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It's Bono and The Edge which I had assumed were the only parts of U2 anyone cared about.
You know, maybe this is them trying to work to sound like a Broadway musical and that's a scary fucking thought.
As for the staging, evidently the play ends with Spider-man ascending to another plane of existence after falling in love with Madame Web. I wish I could make this shit up.
I wanna say I like it
But even I can't like that
and what the hell is up with that spider costume
Also, why do the movie and the musical both give Peter Cullen hair?
I mean, maybe the kids these days think it's cool, but Peter's supposed to be a dork.
It's funny, I care more about Clayton and Mullen, but that's because I often have a soft spot for bassists who actually know how to create a catchy bassline. Although The Edge has something going for him and it's how bloody hard his setup is to imitate
you needed to know this
Oh dear lord why did I recall all those things in the past that freaked me out dear lord I'm going to be up all night ;.;
> implying you should ever imitate someone else's setup
> implying setup makes up for lack of versatility
My essential issue with The Edge is that his playing is secondary to his gear. I don't mean to say that U2 should have solos all over the place or massively technical riffs, but a good piece of phrasing or rhythm should speak for itself.
And before you argue this, let me submit this:
Andres Segovia.
In all honesty I have a pretty specific word I use to describe U2.
I don't know, the Edge's also quite a good slide player. --shrug--
It's not a matter of imitating it because you "should", but because you like the sound.
I'm pretty sure his rig (even discounting the amps) is beyond our kind of economic means anyway.
My preferred method of achieving effects is via compositional experimentation. I'm not seven guitarists (yet), but with some software I can get a lot of mileage out of identical instruments playing in various harmonies.
> start at overrated
> end up at heathenry
damn it
every time
For contrast, here's a song from the C-level 'Spiderman[sic] Rock Reflections of a Superhero' Marvel had comissioned in the seventies.
Pretend for second this wouldn't make for a better broadway musical number.
I would be all over that musical.
Doc Ock's number on the albumis pretty awesome too.
In my ideal world, he would be played by Meat Loaf.
If you know at what frequency notes play and reverberate, it's not hard to know.
Which is why I find it interesting, because there's a degree of musical theory and knowledge involved.
Knowing isn't the issue so much as having the effects to achieve the breadth of sound is.
That said, my approach has always had to do with doing more with less.
Delay pedals are cheap. Hell, I have a multi effect pedal and it cost around 30 Us bucks.
I don't use it much these days, though, mostly because I've been drifting to a more naturalist sound these days
Daughter of Evil is a sad tale.
Now I'm off to watch Re_Birthday
Multieffects pedals don't really give you your money's worth, I find. I've got one, and, nyeh. Never use it.
Synchronicity is still the bestest Vocaloid story.
I still don't understand Synchronicity.
I'm not sure I understand this one, either, but at least I have some idea what's going on.
The thing about them is that they require a lot of things to work and the level of customization is pretty basic, most of the time. Like, you can't use a wah wah pedal the way it's meant to be simply because it doesn't work like a proper pedal. Unless you buy an actually expensive good one where you can mix various effects and what not.
I still like mine, though. A pedal that can make my Strat sound like a Les Paul is a good thing in my book.
> plays fender
explains way too much
fuck you
what's your weapon of choice
Audio paint has led me to how I'll do my next project
I'll make a series of 16x16 (or 32x32) images that tell a story, make each one into a short sound clip (I'll try to get it as close to 3 minutes as I can), stitch them together, then put both the sound file and the clips into a video (and see if anybody picks up on the odd part of the audio/video. Nobody has noticed the eye patterns I implanted in the stop motion video I did, nor the whispers in the poetry in motion assignment. I'll have to make them a little less subtle I guess)
Gibson SG Special
bitch
man, SG. guh. to this day, that's the only Gibson guitar I don't like. It's not bad, but I never felt comfortable holding one. I don't know, maybe it's the weight distribution or whatever.
Still, I'm in love with my Strat. It has the perfect neck.
Yeah, I can't fault Strats for their necks. I prefer Gibson necks -- the thickness just feels right to me -- but Strats have huge playability. Near enough to Ibanez in any case.
Although ultimately, Schecter probably give the best return for money and might even produce the best guitars overall. I have a Hellraiser Avenger and, while I find the SG more "practical", the Hellraiser is my best guitar.
I think that the thickness is good if you're learning and you're getting used to an acoustic guitar's neck. But otherwise, I prefer thin necks. I actually use my thumbs for playing for some reason, although it's technically wrong.
I haven't tried much outside of Gibson and Fender cuz lol thirdworld country.
I have particularly long fingers, so thickness works well for me. Better traction on bends, too, I find.
I finished The Wooden Girl ~Millenium of Wiegenlied~ as well
The parallels between some of the characters over the series are really nice.
Happy Birthday, Juanito.