@Ravix I thinnnnk it's from a set of compromised user/pass combos. If someone has used the same user/pass combo on lots of different sites, as soon as one is hacked (not us) and the details are leaked, it means people get access to all sites that they used that user/pass combo â which is why advice is to always use a unique password on every website (using a password manager).
@AgentCooper No worries mate, we managed to keep ourselves entertained Wonderful trip anchored by a fantastic concert. We stayed near Deansgate (the concert venue was right next door to Deansgate station). Nice area and being so close to the commercial centre, we had plenty of both bars and restaurants to choose from. Took the bus out to Trafford for some shopping on Saturday before the concert. Enjoyed Manchester, so it will definitely be high on my list of options when considering concert trips to the UK in the future (though Germany is likely to be the next concert destination as I realised I need to go see Diary of Dreams one of these days)
Moving more towards hip hop territory in terms of my listening habits recently. Feel like I have received enough education in free jazz guitar to do my own stuff now. Now just listening to music for pleasure rather than education.
Errol Holden is a great fresh new talent in the hip hop world, who has emerged from the streets to the stage recently, recently did an album presented by the legendary Roc Marciano ,who some of you may have heard of. In addition to that, he has two more albums and multiple EPs available on Spotify. Last free jazz guitar album I listened to was by Thurston Moore, of Sonic Youth fame, in collaboration with a free jazz drummer, but more about that can be found in my recent comments in The Music Thread.
A few words on my rock to free jazz/free improvisation guitar journey.
I initially played in rock and metal bands as a teenager and in my early to mid-twenties, working with other people and doing solo stuff as well. Did about 20 live gigs in various groups over the years, no record deal, though, all word-of-mouth stuff.
I was initially inspired to write that kind of stuff and start my own band after catching the end of a death metal gig at one of my local music venues, had never seen anything like it and only wanted to do that stuff from then on. About 15 years later, I took some guitar lessons with the guitarist from that very same band from all those years ago, who was now playing jazz fusion with his new band, I sort of followed him, but did my own research and discovered my own inspirations in the jazz world and made my own journey towards this new sound,
I initially listened to John Scofield and Bill FriselL, and Allan Holdsworth, who was a legendary fusion player who would later serve as an influence to the lead guitarist of Meshuggah. I found Frisell to be the most accessible of the three, although I later gravitated more towards Sco, as he had more of a rock background like myself, and is perhaps most easily identifiable as a fusion player. I was more attracted to his greater emphasis on 'lead' rather than rhythm/chordal playing, unlike Frisell. Perhaps it was a 'ego' thing. Hopefully, if so, in a healthy way!
I then heard Bill Orcutt, a highly experimental "non-rock, non-jazz" guitar player on BBC Radio 3's 'Late Junction' program, and got as many of his LPs as I could. Recorded some stuff in his vein, but still hadn't quite found my own sound yet. Discovering Masayuki Takaynagi on a reddit thread about free jazz guitarists, in addition to the legendary Sonny Sharrock, then opened that door to that sub-genre, plus seeing free improvisation guitarist Tara Cunningham live and listening to the equally-impressive Derek Bailey's work encouraged me to play that sort of spontaneously composed music and record it, posting some music online that I was finally satisfied with.
Eugene Chadbourne, who sings a a sort of Alt-Country type of music on some of his records and does Zappa/Beefheart-inspired jazz shredding on his other albums, cemented my style, once I learned how to cheat or 'cheese' the guitar in the same way as he appears to me to do, to create similar sort of sound, and increase either my technical proficiency or at least the appearance of it, well, I am sure the way I do it there is still some level of skill involved, so it's not quite a 100% cheese, but either way it still sounds like something I can be proud of. And then, hearing Thurston Moore's free jazz work, like Sco, and myself, another rocker who had gone into jazz, the whole thing had kind of come full circle and I realised my musical education was complete. I could record again one day, but right now I am happy just playing for fun.
Besides that, I have been assiduously watching Samurai Jack, almost done with the first season, and continuing to prepare for the Shadow of the Erdtree, apparently Miyazaki's final Soulslike content, and also apparently so big that it's essentially a quasi-sequel to the base game ,according to some...
Have a good weekend everybody!
And I hope you enjoyed the fact that I didn't change my mind this time!
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you wonât see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, youâll 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." "
@nessisonett Congrats, that match made the news here in Norway as well! Just watched a recap and I can only imagine what a rollercoaster that match must have been.
We've also qualified for the first time since the 90's (94 for us) and the news coverage has been quite the embarrassment - one channel had a cringeworthy long report following the car that carried the players' luggage - but the enthusiasm is understandable. I remember watching the deciding qualifier in 94 and going out on the town afterwards, which every other Norwegian did as well, it seemed.
Good times!
Hope you've had (are having?) a great time out there!
@FuriousMachine Celebrations were definitely raucous and a lot of the city had the same idea, Iâll be recovering from this one for a while!
I always found it surprising that Norway struggled to qualify for these tournaments but youâre probably similar to us, every so often we have a decent team but it ends in glorious failure (beating the World Cup winning France squad in both legs and then losing to Georgia in 2007 will haunt me forever). I guess you guys seem to have a bit of a weak spot in defence but if your strikers are on top form you could basically outscore your way into the knockouts. I donât think weâll make it out any group but Iâm just so happy weâre here for the ride at long last.
Congrats @nessisonett and @FuriousMachine ! I'm from Ireland and no we didn't make it to the World Cup... yet but, my god, I felt like we won the world cup last Sunday when Troy Parrott got his toe on the end of the ball for the winner in the 95th minute to put us into the playoffs. My 11 year old son burst into tears with all the emotion! To have only 1 point after the first 3 games and then to win 3 on the bounce was amazing. Troy Parrott became a national hero overnight!
@nessisonett Yeah, we've never really had that strong a team and if you remove Haaland and Ădegaard from the current squad, I'm not sure if we'd have much of a chance. We've had some decent individual players over the years, but never had a squad that really gelled as a team. Will be interesting to see what happens when the tournament kicks off proper, but I think we'll need to be a bit lucky with our group to make it out of the group stage.
@McSavage Thanks mate! Congrats with making the playoffs, that sounds like, what is the term, "pip to the post" for you guys Fingers crossed for the playoffs next year. Are the fixtures set yet, do you know?
@McSavage Was definitely rooting for Ireland, canât believe you managed to beat out Hungary and Troy Parrott is already a legend. Glad to see Liam Scales playing well too and Johnny Kennyâs been revitalised under our new management so I hope he shows that form at national level too! Best of luck with the draw tomorrow, itâs nice to see all the home nations and Ireland at least in the playoffs. And very cool to see Curaçao qualify!
@FuriousMachine the draw is today. Fingers crossed we get a team we feel we can beat but no game is going to be easy.
@nessisonett Yes, Liam Scales needs to be given a lot of credit in his role for the Parrott winner. Towering header. He just wanted it more. It's nearly a shame that the playoffs are in March. I'd love if they were next week so we could carry this momentum into the game. On the other hand, with the game in March it means Ogbene will be back from injury.
@McSavage Nice Who would be your preferred opponent for the semi? If I understood the format correctly, Poland, Wales, Czechia and Slovakia are possible opponents and if you beat whomever is drawn there will be a drawn final to overcome before being qualified, I think?
@nessisonett@FuriousMachine It's going to be tough. Czechia then likely Denmark but we need to get a bit of revenge on the Danes after they made a holy show of us in a 2017 WC playoff. I actually can't believe that'll be nearly 10 years ago by next March! Time just needs to take a break and slow down!
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