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guitarted
Chatterbox
Canada
487 Posts |
 Posted - 02/08/2005 : 4:57:37 PM
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I enjoyed reading the most embarassing album thread so I thought I'd try another
What is the worst gift you have ever recieved?
I can't think of a worst one myself but I remember when we were little my grandmother gave my brother a Frog Garden Ornament that croaked when you walked near it.
My brother was maybe 9 years old... |
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therippa
Fluffy-Esque
Kazakhstan
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Posted - 02/08/2005 : 5:11:26 PM
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A crystal eagle. Not just tacky, but very poorly made. You can see globs of glue around the wings. We're talking dollar store quality here. When I opened it, the giver was all "Do you like it?! Do you like it?!" and I put on a DeNiro performance. "Oh yeah, this is really sweet. It's going right up on my mantle!" Then my relatives got all impressed, "Ohhh!! You have a fireplace in your house in CALIFORNIA?"
To which my buddy responds, "Yeah, what do you think he lives in? A bordello? A straw house?"
The person that gave it to me beat the previous worst gift ever, a coffee mug and little hot plate (I don't drink coffee) that was of a very inferior quality as well. A few months later a friend of mine (that I gave it to) saw the same thing for sale at walmart for $2.50. Now, I don't judge gifts by cost, but he's my god father and I buy him at least $30 worth of shit every xmas. |
Aspiring to Be Fluffy-Esque an Alien Abductee! |
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Alison K.
Is Anybody Here?
USA
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Posted - 02/08/2005 : 8:09:05 PM
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I can beat that worst gift ever! BUT,,,,,,first let me introduce myself. My name is Alison and I am probably as old as most of you're Mothers are. I got turned onto TR's Genius in the summer of '02. I am what Fluffy has referred to as a "Lurker". You all have made many a bad day brighter, and made me smile, especailly when I thought I wouldn't again for a while. You guys are clever and witty and my hat or apron (as the case may be since I am a true blue soccer Mom) is off to you all. Thank you ALL for making many a day much more bearable as I have "Lurked" on this site since '02. Also I want to thank you all for the really GREAT music tips that I have gleened off of this board. I have bought ALOT of GREAT stuff just by what you guys discuss on here.
Okay now on to the worst gift EVER.....When I turned 30 it was pretty tramatic. I still felt 21 at that time. Don't ask how old I am now or how old I feel.....That's a whole other ball game. Anyway My husband went out and bought my present. It was a BOX OF CONTRACEPTIC SPONGES (which they don't make now a days, so maybe you don't know what those are) AND A LAUNDRY BASKET!!!! Now does that suck or what????????My neighbors took pity on me and would then take him shopping for all holidays and birthdays after that. Of-course my job as a wife is to NEVER let him forget that truely awfull gift! I have lived up to that!
Fluffy, I was really hoping to meet you at the '03 Purdue A. concert and have been carring around in my handbag ever since a 2" green rubber alien. So, in the future, If somebody at a concert walks up to you and presses one in you're hand, and it looks like it has been in the bottom of a handbag for years....that's me.
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thomasode
Yak Addict
565 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2005 : 9:28:26 PM
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Welcome Aboard!! It's nice to see more and more people posting, even though it seems like you've been "on the boards" for quite some time. I think it's funny that you admit to being a soccer mom, most of the soccer moms I know would flip if you even tried to say anything like that. when I got hurt last year my mom said shes a Rugby mom, the soccer moms who really dont care about their childrens health. I thought it was kinda funny.
well anywho
Worst gift ever....the Hanson Christmas album...yes Hanson has a christmas record... And my friend got it for me for my birthday when I was like 6 or 7 or 8 or something but what he really kinda forgot is while everyone was listening to Backstreat Boys, I was listening to the Grateful Dead, so man...that really blew... |
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Zachmozach
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1534 Posts |
Posted - 02/08/2005 : 11:17:10 PM
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Welcome Alison! No need to lurk any longer you should join in when you can.
Well I can't top anything on the list and for the most part I'm really grateful anyone even buys me anything, but my grandma is insane. One year I went from thinking she was a little wacko to thinking she was absolutely nuts. First in thanksgiving she gets off the plane and is telling me how she brought me a package of oreo's, but she got hungry and ate just a couple on the plane. She tries to get me to eat them, but I didn't feel like it so they went into the cupboard when we got home. So a few days later after she is gone, I want some oreos and I go get them only to pull the first one out of the package and realize it was no oreo, but a inferior store brand of some type that wasn't even close to an oreo, yet she had put them in a oreo package.
