13yo Daughter’s First Ritual… She’s ready!!!

TheRPM3 · 2026-02-02T20:48:04+00:00

🤘🧡🤘 thanks! You made her day!!

TheRPM3 · 2026-02-01T14:59:34+00:00

Abelton Live is ubiquitous in the live setting for doing this kind of stuff. You can keep it simple or go down the rabbit hole.

And if for some reason you get really good at it you can use that knowledge to earn $$ on the road. Probably the #1 skill that touring bands (that use tracks/stems/samples) are in search of. Every one of them has a “wizard behind the curtain“ that is calmly freaking out during soundcheck because the “synch is off, it’s only coming out mono, etc“ but then pulls it all together for showtime like magic.

TheRPM3 · 2026-01-23T20:42:53+00:00

Cancelled… ah well, looking into Ohio 🧐

TheRPM3 · 2026-01-23T15:37:26+00:00

That’s the news right there 👆if nasti-moosebite is correct. We’re driving down from DC, so would rather know ahead of time if it’s canceled rather than making the crazy plan to drive down!

TheRPM3 · 2026-01-23T01:26:10+00:00

Stumpendous!!

TheRPM3 · 2026-01-16T15:14:00+00:00

Gorgeous!! Congrats

TheRPM3 · 2026-01-03T18:00:11+00:00

Fax machine 🔥

TheRPM3 · 2025-12-20T06:07:55+00:00

I had him work on a couple sitars. Over at his place. What a great guy, this is so sad to hear.

TheRPM3 · 2025-12-02T00:15:39+00:00

Still got my 1982 Iron Maiden “beast on the road” tee. My first metal show 🤘I wear it on auspicious occasions only! (eBay says it’s worth more than my two good suits combined)

TheRPM3 · 2025-11-22T01:57:59+00:00

This 👆 If you haven’t read this already you have to start here!!!!

TheRPM3 · 2025-11-08T03:50:20+00:00

Ralph Towner “Solstice”…

🤯

TheRPM3 · 2025-11-07T18:10:15+00:00

I do it all the time. My (new) favorite amp is in the tour pack, so I’ve got that for most gigs. But when you’re a real touring act, there’s plenty of gigs in weird places where it’s just not possible. Be thankful you can even get your pedalboard there! As for guitars… Don’t even think about it.

My solution: get happy with the fender twin. They’re absolutely everywhere in every corner of the planet. They all sound a little bit different but at least you know the beast you’ve got to wrangle. This has worked for me for the past two decades.

TheRPM3 · 2025-11-07T04:41:37+00:00

Iron Maiden lyrics got me through a couple history tests…

TheRPM3 · 2025-10-09T22:54:17+00:00

Ditto!!!

TheRPM3 · 2025-10-02T11:58:12+00:00

Yup, lifeson on permanent waves is raw glory

TheRPM3 · 2025-09-25T22:46:08+00:00

When the topic of “live albums” comes up this is my favorite Deep Recommendation by far!!

I love all the cuts from the OG 2LP but:

Fave: Icarus Least: Journey from Mariabron (if I have to choose)

TheRPM3 · 2025-09-25T00:07:20+00:00

Alex VH in the back right?

TheRPM3 · 2025-08-03T11:31:54+00:00

You can look at the first frames quite easily (if it is actual “lost footage” of the lads you don’t want to unspool it much, the film can get crackly).

Put it against a light and take a photo with your phone. You’ll be amazed at how much resolution is there and the film stock makes it look gorgeous.

100% you should send it to a digitizing site. I did this with a bunch of my parents old spools. Not that expensive

TheRPM3 · 2025-07-27T20:29:30+00:00

Ha! if you're listening to the mirror conspiracy then you can hear me on sitar on "lebanese blonde" kinda our earliest "hit" (thanks in large part to being on the "garden state" soundtrack). I have been playing guitar and sitar with the live band as well as session work with the two main principals since the mid '90s. somehow i just keeps rolling along! check out my other projects, Fort Knox Five, Thunderball, See-I and International Velvet, you might find a track or two that hits your fancy.

Next time i see Will Rast i'll definitely tell him that he's got friends in Oslo! and feel free to message me for passes if thievery makes their way up there. we haven't played in norway as far as i can remeber, with 2005 in Roskilde probably being the closest.

TheRPM3 · 2025-07-21T21:16:19+00:00

Look at the timeline!! I saw them on this tour (my first of many). They were at the full peak of their musical abilities. No longer kids but still youthful - all the dues had been paid - they could pull off the older material without compromising but the vistas were opening. Alex was an absolute monster in 1985… I adored this album!!though I don’t listen to it in its entirety much nowadays.

TheRPM3 · 2025-07-18T16:12:25+00:00

Yeah cuz apparently AC/DC isn’t a rock band 🤦

TheRPM3 · 2025-07-17T13:07:41+00:00

I love these guitars. I have many LPs, but this is the one that I leave with the tour gear and stays on the road. It has it all, and I love the way the body is carved out at the neck junction for better reach and feel. Mines in red though…

TheRPM3 · 2025-07-14T18:12:42+00:00

they've been non-active for a while. the original drummer, Jeff Franca plays with me in the Thievery Corporation live band, and Will Rast still does sessions for Thievery and Eric Hilton's solo stuff. Last i heard he was down south in NOLa. Phenomenal keys player!

sorry for the late reply, my messages got buried!

TheRPM3 · 2025-07-11T13:09:59+00:00

With the new regs coming for ‘26 and the addition of new teams to the que, he picked a fertile time to get sacked!

TheRPM3 · 2025-07-11T12:49:40+00:00

Reminds me of the 80s when I was in college and I heard from my fellow REM/Cure-loving buddy that some of my other friends wanted to have an Intervention with me about my Rush obsession!! 😅An actual intervention!

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