jfurry, xtorris, glider, kemp, gnrm, etc. etc. etc.  it's really great to see you all...  i hope the universe has been kinder to you guys than it has been to me the past few years.  just trying to eek my way by has been the name of the game for a while now.  it's nice to pop my head in here though and see so many familiar faces i knew from some years ago.  i hope the sun smiles upon all of you with its best blessings and kindest givings.

cheers
-c

Dromedary or Bactrian,  I've also pondered this question of the ages. I do believe it's the former!

Blessings
ObOdAOuR

it is the former

-c

hey thanks guys

yea i guess i could help out in the desert, jiku.  that's never a problem for me as far as i'm concerned (other ppl, who knows lol)

X-torris!  long time man!  shoot me a pm, let me know what's new with you, as there's a lot that's new with me.  or use my old email if you still have it (the one you have is still the on i use).

anyway, hope all is good with everybody and it's good to be back

-c

//http://www.myspace.com/societycorrupt

the new one is:

elle see jae

enjoy
c

Meshuggah - Catch 33
Pantera - 101 Live Proof
Fantomas - any

hey guys,

ive been pretty good.  ups and downs here and there, but such is life...

im back in PA, cen, but living in a new house that puts the old house to shame haha

yea i remember that camp-out well  that was one of my fondest memories of all that i associate with these forums

hope you guys are all good too

so what's been new around these parts?

im going to try and contribute more than i have these past 2 yrs

haha

hope all is fine like sheri wine

-c

i have heard of even a slight frost devastating pedros beyond repair

c

remember me?

life.......

hope everybody is well

-c

there's so much to put into consideration when you're first starting to learn an instrument.  it's funny, after years of playing i'm into different kinds of music i never could have forseen myself even considering liking when i first started out playing an instrument.  playing instruments has made my life much more fulfilling than it would have been without the instruments there as a creative/expressive outlet.

looking back i can see the errors of my ways when i started to learn the guitar (my first instrument).  i started out having a friend teach me a couple songs, but without having the resources to extrapolate from there i started to take lessons.  i improved very fast playing mostly jimi hendrix and stevie ray vaughn songs that i learned from tabs and with the help of my teacher at the time.  it grew to a point where i felt like i was hitting a brick wall and i couldn't improve anymore (which couldn't have been further from the truth).  i stopped taking lessons and set the guitar down for a while (not completely but just didn't play 8 hours a day like i used to).  eventually i met the guys who i currently play with and they inspired me to get better myself so i could keep up with them.  i taught myself as much as i could about music theory which i really didn't grasp conceptually before when i was learning from my teacher/tabs.  i took it upon myself to learn all the modes of the major scale, all the chord formulas, how to sight-read, and how to incorporate all these things/ideas/concepts into the "sound" i wanted to create.  eventually things just started to click for me, and i improved a lot in a very short period of time again.  but to me it seems like there are peaks and troughs in one's journey of learning music and/or a specific instrument.  you get stuck in a rut and then need to be inspired to free yourself of the rut and move past it.

honestly the best learning experience i feel is playing with other ppl.  try being able to put a song together from start to finish (both by yourself and with other ppl playing).  and also try voyaging into the unknown by jamming and "exploring".  i think this is the best way to train the ear because it gives you hands on experience to see what does and does not work in certain musical situations.

anyway...

i could go on for hours but i shant

best of luck tho and i hope you end up loving the guitar and music in general as much as i do

-c

i was lost but now am found.

i don't know why i haven't been coming around here for so long, but it was so nice seeing all these names i knew from years ago that i think i'll be coming by this place more frequently.

it's really nice to see you all again

lol

diss, what's up buddy?

i haven't heard from you in ages  :shock:

pm me if you get a chance

-d

who cares?

i think ppls' experiences "under the influence" are unique to themselves, as what you experience relies heavily upon all things you've experienced over the duration of your whole lifetime.

the only entity ive ever theoretically encountered after having partaken in such "naughties" was a business man in a suit/tie pacing back and forth w/a briefcase in his hand (while walking the one way) which would instantly turn into a basketball when he'd turn around and walk the other way.

figure that one out.

-c

3 cats, 1 dog.

ill post pics later

-camel