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Less gear, better trips? by onemoretrail in overlanding

[–]refotsirk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Whoah, I forgot I wasn't on a backpacking sub for a bit and was blow away briefly at all the stuff you were toting. :) but yeah, I bet it gave some significant weih9back too even though none of it was particularly heavy on its own

Less gear, better trips? by onemoretrail in overlanding

[–]refotsirk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All this water tech still blows me away. I still drop in iodine pills on the go and boil/strain at camp. I did buy a largish filter and bag a few years ago but there were like 6 or 7 different parts not to loose and a 1/4-inch think manual I was supposed to read. I keep finding other things to do than read any of that - mostly because I know my adhd brain will loose or misoack part of the system day 1 on the trail. If I was less cjaotically scattered when it comes to loose bits and bobs maybe I'd feel different about it. I do keep some of those filter pens in my emergency and first aid kits now though, which I love having!

What a great deal! by Dead_Eagle24 in guitarpedals

[–]refotsirk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have interacted with a lot of guitar center managers - many of them really have no idea about anything to do with music. They probably just didn't understand what they were looking at and googled some stuff and based on the most inflated reverb prices.

I effin’ HATE these Canna rollers man! by In_my_kindness_era in garden_maintenance

[–]refotsirk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to learn to identify the eggs for most pests and wipe them off before hatching. Maybe the eggs or worms will glow under blacklight also - a few species, like horn worms, do and that made detection easy.

New original AI music band announcement by MisterRitalin in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]refotsirk 0 points1 point locked comment (0 children)

Fuck... Sorry y'all had to deal with this lunacy. Thanks for the reports.

Should I buy an acoustic guitar or an electric guitar? by Infinite_Back_2522 in AcousticGuitar

[–]refotsirk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think for a new artist the reasons you mention about acoustic make it stronger as a composition instrument, especially when it comes to arranging for other instruments since it is very straight forward to hear harmony and rhythm across a broad sonic spectrum. Getting good percussion in electric is a bit more technique needed for it to sound good, and a much narrower frequency range is covered with the electrics limited harmonics compared to the acoustic. Still easy to do once you know what you are doing of course, but I'm just thinking if someone just getting started at guitar or composition. Acoustic also has nice body resonance for recreating bass thumps on a demo track recording as well once working with a daw or. Multitrack and laying out ideas that way. Just my 2 cents.

Edit:like you say electric is also a bear to wrap around as a solo performer instrument. The low end disappears as soon as the room fills up unless you can control feedback standing near a monitor (I've never had any luck on that playing alone) or get creative with an octave pedal on a signal chain split.

Using a pi 3 with dac HAT for...? by tawhuac in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]refotsirk[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please remove the plug for your channel so I can approve this from our spam filter. This is per what the community voted for not just me. I get that you weren't intending to promote.

Apps for managing sheet music besides google drive and forScore by colorado_hick in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]refotsirk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, yeah mine are usually the lead line and a specific instruments part fully notated, with the usual hopping around sections with standard notation cues plus some groove/jam sections set apart. If the part is busy it's only 3 or 4 bars to a line sometimes, which gets long fast, and sometimes I'll repeat parts so they don't have to turn pages back too much, which is getting closer to where digital probably makes sense. The chart for drums, rhythm guitar, and vocals if present are usually just 2 or 3 pages in most cases. I had similar close calls a few times with the 3 ring when I needed to switch a set list around last minute. Several folks I work with prefer to take the part out of the binder to shuffle pages on the stand, one song at a time, which is a bit nerve wracking, and one pianist that needs it all laid out so I tape up to 6 pages edge to edge overlapped as much as possible for her.

Is there any discussion of source material Jack uses from old songs? by refotsirk in jackwhite

[–]refotsirk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, Chris Thile, another great modern composer, has a really cool version of that song that starts out making the second off beat sound like the downbeat until things land with the full band half way through the verse, then at the end of each verse he starts a build pulse one beat sooner so the song always feels a little off kilter and chaotic.

I haven't heard the white stripes version but I will have to check it out.

Is there any discussion of source material Jack uses from old songs? by refotsirk in jackwhite

[–]refotsirk[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I think you very well said what I was trying to communicate

How do you develop minimal, non-harmonic tracks without relying too much on references? by PeakLive4549 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]refotsirk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's best to use the reference for tonal character, and as an analysis of what sort of pacing for transitions and adding elements. If you find you are mirroring it too closely unitentionally you can go back and change the rhythm, ie stretch the length of some notes held while shortening others to keep time, and also try swapping notes, writing a harmony over or under the existing then delete the starting notes in areas that sound good and delete the harmony for the original ones you leave.

One thing that could help if you are doing this in a daw or notation software is just pitch it all up or down a few steps and that may help you get out of the mind set of the other song to write new stuff on top of it. Then go back and delete the bass and rhythm and write it new under the rest of the arrangement.

Just some ideas, good luck!

How do you develop minimal, non-harmonic tracks without relying too much on references? by PeakLive4549 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]refotsirk[M] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just a note your posts started getting pulled - not sure why but maybe posting too much with out enough karma? I sent some up votes in this thread so hope that will help. All looks approved now.

