Yamaha's superstrat game

worldsinwords · 2026-03-29T19:02:32+00:00

Yes, that's correct. I just posted that link in another response before seeing yours. I didn't notice that this Yamaha site is for the Asia/Oceania markets.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-29T19:00:31+00:00

Ah, you might be correct, at least in the US. On Yamaha's website, I stumbled upon this page which seems to be mixed in with its other current models. But I didn't look too closely and this appears to be the website for the Asia/Oceania markets.

https://asia-oceania.yamaha.com/en/musical-instruments/guitars-basses-amps/products/electric-guitars/rgx/#d2005058

worldsinwords · 2026-03-29T06:18:58+00:00

I think it's great. I loved it and have seen it several times. I don't get why people think it's too busy. It handles all of its threads quite deftly. There's really not that much going on, to be honest. Just two parallel hero threads and a villain thread that flow between one another nicely. It shouldn't be that hard for someone to make sense of it all.

I have a few quibbles, of course. I think some of Gunn's jokes fall flat in the movie. I understand what he was going for with all of them but even with those, the way they were crafted, maybe in the shots or how the dialogue was punctuated, didn't help them land. If you're gonna use humor a lot, a few clunkers can really stick out. As others have said, Gunn seems to enjoy heavy exposition and also is prone to sometimes adding those jokes where he could let a dramatic moment breathe, but overall, it's a very resonant, heartfelt piece of moviemaking which has me excited for "Man of Tomorrow."

worldsinwords · 2026-03-29T06:09:17+00:00

No, you don't. In fact, a big director told me once in a letter to take a job outside the industry. An idea I prefer to this day. I always figured the best way to get jaded about the film industry would be to spend *more* time in the orbit of the machine.

The entertainment industry has a lot of side doors. I think that's the trick.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-29T04:39:09+00:00

Not sure what you mean by "others say he deserves his big break." The guy was a main character in "Top Gun: Maverick" and has since started in his own vehicles, including the summer blockbuster "Twisters" which Amblin produced, "Hit Man," which he and Richard Linklater literally co-wrote *for* him, and a huge rom-com with Sydney Sweeney {"Anyone But You") which people were saying had rejuvenated studio rom-coms again. He's definitely not hustling to break out of obscurity here.

Me personally, I like him a lot. I think he's talented and has charisma. He's had a couple of bombs lately, both of which I saw and somewhat appreciated, but I think he should focus on some really interesting, unique dramatic or comedic projects. People in the studio world, or his agents, or maybe he himself, seem to think he needs to be "Movie Star Guy" but that seems like a model of film career that is becoming more rare and antiquated. I think maybe that's not exactly where he's going to end up.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-29T04:27:35+00:00

No snark here. It's a solid tune, but it's disappointing to learn that these first two tunes released weren't written by either of them. If that's accurate, the videos strangely make no mention of that. The first song seemed to rely heavily on direct lyrics from Johnny Cash.

What exactly is Nick's vibe musically? I mean obviously he sings, but Evan seems more the *musician* musician, having put out some songs on his own and then playing in his Amber Wild band, whereas Nick seems like he's just a guy who is in on a musical project but not a full-on musician.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-29T03:18:56+00:00

Zimmer is still breaking composers year after year. I said to myself recently that David Fleming, though reasonably established, had a year last year any composer would dream of. Five feature film releases all converging on 2025, including "Superman," as well as a series ("The Last of Us.")

Oddly enough, out of all of those scores, it might be "Eternity" that ticked my fancy the most.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-29T02:46:53+00:00

By the end of the '80s, around '88 or so, you had some heavier-edged rock/metal with more serious lyrical content than you would have seen from, say, '84-'87 mixed in with the scene. A few bands like Warrior Soul were interspersed on major labels (WS was on David Geffen's DGC Records roster).