So then for christmas the same year I opened up my present and it's a shirt that I can't even begin to describe how hideous it is. It's like velvet blueish with a collar and these big buttons, just a few for the neck. It also has a goodwill tag on it still. Then she had sewed up the back of it a little bit where it had been ripped. Then on top of that it was a womens shirt. Now I can't complain too bad since she always gives us some money along with whatever she buys us. However she is not poor by any means, but it's still insane. She's one of those people that even though she has plenty of money is still living like it's the great depression. Not the worst gifts ever, but really just a confirmation as to how bad old people can be with gifts. |
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
4845 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2005 : 05:23:41 AM
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Good to have you with us in the "light" now Alison. You'll have to share suggestions with us on different bands/artists now! And just remember, you can never have enough Peter Gabriel!
As for worse gifts, I can't remember much. I think one year my crazy cousin gave me this box of stickers. They were weird rats and snakes or something. I don't know how old I must have been, but I have fuzzy memories about it. |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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rubylith
Fluffy-Esque
1915 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2005 : 08:30:04 AM
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hahaha
amazing first post! |
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Silky The Pimp
Alien Abductee
3321 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2005 : 5:30:12 PM
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Welcome Alison... I wouldn't look at things so negatively... I mean, if you've ever been a fan of Seinfeld, you know that because of their rarity, being "sponge worthy" is a big deal. Maybe that was your husband's way of saying he thought YOU were sponge worthy, which I think would be quite flattering.
Case in point-- I'd be quite happy if I recieved a jumbo pack of condoms from a lady friend... I figure it says "sex imminent" and that's a gift you can just never go wrong with.
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Robin
Yak Addict
USA
598 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2005 : 7:48:16 PM
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Yeah sponge worthy! The laundry basket is just inexcusable though.
"Lets have sex, and then you can do my laundry"? I'd be using that to my advantage for a LONG time. Peace, Robin |
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PJK
Alien Abductee
USA
4159 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2005 : 7:48:25 PM
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HAHAHAHA Silky I agree! Alison, the sponges weren't bad, being "sponge worthy is an honor! But the laundry basket.....ummmmmm......let's just say I agree with you! (What was he thinking?)
As for being old Alison, if you have been lurking around here you must know I am not young, just young at heart LOL!
Now my worst gift, ummmmm, maybe paint. Maybe our husbands are related Alison, mine got me paint for something once and I said "what is this for?" Turns out it was paint for dog jumps he made me, so it turned out to be good in the end. I know, dog jumps you say? Well I showed dogs in obedience for years and these were my own set of practice jumps for the dogs.
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Arthen
Alien Abductee
USA
4845 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2005 : 8:56:38 PM
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| Wow! That's awesome PJK! Hopefully you don't act like any of the characters in "Best In Show"! I love dogs, although I don't know how well I could train them. |
Steve Hackett: "I'm my own opening act, you see."
Tim (before "Faceoff"): "Peace, love....and SEX!"
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Alison K.
Is Anybody Here?
USA
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Posted - 02/10/2005 : 12:09:29 AM
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Yes Silky, I have seen that Seinfeld episode! I WAS Elaine! We lived in St. Louis at that TIMe. I ran all over town and I can't tell you how many counties, trying to find a lazy pharmacy that hadn't got all of the 'TODAY SPONGES' pulled off the shelves yet! But Robin is right......it was such an insult. Well yes he was definately haveing the good time with the use of the sponges, but.......Do the sheets afterwards? With that laundry basket?????? Which I never used. I was SO ANGRY that I just put it on the curb for the trash guys the very next trash pick up day. Come on-------I was turning 30. To me that meant jewelry! Which is so far from what I actually got. You've got to figure, he's already been married to me for years so he was so NOT deprived in the "fun" department!
PJK about you're paint,,,,now did you're husband paint those dog jumps for you or did you do it you're self? I used to have a 'Show Quality' Cocker. Now we have a "Pet quality" cocker. Ozzie, the one we have now has so much more personality than the other one had. But the other one was so much more manageable. He just followed directions and commands better since he had been trained to compete. Which is so MUCH WORK! I haven't done it in over 20 years. The one I have now will just look at me like I'm the one who's stupid as I'm screaming at him to get off of the kitchen table and stop eating out of the cereal bowls in front of my little kids. And yes, I figured that you were some where in my age range. My oldest is a JR in H.S. and my younget is in 1st grade. Now that I think about it.....I guess those damm sponges didn't work that great after all. HAH! I've been in here reading since 7-'02. I didn't actually sign on as a member until the TIMe that Fluffy was asking people to do that vote for Best Guitarist On the R.S. poll on line. So I guess you can say that I have been a Lazy Lurker. Sorry. But... when ever someone was ill and needed good thoughts and/or prayrs I was sending both.
