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Just got a call from a guy I've played music with from time to time. The two of us just seem to click and what comes out of it is music beyond what I and he can do. I sometimes say, 1+1 don't equal 2... it equals something beyond the sum of the parts.

So after Toad Rock, he and I are committing a bunch of time together to further explore musical concepts we've been playing with. I am STOKED! Love where this is going and I think my music is about to get kicked up a notch!! Good feeling.

I am a musician... yes I play instruments, but I do music. Do... play... two different things. Music explains everything in a way that captivates the creator and the listener as one. They understand each other from a language without borders.

Music is art, language, interaction, exploration and experience all rolled up into a presentation of tantalizing sound bites. I was listening to the sound of my bike the other day against the sound of my buddy's riding beside me. I could hear the harmonics and the resonance resulting from the two combined and there is was... that musical pulse, that musical rhythm as the sound waves sliced through the air to make a new and totally different sound.

Music is like that... it comes from any sound source. From bikes to birds to crowds and crows. To listen is to hear a symphony without taking a step.

Thanks for letting me get a little abstract, as I do so very often in my world of music and life.

I love music, sadly, I can only appreciate good music but not participate. I don't have many regrets in life, but not being able to create music is definitely the top of that short list. Thank God for people who can!

I've also found that playing music is like sex It's sooo much better with other poeple.
Nothing beats the feeling when all there is, is the sound of the song and the spot you're in it and nothing else matters.

I screwed up and sold my Ibanez and Line 6 "spider III" amplifier....Im sorely missing them now...It's true, you thirst for it after a short while...I played the older stuff down in my garage...mostly power and barr chords...Anything from Boston's first album, through "Walk-On"...Ozzy's "Blizzard of Oz" was a HUGE influence...Randy Rhoads, Tom Scholz, Neil Schon, Brian May, Gary Moore, Joe Satriani, were all the sounds coming from my Garage before the case of the "stupids" sat in....Will get another set up before long....

No need to play yourself when theres music like this.

Okey, I do appreciate people who know how to play an instrument...I´m not one of them/you.

Sorry

I used to play the Bass guitar, loved it. Never managed to get any further than the rehearsal rooms, but had a blast all the same. Every now and again i get the old tapes out that we recorded while we jammed. I think there are a couple of strong numbers amongst them. Not sure who else would agree though.

Often think back to those days, when we dreamed of "making It" what ever that means.

I've mentioned the marching drum band I was in. We did gigs of all kinds, from village fetes to festivals and stuff for telly. The band even played at the new Wembley before most footy teams, although I didn't play personally. Any gig was good but the best were those where the crowd were up for it. The youtube video I linked to in another post was a Saturday midnight in Liverpool city centre. People mention 'zones' all the time but it's only when you get in one you realise what is meant by the term. You encounter them when out riding sometime; when you get a series of corners right, or when just riding along, enjoying being on 2 wheels. I may be about to commit blasphemy here but I never got anywhere close on a bike (or anything else, for that matter) than that gig. I'd be in the zone, concentrating on the rhythm and then snap out for a short time to observe the crowd, who were going nuts. The euphoria I felt was something I'll never forget and something I can't describe with mere words.

I also play bass guitar with a locally-run 'project' but it's only roots 'n' 5ths-I'm not too good!!