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Goredho

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  1. Traveling today, but would look at Laney amps for role number one. I have this one, and it’s great. 12” plus horn, 5 channels, fx loop, built in EQ and delay, line out to go to a PA if you need more reinforcement. I’ve run guitars through it (acoustic w/preamp and electric w/modeler), bass (w/modeler/preamp), keyboard (straight), mics (XLR) and even iPhone for backing tracks with RCA inputs. I’ve had a trio use this as the only amplification in a small bar/coffee shop setting. It’s a great Swiss Army knife that’s basically a 5 channel PA, amp and full range speaker built into a 1x12 combo enclosure and is designed exactly for what you are describing. Will see about answering B in a few. https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AH150--laney-ah150-150w-12-inch-multi-input-combo-amp?mrkgadid=1000000&mrkgcl=28&mrkgen=gdsa&mrkgbflag=0&mrkgcat=studio&recording&acctid=21700000001645388&dskeywordid=39700065017603469&lid=39700065017603469&ds_s_kwgid=58700007231540659&device=m&network=g&matchtype=&adpos=largenumber&locationid=9029128&creative=706902477314&targetid=aud-439454427786:dsa-1385849839650&campaignid=13710079600&awsearchcpc=1&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA4rK8BhD7ARIsAFe5LXJzyJO4stbVUOj_PMKGtIQpbxLH60dGjPDGxcg-l892ASy68exL2F0aAjHZEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
  2. This is true. Our local high school's music teacher is a very nice lady well versed in theory and playing the piano. But I've been volunteering to help her because more than half the people she has in music class wants to play guitar. So her and I collaborate on how to translate what she has to teach to the guitar for the students that are focusing on it. Was pretty cool last year, they did a really nice concert culminating with a pretty damn good rendition of Journey's "Seperate Ways" as if performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd and 2134091234 guitarists. I have no idea how they settled on that song or the rest of their setlist. Its a small town that time forgot, apparently.
  3. This is great advice. I had a piano in the house from infancy, and at one time I was a pretty decent piano player. My older brother got a guitar in high school, he had a friend who was a drummer. They needed a bassist, so I got drafted. Anyway, through middle school on high school, I had a piano, gutiar and bass in the house, and that as much as anything has been a foundation of a lifelong love affair with music (though I had about a 10 year hiatus while kids were young).
  4. Nobody gives a shit, but after some time for thought, here is where I am at with the past season. Our OL was pretty good, but struggled against elite defensive lines. Our QB was pretty good, but was never very mobile, had to play hurt much of the time and became very jittery in the pocket as the year went on. Quinn being the statue he is was a less than ideal QB for our line given their limitations, and our line was less than ideal for Quinn given his limitations. A mobile QB would have had a better chance of success behind that line. This really only mattered when we played our two toughest opponents -- Georgia and Ohio State -- though it did help make some other wins unnecessarily close. Well we played those two opponents three times and lost all three, two of those losses costing us championships. In all 3 of those losses, an ineffectual offense was the primary factor. The damming thing about that to me, and its all on Sark, is that we had a mobile QB on the sideline that we could have meaningfully tried at any point during those 3 losses to see if their mobility made the difference. We never meaningfully tried. I say meaningfully because a couple series in the first half in the first GA game is not a meaningful attempt to see if an Arch offense could be more successful. I love Sark. He's our guy for the foreseeable future (if he wants to be) and rightfully so. But he needs to fucking reflect on that.
  5. Just name it “Johntay Cooked”
  6. #3 or #4 seems to be right in line with the ceiling of teams he leads. Very good. Just shy of greatness. I’ll be interested to see how he does in the pro game. If he can stay healthy, have less amplitude in the sine wave of his intensity and wants to eat, drink, shit and piss football he can have a career with a team. I hope he does it.
  7. One other thing I'll say about theory. As an intermediate student of it, I actually get a whole lot from ChatGPT conversations about music theory. I sit there at the piano or with a guitar, have a conversation and validate its responses with the instrument, and it's honestly really, really good. I don't think its better than having a knowledgeable teacher that I could ask questions of, but its better than static resources like books or videos that may mention theory phrases in passing like "secondary dominant chord" assuming the consumer knows what these mean. With AI, you can be like, "Hold up, what's a secondary dominant chord?" It's the best standalone resource outside of a skilled teacher that I know of right now.
