"First Red Rays" slaps.

First time listening to them now after clicking this thread. Was hoping they'd be more of a rock band. They sound like what you'd expect a band called Geese to sound like.

Thanks all for the wise words.


Rudiments are important in your second or third year of playing. Starting a guitar player on scales is a mistake, too, I think. The "Basic Beat" is the barre chord of drumming. Focus on that for 80% of your practice.

The important thing is to get limb independence ...

A few weeks ago, I had this idea to put together a small hybrid "kit" for a project I'm working on. Real hi-hats and something to trigger samples. But as I was thinking about it and researching, I found out about electronic drum kits and how they've evolved over the years. So now I have a sort of ...

I'm conscious of it, but not as careful as I could be. The idea of associating my real name with an account on the internet is still something I reflexively shy away from, but obviously social media has changed that for some and I wouldn't think I'm bullet proof in that regard. Obviously some people ...

I was never a proper fan of them, but I always find myself liking a new song by them that I hadn't heard. If I put on "Angeldust" for a long car ride after not hearing it for a while, I'm usually pretty into it. When I was in the throes of alcoholism, I related to "The Real Thing" (the song) a lot.

I rarely use the block feature on most websites outside of obvious scammers or bots. Maybe I should though. Getting kind of tired of the "just for lulz" troll personality. Most of the trolls here are not really like that, I think they just disagree heavily with the consensus opinions which is not ...

I think violence is a useful tool that needs to be reached for occasionally. Murder is extreme, but I don't think it is blanketly wrong depending on the circumstances. That said, I think we are a far cry from an armed massacre of billionaires leading to anything other than a new set of billionaires ...

Incredibly genuine and unique guy. Legend. Will be sorely missed.

I've bought a couple pairs from Zenni Optical. They've lasted years, surprisingly, considering how cheap they are.