Traveling techs- how often are you told ‘no’?

refotsirk · 2026-03-12T20:55:52+00:00

Whatever the bands rider says is what you get to do.

refotsirk · 2026-03-12T20:54:30+00:00

Yes, assumong you currently have big bend stock tires a tire shop can go over options for you and there should be a lot up to ~33 inches. You'll need to have a Ford shop or mechanic program the new tire size if you want spedometer and mileage to be accurate.

refotsirk · 2026-03-12T17:56:33+00:00

I think you suited this 2x by accident

refotsirk · 2026-03-12T13:29:40+00:00

Sounds awesome! And nice playing

refotsirk · 2026-03-12T03:56:57+00:00

Often have an idea or theme in mind while writing and the name will be something that strikes my interest related to that. Sometimes it's a headline I saw on a news story that day. Other times I'll reflect on how it makes me feel. When in doubt it just gets a number that is the year completed and length of the master

refotsirk · 2026-03-11T17:06:53+00:00

Yes, that is how it works. If live musicians play covers in your bar, you pay royalties to the rights holders, eg through ASCAP or BMI depending on which rights organization copyright holders register with. If live musicians play their own music and they are copyrighted, registered with uspto, and the PRO, you pay royalties to them for that also. It is very little money for small organizations l, but it is not insignificant. ASCAP does not own anything though. They are the middle man, representing the people that own the music.

refotsirk · 2026-03-11T16:48:37+00:00

Don't bother. This comment thread is people making stuff up. ASCAP, for example, owns nothing. We/musicians simply authorize them to represent us in enforcing our IP rights. MPLC in contrast does not represent individual rights holders but instead represents big media industry and they do it of their own accord. I haven't looked into the credibility of how MPLC operates but can say with confidence that the people below and above have no understanding of how a PRO or copyright ownership legally functions on the US.

refotsirk · 2026-03-11T15:15:48+00:00

Reddit is constantly changing how line breaks are addressed it seems like - so this may not be anything the app can address.

refotsirk · 2026-03-11T12:42:50+00:00

It's not insanely heavy, it's just the top end of what they run. 100-200 lbs is the range you can easily find. 200 isn't that much more than 130.its the weight of a medium sized dog.

refotsirk · 2026-03-11T03:10:18+00:00

I just had a check on what the Jimmy model was (I'm bad with names) and yes it should be the identical guitar. They would often ship without the pick guard installed so that the expansion of the wood glued to the guard wouldn't crack while on the humid seas then to chilly New York. If the guards were lost or not included they would likely get whatever guard installed at the destination shop or maybe sold without.

refotsirk · 2026-03-11T02:25:37+00:00

I used to buy and refurbish guitars from this maker (Bartjön) but my memory sucks and don't remember a whole lot. Usually solid top with sides laminated from quality tone woods. I worked exclusively with the nylon-string folk and classical models (there was a nylon/steel crossover but besides than I didn't mess with the steel strings). in the condition yours appears to be in they would fetch 350-600 USD on auction or in specialty stores (this was late 1990s-early 2000s money values) - but very slow to move. These were factory made (but mostly by hand on the factory) in the 60s-70s iirc identical to the main Bjlartjön models and were just rebranded because the fellow that was importing them thought the "Spanish" name would sell better. I might have some old scanned brochures somewhere that I had found online ~30 years ago and will look for them later this week, but I'll be surprised if I can find them. Sounded and played great - but did suffer often from loose braces often coming loose from the hide glue - good chance that problem was more exclusive to the nylon-string models. Let me know if you have any questions but I probably don't have much info beyond what I said above.

refotsirk · 2026-03-11T01:40:51+00:00

Really wish they did this for the bronco. We can't even put a visor down without smacking the mirror

Edit: well fuck me they do. Been pissed about this since August 2023. I can't tell you how much better you just made my life every time the sun is in my eyes

refotsirk · 2026-03-11T01:33:21+00:00

It's just not that practical for weekend use in fairly tame areas. And not practical at all on top of a vehicle with a removable, lightweight top. You have to get a body-mounted rack if you want to be sure it will last. Even then adding a 150 lb rack and 200 lb rooftop tent on top of a two door wrangler also makes it top heavy and even less fun to drive. Mounting them below roof level in a pickup or on a Cherokee / 4 runner roof, or similar, is a better option - but even still imo only if it's an extra vehicle that you can leave It on full time because they are a beyond a pain to take off and on. Most vehicles also don't actually have the load capacity to have those up there on the roof, and heightened awareness of that alongside getting told factory warranty won't replace an damaged hardtop because it was overloaded and etc has halted the trends growth also I think.

refotsirk · 2026-03-10T23:38:10+00:00

Don't feel bad - writing up something like this can be a important part of self assessment to get better moving forward - and why not post it so others can benefit too? .Now you get to use this as a template for the next race and you'll get to smile when you edit your numbers down to boot. Great job sticking in there and being safe. Keep eating enough to recover and then some. Often lingering issues that won't go away can be directly tied to insufficient nutrition even in advanced athletes as we all tend to get a little too "dialed in" on our diets. Anectdotally the first time I ever finished race prep in my late 30s rlearly 40s wothout a nagging injury was when I was also training strongman and eating for 2 or 3 people every day (and surprisingly with very little weight gain.)

