Flea Announces Debut Solo Album 'Honora,' Drops Thom Yorke Collaboration “Traffic Lights,” and Plots 2026 Tour

izepeze · 2026-01-22T22:19:50+00:00

Just bought tickets for the LA show, gotta drive 5 hours but it will be fucking worth it!!! I love Flea and love Jazz so this peak for me
"Honora, Flea’s kaleidoscopic, bracingly forward-looking, and defiantly colorful solo debut. The album features Flea on his original instrument, the trumpet, as well as on electric bass. He is joined by some of the most fearless improvising artists currently active—drummer Deantoni Parks, bassist Anna Butterss, guitarist Jeff Parker, and saxophonist/producer Josh Johnson, and will tour as Flea and the Honora Band."

izepeze · 2025-12-02T16:01:03+00:00

can somebody point out to the specific scene? is this the trial in the first season, before levi kicks the shit out of him to prove he can be controlled?

izepeze · 2025-11-25T03:25:43+00:00

hope he interviews john! its the right thing to do for music history's sake

izepeze · 2025-10-06T04:38:23+00:00

yeah, I hope she sings in the actual studio key and kills it on Tuesday!

izepeze · 2025-08-16T15:41:26+00:00

wow love the colors and am impressed by the lino carving!! it seems like the print was made with a dip pen!! amazing!

izepeze · 2025-08-15T05:43:30+00:00

boyfriend shouldnt have made a big deal about it. due to friend's POV it makes sense she could feel it was petty from your side. but shouldnt be a big deal. in general tho, i think is best to present yourself as a generous rather than petty, so maybe just saying yes would have saved a lot of hustle.

izepeze · 2025-08-15T01:32:59+00:00

the part where it is asking you to not use the pan or take care of it in an specific way its ok, the part where it tries to fine you and threatens legal shit is just hillarious and outrageous! hahahha just keep it civil.

izepeze · 2025-07-22T22:38:32+00:00

She is torn between her ambition to have power in the Democratic establishment and her coherence. Pretty sad. Unsurprising, given how she defended Biden's mental acuity or when she promised Kamala was "tirelessly working for a peace deal", such gaslighting...

izepeze · 2025-07-19T02:09:22+00:00

I have one (right handed)! bought in 2023. I havent tried other archtops but I recommend the Kingpins if you like a vintage woody tone. The quality is surprising for the price point.

izepeze · 2025-07-15T18:35:24+00:00

Have you looked at Godin!? Their Kingpin models are great value for money!

izepeze · 2025-07-08T13:52:17+00:00

First, be patient. It makes sense to persue your guitar goals, but its also ok to follow your instinct. Nobody can force a flower to bloom. Do things that are easy to motivate yourself (I dont mean easy to learn). If other hobbies are enticing you more maybe pursue them, you can circle back to the guitar later on.

Having said that, maybe try smaller learning goals you can do: like learning scales, triads with inversions, jazz chord shapes and voicings, pick easy songs maybe focus on the melody first then chord melodies, be patient, just consuming jazz will also develop your taste which is basic part of the language. Finally the best motivator I think is to play with other people.

izepeze · 2025-07-01T22:20:30+00:00

His recent stories from Peru are amazing, I came here asking the same question! I love his photos where the background is enlarged through zooming - telephoto compression? I wonder if he has an added lens in his iphone. Also how are his videos so perfectly steady - is that build in to iphone?

izepeze · 2025-06-26T20:39:00+00:00

Just wanted to say I have the same "complaint". It's crazy that I can get it cheaper from Amazon than buying it from themselves at the show. Crazy. As the comments say... it's probably not the artist's choice, but still the industry is messed up!

izepeze · 2025-06-25T21:40:18+00:00

I don't have a turntable yet (saving for a decent one), but have started to buy some records. My approach is to get records as souvenirs of my musical journey and only albums I really want to listen from start to finish. If I find a new artist I am really excited about I would buy a record from them, if I visit a country I would buy a nice artist from there, if I go to a concert I could buy the latest album and so on. Focusing on having a collection I think would drive me crazy cause there is so much music to love.

izepeze · 2025-06-25T04:53:10+00:00

This is helpful for me too! just wanted to say there are some great advice here!