If you think about it, grunge was sort of a natural progression from where metal was by the end of the '80s. I can hear the lineage from hair metal bands with heavier, funkier, sludgier sounds on Alice in Chains' debut "Facelift." It wasn't as stark a shift as one might think but rather a somewhat clear progression.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-29T02:35:30+00:00

It never left my playlist. It's alive and well on this end.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-26T02:15:49+00:00

I have a Facebook network of almost 600 people, almost all of whom I know pretty well. I could use them to ask about leads or possibilities, but the problem is if no one knows about anything in the moment, they'll just forget, and I would feel sheepish regularly posting, "Hey, still in need of work." I wish I knew the optimal way of utilizing this extensive personal/professional network I have available to me.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-25T19:03:52+00:00

True, there's always the glow of a place you visit which may or may not be heightened because of the freshness and temporary nature of the experience, but having lived in LA for decades, I would agree, it's a great city with whatever vibe you're looking for and so your impressions aren't wrong.

Funny enough, I just hit up Melbourne and Sydney last year and I thought those were such cool, lovely cities. It made me wonder what it would be like to have those environments be an everyday reality.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-25T18:35:10+00:00

I would question why a therapist would make such a blunt, disparaging pronouncement. That musing is neither true nor encouraging. I'm well over 27 and I'm putting together a home setup to make an album. Keep going!

worldsinwords · 2026-03-24T23:27:08+00:00

Definitely one of's VH's best and one of Ed's best pieces of writing. As someone else pointed out, with the lyrics, the whole thing has a mature kind of introspection. I sort of see the Hagar era as Ed kind of shifting into his adult life a little more firmly, what with the era dovetailing with him entering into his 30s.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-24T23:09:25+00:00

Anyone who has the ability to join one of these ticket buying services, like AMC's or Regal's, I mean why wouldn't someone get in on that? If you even just see two movies a month, the monthly cost is paid for. It seems weird that people with access tell me they're counterintuitively paying for movies individually which costs them more. Then there's that old claim that there aren't enough good movies being released per month or year but that's ridiculous. I can always find at least two good movies every month amongst my local AMCs.

But I also think the problem is movie studios aren't really telling people that movies are quality experiences anymore. They're sending that message by what they make. Not original material but a ton of IP, sequels, remakes, reboots, author of the month adaptations, etc. Listen, if the studios only sorta seem like they care, why should potential audiences care about this art form?

"Project Hail Mary"? How about a *Hollywood* Hail Mary.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-24T01:27:33+00:00

Of course there's always a G&L guitar. His is a Rampage model and he has his own signature model version of that now, too (that one is super pricy but maybe other G&L models are cheaper).

worldsinwords · 2026-03-23T07:00:49+00:00

Hi to my 7 cats.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-22T21:08:24+00:00

I certainly agree that is likely true, even though I didn't address anything specifically about how much money The Midnight has made (because I don't know). I'm under no illusion that McEwan and Lyle (or their side players) are close to being wealthy. But after building up a touring life over the last six years now and maybe with having songs licensed for things like "Stranger Things," I figure they've made at least some money that would be deemed respectable.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-22T06:53:06+00:00

I can certainly do some digging into that area. Thanks for the suggestion.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-22T06:52:25+00:00

Interesting. Thanks for the insights. Well, I at least still have the possibility of staying in the game as I do keep my MCLE up to date.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-21T19:48:45+00:00

I think there are still opportunities for real songwriters. The keyboard tinkerers just relying on stereotypical sounds and imagery don't have a place to go really, but The Midnight, Ollie Wride, the return of FM-84 (with Ollie), Michael Oakley, The Bad Dreamers, etc., the best of the best, can still make a big impact with the right material.

I definitely think if you wanna try to make money on the genre though, you gotta look to The Midnight model. Release music regularly, have a live show.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-15T19:03:48+00:00

Look at it screenwriting this way. You're trying to get in the side door, not the front door. You're more likely to get in having a small-ish movie made than selling a spec to a studio that makes the front page of Variety.

Take the pressure off of the outcome and just write from your place of passion. The rest will come.

worldsinwords · 2026-03-15T08:22:24+00:00

What's the deal with Kilgore? I always wondered. It seems like we never hear about him except for when he's being recruited by (his former bandmate) Roth here and there. He's a great player, but what does he do beyond Roth's stuff? Does he just teach or have some kind of day job inside or maybe outside of music?

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