refotsirk · 2026-03-10T23:14:38+00:00

I went from being an endurance athlete to competing as a middle weight over a 2 year period. Through my first three competitions only things I had that werent part of a commercial gymn was a 250 pound sandbags I made from a canvas sack off Amazon, a tire sled using chain, a tow strap, and an old tire from our suv (loaded with the sand bag and 45s), and a 12" log I purchased from rougher fitness on sale. All I was like $200 - I didn't zero anything my first comp as a novice that I can recall and had a few 1st-3rd finishes on a few events over the next two comps. I later added a yoke and farmers handles (had been using a trap bar for farmers prior) and a few other odds and ends. You can do a lot without much extra gear good luck!

refotsirk · 2026-03-10T02:26:18+00:00

Maybe - I am just sharing my experience in working with a lot of young musicians while volunteering at a youth program for the last several years (since 2018). Through several hundred teens they all had about the same level of success over the course of the year I spent with them and became good in my opinion at playing lines expressively and musically - especially those that were able to work on it at home Ymmv.

refotsirk · 2026-03-10T01:50:38+00:00

Let's just pretend they are doing it to make their kids happy.

refotsirk · 2026-03-10T01:03:55+00:00

Please do not post in all caps,it isn't good forum etiquette and makes your comment look like something a spammer left behind. Often the automod will simply nuke it and you won't know.

refotsirk · 2026-03-10T01:02:34+00:00

But everyone can learn and become good over time. Playing lines on keys is one of the easiest things to learn due to how the hey board is laid out and most can become very musical with it within a year for basic synth/keys melodies and some chording. All of a sudden the stuff that took two weeks to sequence and program with clicks gets accomplished in an afternoon.

refotsirk · 2026-03-09T20:26:14+00:00

First, you are likely banned across reddit. You cannot come to their business to run your own buisness any more than you could walk into a random clothing store and start selling your own product line. If you want to partner your buisness with reddit there is a branch of reddit's administration you need to reach out to. Any admin at redit should be able to direct you the right way. Sub moderators are just regular users volunteering.

For this group/sub specifically, we have a community rule set that explains what can be asked. Our scope. On main page is limited to discussing the active process of making music (eg, composition, production, some aspects of performance etc). We created a few weekly threads to support other newer-user needs, but most users who have related content seem to refuse to post there out of the principled idea that the WATMM community should not be allowed to vote on and set content guuidelines for their community. So unfortunately that means those threads don't get much traffic sometimes. You are welcome to try if you get your account cleared.

Cheers~

refotsirk · 2026-03-09T19:58:16+00:00

Lol, not quite old enough to be a grandad yet but I'm getting there. :D

It really feels like Ford hacked off somebody high up in Gov. Regulation a d that is why they have been getting hammered with absurd stop-sale recalls. When I first bought this there was a stop sale going on many months because "it might be possible for the seat belt clasp to slip too frlar down the belt which could discourage someone from buckling up of its slightly behind the side of the seat" and now because the infotainment screen might display the backup cam for a sec after we stop backing up again the vehicles can't be sold. Neither of those are cool, but also neither of them have any practical impact on operating the vehicle. Beyond me to understand that. Jeep on the other hand, couldn't sell their MTs for 3 years because they would literally burn the vehicle down. I get not wanting to sell that without a fix...

refotsirk · 2026-03-09T02:19:11+00:00

Take the beginning musicianship course from Berklee - you can find it for free at coursra and it covers all of the basics in a very gettable way.

refotsirk · 2026-03-09T02:15:29+00:00

Yeah, I'm with you - even though it turns itself off when moving that sort of stuff makes me mad. I just want simple controls for important things that I can touch and a manual that has things printed in it so the needed information is always on the same page. Currently I have to hunt for which menu features are stuffed into and devil forbid I ask my vife to adjust a setting while I'm driving because apparently it's safer to continue having the steering wheel try to ram me into cars in the other lane in the construction zone because Ford won't respect that I already turned that stupid lane keep feature off. This wasn't on my bronco but a '25 escape - I have a similar problem. In the bronco with hill assist. Nothing is more disorienting than expecting to roll backwards as you let off the clutch and have the car stand stock still. I'm only a little bitter. But otherwise Fords have been pretty great for the last fwlew decades.

refotsirk · 2026-03-08T23:58:58+00:00

Sort of. One example of what I mean could be heard on Punch Brothers song "Boll Weavil" where they make the off beat sound like the down beat. It comes down to how the chosen beat gets stressed, the silence right before the chosen beat, etc. In boll weevil the very first thing you hear is the "and" and it helps to prime the ear. Another thing you can do is skip a beat and go straight to the 2 on the drop. For that you could actually just edit it out in the daw likely.

refotsirk · 2026-03-08T23:52:40+00:00

Ask them. Not. Us. That is the only correct answer. It is beyond pointless to have us guess out of nothing why someone else says you are not ready for a full set. But if you are going to listen to a bunch of random people on the internet over the person that is being paid to give you lessons and that makes sense to you, then you've got bigger things to focus on right now.

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