Lotta weight lifted...

Just wanted to say thanks for the http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7356380">good vibes loungers, they seem to have done the trick.

They figured out what was going on with my grandpa's knee (and I would assume that's probably what was bothering his foot too) and he was actually up and walking about his hospital room a little bit today with the help of a physical therapist. And it looks like he's gonna be there long enough that the insurance company is gonna have to pony up the cash for any rehab he might need to get walking about properly again. :) So long story short: he'll be mobile again, which means that we can take care of him properly and he doesn't have to feel completely helpless. My grandfather has always been a very vibrant man, and I think for him feeling completely helpless was a lot more debilitating than the actual physical debilitation was.

Anyhow, I think I'm gonna relax, have a beer and experiment with my new acoustic guitar pickup for a bit. :) I might post some interesting stuff later if I record anything good.

And before I say 'Any requests?', let me just say no. I never learned how to play Freebird.

So.... any requests? :)

Great to hear about your grandpa!

Funny that you should ask that though... I was just toying around with a renaissance style theme from the videogame that had such a nifty renaissance style soundtrack that it got me interested in composing music. :) I'll see if I can record that.

Obviously that one'll be straight up sound, no electric distortion needed. :)

I think it woulda sounded better if I'd recorded this one by mic rather than by pickup. Ah well, that's why I'm practicing with it. To learn the ins and outs. :)

http://www.stickmanltd.com/practicesessions/robinhood.mp3
This is a collection of a few of the simpler themes from that game. There was also one piece in that game that was sung and had strummed chords, as soon as I get a chance to figure those chords out I'll probably record that too. I'm just that much of a geek.

I started out as a violinist, so I'm better at dealing with the simpler non-chord melodies, hence why I did that one instead of the one with chords.

My older brother started teaching himself guitar too, and he started out as a pianist. So he's great at dealing with chords, but he can't do solo stuff to save his life. We're both totally jealous of each other because of that. :)

Enjoy your beer :D

Oh Man! :9



I'm happy to hear the good news. I hope you and your grandparents continue to get more of it.

:P

many good vibes still to you and your grandparents.

I think it is great that you are there to help them and it gives you the chance to go to school.

:woohoo:

Go granpa!!!

:pals:

:shrug:

I didn't get most of the fingerpicking in, just the strumming and singing. Not bad for a few minutes work though. :)

To be fair though, like most of John's songs, it was fairly simple.

http://www.stickmanltd.com/practicesessions/workingclasshero.mp3

I enjoyed that.
:thumbsup:

Thanks.

Is your grandpa musical?

My great-grandmother was a rather famous opera singer in her day (and a woman's chess champion too. That's how my grandpa managed to impress her enough to be able to marry her daughter... by beating her at chess.), and just about everyone else on that side of the family is musical in some way or another.

attempting to layer voices and whatnot here. :)

http://www.stickmanltd.com/practicesessions/workingclassheroelectric.mp3

I'm not sure exactly where this song came from. Most of the stuff I write is all dark and minor key-ish. One day, out of nowhere, this song just popped out of my head and onto paper. It's in a major key. And it's not even really in my range. I'm a bass, and it's medium tenor range. But I finally got around to recording it. Maybe I was chanelling someone else when I wrote it? :shrug:

http://www.stickmanltd.com/practicesessions/road.mp3

and I hope that if you post something, I'm around to check it out. V. glad to hear about your grandpa. Very glad!

:toast:

I'd better rectify the situation pronto!

My request is that you play some violin.

:P

Edited to ask: you said that you were at orientation the other day. What school and what for? PM me if you don't want to be specific here.

Hmm... haven't done much with my violin lately. I'll see what I can do. :)

I'm going to FLCC for Fine Arts. :)

I figure I'll take as many random and interesting classes as I can right now before I settle on anything concrete. Especially since I don't know how good most of the programs at MCC are yet.

I've heard good things about FLCC though. :)

This is me horribly butchering the beautiful solo from the Schindler's List soundtrack.

http://www.stickmanltd.com/practicesessions/schindler.mp3

Thank you.

:D

I hope it's a speedy recovery for him! :hi::toast:

That's his trademark. :)

Sorry I missed your vibe request, DT. But glad your grandpa is getting help. One thing we do have around here is good hospitals--can't complain about any of 'em, really. Is he at Strong?

And how 'bout Stairway to Heaven?

...KIDDING!!! x(

Hmm... I know most of Stairway, I just don't know the little interlude in the middle. But my voice is getting a little tired, so I'm not sure I could hit those high notes today... :P

I usually can. It ain't pretty, but I can hit 'em.

I didn't know you played the violin too. :wow: That makes something else we have in common.

Hrm, uh, you wouldn't happen to know any Final Fantasy stuff, would you? :)

I used to be able to play Aria de Mezzo Caraterre on the violin but I haven't touched it in years. Bad experiences at school.

Just some of the basic easy chord/arpeggio stuff on the keyboard.

And some of the simpler themes on recorder, but that was just me playing around and wasting time in my early music ensemble. :)

People trying to sleep, so I can't make too much noise.

Only things I can record now are my bass (electric: I can listen to it via headphones and it makes almost no noise.) and my keyboard. (once again, headphones. And it's not set up right now anyway, so it's kind of a moot point. And I'm not very good at the keyboard anyway. :) )

Quick links if anybody wants more:
http://www.stickmanltd.com/practicesessions/">All my live recording/practice session stuff
http://www.stickmanltd.com/mymusic/">Some of my MIDI/Wavetable music

song. :)

http://www.stickmanltd.com/practicesessions/light.mp3">Light

The weird thing about that song? I wrote it September 9th, 2001.

please

Yeah... that might a bit more than my little acoustic guitar can do, even with the pickup.

There are some things you just need an actual electric guitar for.

Not only is his knee better, but they also decided to keep him for another day which means he'll be there long enough to fulfill the insurance requirements to go to rehab. :)

So to celebrate...

here's the first song I ever learned on guitar.

http://www.stickmanltd.com/practicesessions/hideyourlove.mp3
I didn't have any kind of flute or recorder handy so I just whistled the last bit. :)

:hug:

You'll be able to enjoy the weekend now that he's doing better. :)

:hug:


Edit - can i request "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" just to piss off IzaSparrow??? :D

but even I have standards... :P

*edit* Although looking at the tabs... it doesn't look too hard. :)

Well, technically two, but I recorded them at the same time. This acoustic pickup is pretty handy. :) Can record an electric guitar track with that, and then I can record the acoustic guitar with the mic at the same time. That way I don't have to lay down two seperate tracks if I want to do an acoustic and an electric version of the same song. :)

http://www.stickmanltd.com/practicesessions/disarm-acoustic.mp3
http://www.stickmanltd.com/practicesessions/disarm-electric.mp3