I love playing PT songs on both guitar and bass, especially Open Car! That riff after the vocal verses fucking DESTROYS. Another one I really enjoy is Shallow, real easy to get into to that one except for the MOTHERFUCKER of an instrumental bridge in that weird as time. And Mother and Child Divided was the first song I learned by ear. Like half the song is only 2 notes, but still IT WAS A BIG DEAL AT THE TIME! Halo is one hard motherfucker on the bass, props to you for being able to play it. Woah come to think of it, I can play like half of PT's catalog! All their songs are really easy apparently.

That pic makes me sad Martin cut his hair. Very, very sad.

Nathan you win! You're right - the Open Car riff sounds so awesome. It just seems to always impress people, and I've only played it in front of like 3 people, but they always seem to really like it
Shallow is probably one of the most fun songs to play for sure! The instrumental part is one of my favorite things on this planet, to play and to listen to. That's another one I might consider playing in front of other people. I like how the instrumental bit starts out really wild, and then gets quieted down for a second... and then all hell breaks loose again!!!!!

The thing with Mother and Child Divided is that the timing is kind of deceptive; I asked my brother about it actually, and he said it's in 4/4 but the phrasing is pretty odd, and there's some playing over of bar lines. It's crazay wakka-wakka!!

Oh thanks Nathan! Way back when I first started playing, I feared Halo so much. But it's one of those songs where you work away at it, and then it just clicks one day. It just clicks and you've got it down good.
So are you thinking about taking on Halo with the bass, Nathan? You'd be my bass hero

Was there a specific reason he chopped off his long locks? Just curious. I think he looks awesome with it long or short, doesn't matter. But I really am partial to the long hair... just kind of aided the whole METAL MENDEZ vibe he had going on.

I don't play PT that much anymore on guitar, but Open Car was one of the first songs I learned. Wish I could have that chunky chunk chunk guitar sound that Steven has on the Arriving Somewhere DVD though.

I love playing PT songs on both guitar and bass, especially Open Car! That riff after the vocal verses fucking DESTROYS. Another one I really enjoy is Shallow, real easy to get into to that one except for the MOTHERFUCKER of an instrumental bridge in that weird as time. And Mother and Child Divided was the first song I learned by ear. Like half the song is only 2 notes, but still IT WAS A BIG DEAL AT THE TIME! Halo is one hard motherfucker on the bass, props to you for being able to play it. Woah come to think of it, I can play like half of PT's catalog! All their songs are really easy apparently.

That pic makes me sad Martin cut his hair. Very, very sad.

Nathan you win! You're right - the Open Car riff sounds so awesome. It just seems to always impress people, and I've only played it in front of like 3 people, but they always seem to really like it
Shallow is probably one of the most fun songs to play for sure! The instrumental part is one of my favorite things on this planet, to play and to listen to. That's another one I might consider playing in front of other people. I like how the instrumental bit starts out really wild, and then gets quieted down for a second... and then all hell breaks loose again!!!!!

The thing with Mother and Child Divided is that the timing is kind of deceptive; I asked my brother about it actually, and he said it's in 4/4 but the phrasing is pretty odd, and there's some playing over of bar lines. It's crazay wakka-wakka!!

Oh thanks Nathan! Way back when I first started playing, I feared Halo so much. But it's one of those songs where you work away at it, and then it just clicks one day. It just clicks and you've got it down good.
So are you thinking about taking on Halo with the bass, Nathan? You'd be my bass hero

Was there a specific reason he chopped off his long locks? Just curious. I think he looks awesome with it long or short, doesn't matter. But I really am partial to the long hair... just kind of aided the whole METAL MENDEZ vibe he had going on.

Mother and Child Divided is in 4/4. Steven was highly inspired by Meshuggah, as he said in many interviews. I think he did a good job of paying them homage. But thats the same thing Meshuggah does, they "play over the bar line" which is more just odd groupings and a lot of 16th notes and 16th rests.

it's in 4/4 but the phrasing is pretty odd, and there's some playing over of bar lines. It's crazay wakka-wakka!!

Mother and Child Divided is in 4/4. Steven was highly inspired by Meshuggah, as he said in many interviews. I think he did a good job of paying them homage. But thats the same thing Meshuggah does, they "play over the bar line" which is more just odd groupings and a lot of 16th notes and 16th rests.

Way ahead of you buddy

Steven Wilson has an unbeatable chunkachunk guitar tone... and Gavin Harrison has one of the best double kick sounds I've ever heard. Even though I'm reaaaaally not a drummer, I am particular about drums. If it's shit, that can ruin a song IMO

it's in 4/4 but the phrasing is pretty odd, and there's some playing over of bar lines. It's crazay wakka-wakka!!

Mother and Child Divided is in 4/4. Steven was highly inspired by Meshuggah, as he said in many interviews. I think he did a good job of paying them homage. But thats the same thing Meshuggah does, they "play over the bar line" which is more just odd groupings and a lot of 16th notes and 16th rests.

