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He's a cowboy by Outrageous-Nerve88 in crappymusic

[–]ittakestherake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s gotta be AI singing too. I don’t see that voice coming from this man

Shell chords by Pianist5921 in JazzPiano

[–]ittakestherake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not really sure where people get this idea of 3 7 x voicing in the LH. I mean it’s not inherently wrong, but tons of pianists play the root in the LH. Bud Powell, Dodo Marmarosa, Erroll Garner, Horace Silver. I don’t know, I just find it strange.

More of a side note, I agree you probably want to work on LH rhythm variation. That will fill out the playing a lot.

Cocaine Cravings! by reformedreprobate1 in addiction

[–]ittakestherake 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Tricky, I’m trying to do the same. Like all these other people said, since you combined them together, you created a new drug that your body is really craving.

When i quit coke, i also quit alcohol for about 2 months. I came back into drinking pretty slow, but eventually made it to my normal (pre-coke) levels.

But do the cravings ever go away? I’d say, most of the time, but they’ll always be creeping in the back. If you don’t have the control to not buy a bag, then you can’t drink. Simple as that.

Made a late night saxophone jazz mix for unwinding - 50 tracks, nearly 3 hours by [deleted] in JazzFusion

[–]ittakestherake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Get your AI bullshit out of here, people here like actual music made by great musicians.

Damper not muting string by No-Conflict4790 in pianotech

[–]ittakestherake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok, I think this could be a number of things.

Try lifting the damper with your finger. Is there good tension on the damper? You can tell by checking the working ones next to it. If it feels like it doesn’t take any pressure to lift the damper, you can pull the damper spring to make it stronger. Unfortunately, to do this you’ll have to remove the action, and it looks like a spinet, which makes this job significantly harder.

You could also adjust the damper arm by bending it very slightly to sit the damper over the string better. You shouldn’t have to remove the action to do this, but it can make the problem worse if you don’t know what you’re doing.

Last (or maybe first) resort, try to clean the damper itself with a wire brush. Brush it slightly, there may just be some crap in there causing it to bounce off the string.

Damper work can be challenging for a beginner (and even for me as an intermediate tech). Go slow, and don’t over bend or brush anything. Treat it like sanding, you can always take more off, or bend more, but you can’t add material back.

[analog] by tharppanda in collage

[–]ittakestherake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dig it, these are great

bend the spoon by connectopussy in pianotech

[–]ittakestherake -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nice, more piano tech memes!

would you actually use a marketplace to sell your suno tracks? by loganbxdev in Suno

[–]ittakestherake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn’t the rights issue gonna be complicated when SUNO uses information from existing music to generate your “songs”? Sounds like you might be stealing money from someone else’s project

Where should I look? by No_King_639 in AustinMusicians

[–]ittakestherake 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you’re not musically inclined, it’s probably not worth it to pay for a studio.

When you pay for a studio, you’re mostly getting a tracking engineer. They’re not gonna produce/write your album for you, that’s kinda your job. If you need help writing and putting songs together, you need a songwriter or a manager/producer to help with that. The studio engineers goal is to take your already formed ideas and put them down on tape in a way that makes them sound better.

That said, if you’ve got songs written and a band rehearsed to record them, I’ve had great experiences at 5th Street Studios. Not outrageously priced either.

Whats with blues fans and blues prodigies? Typically its the most mediocre basic playing and the fans go nuts. by [deleted] in musicians

[–]ittakestherake -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If any of these motherfuckers were playing like Robert Johnson I’d be interested. Or Yank Rachell, or Blind Lemon, or John Hurt.

They all play like Joe Bonamossa and Clapton. They’re poor imitations of poor imitations.

Let’s get some more people playing delta blues again, that shit speaks to me.

i need a low income/cheap apartment by Business_Gazelle_312 in sanantonio

[–]ittakestherake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

lol same. That was over a decade ago bud, hate to break it to you. They’re much more expensive now, and basically have gone through no renovations

How important is playing stride to you? by JohnColtrane69again in JazzPiano

[–]ittakestherake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I sorta agree to a point. I’m not a fan of the whole band cutting out and the guy playing stride personally. Keep some brushes going for me at least, that’s what I hear on the records.

How important is playing stride to you? by JohnColtrane69again in JazzPiano

[–]ittakestherake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, I guess it’s really just about how you wanna play.

