What oils your gears? - Page 64

herp · 16th May 2009, 14:13

Recording the Celtics vs Magic game 6 on mysky then seeing the dreaded "end of recorded programme" screen with 2 mins to go in the 4th quarter, all this after staying away from all basketball related news and sites for 2 days so I could watch the game. Not cool.

dead goon · 16th May 2009, 14:18

Wrong thread matey.

But hey, at least there is a game 7

herp · 16th May 2009, 15:00

Oops, game 7 oils my gears then.

Delphinus · 16th May 2009, 18:30

After 8 years of never touching a piano I've finally made time to borrow a friends keyboard, familiarised myself with the keys, taught myself to read music again (go the internets!), and am picking up all the pieces I used to enjoy playing back when I was taking lessons! It feels really good!
Now to find myself a piano without spending too much... (And then just have to work out how to get it into the house - perched on the side of a Dunedin hill.

Hurtuso · 16th May 2009, 18:49

that sounds cool. Perhaps get yourself a usb keyboard which feels right and a decent music editing program? Endless fun.

Delphinus · 16th May 2009, 18:52

Yeah after messing round with keyboards, electric pianos, and acoustic pianos at the local shops I really would prefer a real piano for playing the classical stuff, so will try and get one of those cheaply.
But i'd also like to mess round with a keyboard as well so stage 2 is see how much $ I have left over after sorting a piano and get something to play round with. One assumes you do that yourself?

Hurtuso · 16th May 2009, 19:07

Not classically trained at all just muddle around with sounds I like. I can understand how you'd be more discerning given your experience. Just got a cheap roland usb keyboard which I use with various programs. It's so much fun given all the creative options you can have with todays tech. I get lost in it. Want to get a usb/guitar setup as I can get more feeling out of guitars. It's just great fun eh

Delphinus · 16th May 2009, 19:35

Heh yeah, I like the "feeling" from a real piano.

You should post up some of the stuff you've done. Or email it to me if you prefer (in profile). I'm interested in whats possible with a keyboard.

Trigger · 17th May 2009, 00:40

I like the "feeling" from your mum's ovaries

chiQ · 17th May 2009, 09:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trigger

I like the "feeling" from your mum's ovaries

Dude, that makes no sense at all unless you have a colposcope for a dick.

Ezekiel 25:17 · 17th May 2009, 09:37

It makes Street Sense!

Rince · 17th May 2009, 10:05

GMG - getting no sleep due to the storm going thru Wellytown at the moment, but OMG waking up to find the house still in one piece, unlike what I expected based on the noise last night.....

[Malks] Pixie · 17th May 2009, 11:18

So apparently Australians get some sort of stimulus payment from the government... My sister is living in Melbourne and mum came round yesterday and showed me a text from her - she'd got like $900 so she split it three ways with me and mum (she's earning pretty well). Thanks Em's, and thanks Mr Rudd!

Pixie

chiquelet · 17th May 2009, 16:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delphinus

After 8 years of never touching a piano I've finally made time to borrow a friends keyboard, familiarised myself with the keys, taught myself to read music again (go the internets!), and am picking up all the pieces I used to enjoy playing back when I was taking lessons! It feels really good!
Now to find myself a piano without spending too much... (And then just have to work out how to get it into the house - perched on the side of a Dunedin hill.

Honest question, but how do you forget how to read music? I pretty much stopped playing the piano when I turned 18, and only at 26 have I started playing again (my aunt has loaned me her piano indefinitely), and it's amazing how I haven't had to re-learn anything. It's just as if those 8 years never occurred. Maybe I had slightly more aptitude for the piano than I gave myself credit for?

And a piece of advice - once you find yourself a real piano, pay good money and get professional piano movers to deliver it to you. My aunt paid some cheap ass movers who cracked the glass on my ranch slider trying to get the damned thing into the house and then refused to take responsibility (I was on the phone to my insurance company before they'd even left my driveway, suck it).

StN · 17th May 2009, 18:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by [Malks] Pixie

So apparently Australians get some sort of stimulus payment from the government... My sister is living in Melbourne and mum came round yesterday and showed me a text from her - she'd got like $900 so she split it three ways with me and mum (she's earning pretty well). Thanks Em's, and thanks Mr Rudd!

Pixie

What? This didn't pique your interest?

Little Bro got a trip back (and a large quantity of ale) for my Mum's 60th on Jimmy Aussie.

