Recent content by NewRetire18

A very Merry Christmas to all of us here! Hope everybody's day brings laughter and bright faces with smiles!

I was in a band that was hired for background music at a cocktail party for the premiere of 'Man of LaMancha', in a suite at the top of a hotel in Hollywood, approximately 1972ish. Peter O'Toole and Sophia Loren were there, and a lot of other people I didn't know. Later, played a lot of outdoor...

Really nice!!!!!! I will save this to my groovin' tunes. I have been off this forum to do property management, and it has completely destroyed my time to enjoy music. Sucks. I have to move 45 tons of gravel this next week, with a shovel, to keep my house from sliding down a hill. With my guitars...

I would agree with this sentiment. My first wife, well, poor dear, suffered from internal demons a lot. I called it a day, and took a 12 year break, and stumbled upon a great life partner. I say stumbled, because I definitely wasn't looking. At the end of the day, it's not all roses, but it has...

We finally got a cable where I live. Please remind me; does the cable's Red Alligator clip go to the '+' or '-' ?

Funny thing I just discovered. I tried to take a good picture of my front door, but it turns out that no matter how much lipstick I put on it...it's still a pig!

Pretty cool link; good writeup...Thanks!

That was perfect 'chill' music, thanks!!!

Phew! That's a relief. I thought you were going to say '...only one!'

Does hooky require using all your fingers??? :)

Yeah, this is the digital age. We don't use tape anymore....

I love this thread; it gives me hope that music will survive as a support pillar in the aging process. Speaking of aging...I just had a medical scare that could have derailed my studio plans permanently. I spend some of my time on audio engineering webs, and pick up good bits of pieces on...

This is Charlie Parker's way of letting you know it's time for a tune-up! He's up there you know, and regardless of what he USED to do, he doesn't have a good grip on them these days, so when he tries to pick them up, this is what happens...

Funny, when I first saw the title of this post, I thought it would apply to all. Unfortunately, we don't have kids, but we figured out a way to do what the title implies anyway. It seems we are the only ones that don't have kids...c'est la vie.

Boy...hard to say. I remember as a kid not knowing how to play, but two friends and I built guitars out of plywood, (no strings), and we pretended to be a band. I think I was somewhere around age 8. When I was about 12, my parents got me a cheap guitar for Christmas, and that kicked off the...