And Silky, I hadn't thought of my self as still being negative about that horrible gift...but you're right. Apparently I am still so PO'd about it that it was the catalist that fianally brought me on line.....but not about anything positive....re-reading my post.....I was still bitching 12 years later. .....Damm....Okay there it is...I''m 42. I'll be calling my theripist tomorrow for an emergancy appointment. Sheese....And Arthen, You're right, You can NEVER have too much Peter Gabriel. Which I would have never thought about buying before lurking on this web! Thanks if you're the one whose comments a little over a year ago made me go to Best Buy and purchase what they had of his.
Alison
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2005 : 04:46:00 AM
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Chocolate-covered pretzles. Dark and white. I don't like pretzles...so how would covering them in chocolate amke them more appetizing? And white chocolate at that! Gross. This "present" was given to me be my uncle who actually got me a good present for a change (Dido CD) this last Christmas. Now....I will admit that I am not the easiest person to shop for....but at the time in question, I was 10. And what could a 10 year old boy possibly want? Legos, video games, hell...even books, candy...REAL candy...none of this hardened bread dipped in white shit.
Ok ok ok.....I wasn't really pissed about it because, after all, I did get all those other things I mentioned that year....but if I even get my nephew something that bad.....may God have mercy on my soul.
While we're on the subject of bad gifts....I think the worst gift givers ever would have to be the Dursleys from the Harry Potter books.....50 cents pieces, used socks, a roll of tape.....ultimate bad gifts. |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2005 : 12:36:09 PM
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harry potter books are the worst gifts in the world.
my father once called a hair restoration clinic using my name (i'm balding.) it was revenge, because i once got him rogain for father's day (he's balding, too.) so i get this package that says "confidential." i opened it, thinking it was, you know, an early birthday gift. bam. package about "the art of hair restoration." so about 3 days later, i'm playing videogames with a friend when the phone rings. bad enough i have to stop kicking this kid's ass to answer the damn phone, but guess who it is? why it's james from the bosley institute calling me about my interest in regaining my hair. i told him it was a joke and that i have no interest in regaining my hair. he laughed at the funny joke and hung up. then i had to explain to my friend what just happened. he still brings it up.
in retrospect, it was pretty fucking hilarious. |
death to false metal. |
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thomasode
Yak Addict
565 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2005 : 9:46:57 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Alison K.
My oldest is a JR in H.S.
Thats my age...does your kid like TR? |
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Alison K.
Is Anybody Here?
USA
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Posted - 02/11/2005 : 12:21:00 AM
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| Thomasode.......see I told you that I was most likely the age of you're Mother! He LOVES TR now that he is out of that rebellion period where he would only listen to music that I HATE. If I offend any of you I'm sorry, but I hate Rap. I seriously think some PSY. Doc. should do a study on how Rap music adds to depression! But hey, better living through modern chemistry. And now that his brain is connecting all of the dots he has more of an open mind to every thing. Who can help but appreciate pure talent? He loves Chaos View because it is, well, I'll repeat myself, pure talent. He also can appreciate Nomadic Wavelength and Stream for the same reason. The first time he heard Astral Projection he confiscated my CD to listen for hours, because it is on a different path than the 3 I named. Those are the only 4 I have so far. TR's love of a broad scope of music opened up his mind, (and thankfully took it of off just Rap being the only game in town. It has also given us a place where we can connect again with our admiration of awesome talent) and he is now writting his own music and is re-thinking college majors. Gearing towards music now. Of course that has my MBA, Mr. Finance, husband hyper-ventalating, but he'll get over it. We all have to go our own way. Every couple of day's me oldest will ask me if the release date on the new CD has been announced yet. So....to make a very long story short...(HA)..yes he is a TR fan! |
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Jiyra
Chatterbox
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Posted - 02/11/2005 : 5:29:19 PM
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my mother is 57, and I turned her on to TR, mostly because I when I was practicing for my Music School audition I did two TR pieces, so Alison, you can only be but so old.
but my worst gift ever was a subscription to Zoobooks, y'know those cheesy commercials that they've been showing at 4 in the morning for the past 10 years? yeah I got a subscription when I was SIXTEEN! |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 12:14:10 AM
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what music school took tr pieces for audition material? i was under the impression that it had to pretty much always classical pieces.
alison, if i may say a word on behalf of us man-folk. it's not that want to be insulting. we don't mean to be hurtful and rude and insensitive. it's just that we don't know any better. we're stupid, simple creatures. have you ever had a big dog that just trampled all over your flowers sometimes? that's us. the dog doesn't think "watch me trample the fuck all over these flowers and ruin everyone's day." he just thinks "i think i'll run around all over the place for a while." there's not malicious intent. you have to be patient with guys and explain in clear terms why buying a whole thing of contraceptives and a laundry basket sends a sort of message. |
death to false metal. |
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Jiyra
Chatterbox
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Posted - 02/12/2005 : 01:09:52 AM
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amen to that Dan.
