rockinrob

I got to Shot in the arm, but then my sound cut out and I couldnt get it back. I was sad, but Ill get it today, so it is okay.

Wonderful Idea putting it up on the internet.

another thing I forgot is that it is important to keep your thumb on the 3 lowest strings, and your fingers for the top three.

You need to find a pivot point to put the bottom side of your hand on, usually on the back part of the bridge, this way your hand is not floating above the strings.

Ive taught quite a few people how to fingerpick, as it is the way I usually play. The best way to do it is simple repetition.

Finger a regular G chord.

And then play a pattern using your thumb and all three fingers of your right hand. ( Some people use the pinky, mine has always gotten in my way.)

Your first pattern should be an easy one, like this

(finger to use) on (string to hit)

Thumb on 6th

pointer on 3rd

middle on 2nd

ring on 1st

middle on 2nd

pointer on 3rd

start slow and use a metronome, then slowly speed this up until you are going pretty fast.

Then simply start making up increasingly harder patterns, in an attempt to screw up your right hand. The trick is to start very very slow, so you learn the pattern and then speed up, but make sure it always sounds clean.

After your can play relatively confusing patterns, throw in a chord change on one of the simple patterns.

With a little practice, this technique A) becomes easy and (most importantly) Makes you a badass, cause it looks really hard!

Hope this helps

Sorry for your loss, Jeff.

We are here for you!

Sincerely,

Rob

edit the song out of less than you think!!! and play the end on a loop really loud

Basically you have to understand how the records work.

When a record is recorded, a bass wave takes up more space in a groove than trebles. So if you want good of bass, the record needs to have less music per side. It was decided that the best length for rock music was as close to 20 minutes per side as possible. For the rap records they play in clubs ( ) 10-12 minutes is all they want on those (more bass can be put on it)

So back in the day, most single albums were around 40-45 minutes. But the artists started pushing this time length with the invention of cds, and so at first they began cramming music on there. For instance I have neil young's weld on vinyl which has a little over 30 minutes of music per side. But this record has little bass, and is noisy. to get it to sound right you have to add some eq, and it is still noisy.

But also if you look at Bob Dylan's Early records, Freewheelin', Another side, times they are a changin', those are 55 minutes. But a record with bob dylan strumming an acoustic guitar doesnt need the bass response.

The majority of new albums are made to be 60-70 minutes long. If you want good fidelity on vinyl, you must use two records.

I seriously wish that they would repress the old stuff. All of the Uncle Tupelo records, A.M., Summerteeth, and Mermaid Avenue. There are enough people that collect vinyl that would like a copy of it.

Does anyone know why they never pressed Mermaid II or The live record?

Ive gotten mine buying them for me now, which makes things better.

I make her a list of like 25-50 records and give it to her for birthdays, christmas, whatever, and let her pick from the list. It makes a fun surprise out of my holidays, and we all know that none of us music freaks really care about much else!

Seriously. I now go to the store only when I know the wife won't be home when I walk in with a bag of new LPs. I'm worried an intervention may be coming my way soon...

HAHA, I love it!!

Has anyone else had to hide their records either under the seat or somewhere in the garage because they knew they wouldnt be able to get them in the house!!

Vinyl collecting is a dangerous hobby, possibly even worse than collecting guitars.

I Motion for this one to be called

Jeff Tweedy-The Stupid Shit I Say

I have a bunch of great ones from the fall 05 tour but I dont remember the dates off hand.

Jeff Tweedy's gonna play you....

The whole abyss skit...

when his son played drums on I'm the Man who loves you and he dedicates it to mommy

There are a few more, but that tour as a whole was hilarious.

If this whole music thing doesn't work out for tweedy, he could be a comedian....

ipods are awesome, after owning one you will be simply unable to live without it. I have a huge music collection, which includes hundreds of live concerts and all types of stuff, and I still have a few gigs left on my 60 gig. I had a stereo put in my car that has an input jack, so I just plug it in and I can use it on the road. I used to have two three inch three ring binders, so lets just say that the ipod is easier. It is great because sometimes you might think, today I am in a miles davis mood, but when you get in the car you decide, nope its black sabbath. Makes your choice limitless.

Now for the bad stuff. Ive broken three of them. I take care of it, but I think that I just use the things so much that they break on me. If you buy one at best buy, they sell a 2 year insurance on the ones that cost 299 or less for 50 bucks, and a 3 year insurance on the 400 dollar ones for 70 dollars. The first ipod i had was a regular 20 gig black and white one. when it broke in 2005, I walked in to the store and got a 20 gig photo ipod. That one broke in july, so I walked in and was going to get the 30 gig video one, but for 100 bucks, i could get the 60, so i got the sixty. My service plan ran out with this one, so i bought the seventy dollar one. This ipod broke about a week ago, I took it in, and this time they had to send it off to get it fixed, but ultimately I will have another new ipod in two weeks.

So I would say definately buy an ipod, but you also MUST buy and extended service plan.

hope this helps some!

vintage guitar magazine will report it if the information is sent to them. That's a good place to find any and all guitar freaks...good luck J

Musicians friend is still selling a gibson sg classic for 800. It is like a standard, except it has two p90s, the round kluson tuners, and a dot neck inlay. I know I've been jonesin' for one. Pete Townsend!

One thing I've heard of some guys doing is taking a little piece of balsa wood and cutting it to the depth of the hollow body and using it to connect the top and the bottom half. The guy I knew that did this did it on an es 330, he just took the front pickup out and put it right under the bridge.

the hollow body in the movie is an epiphone casino w/ p90s. he has a couple of those, and I believe a few gibson es 330's (gibson version of the epiphone) they are super cool!

Does anyone have any idea as to what type of hamonica jeff tweedy uses? Also Dylan, and Neil Young.

I'm assuming Hohners, but are they Marine bands, blues harps? I have a marine band, but it seems like its missing something (harmonica talent??). Just wondering if anyone else had any ideas?