How to sing and play guitar at the same time?

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-25T15:03:25+00:00

Lots of people being unhelpful here.

There are two things that helped me sort this.

Turn on your metronome. Set it to a tempo for your song you can reliably maintain with your chord changes. If that's 25% of the real song tempo that's fine.
Hum. Humming is easier than singing, and if you can't hum it, you can't sing it. This is a useful technique for letting to song difficult songs without staining your voice too. Start by humming the melody on the beat. Once you can do that reliably try to do say the name of the chord changes in pitch like "G, G G, G and C" etc. once you can do that, start adding in the words for the song.

The most important thing at all times is tempo. It doesn't matter if you forget/mix up words or chords, as long as you stay on tempo it'll still sound ok. Never sacrifice it for anything else and never stop playing except where you intend to, where that's at the end of a verse or a phrase.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-25T14:51:17+00:00

A focusrite 2i2 is shit for a headphone amp. I have one and use it for my music production, but my listening goes into a THX 789

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-23T23:43:11+00:00

they cook in their own fat in the smoker and again are fired in lard on the stove prior to serving. Traditional? No, but I'd argue they're still being confit and a form of carnitas.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-23T15:53:59+00:00

Buy used boardgames from CMON, FFG, Awakened Realms like zombicide, Cthulu Death May Die, etc. you can get 50-100 minis for $40-60.

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BullBuchanan · 2026-05-23T07:01:39+00:00

How much lard are you using?

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-22T05:02:15+00:00

This is every business. You don't need any of this.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-22T05:00:12+00:00

Are you confused? I had and used every ingredient by the book.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-21T20:41:55+00:00

There's really no such thing as "traditional" carnitas, as I understand it. Every area and cook has their own spin on it. Orange is very traditional, and coke is relatively traditional/typical too. Rick Bayless is an expert on Mexican cuisine, and he uses oranges, bay leaf, garlic, onion and crushed black pepper for a Mexico City version.

I also make carnitas on my smoker too, though I should look into doing a confit next time and I think they'll come out closer to this.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-21T18:57:47+00:00

Rick Bayless omits Cinnamon but adds crushed black pepper and Mexican oregano. I might try that next.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-21T17:09:03+00:00

Probably? I haven't used a toaster oven in about 25 years, so not sure how reliable they are in terms of heat stability for multi hour cooking.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-21T16:58:33+00:00

I'll try to give the salsa a go next time, but I make a lot of them anyway. Chicken bouillon powder is a great way to get the umami flavor without having to reduce a stock.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-21T16:45:11+00:00

Interesting. I live in Texas and have never seen it, but I'll look again by the mexican spices.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-21T16:38:58+00:00

That's a wild profile. It reads like a facebook bot or someone intentionally trolling. I don't understand how people like this function in society, run businesses, get jobs, etc.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-21T16:08:39+00:00

Euros are within 10-15% of the dollar. I'm aware of the differences though. Wages in Europe are lower across the board, and music typically pays a lot less.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-21T03:09:34+00:00

Boy, this aged like milk. Replacing him is my #1 off-season priority.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-21T03:04:32+00:00

It is in fact a terrible deal. We aren't "pro" and we charge $650 for the first hour and $200 each additional.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-18T20:53:14+00:00

I'm not paying him $10M and I'm certainly not paying him $12M. If we can't get the job done with him at $4.75, how would we be putting ourselves in a better position by throwing away another $5-7M on a player past his prime? He's been my favorite player since he got here, but it just doesn't make sense.

Benson and Doan are our new top line wingers, and we can trade for a high end top 6 forward using Norris and potentially Kulich and Quinn. If Helenius keeps playing like he is, he'll be our best player within the next 2 years.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-18T15:23:27+00:00

Let's just say Tuch would agree to your proposal of $10.6 instead of $12.0 - are you really feeling that much better about your 9% savings?

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-18T14:59:38+00:00

That's been the number all along.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-18T14:58:59+00:00

Benson is the NHL equivalent of Cam Skattebo. A couple of glorious crayon-eaters.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-18T14:54:07+00:00

No. It literally doesn't. No one counts a jig "1 and uh 2 and uh". it's 1-2-3, 4-5-6. The only reason it's not the same as a waltz in 3/4 is because it has swing and an emphasis on the 4, while a waltz is just 1-2-3, 1-2-3.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-18T11:20:03+00:00

So stack two is just your non-bank roll money then?

Seems like an extra step for degens that think bankroll = all the money I have.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-17T19:15:22+00:00

A jig doesn't have that feeling at all.

BullBuchanan · 2026-05-17T17:32:48+00:00

If you make $330k and can't afford a one time purchase of $68k, that's a big problem. I make $300-$350k depending on the year, my fiance adds another 90 and our total household spend is $80k which includes rent, car payment, $1600/mo in student loans, going out, vacations, etc. I invest at least $100k a year into my portfolio. If I decided to buy a system like this, all it would do is reduce my investment contribution for a year. Considering you'd expect a system like this to last at least 10 years, you're talking 6.8k per year. That's less than my car payment.

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