and to answer your question, North Carolina School of the Arts, they'll listen to just about anything that's in good taste...unfortunately I wasn't accepted because I taught myself how to play, and they wanted people who had private lessons and had been playing for years, at the time, I'd only been playing for one year, but I also did a very old christian hymn, and a Bach piece. |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 4:28:22 PM
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| neat. what bach piece? |
death to false metal. |
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Jiyra
Chatterbox
124 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 4:56:36 PM
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| Air Suite No. 3, it's agonizingly slow, and waaay too easy, but they said they enjoyed it, but it took me longer to learn the TR pieces |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 8:03:59 PM
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| hahaha. i've found that bach is always difficult to play well. i mean, it's one thing to just look at the music in terms of chord grips, and play all the right notes at the right time, but that's not really what it is. i always try to look at it in terms of voices, and try to bring out whatever voice i think is most important at the time while maintaining balance with the others. it's something i still struggle with. as guitarists, we tend not to be mindful of that sort of thing. you'd be surprised how simple a song can sound, and yet contain so much music. i intentionally stay away from real barn burner pieces that sounds really flashy and challenging. that just lures you into the mindset of "getting all the notes right." it's fun, and sometimes i idulge myself, but it just doesn't seem as valuable when i have so much to learn with regards to some of the subtler things. |
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Jiyra
Chatterbox
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Posted - 02/12/2005 : 8:56:27 PM
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| I totally get and completely agree with what you're sayin' there Dan, which is why I enjoy playing with interesting rhythms rather than complicated notation, you can make just as, and many times moreso, entertaining music, when it's voiced right. |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 10:22:44 PM
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| if you're looking for interesting music that does do a lot funny rhythmic stuff but doesn't really sound all that advanced, i'd advise learning some things leo brouwer has done. something like his "10 simples studies." it's all brilliant. there's a lot that goes on in it that isn't apparent until you really start listening to and looking closely at what's going on. |
death to false metal. |
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Zachmozach
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1534 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2005 : 10:35:23 PM
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Have you guys checked out that Christopher Parkening plays Bach book? That thing is a bitch. I mean I thought I could play me some classical guitar and I can play the book, but I it's way to hard to express anything in it. It just feels like it's kicking my ass to play it, and I'm always dragging the beat on it. It's hard to feel like I can push the pieces and give them the momentum they need.
I still gotta check out Brouwer too. |
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dan p.
Alien Abductee
Uganda
3776 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2005 : 8:13:58 PM
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| the problem usually lies in the other direction. usually people play it faster than they can it gets away with them. i think it was the way bach wrote his music. it lends itself to speeding up a lot of the time. probably because of how constant a lot of it is. |
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Lindalu
Try A Little Harder
USA
71 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 09:34:04 AM
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Okay, in anticipation of a "landmark" birthday,there's every indication that in 10 days, I'll have a story for you all.
Last night I sarcastically(or not) said to my husband;"so are you throwing me a surprise party for my 40th birthday?" He replied: "what? Oh sure now you tell me".
For V-day, I got my annual 5$ heartbox of chocolate and a card;which,boys, is a little insulting for the perpetual dieter like myself. That's okay, I spent my usual 30 minutes trying to pick out a card without any sexual implications or suggestions of any kind, all the while resenting the fact that I was being forced to express love and affection for someone who I was pissed off at at the time.
Oh well, in ten days I'll let you all know how truly awful my b-day was after I get back from my Mom's and sister-in-law's "big plan" for the 3 of us to go to dinner and a movie (of my choice) after I've worked all day (I hope my snoring doesn't keep them from enjoying the movie). |
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Oozle
Chatterbox
USA
108 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 2:55:32 PM
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Worst present for me: underware. Don't wear it.  |
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Jiyra
Chatterbox
124 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 4:40:09 PM
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| Lindalu, why don't you just saw screw it, lock yourself in the bathroom for a few hours and have the best bath of your life? |
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Lindalu
Try A Little Harder
USA
71 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 6:15:30 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Jiyra
Lindalu, why don't you just saw screw it, lock yourself in the bathroom for a few hours and have the best bath of your life?
Sounds like a plan! |
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Zachmozach
Fluffy-Esque
USA
1534 Posts |
Posted - 02/14/2005 : 9:07:37 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by dan p.
the problem usually lies in the other direction. usually people play it faster than they can it gets away with them. i think it was the way bach wrote his music. it lends itself to speeding up a lot of the time. probably because of how constant a lot of it is.
Yeah for most pieces I would say this is true especially after it's under my fingers, but this stuff is so intense I tend to drag and not rush because it's a bitch just to keep it constant. |
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