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bigredbass
Senior Member
Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 1292
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 - 11:52 pm:   Edit Post

So I've re-entered the cyberworld.

My life flew thru major changes beginning in the winter of 2005.

I buried my wife of 25 years in November. One of my best friends/next-door neighbor died almost a year later. My mother-in-law a month later. For a while, I was utterly convinced all this had killed ME.

I tried to go back to playing, one of the few things I could hold on to in the face of so much loss. Got the new Elan. Played out some.

I spent about 18 months going to work, and coming back home and grieving. Spent way too much time on the web, as I just would not go out.
Got into some bad habits, and frankly spent too much time on websites that were bad for me.

So I pulled the plug.

So here almost four years later, I'm back on a good course in a good relationship and a better life. I play at home, but will never play out again. Just don't have the patience anymore, and I hate this ProTooled/Digital hell it's all devolved down to. It's become utterly obvious to me that musicianship, taste, and originality are unnecessary drags on the current creative process. I'm outa here.

So I'm developing other interests, but will always be interested in all the things I always found here with these amazing instruments and all of you amazing people.

God Rest Brother Paul.

Thanks for thinking about me.

As always, I don't know where I'd be without Susan, Mica, and Mary. And Will G, and Dave, and Bob, and on and on.

So . . . a doubleneck walks into this bar and . . .

(Message edited by bigredbass on September 10, 2009)
terryc
Senior Member
Username: terryc

Post Number: 1043
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 2:51 am:   Edit Post

welcome back Big, had the same life changing catharsis in 2003 with multiple bereavments so I know exactly how you feel.

It's not all digimusic, I have just joined an absolute in your face blues/R'n'B band after playing shit for about 10 months..all live with all the mistakes but it is fun.

Lot's of changes here if you care to look..
serialnumber12
Senior Member
Username: serialnumber12

Post Number: 522
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 4:15 am:   Edit Post

Stanley Clarke said it best "life is just a game & all you is choose" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZLLv4s4WvI
willgunn
Junior
Username: willgunn

Post Number: 37
Registered: 2-2007
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 4:40 am:   Edit Post

Welcome back, dear friend; and glad to hear that all is well with you these days! When you can, gimme a buzz!

- Will
keith_h
Senior Member
Username: keith_h

Post Number: 1380
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 4:47 am:   Edit Post

Joey,
Good to see your back around and I'm glad to hear things have gotten better for you.

Keith
adriaan
Senior Member
Username: adriaan

Post Number: 2300
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 4:52 am:   Edit Post

Good to have you back. Whatever happened to that double-neck joke?
artswork99
Senior Member
Username: artswork99

Post Number: 838
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 5:32 am:   Edit Post

Joey,
Welcome back from someone who has only known you through your legendary postings. Obviously a lot of new friends to be made here if you so choose. I see you're in Nashville therefore if you pass through the Western NC area do look up the locals here.
All the best,
Art
bracheen
Senior Member
Username: bracheen

Post Number: 1508
Registered: 11-2003
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 7:53 am:   Edit Post

Hey Joey, it's good to see you back and on a good path.

Sam
tbrannon
Senior Member
Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 1094
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 8:00 am:   Edit Post

Joey,

Great to see you back around these parts- glad to hear you're back on your feet after some horrible setbacks.

Toby
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 8714
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 8:16 am:   Edit Post

Joey; I am so very happy to see you posting again! Of course what is important is not that you are posting here, but that you are "on a good course". But it does make me happy to hear from you, and to know you are doing so much better! You've brightened my day!

Now, about this buzz I'm getting on the C string at the 13th fret ...
adriaan
Senior Member
Username: adriaan

Post Number: 2302
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 8:47 am:   Edit Post

... it's sharp, see?
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 4082
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 9:27 am:   Edit Post

Joey:

Having lost my brother, father, uncle, and mother-in-law all within a year of each other a couple of years ago, I can certainly relate to what you have endured. I'm still not all back and I've been trying to help my 19 year old nephew who is suffering from serious PTSD over his father's death. It got to the point where it was just plain overwhelming and I found myself shutting down. It's great to see you finding your way back to the Alembic family (and, I assume, other areas of your life). As for playing, I can also relate. I find playing to be the best therapy for me, but I've had it with the whole "business" side of the "music business". I just play for fun. While I still gig every now and then, it is almost always for free at a benefit, party, or political (medical cannabis) event. We play what we want to play. Under such circumstnace, it's still a blast to play in front of an audience.

Bill, tgo
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 8716
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 9:38 am:   Edit Post

Adriaan; perhaps if I got a different type of buzz, I would be able to see sharp too.
terryc
Senior Member
Username: terryc

Post Number: 1046
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 10:07 am:   Edit Post

Hey DaveHouck..press harder then it won't buzz LOL
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 8717
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 10:15 am:   Edit Post

Terry; I've also noticed that if I turn down the volume knob, the buzz isn't as loud.
terryc
Senior Member
Username: terryc

Post Number: 1047
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 11:26 am:   Edit Post

well I'll be damned..I wondered why everyone was louder than me!!!.
Which way do I turn the knob???
artswork99
Senior Member
Username: artswork99

Post Number: 841
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 12:24 pm:   Edit Post

that would be counter-counter-clockwise ;) i believe
groovelines
Senior Member
Username: groovelines

Post Number: 570
Registered: 4-2003
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 1:45 pm:   Edit Post

Glad you're back, Joey.
bigredbass
Senior Member
Username: bigredbass

Post Number: 1295
Registered: 9-2002
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009 - 10:01 pm:   Edit Post

. . . so, the bartender asks him, 'aren't you the one who was in here with that Steinberger for the Finger-Ease Dwarf Wrestling?' . . .

You know, you roll off the filters far enough, you'll NEVER hear any string rattle. One of those unexpected benefits of owning an Alembic.

It's NICE to be missed. Thanks, fellas.

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