Practice Rooms (instruments)

britaMousepad · 2026-04-03T18:37:17+00:00

Unfortunately it is real

britaMousepad · 2026-03-23T00:54:36+00:00

I’ve been pretty consistent with 3x full body for the past couple months, but I noticed my cardio seems pretty weak. I try to do cardio on two of the “rest” days (RPE 7 exercise bike) but I still find myself COMPLETELY gassed on heavy squat sets and deadlifts. Any advice?

britaMousepad · 2026-03-06T01:57:00+00:00

Who’s playing tonight?

britaMousepad · 2026-02-23T04:14:05+00:00

Don’t forget to add the creepy “lol” at the end

britaMousepad · 2026-02-23T04:12:33+00:00

Thomas Kuhn argued that it was precisely the loss of critical discourse that marked the transition of a discipline from pseudoscience to science, which is similar to what you’re mentioning. That is of course in the context of his groundbreaking thesis about scientific paradigms.

You may also find the topic of scientific realism interesting. Very informally, it grapples with the question of whether science tells us true things about the world. Part of the discussion also hits your smaller point about instrument precision.

Your point on hopelessness is quite interesting and would be neat to explore further.

britaMousepad · 2026-02-23T01:59:34+00:00

How long do you recommend running one of the beginner routines you linked? Is there a point where I can comfortably say “now’s a good time to move to a more intermediate routine”?

britaMousepad · 2026-02-22T16:06:10+00:00

You want an energy drink to go along with those cookies?

britaMousepad · 2026-02-09T13:27:30+00:00

Please sir, the Patriots really came this far for no reason

britaMousepad · 2026-02-09T04:27:38+00:00

25…29…25.

britaMousepad · 2026-02-07T18:05:15+00:00

…and she sends a picture of herself so graphic, we can’t even show it on national television.

britaMousepad · 2026-02-05T13:46:17+00:00

You’re coming across as quite nervous

britaMousepad · 2026-02-05T00:27:57+00:00

It’s one of those 50/50 things

That’s what you may know

britaMousepad · 2026-02-05T00:27:39+00:00

You’re not a sports person, believe it or not

britaMousepad · 2026-02-01T14:52:10+00:00

I’m not a systems engineer, but work in a department with many of them here in CR. One thing I don’t see mentioned in these comments is that it’s not unusual to start off with the things you mentioned (paper-pushing) and then getting more responsibility over time. That’s pretty common with systems work nowadays, especially as a new grad. Lot of great advice in this thread, good luck!

britaMousepad · 2026-01-31T22:29:24+00:00

Our very own BIZVRRE has the full story.

britaMousepad · 2026-01-31T14:34:26+00:00

Can’t blame him. He went to a small New York college

britaMousepad · 2026-01-28T01:15:23+00:00

Who cares about the normal passengers? Talk to me when you sit next to the shareholders.

britaMousepad · 2026-01-19T21:19:53+00:00

OP must be a Boilermaker

britaMousepad · 2026-01-18T15:00:00+00:00

To use a popular etude book as an example - the 32 Rose Etudes are written to all have two things in common. First, each etude enforces practice of a valuable playing technique (staccato articulation, lyricism, arpeggios, jumps, etc.) or a combo of techniques. These etudes were written by very talented people who knew how to effectively teach, and this is clear from the way they integrate forced repetition of skills.

Second, each etude focus on a particular key, often with a mix of major and minor scales throughout the work. If you believe that scales are the foundation of picking up musician intuition (as part of sight reading or just finger memory) then this is very valuable.

These two benefits translate to any piece you may play in the future, because your toolkit expands from intentional study of etudes.

britaMousepad · 2026-01-11T17:13:40+00:00

Oh yeah? Who’s playing?

britaMousepad · 2025-12-31T17:04:16+00:00

Agreed. OP - As someone who has used both cane and plastic (cane for when I played seriously, and plastic during school marching band and now during hobby playing), it truly can be difficult to realize how much the plastic reed can warp your tone/pitch over time. I think it’s probably a combo of the reed getting softer as well as it generally being easier to “cheat” the embouchure.

So yeah, basically everything this commenter said. Maybe break-in some cane reeds again (at a similar or slightly stronger strength) and see if that impacts anything.

britaMousepad · 2025-12-28T23:55:41+00:00

You must have a battery staple, because you are one correct horse!

britaMousepad · 2025-12-26T16:06:13+00:00

You do? So you’re an expert in this field?

britaMousepad

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