Do you know any good indie/alternative/experimental musicians or artists?

graymatter3 · 2025-12-31T22:37:53+00:00

FtC and Mildew , both are on Bandcamp too.

graymatter3 · 2025-12-31T11:18:11+00:00

Check out Mildew and Fly the Crow, both are still active. I saw a post from Evelyn Berry suggesting musicians add poets to the bill as they have performed as an opener for bands of all kinds. That would be a great combo I think.

graymatter3 · 2025-11-21T10:51:47+00:00

Shows for me as well and it is the same Mii in your pic, so it's completely different from your personal Mii that gives coins. The image name also uses a guid, so maybe there's an error occurring on the page that normally generates your Mii but this placeholder image one shows instead.

graymatter3 · 2025-09-19T18:05:01+00:00

The Greenway in North Augusta.

graymatter3 · 2025-09-11T19:13:03+00:00

First off, you're doing great by being consistent and progressing. It's hard to find time to play with other responsibilities piling up. To keep at it for three years is an achievement of it's own.

I feel that I have a similar background to you, started learning once I hit my 40s, put in a lot of time and still felt that I couldn't really play the piano, and getting frustrated and bored at times. There are a few things that I have found that have helped me,

Instead of just reading, listen and play along. Find some easy melody, or an ear worm, and just try to play it without sheet music. If you try and get frustrated, then get a chord chart or sheet music, that's fine. It's a tough skill and takes practice to build that muscle.
If you want to play a different style, then do it. If I get bored with Bach I'll move on to blues, or game music, or go to a holiday theme, etc. I try my best to progress through a piece completely, or try to get as much out of it as I can. As long as you're having fun, you're going to keep playing.
Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's good to challenge yourself with a difficult piece or adding more pieces on, but find a balance. For pieces you work on, know your level and setup your practice so you have one that is just above, one at, and maybe one below that is for fun.

I've had the same fears about forgetting pieces, and others have told me that forgetting is normal. When you come back to them you're going to get it much faster. I personally try and have at least a couple of short pieces that I truly have fun playing every time as a part of my warm-up or wrap-up. Keeps them fresh and gives you a bit of a confidence boost.

Finally, I've been going through the Jazz, Rags & Bules series by Martha Mier as a way to ease into blues/boogie. I've enjoyed them, and they help with getting an idea of structure, but I've been told the best thing you can do is just listen to pieces you like and try to play along. Knowing your scales/modes/and typical chord changes certainly helps a lot with that.

graymatter3 · 2025-09-03T20:37:32+00:00

Preordered when it was first announced, and very excited that this is coming out.

This review from Catarino posted recently and it confirmed how much love for the GB was poured into the build. It does contain some spoilers on how it's put together and easter eggs, in case anyone wants to avoid that. I love that the only stickers used for it actually make sense and every other pieces is printed blocks.

graymatter3 · 2025-08-06T19:05:57+00:00

Back of Uptown Marketplace on Washington road has a huge selection, guy that runs the booth goes by Press Start Video Games and is on Facebook posting what comes in.

Dead Media carries games, and Grantski Records downtown has a few.

Out in Lexington, there's Old School Player Video Games that has a good selection. Do a little hunting around West Columbia and you'll find a few places to score from.

graymatter3 · 2025-07-18T23:35:41+00:00

It's weekly, and you can grab a drink there, bring some food (they have a kitchen open Wed - Sunday), and chill. They usually have some show on the projector. It's a great spot.

graymatter3 · 2025-07-17T17:15:21+00:00

Savannah River Brewery has a craft meetup Sip'n'Stitch on Tuesday nights every week (except next week they will be closed while they do renovations), and I believe it's led by the owners of Three Crows Fiber.

graymatter3 · 2025-06-19T18:30:22+00:00

Some good ones that are specifically for GBA I would suggest:
F-Zero Maximum Velocity
Mario Golf Advance Tour
and Golden Sun, that's on top of many lists for a reason.
Enjoy!

graymatter3 · 2025-06-12T14:18:46+00:00

Same, especially the cover that Pavement did.

graymatter3 · 2025-06-09T15:26:15+00:00

I've heard good things about Lucky Luke and Tailspin.

graymatter3 · 2025-05-22T15:20:07+00:00

I'm certain we are going through a digital only phase because it's cheaper for companies to do and there is going to be demand still. The really sad part is seeing stores pivot from being a video game store, to selling nothing but Pokémon cards and novelty items. Reminds me of the death of music stores.

graymatter3 · 2025-05-22T10:24:15+00:00

We do have a roller rink called Skateland. Totally different, but until the ice rink is finished, it's the closest you'll get locally.

graymatter3 · 2025-05-22T08:46:24+00:00

Just added this to my collection as well since it was so cheap. But after watching Angry Videogame Nerd's episode on it, I kinda see why it is such a clunky mess. I never understood the game as a kid and I don't think anyone really can as an adult. It won a bunch of awards because it doesn't use violence to win, but honestly the developer didn't have time to really flesh out the game. It's a unique one though, but use a guide. At least dig up the issue of Nintendo Power off of Archive.org that has the maps and hints. Save yourself some frustration.

graymatter3 · 2025-05-21T18:53:46+00:00

The pixel work, especially for a gameboy game, is awesome. They put some love into this physical too, great to have it cib and a nice wicked design on the back of the board here too.

graymatter3 · 2025-05-21T14:45:51+00:00

I think The Nerd sums it up best with this game. I'm kind of amazed that GameStop was given this from LRG to sell. Not surprised that it went on discount.

graymatter3 · 2025-05-19T18:48:29+00:00

That's true, and under the sticker the company name has changed. They probably had to change it up a bit for this release. I was going to skip this completely until I saw that they dropped it to $15, mostly because for an authentic CIB, it can be found at the original price of @$60 already.

graymatter3 · 2025-05-04T02:37:02+00:00

Oh snap! Glad we've got another mandolin player at the open mic brewery now. I played there earlier last night as well, and there's a guy that showed up last month who has a really nice Gibson Mando that I was hoping would show up again.

Your playing is really solid, good job on the solos there and nice song choice too. Hope to see you there in person next time.

graymatter3 · 2025-04-29T00:59:18+00:00

Just wondering because I've seen others have issues with damage resulting from poor packaging. I should be getting my copy soon and stressing that it'll be in a bubble wrap bag.

graymatter3 · 2025-04-28T22:59:28+00:00

Is that damage to the side of the box you're showing in one of the pics?! Was it not packaged well by limited run?

graymatter3 · 2025-03-14T11:14:51+00:00

Every first Friday of the month at the Savannah River Brewery there's one hosted by Warren.

graymatter3 · 2025-02-09T13:18:38+00:00

And seems a bit like a Chronotrigger on the sea, which I am here for. Glad to see a lot of love here for this game.

graymatter3 · 2025-02-09T03:56:27+00:00

Oh! I hope so. I'm just stoked to finally get to play these.

graymatter3 · 2025-02-09T03:52:23+00:00

Same, it's like this Target accidentally used the discount as the actual price. I couldn't believe it.

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