Way ahead of you buddy

Steven Wilson has an unbeatable chunkachunk guitar tone... and Gavin Harrison has one of the best double kick sounds I've ever heard. Even though I'm reaaaaally not a drummer, I am particular about drums. If it's shit, that can ruin a song IMO

I hate bad sound snare drums over anything else.

Although, this one band I saw had a bass that just sounding like a snare. That was horrible.

Also - I have an laptop, the only problem though is that the port where you'd put the charger in is broken. Can I get this repaired, or am I better off just getting a new laptop?

it's in 4/4 but the phrasing is pretty odd, and there's some playing over of bar lines. It's crazay wakka-wakka!!

Mother and Child Divided is in 4/4. Steven was highly inspired by Meshuggah, as he said in many interviews. I think he did a good job of paying them homage. But thats the same thing Meshuggah does, they "play over the bar line" which is more just odd groupings and a lot of 16th notes and 16th rests.

Way ahead of you buddy

Steven Wilson has an unbeatable chunkachunk guitar tone... and Gavin Harrison has one of the best double kick sounds I've ever heard. Even though I'm reaaaaally not a drummer, I am particular about drums. If it's shit, that can ruin a song IMO

I hate bad sound snare drums over anything else.

Although, this one band I saw had a bass that just sounding like a snare. That was horrible.

Remember the Pirates gig I did at Turks? The bass drum there?

Good god, it sounded like I was hitting a fucking pancake.

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Was Seattle "New Scotland" or something during colonisation??

For some reason, tonight I'm undergoing a belated state of exasperation regarding a detention I got when I was at school about four years ago.

I heard some girls telling some pretty lightweight offensive but not really funny jokes when I was walking along the corridor one day. They were like "I wish my lawn was emo so it would cut itself" and "You can castrate a traveller by kicking his cousin in the jaw". Not one to miss out on offending everyone, I decided to tell them one that Mark's biology teacher had hilariously told the previous day. I mean, it's not a particularly funny joke but when a teacher has said it then it's seen in a new light. I can't remember it exactly but it was something like "What did the one-armed orphan girl get for Christmas? - AIDs". I mean, it's a stupid joke. But I was 14 or something and the context of when it was told was funny.

Anyway this big stupid fucking fat teacher is walking a bit behind me. She hears and makes me write it down, which I do to the best of my ability. I mean, you could change that in so many ways; you could make her a legless chernobyl victim, a Sussex prostitute, anything. It's pretty much changed every time I've ever heard it recounted. It's not really supposed to be funny, just bloody offensive for the sake of it. I mean, if you're laughing at jokes like that I'd actually be pretty worried.

So anyway a week later a detention letter came in the door. I didn't know that I'd gotten a detention and I got a bollocking from my mom for it. Apparently I had been "passing vulgar notes". Even though I didn't even have that teacher. She had pretended that I was in a class and was disrupting it by passing the joke around in order to make it so that I had officially violated a school sanction. So by trying to instill some morality in me, she was lying. Oh my God it makes me really frustrated thinking that retards like her can actually exert authority based merely on opinion.

At least I can take some consolation in the fact that she's a morbidly obese 36 year-old virgin who binge-eats in her car at lunchtime, lives with her mother and celebrates her cats' birthday. They really should have fired her a long time ago, she's on sick leave 90% of the time due to various health implications being as fat as she is has.

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Tea and crumpets sir? :p

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The man is true to his word.

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O hai. Long time no Dunkel.

At least I can take some consolation in the fact that she's a morbidly obese 36 year-old virgin who binge-eats in her car at lunchtime, lives with her mother and celebrates her cats' birthday. They really should have fired her a long time ago, she's on sick leave 90% of the time due to various health implications being as fat as she is has.

Damn, almost like me. Have to complete some things from the list but I'm working on it (hard).

But srsly, what's with all the frustrated teachers. Thre's so many of them being kind of totally broken human wrecks and neurotics. In profession where they're should be glaring examples of humanity and inspiration for youth. The word "teacher" is kinda tinted with prestige, has sort of aura of respect on it (at least in Polish) - until you see average member of the profession. That's between WTF and un-awesome.

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O hai. Long time no Dunkel.

At least I can take some consolation in the fact that she's a morbidly obese 36 year-old virgin who binge-eats in her car at lunchtime, lives with her mother and celebrates her cats' birthday. They really should have fired her a long time ago, she's on sick leave 90% of the time due to various health implications being as fat as she is has.

Damn, almost like me. Have to complete some things from the list but I'm working on it (hard).

But srsly, what's with all the frustrated teachers. Thre's so many of them being kind of totally broken human wrecks and neurotics. In profession where they're should be glaring examples of humanity and inspiration for youth. The word "teacher" is kinda tinted with prestige, has sort of aura of respect on it (at least in Polish) - until you see average member of the profession. That's between WTF and un-awesome.

My teacher once told me "For every brilliant child, there is a child who is equally the reverse of brilliant.."
Not always true, but she found it a useful rule of thumb.

Off for an adventure to/in Ikea
Computer came this morning, should be getting all my other studio toys on Friday (hopefully), yaaaaaaaaay