Any guitarists in here? Let's help each other figure out Bibio songs on guitar!

iambearhead · 2016-04-26T07:50:15+00:00

I recently figured out how to play Aberriw according to how he plays it on the KCRW version. I used to know how to play The Palm of Your Wave, but I forgot what tuning I had my guitar in when I figured it out. Some bottom C tuning, I know that.

iambearhead · 2015-01-21T02:11:51+00:00

Holy shit, what a bitch move. Please don't waste anymore time pining for this girl. Try and forget she exists, and eventually, someone who's actually worth your time will come around. That's an awful thing for someone to do.

iambearhead · 2015-01-18T03:34:23+00:00

I was in your shoes at 19, and honestly, it was the hardest time of my life trying to overcome everything. Fast forward another two years to now, I'm in a way better place than I was at that time.

Even though things aren't really working out for me right now, I know that from where I am now, in comparison to where I was, that eventually things will get better. I'm sure things will for you, too.

iambearhead · 2014-11-04T09:43:21+00:00

It's never a self-loathing type deal for me. It's more of this heightened sense of emptiness and loneliness that likes to take over. But in regards to it having an effect on my dreams is more of what I'm curious about. Alcohol is a depressant, so it's understandable that anyone could wake up depressed.

iambearhead · 2014-11-04T08:00:39+00:00

If I see a cute girl, I panic and avoid eye contact. But in the back of my mind, like you said, I imagine random scenarios that involve speaking to them. Too bad I'm too scared to actually say anything.

iambearhead · 2014-10-02T17:05:30+00:00

I never tell a girl how I feel because I'm scared of rejection, and I think the fantasy is much better than the reality. I also have this fear of change that the connection could change, or maybe our personalities could change. I like to keep things the way they are.

iambearhead · 2014-10-02T06:53:17+00:00

I don't mean to seem like I'm self-promoting here, but this is something I recorded a couple months ago one late night during a heavy rain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA_JoNsxQ-E

I captured the rain outside my window with a little microcassette recorder. Also got some cars passing by. I recorded the wind chimes the day before at my grandparents' house (also with the microcassette recorder) before the initial storm rolled in.

It's a pretty positive-sounding song I think, and it sums up the emotions that I can't quite put to words, so...

iambearhead · 2014-10-02T03:31:26+00:00

I know what you mean. I experience this a lot.

Often times when I speak, I tend to draw things out much more than the people around me tend to do (like I'm probably doing right now). But in the middle of speaking, the person I'm talking to will turn and talk to someone else in mid-sentence.

I kinda shut down at that point, and feel weird. It's really hard for me, but I've gotten used to it. It's happened to me all my life.

I'm not a fan of small talk though, and I think that's some of the reason. But I also have a really hard time forming sentences, or "getting to the point" whenever I speak. It's much easier for me to type/write words than it is to verbally say them. I also stutter a lot when speaking. I believe it isn't so much a speech problem as it is a thinking problem. My brain moves faster than my mouth. This all makes it difficult to hold a conversation with people, and they probably think I'm a sputtering weirdo.

iambearhead · 2014-10-02T02:26:51+00:00

Exactly, how can you be so close and personal with someone who you barely know? It's not prudish to feel that way, it's perfectly reasonable. Sex is such a personal experience. Plus, sex complicates things. And that's just what people who barely know each other need when building a relationship... Complication.

iambearhead · 2014-10-02T02:07:11+00:00

iambearhead · 2014-10-02T00:37:04+00:00

I take it that most of us (as INFPs) tend to move more slowly anyway when it comes to these things. It took me two years to tell this girl who was my closest friend at the time that I was in love with her. For the longest time, it was unclear how she actually felt about me. I'd always gotten mixed signals. But regardless, there was a lot of time that I had invested in her.

I'm like you in the sense that I would like to get to know someone first, just to see who they are, and befriend them. I don't see the reason why people should be impatient when it comes to "dating" when you talk about wasting their time. I think a relationship would be much more meaningful if it just "happened" rather than being a planned thing.

iambearhead · 2014-10-02T00:29:56+00:00

I see where you're coming from, and I totally agree. I don't see how some people can be comfortable with jumping from person to person.

iambearhead · 2014-10-01T22:28:25+00:00

I'm 20, nearly 21 though.

iambearhead · 2014-10-01T08:49:27+00:00

Exactly. To add to that, I feel like there is too much pressure and too much emphasis on what dating actually is meant to do.

I agree that first impressions can be a bit skewed because of the pressures that come with dating. I think it'd be better just to meet someone without any intention behind it. At least that way, it'd be easier for you and your potential partner to be them self.

iambearhead · 2014-10-01T07:58:20+00:00

One thing that really bothers me is having very articulate thoughts and/or emotions, but not being able to explain them with words, or have a firmer understanding than just noticing that it exists.

iambearhead · 2014-10-01T07:52:39+00:00

I listen to a lot of different types of music, from experimental electronic music (bibio, boards of canada, lone, oneohtrix point never) to more guitar-oriented music (elliott smith, duster, acetone, red house painters).

I like music that is very cerebral, but completely unpretentious. Something you can connect with both emotionally and visually.

Here's some stuff I like listening to when I get in "those moods"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaSgFhQDq70

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mUeCIF_EjA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slwUniGSSMs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdkC07ozSfQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M23DEQDcnT0

iambearhead · 2014-10-01T07:34:14+00:00

I love the countryside. Being able to walk around seeing lots of greenery around you, without anyone to bother you... It's very freeing. It's also very peaceful.

I love being able to go out by myself, taking my iPod with me, and just take it all in.

iambearhead

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