As most of you know, I've been learning pipes for about 6 months now. Greta, my teacher payed me a huge compliment the other day.
"It's clicked, hasn't it?"
"Why's that?"
"I just watched you switch from D Slurs to D Throws repeatedly with no effort".
"Did I? I wasn't thinking about it".
""You're thinking like a piper instead of a bass player".
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A Great Compliment
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Raptor
, Oct 01 2011 02:35 AM
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#1
Posted 01 October 2011 - 02:35 AM
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Posted 01 October 2011 - 05:54 AM
Awesome, I have allways wanted to play the pipes, myself!
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Posted 01 October 2011 - 08:43 AM
I'm quite envious... CONGRATS!
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Posted 01 October 2011 - 09:30 PM
I'm almost scared to try playing pipes. After all the years I played trombone, I don't know that I could synchronize the breathing right--I'm used to exhaling to make sound, as one would do on a practice chanter (I have one of these).
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Posted 02 October 2011 - 08:27 AM
I have no desire to learn how to play the pipes,
I'll stick to playing a CD to hear You and other
talented folks play,I already know how to play a stereo.
hehehe
I'll stick to playing a CD to hear You and other
talented folks play,I already know how to play a stereo.
hehehe
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#7
Posted 02 October 2011 - 06:20 PM
I've always been told that bass players didn't ever think at all!! This was as I was plugged in playing at the time... 
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Posted 03 October 2011 - 07:01 AM
It's a good feeling when someone else points out how far along you've come. Congrats!!
See, now I've heard that it was the drummers that aren't thinking...
Unfortunately, I was behind the kit at the time!
threebanger, on 02 October 2011 - 06:20 PM, said:
I've always been told that bass players didn't ever think at all!! This was as I was plugged in playing at the time...
See, now I've heard that it was the drummers that aren't thinking...
Unfortunately, I was behind the kit at the time!
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Posted 03 October 2011 - 07:07 AM
Congrat's Raptor. I have to say I am quite envious of your progress. I had to stop practicing about 6 months ago due to some tendon issues in my wrist. I have surgery planned for January and I am hoping I can start up again after recovery is complete.
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Posted 03 October 2011 - 07:16 AM
Congratulations, coz!
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Posted 03 October 2011 - 07:29 PM
Thanks guys.
The one bass player joke my wife likes throwing at me is "what do bass players use for contraception? Their personalities". Yep, funny. I respond by crying to my Rickenbacker. IT still loves me.
The one bass player joke my wife likes throwing at me is "what do bass players use for contraception? Their personalities". Yep, funny. I respond by crying to my Rickenbacker. IT still loves me.
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Posted 04 October 2011 - 07:27 PM
Raptor, on 03 October 2011 - 07:29 PM, said:
Thanks guys.
The one bass player joke my wife likes throwing at me is "what do bass players use for contraception? Their personalities".
The one bass player joke my wife likes throwing at me is "what do bass players use for contraception? Their personalities".
Ouch. Just. Ouch.
Enjoying the breeze 'tween m'knees!
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"Work to eat, eat to live, live to ride, ride to work"
My goal is to have more miles on my bicycles each year than I do on my car. I rode over 7200 miles instead of driving in 2011. Life is GREAT!
I finally figured out that the image I had here was just too darned big to be in a signature, so I have removed it. Carry on.
BotK #94
"Work to eat, eat to live, live to ride, ride to work"
My goal is to have more miles on my bicycles each year than I do on my car. I rode over 7200 miles instead of driving in 2011. Life is GREAT!
I finally figured out that the image I had here was just too darned big to be in a signature, so I have removed it. Carry on.