  8. Music theory can be very dry and abstract. I would not push towards theory until her own personal development as a musician/composer leads her to music theory. Jimmy's advice is probably going to wind up being the best. I would look for a teacher that can help foster her skill with the piano and whatever instrument she will play in band. Piano is the best tool for understanding music, imo. Scales, chords, melody, harmony, etc... There are reasons most symphonic composers write and arrange on a piano and its not because it sounds more beautiful than a violin.
  9. Dude is the embodiment of "life is what you make of it."
  10. No one. Everything is speculative at this point, and I am sure Quinn's not saying anything yet is to see what colleges offer him in the time he has before he must declare one way or the other. He'll see what he can make in college for a year vs where he's likely to get drafted and make a decision.
  11. Best I have seen for Ewers after our playoff exit is a 3rd round pick. Assuming that's true and where he would be drafted, and assuming someone is offering him $3-$6 million NIL to transfer and play another year of college ball, he should transfer and take that money. More than half the players drafted in round 3 or lower will get their rookie contract and thats it. The average 3rd round QB rookie contract is worth 5.5 to 6 million over 4 years, or 1.375 to 1.5 million a year. Only the signing bonus of $800,000 to $1.2 million is guaranteed. He could get hurt, damaged beyond repair, and that's it. If he goes pro this year, odds are he makes $5.5 to $6 million more on his football career and that's it. Maybe less if he gets injured and can't complete his rookie contract. If he transfers for $4 million, plays a season and gets drafted in the same spot for a single rookie contract, odds are he makes $9.5 to $10 million more on his football career and that's it. Maybe less if he gets injured and can't complete his rookie contract, but he'd have the $4 million in the bank regardless of what happens to him as a pro. The calculus for "getting paid" for your football skills is changing radically and rapidly.
  12. Why the fuck would I open one of those at night? They are fucking empty.
  13. Goddammit, I wandered into this thread hungry, now I just want to cut out my tongue an J-B weld my mouth shut.
  14. Like I want to fucking punch you in the esophagus.
  15. Wtf was she yelling at the end? Sounds like, "MY BRAIIIINN!!!! MY BRAIIINNN!!!!!"
  16. I’m really glad it’s not a ‘69.
  17. We simultaneously work to tear down the government while expecting it to save us. We constantly want to blame the wrong things. Government, corporations, churches, fire departments, police departments, the FBI, FEMA, etc... These are organizations and structures that are not inherently good or bad. They are led and operated by humans, and its the humans in them that make them good or bad. And given our late-game stage of capitalism, the humans that lead these orgs and structures have every incentive to operate them in a self-benefiting and society-harming way. If you aren't in California with skin in the game or volunteering to fix the problem, your opinion means jack all. Which means this opinion of mine means jack all.
  18. Capitalists gonna capitalize.
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  20. If Arch gets us a national title, there's going to be a lot of "What if we had developed him earlier so he could have played in the 2024 playoffs?" That said, I don't understand the Ewers hate on his way out the door. I was not a fan of his play this year heading into the playoffs and we'll never know if Arch could have delivered more with this team, but Ewers has damn sure been a strong net positive and a big part of our rebirth. Longhorn Football is much better for him having passed through the locker room. His shortcomings will be someone else's problem now. I am appreciative of all the many good things he was able to do during his time at Texas.
  21. I vote overdrive and delay based on whats in that collection, without knowing anything about these specific effects models. You say Boss amp, is that like a Katana with built in effects? If so, maybe someone here knows the amp and what effects might be less great in the amp that the pedals might be an upgrade from. Also, the type of music he's into might provide insight into what direction you should go. If he wants the guitar to play chugga chugga metal/djent riffage songs, well, I wouldn't recommend an overdrive. Really? Curious as to your reasoning. My number 1 pedal recommendation would be a looper for the practice possibilities, but no loopers on that list.
  22. 9 of 10. There is no defense when a hungry man is presented with a bunt cake.
  23. This is 2025, just wait for the environmental disaster and loot his stash.
  24. Or find 5 all americas on o-line that will block perfectly 100% of the time. Which isn’t to say there isn’t some shit to figure out with the O-line, too.
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