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Goredho

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  1. Yeah, there is no right/wrong answer here. Just what you personally find meaningful and compelling in music.
  2. Thanks, I appreciate it. I just do what I do. And if I've already written my most compelling song to others, I'm ok with that. I enjoy the creative process and outlet of songwriting/composing music that strikes a chord in myself. That is all the payoff I personally need.
  3. People listen to music for different reasons. For the vast majority, it's because the lyrical content of a song resonates to them personally, and the music around it supports that emotional connection. It has nothing to do with technical ability with an instrument. As mentioned, Knopfler is no doubt a virtuoso as a guitarist. That's not why "Money For Nothing" has 650 million streams on Spotify. It's because working a shit job and seeing someone making a shit ton more with a lot less effort is kind of a universal experience that everyone has had at least some point in their lives. I strongly err on the wrong side of that equation in my own song writing/playing. But, I'm not really looking to connect with a big audience. I just do what's meaningful to me and what I like listening to, and if it connects with anyone, great! If not, that's cool, too. I have tried to write some songs that might be more universally appealing, but... it doesn't feel genuine to me. It's not authentic. It's me doing what I criticize Joe Bonamassa for. So far, my biggest reach with one of my own songs and guerrilla marketing is a few thousand streams on Spotify, which means my music might pay for a couple new guitar picks this year.
  4. Yeah, I know I'm an AI doomsayer from a white-collar worker's perspective, but when I see numbers like this being tossed at the handful of people in the world that could really move the needle in the advancement of AI, it makes me wonder if we're in a big hype bubble. A lot of companies in the AI race have had huge investment and valuation spikes due to the promise of AI. The hype of AI. It's all based on some hypothetical amazeballs AI payoff for these companies. Then, when I see those companies are willing to give $250 million to a single worker (albeit a very talented one with a very unique and rare skillset), that makes me wonder if they are getting worried about their ability to live up to the hype. What if today is as good as AI gets? Or what if the ability to fuel more transformative change is a decade vs a year away? What happens if it becomes apparent that all these bets people have made on AI aren't going to pay off anytime soon? In general, the people hyping AI have at least this among probably many more benevolent motives: to maintain the hype-based valuations of their companies and investments. At the same time, those companies appear to be desperately hunting for The One that can make all the hype a reality. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.
  5. Goredho

    Pink Floyd

    Sounds really good, dude.
  6. Goredho

    Pink Floyd

    Edit: Seriously, its more about looking at how Gilmour combined effects of varying types and where they are in the signal chain and emulating that with what you have on hand vs going out and trying to duplicate the rig of someone who pretty much had an unlimited budget to pursue his sound. That said, I still have that PastFX Elastic Mattress I am looking to offload
  7. Goredho

    Pink Floyd

    And then once you can kinda, sorta get close to what he's playing (which is all anyone not named David Gilmour can do), then you have the pursuit of his tone. A great resource for that: https://www.gilmourish.com
  8. Goredho

    Pink Floyd

    Yeah, Gilmour is primarily blues phrasing, but his magic is in his sense of the melodic and how he manipulates notes with his fingers (articulations as @G650 said). He does lots of little things with subtle hammer ons, pull offs, slides, bends, descending bends, multi-step bends, string raking, subtle use of the vibrato. It's not just like playing a note on the piano, very few of the individual notes he plays are just the note where he might have a finger on the fretboard. He's almost always doing something to "modify the note".
  9. I mean, it is genius. If everyone is fapping away when the singularity happens, no one is going to notice.
  10. Seen today… The future will be wonderful, you’ll see!!
  11. Not enough dipshits got shot on Trainwreck: Storm Area 51.
  12. This is one of my favorite compositions you've made. It has a really interesting melody that goes to unexpected places.
  13. I appreciate the share, that's cool. I think anytime you have a dense population of humans and something happens to make survival the primary concern, they will turn on each other. Ancient Mayan city under severe, prolonged drought or New Orleans after a hurricane, human nature is human nature.
  14. Also, Kneehigh Park adequately fills the Sesame Street void in today's US.
  15. Yep, its just... I wonder why no one in the other party has effectively done anything about it?
  16. That’s a sharp guitfiddle.
  17. How ironic that the Pacific Northwest will fall into the ocean before California or Florida.
  18. I would contact MJT to talk about what you want to do. They can get a custom built neck to your exact specs or work on an existing neck that you provide. If the latter, you would need to remove the neck, ship it, they do their thing, ship it back and you reassemble. I‘m assuming we are talking about bolt on. I would not discount the idea of a new neck. It’s good advice, and MJT can get you a very exact copy of your existing neck, giving you the option of keeping it as is with no risk. Talking to MJT will probably give you an idea of how Quixotic your quest might be. https://www.mjtagedfinishes.com/necks?srsltid=AfmBOoqd7_loVXOhnBMo1oGfHJWsJVJZFO6e-TN9fv6DHE9Rgy9UMCt5
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