Fx. · 17th May 2009, 20:03

if only i'd moved to AU like 3months earlier and filed a tax return i woulda got that

Delphinus · 17th May 2009, 22:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by chiquelet

Honest question, but how do you forget how to read music? I pretty much stopped playing the piano when I turned 18, and only at 26 have I started playing again

Yeah I was thinking that myself, but it was a complete mental blank. I didn't even know which key was a C! Definitely couldn't read the staff.
But after a few hours messing round with some tutorials etc its all coming back very quickly, far faster than if I were learning it from nothing. Playing basic versions of Fur Elise etc.
I stopped when I was about 14-15 and *never* touched a piano or read any music in that time till today.
Did you go completely cold turkey? Or doodle round with a piano every now and then?
I'd be curious to hear other peoples experiences.

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And a piece of advice - once you find yourself a real piano, pay good money and get professional piano movers to deliver it to you.

Good to know, is it true that if you tilt them too far they loose their tune?
Mind you the budget I've allowed myself at the moment they will all need re-tuning anyway. The pianos at local music shop all start round the $2000 mark, and thats more than I have lying round at the moment.

Delphinus · 17th May 2009, 22:39

chiquelet - Are you good at maths and roughly what grade music were you playing?

[Malks] Pixie · 18th May 2009, 08:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by StN

What? This didn't pique your interest?

Sorry but what connection is there in regards to our tax cuts and my sisters generosity?

Pixie

Cyberbob · 18th May 2009, 14:18

What OMG: A leak of a game that is at least a month away from release that will keep me... i mean my missus happy for weeks.

dead goon · 18th May 2009, 14:30

Given 2 bottles of wine and some chocolate for setting up an iMac for a doctor at work.

Trigger · 18th May 2009, 14:52

so that's about $25 in payment then?

dead goon · 18th May 2009, 14:53

Helious · 18th May 2009, 14:54

or nothing

doctors get given shit all the time

he simply regifted

caffiend · 18th May 2009, 14:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trigger

so that's about $25 in payment then?

Obviously you drink some high-quality wine, Trigger.

Trigger · 18th May 2009, 15:07

Jacob's Creek 4 lyfe

Saladin · 18th May 2009, 15:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyberbob

What OMG: A leak of a game that is at least a month away from release that will keep me... i mean my missus happy for weeks.

Oh, closet Sims fan are we?

Kryten · 18th May 2009, 15:18

Last weekend I introduced my 2 1/2 year old to Star Wars by having him "help" me put together a cheapie kitset model of Darth Vader's TIE fighter. He was temporarily able to grasp the idea that Darth Vader is a baddie (he's 2 1/2, deal with it) and now knows that Dad can make a pretty cool spaceship noise and "pew pew" sounds. Oh, and that plastic sprue is kinda fun to play with.

At this point, I have to admit that I'm not so concerned about the (many years away) talk about the birds and the bees - it's the time he comes home and asks me about Jar Jar Binks that has me REALLY worried.

StN · 18th May 2009, 15:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kryten

At this point, I have to admit that I'm not so concerned about the (many years away) talk about the birds and the bees - it's the time he comes home and asks me about Luke kissing his sister that has me REALLY worried.

Kryten · 18th May 2009, 15:24

Ha - I'd still rather have that conversation than be forced into acknowledging Jar Jar. But, what can you do? - eventually, he'll go to some other kids house and that kid's parents won't care as much, they'll have some Jar Jar and then I'll be forced to explain that there actually WERE an Episode I, II and III........

Pleb'a · 18th May 2009, 15:27

95% on "Van Halen - Hot for Teacher" on hard, fuck doing expert in my lifetime...

Saladin · 18th May 2009, 15:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kryten

Ha - I'd still rather have that conversation than be forced into acknowledging Jar Jar. But, what can you do? - eventually, he'll go to some other kids house and that kid's parents won't care as much, they'll have some Jar Jar and then I'll be forced to explain that there actually WERE an Episode I, II and III........

I had my 4&6 yr old nephews over on the weekend and I sat them down in front of Lego Star Wars for the XBox. New game so they had to start in Episode 1.. They were very confused by the whole Qui-gon and young Obi-Wonn thing so they quickly decided that they weren't on some trade federation ship, they were actually in Jabba the Hutt's palace and they were looking for Darth Vader; which meant every door they opened they had to ask "Is Darth Vader behind this one?"..

Well done to their parents I say, introducing them to Star Wars while completely neglecting any mention of Episodes 1-3.

Luckily they weren't around long enough to get off the ship and meet Jar Jar

chiquelet · 18th May 2009, 15:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delphinus

chiquelet - Are you good at maths and roughly what grade music were you playing?

