I Knew It! No One Actually Likes Rap…
First off, this actually happened.
I pull into a parking lot, and this car pulls in after me, with two little homie-looking-kids with windows down, blaring none other than B.J. Thomas’ ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head.’ In all its ’60′s easy listening gloriousness. No sooner had they stopped the car, then their station immediately changed to some rap song of which the only lyric I can safely repeat is ‘Ya.’ (Pronounced ‘Yee-ah’, of course.)
And I was grateful. Because now I know that every time I pass cars driven by gangsta’s (it sounds decidedly cupcake-ish when I say that) and hear the rap blaring through the sub-woofer that is the whole reason the car is riding low in the first place, that just a few seconds earlier, before they saw my approaching headlights, they were so totally rocking ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head.’
It just makes the world a slightly better place.
Splendid.
Karl.
P.S. I’m in central California right now lending some sometimes on-pitch and often times off-pitch lead guitar to the worship at a youth retreat……and in between sets, sitting here at Starbucks, I feel like I have already been to the entire internet. Twice. Especially after the live World Cup games have ended. (Yes, I know it’s not very popular to like soccer in America. That’s my balance for being like the almost the entirety of American guitarists and using dotted 8th delay.) Anyone know of any guitar shops in the Paso Robles area?
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#5 written by Nater2 2 years ago
@Zack, I totally agree. if you want an example: i was playing lead at our church’s VBS and at the end of the last performance one of the kids(he was about 7) came up and asked for my autograph. You can’t convince me they don’t look up too you. On another thought: I’m going to go play lead in the band at a 6th grade move up camp (my first actual gig) any tips or advice? i’m a little nervous but really excited
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Karl, not really a good place to put this but here goes…my newest site poll asks church sound techs “do your musicians know how to properly wrap a cable?”
16 people said yes
47 people said NO
I trust that YOU do but what’s going on that many musicians don’t know how to wrap a cable the right way?http://www.behindthemixer.com/content/can-your-musicians-properly-wrap-cable
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Alright, back from Central, CA. I can’t respond to everything, but I will say that I must agree with those of you who mentioned that some of the early rap was good. Back when it really was coming out an oppressed angst, and had some original musical ideas. Then, of course, record companies found it, homogenized it, and now it’s really difficult to listen to the ‘oppressed hardships’ of the Grammy-winning billionaire’s. Which now they have caught onto, and have hence changed their lyrics accordingly. Such as ‘Shorty got low’ and ‘They buy me all these icies.’
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Nater2–haha Good point! Everyone always tells me the different ‘best’ way. My favorite is when the construction guys volunteer to help, and your cords end up in the coolest, most intricate tangle ever. I’m sure it’s awesome if you know how to untie it. haha
Craig–ooh, good point. Ya, some of it is actually really good…I must admit.
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#22 written by KennyG 2 years ago
What about the over-under method? That’s where you reverse every other loop in the coil. I’ve been using this method for years and I’ve had pretty good luck with it. I’ve also found that using a good quality cable helps as well.
Here’s an example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqbYyaUY5Sk -
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Karl, you’re just up the road from my home town! If you drive south a bit, you can visit Lightning Joe’s Guitar Heaven: http://lightningjoes.com/