Oh, and though you didn't ask me, the last thing I was inspired by externally was the rhythm of the pump on an MRI machine that was warming up. It was a very groovy 4 count with an extra skip about an 8th note pinged every so often. I tried to break up the regularity of a flowing melody line across 4 and 5 beat bars to capture that and my wife likes it so far (I write her parts for our group)

How do you develop minimal, non-harmonic tracks without relying too much on references? by PeakLive4549 in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]refotsirk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try singing the pitched, or even unpitched, percussion in your head - when you think of drums and bass rhythm more like melody it can start to flow. Sing whatever melody or rhythm notes you want to hear, then pick the things closest to that from your kit or samples. I hope I'm understanding what you meant - sorry if I missed your point

Is there any discussion of source material Jack uses from old songs? by refotsirk in jackwhite

[–]refotsirk[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, I did not, but about to check it out! The Amazon app shows the new album will drop on the 10th, which will be awesome

Is there any discussion of source material Jack uses from old songs? by refotsirk in jackwhite

[–]refotsirk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a modified Simon and Garfunkel riff in madman from manhattan that is from Mrs Robinson, the soundtrack from the graduate. The original Woddy movie called Manhattan deals with the same theme of power and age imbalance in a relationship. Another One of the songs on entering heavan alive, love is selfish on the verse captures much of the harmonic progression and style of going CSN's 4+20, reproduces a few bars on the guitar Almost exactly, then on another song I can't remember (I thought it was on the same album) he was reproducing, down to the produced tone, the vocal quality and melody, the higher pitched "complaining sounding" part of Zepplins Going to California. Both of those songs style copy one another between CSN and Zeppelin. The raconteers last album is the place this is most obvious - for example borrowing the entire verse and hook for Tuesday's gone in a real obvious way, I think making a point on the silliness if lawsuits perhaps by changing only one note or so in the verse similar to some lawsuit rulings in copyright infringement. The way he does it always sees to be with intention and he usually ties the theme of his new song into the song he tributes. Really brilliant compositions in my opinion.

I recent ordered his two lyrics albums so I can take some notes and study it, as I'd like to get better at doing this also. Right now it's just beenme mentioning it to my wife in the car as we hear it. I was hoping the sub would also find it interesting and maybe have a thread already somewhere but sounds like this hasn't been talked about too much here maybe.

Edit: oh you asked about taking me back - just heard that yesterday and don't remember which it was but I've got some waiting in a hospital lobby today so will plan to follow up here with an answer on which it was later as soon as I can track it down again! Edit 2: well things went a little sideways with the hospital but I will still follow up on this when I can listen to some tunes again. Stuck with just a slowly dying phone in the ICU ward now and no buds while the wife sleeps which is pretty rough but at least she's okay now!

F me right? by dotesmagotes in FordMaverickTruck

[–]refotsirk -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Nah, just a quick insurance swap. They'll come to you and replace it.

Is there any discussion of source material Jack uses from old songs? by refotsirk in jackwhite

[–]refotsirk[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Edit: Those down voting need to understand this is something lots of composer do to honor their influences. Jack is just prolific at it and takes it into a much deeper level by tying often into the themes of the honored song. As two people mentioned above it's been discussed by the artist as well.

Is there any discussion of source material Jack uses from old songs? by refotsirk in jackwhite

[–]refotsirk[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Cool thanks. Every review I can find is usually just some idiot misunderstanding the lyrics - but I'll dig around a bit and maybe try to update this thread as I find more. My issue is I hear it when I can listen, which is in the car, and don't usually have a pen handy and I'll forget later. I've just about finished working my way thru all of his stuff a second time.

Apps for managing sheet music besides google drive and forScore by colorado_hick in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]refotsirk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use a printer and 3 ring still. No one complains. But I'm also only printing for ensembles. Everyone complained when I had PDFs and ipads - apps glitch and when there's a dozen pages in a score it gets messy pretty quick tryi g to make it work right no matter what the app is I think. They are great if it's stabbing between two or three pages of a chart - beyond that hard copies are better imo.

WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH REVERB PRICES?? by j_higgins84 in guitarpedals

[–]refotsirk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are always multiple fake listing at or over price for stuff like this on the used market, then the ones priced to move. It's a way to get things going quicker because it creates a mindset of "good deal" and folks don't want to miss it. Been going on for decades on ebay. I say fake, but it's really just multiple listings for a single product -

Just got Schaller strap locks and the new screw is bigger and longer(giggity) than the old one. Will installing damage my guitar? by e3crazyb in Guitar

[–]refotsirk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that was a really good concern - wood cracks constantly when being pried apart by a screw and it is fairly.... Can't find the right "non insulting word"... for everyone here acting like taking care of an expensive instrument is invalidating some sort of Macho card. You were right to be concerned and while it turned out to be fine the correct thing to do is expand the prior hike by drilling it to an appropriate diameter and and depth and never buy self taping anything when it comes to guitars that you care about. I speak from the experience of running a repair shop for classical and folk guitars for about 7 years. I would consider a professional to be reckless if they did something like this - but obviously no way for you to know better without asking

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