I suck at maths, and I'm not exagerrating. I was playing to grade 8 when I stopped. In the interim 6 years I doodled around a couple of times, maybe 5, and that's being generous. It was just like riding a bike, or a horse, you don't forget (for me at least).

Re tilting the piano and tuning. A piano should be tuned every 6 months, but it HAS to be tuned once it has been moved. In saying that, I haven't had mine tuned because I haven't had the spare cash (well I have, but it got spent on Lego *glares at spouse*), and it sounds pretty close to perfect pitch/tune. I will get it tuned when I have a spare $150 though.

Reformed_Quint · 18th May 2009, 15:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kryten

there actually WERE an Episode I, II and III........

Umm no there wasn't.

Delphinus · 18th May 2009, 15:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by chiquelet

I suck at maths, and I'm not exagerrating. I was playing to grade 8 when I stopped.

So you're able to pick up and play grade 8 stuff now without any trouble? Thats quite impressive!

I was playing grade 6... ish stuff? I'm not sure actually, never did gradings.

Delphinus · 18th May 2009, 16:01

What were some of your favourite high-end pieces?

chiquelet · 18th May 2009, 16:38

Hah, to be fair I haven't even touched my "difficult" music. I just sat down with some easy-ish stuff initially and surprised myself by being able to play it without difficulty, so now I'm just working on Fur Elise also (actually learning the entire Bagatelle, not just the bit that everybody knows).

Favourite stuff? One of the Three Sea Changes by Douglas Lilburn (beautiful but fun to play, can't remember which one though), Gymnopedie No.5 by Eric Satie, everybody's favourite Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, the Zwolf Variationen by Mozart.

I LOVE jazz music, but my teacher didn't, so I never learnt anything but baby jazz. If you've got any recommendations (or Jonas, for that matter, isn't he a jazz pianist?) then I'm all ears.

Delphinus · 18th May 2009, 16:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by chiquelet

I LOVE jazz music, but my teacher didn't, so I never learnt anything but baby jazz. If you've got any recommendations (or Jonas, for that matter, isn't he a jazz pianist?) then I'm all ears.

Same and same... I've never really played any either, but want to this time round. Also open to suggestions here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8sGdqCSg30

chiQ · 18th May 2009, 18:28

Seeing whatever the hell the new KITT is idling in the street OMG. I was pleasantly surprised at how cool it is. It's brutally designed, like all US muscle cars, but it's very hot, and sounds like complete sex

Helious · 18th May 2009, 18:32

you wouldn't know what sex sounds like!

17th May 2009, 00:40	#2529
Trigger Laserman	I like the "feeling" from your mum's ovaries __________________ Are you slow? The alleged lie that you might have heard, me saying, allagedly moments ago... That's a parasite that lives in my neck.

17th May 2009, 10:05	#2532
Rince SLUTS!!!!!!!	GMG - getting no sleep due to the storm going thru Wellytown at the moment, but OMG waking up to find the house still in one piece, unlike what I expected based on the noise last night..... __________________ Slow internet is worse than no internet. It's like putting your penis in once and then being required to make out for 2 hours --Matt "The Oatmeal" Inman

18th May 2009, 14:52	#2542
Trigger Laserman	so that's about $25 in payment then? __________________ Are you slow? The alleged lie that you might have heard, me saying, allagedly moments ago... That's a parasite that lives in my neck.

18th May 2009, 15:07	#2546
Trigger Laserman	Jacob's Creek 4 lyfe __________________ Are you slow? The alleged lie that you might have heard, me saying, allagedly moments ago... That's a parasite that lives in my neck.

18th May 2009, 18:28	#2559
chiQ Frag-muff	Seeing whatever the hell the new KITT is idling in the street OMG. I was pleasantly surprised at how cool it is. It's brutally designed, like all US muscle cars, but it's very hot, and sounds like complete sex __________________ Gaming/phone/computing platforms are not indicative of groinal/physical/cognitive impressiveness.

16th May 2009, 14:13	#2521
herp	Recording the Celtics vs Magic game 6 on mysky then seeing the dreaded "end of recorded programme" screen with 2 mins to go in the 4th quarter, all this after staying away from all basketball related news and sites for 2 days so I could watch the game. Not cool.

16th May 2009, 14:18	#2522
dead goon	Wrong thread matey. But hey, at least there is a game 7

16th May 2009, 15:00	#2523
herp	Oops, game 7 oils my gears then.

16th May 2009, 18:30	#2524
Delphinus	After 8 years of never touching a piano I've finally made time to borrow a friends keyboard, familiarised myself with the keys, taught myself to read music again (go the internets!), and am picking up all the pieces I used to enjoy playing back when I was taking lessons! It feels really good! Now to find myself a piano without spending too much... (And then just have to work out how to get it into the house - perched on the side of a Dunedin hill.

