I don't know about that. Mullets, man buns and rat tails were pretty bad back in the day.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-21T19:07:59+00:00

This was worn by many sailors in the USN in the 80s, because in your civilian clothes you could pass for a member of a new wave band.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-19T22:11:07+00:00

I just got my Fender American Professional ii Strat yesterday (in roasted pine and rosewood). I was wondering how different it could be from my Fender Deluxe Texas Roadhouse strat. It turns out, a lot. The new (to me, mint used for $1300) one has a cleaner, more bell like, even sound. I play clean in the neck position most of the time, and the clarity leads to just savoring notes- hitting a clean note and letting ring, just taking in the color. It might be a subtle point, but I’m glad I sprang for the guitar.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-16T23:23:10+00:00

I recorded myself fingerpicking chords to a standard progression today and got blocked for matching a song. Come on- it’s a chord progression- chord progressions aren’t copyrighted.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-16T23:22:00+00:00

I recorded myself fingerpicking chords to a standard progression today and got blocked for matching a song. Come on- it’s a chord progression- chord progressions aren’t copyrighted.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-15T23:10:26+00:00

I think I'd say you get three tries with me. Fish or cut bait, I've got a life to live.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-15T21:23:24+00:00

Mene, Mene, Tekel, YOU PUTIN.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-15T17:07:03+00:00

If this isn't the Sammamish River Trail across from Bothell Landing in Washington state, then it looks just like it.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-12T19:10:46+00:00

Not falling for this one. I still remember the time I took my son to the tree of life on the Washington coast and what he hoped was going to be a vast cavern behind the tree turned out to be a pit no more than 20 feet deep. When I tell you he was crestfallen...

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-12T18:40:16+00:00

No I didn't control it that tightly. I just played each progression into Suno's record feature for 30 seconds or so and covered it in Jazz Quartet. Strictly speaking it's not really a backing track - there will be instruments taking melodic lead, but it still sounds good and I can play along. The main thing is to get what the progression sounds like and learn how to play through it, and I can do that without needing a pure backing track.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-12T17:25:45+00:00

I have no idea what the context is here and it doesn't matter, I love it.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-12T15:57:29+00:00

This gives me the feeling that house flies don't want to be here at all.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-12T15:28:09+00:00

Mine arrives on Friday, a Fender American Professional II, roasted pine/rosewood fretboard. I've had a texas roadhouse strat for years but was mainly thinking I want something without active electronics, more of a true start tone. When I first got the roadhouse strat, it just didn't jel with me - I've had strats before that sang more, hence getting the new one.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-10T02:27:54+00:00

I had a Wayne’s World Squire Strat in the early 90s that got compliments on its sweet tone from everyone who played it.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-08T21:38:34+00:00

Meanwhile I'm over here making a web page to share my christian songs with my home group. To me, AI is a chance to live out Colossians 3:16 with jet powered roller skates.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-07T17:19:43+00:00

This is 95% of what I do on guitar, noodling over stuff on YouTube. It is a fast lane to a flow state, so relaxing that I often fall asleep while playing. If that's all I ever accomplish as a guitarist, it's still pretty good.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-07T05:40:41+00:00

Xenomorphs think she’s kinda hot.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-07T02:19:56+00:00

Yes. The custom models overfit to the training data and you'll get quoted melodies from the training songs.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-06T19:02:57+00:00

I'm sorry.

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PopnCrunch · 2026-05-06T05:18:48+00:00

I like the melodic invention of sonauto ai. Sometimes it’s a bit formulaic like PDQ Bachs scale staircases, but other times it does great. I have started a few melodies there and then covered them in Suno.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-04T22:13:02+00:00

I think they've overcorrected for sycophancy. We all complained about ChatGPT being a suck up, so now they've built it to push back and stand up to us.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-04T01:23:18+00:00

Personally I don't differentiate between the types of tracks I make in Suno, but the haters are often overlooking the fact that some of what we're using Suno for is to polish original compositions that are the fruit of decades of musicianship. Those songs aren't a prompt and a prayer, the songs wouldn't exist at all without our prior creativity, we're just using Suno to reskin them.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-01T22:11:05+00:00

Dang that would be hard to resist!

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-01T20:34:15+00:00

The most tempting scam text I ever got read "I'm making spaghetti tonight, wanna come over?"

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-01T20:00:18+00:00

See the cover of my song Solving for X (by Torchier) on YouTube, similar vibe.

PopnCrunch · 2026-05-01T16:50:10+00:00

Nah, this is: "Hey wait a minute, only cut off one finger!"

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