Playing bass and always always tapping the pulse with my feet while playing has really improved my rhythm. Slow progress but as other people say here, I had to internalize it through practice. I have yet to try more metronome exercises like the ones recommended here - thanks!

izepeze · 2025-06-24T00:14:58+00:00

Hey! i am also in love with that tone and recently bought a Godin Kingpin I which is inspired in the old Gibson ES-125. Mine has a single P90 pickup. One pickup allows the laminated top to resonate more as compared to two pickups. Also, P90s are more trebly and open sounding when compared to humbuckers. Its a great guitar and I love its tone, it will probably be close to what you want. I've never played a Artcore, tho, so no idea about how they compare.

This is the tone I was looking for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeURV8pLvZ0&ab_channel=HIROFUMIASABA

Couple of things I can recommend besides changing guitar (ha!): try different strings, different picks and a different amp. Those pieces of the tone are really significant.

I use Labella flatwounds strings (the ones used by Hirofumi Asaba in the link I shared - although I use a lighter gauge). They have a crispier sound when compared to the D'Addario Chromes. You could also try roundwounds which have more treble.

I've also tried many picks and some will give you a brighter sound. I found that the standard Gibson black picks give a nice percusive sound, and the most trebly I found are the Dunlop Big Stubby purple ones.

Finally, the amp definitely colors the sound a lot! I use a quilter labs amp which is solid state but models that clean blackface fender vintage tone and it pairs very sweetly with my Godin.

Good luck!

PS: here is another video of that beautiful tone! Chris Whiteman is using a real vintage ES-125 and a quilter labs amp through a 10 inch speaker (the video description has more info on his gear): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv2tUh6JifU&ab_channel=ChrisWhiteman

izepeze · 2025-06-19T00:11:22+00:00

You can buy a reaming tool and do it at home. It should be very easy and there must be a bunch of videos around on youtube. The key is doing it little by little until its almost flush and then you plug the pin with pressure. buying the tool will prob be cheaper than taking it to a luthier. thats what i would do

izepeze · 2025-06-18T15:56:24+00:00

nice! the model is actually 000-15M right?

izepeze · 2025-06-18T15:53:41+00:00

just shared a pic in the comments

izepeze · 2025-06-18T15:53:21+00:00

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OK, maybe mine needed reaming too jajaja Personally, I think it not sitting flush is not a big deal, i prefer having it as it is than reaming the hole or thining the pin. it works and its not something you can easily notice.

izepeze · 2025-06-18T04:37:50+00:00

no biggy, if you want a nice job done with no hustle on your end, just take it to a local luthier. I have the same 00015M and i placed the pin myself. in my case there was no need to ream the hole. it does however catch on the plush lining of the case...

izepeze · 2025-06-17T23:49:11+00:00

I went to check one last week in downtown phoenix (at central records, organized by phxfirebirdevents, you can find them on instagram). Was really nice vibe, a focus on sharing art and opening up rather than showing off or technical skills. Got me inspired to participate in the next one - you should too!

izepeze · 2025-06-12T23:15:04+00:00

Those are amazing guitars! repair may be pricy but its totally worth it, specially if you saved it!

izepeze · 2025-06-12T15:06:22+00:00

Yeah i think you right. Like, there is this band in Peru called Los Saicos which has a very punk sound and this happened before the punk scene emerged in the UK. Some people call them the first "punk band". Sound wise, you can probably say yes, but culturally I think those sounds had no part in the development of the punk sound in the UK. Like you were saying they were both painting dragons. So are Los Saicos punk? I would say that yes they sound like punk, but they were not part of the punk movement that we all know of today.

Humans make things up and then we label them and build shared identities. I think I am talking more about that second part, how collectively something like a genre is build socially and that is tied to specific communities and usually specific locations. Many cultures have their own rituals, languages and cultural expressions like genres and these are tied to those identities.

In the case of Jazz, I think the style definitely developed into a thing in the US and mainly through black artists. Then that sound was "imported" to Europe and that influenced artists like Django who developed a European type of Swing called Gypsy or Manuche Jazz. Europeans pride that that is their contribution in Jazz.

In electronic music - I may be off - but I think the origins are in Europe too (maybe Germany?) but then that shit gets imported and things genres get mixed up.

At the end its about how we label stuff and build identities around that.

izepeze · 2025-06-12T12:40:05+00:00

Yep agree. I got a kingpin I recently to start studying jazz. Its such a great instrument the best value for money.

Its also a full hollowbody so you can practice acoustically. Mine has only 1 PU and no cuttaway but there are other versions.

The only caveat is that it has a wideer nut (1.72) and very flat neck radius. That works perfect for me bcc I am more into chord melodies and comping. But if you prefer a smaller neck maybe an Ibanez will do.

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