16th May 2009, 18:49	#2525
Hurtuso	that sounds cool. Perhaps get yourself a usb keyboard which feels right and a decent music editing program? Endless fun. __________________ yadda

16th May 2009, 18:52	#2526
Delphinus	Yeah after messing round with keyboards, electric pianos, and acoustic pianos at the local shops I really would prefer a real piano for playing the classical stuff, so will try and get one of those cheaply. But i'd also like to mess round with a keyboard as well so stage 2 is see how much $ I have left over after sorting a piano and get something to play round with. One assumes you do that yourself?

16th May 2009, 19:07	#2527
Hurtuso	Not classically trained at all just muddle around with sounds I like. I can understand how you'd be more discerning given your experience. Just got a cheap roland usb keyboard which I use with various programs. It's so much fun given all the creative options you can have with todays tech. I get lost in it. Want to get a usb/guitar setup as I can get more feeling out of guitars. It's just great fun eh __________________ yadda

16th May 2009, 19:35	#2528
Delphinus	Heh yeah, I like the "feeling" from a real piano. You should post up some of the stuff you've done. Or email it to me if you prefer (in profile). I'm interested in whats possible with a keyboard.

17th May 2009, 09:37	#2531
Ezekiel 25:17	It makes Street Sense!

17th May 2009, 11:18	#2533
[Malks] Pixie	So apparently Australians get some sort of stimulus payment from the government... My sister is living in Melbourne and mum came round yesterday and showed me a text from her - she'd got like $900 so she split it three ways with me and mum (she's earning pretty well). Thanks Em's, and thanks Mr Rudd! Pixie __________________ Civilised is as civilised does and civilised people walk among us.

17th May 2009, 20:03	#2536
Fx.	if only i'd moved to AU like 3months earlier and filed a tax return i woulda got that

17th May 2009, 22:39	#2538
Delphinus	chiquelet - Are you good at maths and roughly what grade music were you playing?

18th May 2009, 14:18	#2540
Cyberbob	What OMG: A leak of a game that is at least a month away from release that will keep me... i mean my missus happy for weeks. __________________ ɹǝʌo sᴉ ǝɯɐƃ ʎɥʇ

18th May 2009, 14:30	#2541
dead goon	Given 2 bottles of wine and some chocolate for setting up an iMac for a doctor at work.

18th May 2009, 14:54	#2544
Helious	or nothing doctors get given shit all the time he simply regifted

18th May 2009, 15:18	#2548
Kryten	Last weekend I introduced my 2 1/2 year old to Star Wars by having him "help" me put together a cheapie kitset model of Darth Vader's TIE fighter. He was temporarily able to grasp the idea that Darth Vader is a baddie (he's 2 1/2, deal with it) and now knows that Dad can make a pretty cool spaceship noise and "pew pew" sounds. Oh, and that plastic sprue is kinda fun to play with. At this point, I have to admit that I'm not so concerned about the (many years away) talk about the birds and the bees - it's the time he comes home and asks me about Jar Jar Binks that has me REALLY worried.

18th May 2009, 15:24	#2550
Kryten	Ha - I'd still rather have that conversation than be forced into acknowledging Jar Jar. But, what can you do? - eventually, he'll go to some other kids house and that kid's parents won't care as much, they'll have some Jar Jar and then I'll be forced to explain that there actually WERE an Episode I, II and III........

18th May 2009, 15:27	#2551
Pleb'a	95% on "Van Halen - Hot for Teacher" on hard, fuck doing expert in my lifetime...

18th May 2009, 16:01	#2556
Delphinus	What were some of your favourite high-end pieces?

18th May 2009, 16:38	#2557
chiquelet Mrs Colin Farrell	Hah, to be fair I haven't even touched my "difficult" music. I just sat down with some easy-ish stuff initially and surprised myself by being able to play it without difficulty, so now I'm just working on Fur Elise also (actually learning the entire Bagatelle, not just the bit that everybody knows). Favourite stuff? One of the Three Sea Changes by Douglas Lilburn (beautiful but fun to play, can't remember which one though), Gymnopedie No.5 by Eric Satie, everybody's favourite Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, the Zwolf Variationen by Mozart. I LOVE jazz music, but my teacher didn't, so I never learnt anything but baby jazz. If you've got any recommendations (or Jonas, for that matter, isn't he a jazz pianist?) then I'm all ears.

18th May 2009, 18:32	#2560
Helious	you wouldn't know what sex sounds like!