I am starting to drift away from listening to jazz guitarists. Now that I can play that type of music on the guitar myself, I find myself drawn more to horn players like Coltrane.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
R.I.P Kentaro Miura, author of Berserk. @nessisonett and @colonelkilgore the Dark Souls games wouldn't have been the same without his source material being out there for Miyazaki to draw from. I have been reading his work this morning, paying tribute to the man. And, alas, now, the series will almost certainly end without being completed.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@TheBrandedSwordsman yeah only in his mid 50’s too (54 I think), very sad. I’ve watched the 80’s anime, which obviously only goes so far... absolutely loved it though. I do intend to read the manga but it’s just finding the time. Sad that it will never truly end.
@nessisonett What did you reckon of the UK entry? @Voltan Are you watching? I think I might have missed the Polish entry. Any good?
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@colonelkilgore Did you play Fallen Order? I played and beat that and that's probably my favourite Souls-like. High quality game with RPG mechanics.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@TheBrandedSwordsman The Polish song didn't qualify for the finals aka got what it deserved 🤣
I'm not watching but I'm familiar with our entry this year and while the song was ok, I guess (kinda generic but I've heard worse), the singer is probably the most bland singer I know of.
I can't say I follow the mainstream music closely but it feels like this guy's entire career is made of appearances on morning TV shows. He was also on The Voice but didn't make it to the finals or anything. There wasn't even a national vote for a song this year, they just announced it's him and that's it. Probably has well connected family or dirt on someone, can't explain it otherwise
@TheBrandedSwordsman yeah I played it last year, honestly I thought it was a great Star Wars product but consider it a fairly mediocre souls-like. Didn’t particularly like the way the character controlled... but as my sig suggests, I enjoyed it and would definitely play a sequel.
Fun fact, I wrote a song that was submitted to be considered for Eurovision in Finland once (the singer was Finnish). It didn’t go anywhere so we recorded it with my band instead.
@Voltan Lol I see, well his appearances on Polish morning tv certainly don't seem to have garnered him any popularity with you. What do you reckon of the Finnish entry though? Thought that would be more up yours and your vocalist and guitarist's street? (although maybe not as it's quite Linkin Park-y) Youtube it or something if you feel like it and aren't already familiar with it - apparently Italy is doing a metal track too?
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@TheBrandedSwordsman Finland’s entry was so dated that it was honestly great. Not bad arena-metal in the slightest. Might just be Stockholm syndrome from how prevalent nu-metal was when I was a kid though.
@TheBrandedSwordsman I’ll check them out later. I don’t think there have been any actually good rock songs on Eurovision since Lordi (loved that one). I do know of a few that were in national votes but didn’t make it to the contest itself unfortunately.
@Voltan Yeah I thought Lordi were great, a friend of mine was into them as well, he bought the album. The track wasn't bad but not what I was expecting (Pain Of Salvation)
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