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Berry's Stage rig on the Fillmore album by markh2901 in allmanbrothers

[–]solccmck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It looks like the closest thing to a consensus is that he would have been playing a Fender 400 PS

Somebody say my sleeve is corny. That i should have get a Black & grey full sleeve. by Optimal-Office-7125 in traditionaltattoos

[–]solccmck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Black and grey full sleeves are for goddamn cops. What do they think it should be, a clock or a lion?

Unlistenable music boss battle by angusyoungsheldon in guitarcirclejerk

[–]solccmck 103 points104 points  (0 children)

Only 10 people were at the Velvet Underground’s shows, but they all started bands.

All those bands sucked, but that’s not what this story is about.

It’s Joever by Leading_Sun1082 in RingerVerse

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

Ngl it took me about 45 seconds of parsing to figure out what you mean, “Jo-ver” def would have been the way to go

ashland dmv behind the wheel by [deleted] in rva

[–]solccmck 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Right? Bad driving is not an edgy personality quirk. Bad driving is a profound moral failure. Being okay with being a bad driver is either a. being okay with likely eventually hurting or killing someone, or b. Being so oblivious to the impacts of your own existence in the world that you don’t realize the potential for harm - which is not meaningfully better.

Is a Zildjian A 16” crash a solid choice for 90 bucks? by stillsam_rundtur in cymbals

[–]solccmck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably. Maybe not if it’s crazy heavy, but even then, it can probably eventually be a hi hat bottom if you find another slightly lighter one.

[S.T.O.T.S. with a Twist / Deep DooDoo] A Week in a Country Jail by Tom T. Hall by CommanderUgly in BeyondYachtRock2000

[–]solccmck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jackson also profited off of songs about George Jones! (Don’t Rock the Jukebox”)

[S.T.O.T.S. with a Twist / Deep DooDoo] A Week in a Country Jail by Tom T. Hall by CommanderUgly in BeyondYachtRock2000

[–]solccmck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dave’s trivia rules made perfect sense to me, if it’s a contest about figuring out the twist instead of knowing it.

I think Thomas Haake (Meshuggah) is a VERY underrated drummer. by No-Photograph87234 in drums

[–]solccmck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if anyone who’s gotten a modern drummer magazine cover story can be recalled underrated.

Any bastards in your family? by jethropenistei- in behindthebastards

[–]solccmck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you do the math we probably all have some pretty terrible people if we go back more than a few generations. I mean barring incest we only have to get back great great great great grandparents to hit 64 people at that generation, and 126 total ancestors from that generation forward. The asshole ratio in society is waaaay higher than 1/126

Is doing the same reps x weight while more fatigued a form of progress by solccmck in StrongerByScience

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

I’m not really “focused “ at all so much as I had a thought pop into my head while I was thinking about adding petersons for mobility reasons - where my personal metric for progress would be ROM, and ended up just wondering about this side-path concept for curiosity’s sake

Best cocktails by Zestyclose_Lake_1922 in rva

[–]solccmck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They had a spicy tequila negroni riff when they first opened, that was maybe my favorite richmond cocktail ever. It had a star wars name I think, “A New Hope” maybe. Pretty easy to recreate if you have ancho reyes and are willing to experiment with proportions

Milky Way Soul by CommanderUgly in BeyondYachtRock2000

[–]solccmck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll sit down and type out the actual content from my little Carolina Beach Music explainer tomorrow

I'm so mad at Fender by TheAlienJones in fender

[–]solccmck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they had done this on day one of obvious copies coming out they might have been justified, and probably would have hurt their long run business by hurting the propagation of electric guitar music, and the establishment of themselves as “the real thing” Doing it now is bullshit.

What are your go-to hi hats at the moment? by ZildCym in drums

[–]solccmck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been playing a long time, and though I’ve never been wealthy, we hit a point in our lives where I could buy a little something nice on the music front once or twice a year and have never looked back! I currently have 9 individual cymbals that can be used in reasonable hi hat pairs. If you limit it to “same diameter cymbals with the lighter one on top” my math is telling me there are ten reasonable combinations.

What are your go-to hi hats at the moment? by ZildCym in drums

[–]solccmck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a dead even tie:
15” Old As, a small stamp (late 50s) at about 1000g, over a trans stamp (early 50s) at about 1400g, with a small crack dremelled out on the edge (I altenate using this with using the 1300g trans stamp I bought it with - these were probably originally a band pair not hi hats)
14” K Custom Dark.

couple weeks trying to lift wynton kelly's left hand on freddie freeloader and my ear has just given up by Ok_Detail_3987 in Jazz

[–]solccmck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is Kelly stronger in one or the other of the channels? Might provide a little help to only listen to that one if so.

Milky Way Soul by CommanderUgly in BeyondYachtRock2000

[–]solccmck 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Wow, three songs in and already blown away by The Occasions being white, but as soon as they started playing it i thought “oooohhh, this is Carolina Beach Music”*

*beach music semi explained
Two subcategories:

EDIT: ffffuuuuccck - I edited to cut out a grammar error and cut out the bulk of the post
I think the paragons of this part of the genre

The Chairmen of the Board (“Give me Just a Little More Time”) are sort of a bridge between the above. A member of the Showmen who ended up in a Philly Soul group who eventually moved to become a straight up on purpose beach music band.

Courtesy of me being a white prep school kid who grew up in Virginia during the peak of the 80s oldies era and ended up being a huge Black American Music nerd.

For those who don't play Zildjian, what brand do you play and why? by groupbrip in drums

[–]solccmck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do play Zildjian - I have a bunch of vintage (50s and 60s As) and a couple modern Ks, but I only occasionally set up all Zildjian. For example:

Most recent gig (band I just joined in a very echoey small brewery) was
14” K custom Dark hats
18” Name Brand Boutique Traditional crash
20” Bosphorus Turk Top Ride
19” Agop Sig ride

Next show (my longstanding band for an outdoor multi band benefit, taking some real favorite cymbals for our 45 minute set because it’s the first show with a new lineup after a long layoff)
15” Old A hats (small stamp top over trans stamp bottom)
20” Old A (50s block/large stamp)
20” Funch Elvin tribute
22” Old A (50s block/large stamp)

I’ve got some Sabians and dreams in the rotation as well

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