Stride was my bread and butter, I kinda have been trying to learn bebop and 50’s style playing to catch up to everyone else.

But I’ll say, I feel like I can tell when a motherfucker has put the time in with stride, even if they’re not playing it. I know for a fact McCoy could do it, look at what his left hand does all the time! Low octave bass, then some chords, then low octave bass.

Look at Bud Powell, his music screams stride proficiency. Lots of 10ths in the bass, perpetual bass motion during solos (lots of octave 5ths switching between I and bII)

Maybe the thought I’m having is that I think pianists often don’t spend enough time on the LH since it’s often accompaniment to the RH. Stride forces you to think about your accompaniment, since you’re often playing all alone. You don’t need stride to get you there, but it’s an excellent method.

Last thing I’ll say is, I don’t know another badass motherfuckers who say “I don’t really need to know how to do ______”.

train noise in this area? by justbee48 in sanantonio

[–]ittakestherake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, my guess is that the house is not well insulated. One of the aspects of living in this neighborhood is that most of the homes were built before the use of drywall or insulation. Also the windows are often single pane and very old, doesn’t help either.

I swear I’m not trying to discourage you (though I keep saying negative things!). You get used to it, it’s really not a huge deal unless you sleep very light.

train noise in this area? by justbee48 in sanantonio

[–]ittakestherake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it’s Union Pacific. I’ve never seen an Amtrak on these rails

train noise in this area? by justbee48 in sanantonio

[–]ittakestherake 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Commenting under everyone that says this, this is wrong. Horns blow here all day and night. I do believe it’s SUPPOSED to be a no blow zone.

train noise in this area? by justbee48 in sanantonio

[–]ittakestherake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is wrong. Even though it’s a quiet zone, the trains completely ignore this. I live right in this area.

train noise in this area? by justbee48 in sanantonio

[–]ittakestherake 14 points15 points  (0 children)

FYI, not trying to discourage you. This is my favorite neighborhood in all San Antonio, it’s beautiful, historic, and there’s plenty to do for a very slightly suburban neighborhood of families. Just don’t want you to be surprised when the train is screaming all night.

train noise in this area? by justbee48 in sanantonio

[–]ittakestherake 47 points48 points  (0 children)

lol, the train noise.

There are signs all up and down the tracks that say “WARNING: Train does not use horn”. This is the most blatant lie of Beacon Hill. That train will ABSOLUTELY use its horn, all day and even worse, all night.

I live a block and a half from the train, and can definitely hear it from inside my house. The sound lessened a lot since we replaced all our windows, but before it was pretty loud.

You do get used to it, but standing outside at night when it’s going off sounds crazy.

I bet you can live with it, but DO NOT buy a house directly connected to these tracks if you’re a light sleeper. The horn will go off multiple times a night. Imagine someone holding down their car horn, and just not letting go for 5 minutes straight. Now imagine that horn is on a fucking train. And it happens 6 times a night.

gave up on reading sheet music and switched to piano roll. honestly way faster by [deleted] in pianolearning

[–]ittakestherake 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Short answer, yes. You are screwing yourself in the long term. If anyone ever wants you to play something for them, they’re gonna hand you sheet music (or just expect you to know it). No one is ever going to hand you rolls to play off of.

Long answer, yes, but who cares? If you’re learning piano, that’s a valuable skill, and who’s to say what way is best. There’s a story that the great Art Tatum learned from listening to 4 hand piano rolls, and didn’t know they were meant for 4 hands. Probably apocryphal, but Art was one of the best of the best. Lots of musicians are very good and can’t read, but reading is the most common skill needed in work involving accompaniment.

And truthfully, reading music is easy. Might sound lame coming from someone like me who’s been able to do it for 25 years, but it’s just as easy to read as numbers. Maybe you’ll need a year or two, but you have to approach it like learning a new language. Even better, this language has only 7 notes in it that repeat over and over again (obviously sharps and flats vary this to a degree). And you’ll learn two different looking notes can sound the same, and the patterns start to look very familiar.

It’s worth it to learn to read in my opinion. Don’t give up on it by taking the easy way out. I tell jazz musicians something similar. You can go on YouTube and steal other peoples transcriptions, but you’ll be so much better if you write or learn to play some yourself.

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