So I know a couple of guys from work that play guitar and drums. We came to the logical conclusion that we needed to play together, and that’s what we did Friday. We decided to try and play some songs: “Killing in the Name of”, “Aerials”, “Cochise”, “More than a Feeling”, and “Joker and the Theif”. 60% of the songs I already knew how to play: I’ll let you guess which ones. Most of them didn’t so well for various reasons, and I wasn’t feeling too good about the logical conclusion. Then we jammed and I wondered why we even bothered playing other people’s songs. We even recorded it. Afterwards, I noticed certain fingers on my bass playing hand weren’t feeling great. A certain spot on my thumb kinda hurt and there were tiny, light cuts/grooves on the top layer of skin on my pointer finger. Two things were clear: a) I haven’t played bass for that long for quite some time, and b) entire hand is babies. I clearly need to toughen up my dainty girl-hand.
The new TF2 update makes me glad I’m no longer in school. I haven’t jumped into the fray yet, but I will enjoy not constantly being aimed for when I roll Medic. As soon as I put the final nail in Mass Effect’s coffin, I’m all over this. However, it will be hard to enjoy the update starting Friday/Saturday, since I will have to make the trip over to St. Louis for my Christmas vacation (I miss 3 week Christmas breaks). I will be far away from my awesome compy, and I’ll have to reply on my lappy for gaming. Lappy isn’t very strong in that respect compared to my awesome compy. I’m also tempted to buy an acoustic guitar; it’s sad not having an instrument to play and I don’t feel like bringing all of my gear for a week long trip. Traveling with just an acoustic guitar is easier than having to travel with an instrument, amp, cables, etc. I might go for an acoustic bass, but an acoustic guitar makes a bit more sense. I think I’ll go watch some Law and Order (best show on TV).
André//11:15 PM//Someone felt like leaving a commentYou are right on going for the acoustic guitar. Any acoustic bass you go for is not going to be loud enough to be played in a acoustic setting. Its more for the sound.
Ian//December 15, 2009//12:14 PM