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RiKD    United States. Aug 07 2022 05:36. Posts 8442
I worked my ass off the last few days. Up for a promotion the performance machine was running all systems go. In fact, I'm making sure my phone is right next to me if they call me in tomorrow.

High Alone by Sevdaliza. Go like 4mg of Xanax. That will cut the heaviness of working overtime on extreme rushed, hectic, frantic time. If I'm not careful I will be lost on the undead time. I have to work frantically to have a chance at the GOOD PUSS. I don't think I can truly think under these conditions. The music is too loud. The key strokes are too loud. It's too active. In order to contemplate properly I need to slow down and be still. There is too much information on here.

I hope to keep it simple tomorrow. If I'm not working go to the beach and watch the birds and feel the breeze. Maybe read a novel and take a nap. Of course, play the guitar. I got a metronome which is helping a lot. I also got a wahwah pedal (Crybaby) that is pretty fun. Maybe 1 day I will be able to play White Room by Cream in it's entirety or Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix.

What are some other classic wahwah pedal songs?

What would LP have me play?

Hah... There are only like 10 ppl reading this...

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Loco   Canada. Aug 07 2022 10:00. Posts 20963

Aren't you playing through some really low power amp? Doesn't make sense to invest in niche pedals with that. It gets expensive fast and it's only worth if you're committed to a decent tube amp setup and you got the basics covered already. Use the money to get a decent solid state amp with decent wattage and some stomps/effects already on it, or get some kind of interface to hook up to a PC that will have lots of effects to choose from. It makes playing a lot more fun.

fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccount 

RiKD    United States. Aug 07 2022 16:58. Posts 8442

10W Amp:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Do you have any suggestions for the next step amp? Do I really need it now if I'm still covering the basics?

I have a Steinberg UR12 interface. I guess I'll try and get that all hooked up today.


dnagardi   Hungary. Aug 07 2022 19:45. Posts 1776

tool- schism


RiKD    United States. Aug 07 2022 19:49. Posts 8442

I wanna learn Jambi, 7empest, or Descending


RiKD    United States. Aug 07 2022 19:51. Posts 8442

schism is a great song but that is such a bass song to play


Loco   Canada. Aug 07 2022 20:35. Posts 20963

No you don't but you also don't need fancy pedals that probably cost more than your amp. Priorities are usually getting a full EQ first, then reverb/delay/distortion/chorus effects. Flanger and wah arent used by beginners.

fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccount 

RiKD    United States. Aug 07 2022 23:12. Posts 8442

EQ and all of that just seems like a lot to think about. I realize I bought something out of order. I am not a performing nor a recording artist so I don't need any of it really. The one defense for the wah is that it is fun. It's not like it doesn't work with my amp. I suppose I regret the purchase overall since I don't need the wah and can't utilize it properly but I'm not going to sell it either.

I'm a guitar noob. I'm going to do some stupid things from time to time.

I don't even know what EQ is really.

I already have a distortion effects pedal and was thinking of getting this:

https://reverb.com/p/danelectro-pb-and-j-delay-dj17

but I don't really need a delay. I don't really need distortion it's just fun and I don't really need wah but it's fun too. I'm in this for more than just experience machine happiness but fun is an aspect that I am looking for.


RiKD    United States. Aug 07 2022 23:24. Posts 8442

I did just hookup my distortion pedal, wah pedal, hit overdrive on my amp and go kind of loud and I thought it might blow up. The wah does not have a great tone to it with my amp. The distortion too is like I'm driving one of those small fiat cars. I don't mind it's clean sound at all though.


Loco   Canada. Aug 08 2022 00:09. Posts 20963

You would have a basic EQ on any decent amp. On yours you only have the Treble part. It's sufficient for learning and having some fun, but considering your amp is worth almost nothing, it makes no sense to throw a pedal setup in front of it. Like that delay pedal you linked is worth more than your whole setup together? It's ridiculous. Like buying a $200 bike lock for a $20 bike or something.

As for recommendations with a low budget, I know noobs like using Line 6 a lot. With a computer there's the line 6 pod, but as a standalone unit there's the Spider combo amp with lots of effects included. My brother is basically a semi-pro and he still uses a fairly cheap Spider 60. Marshall and VOX both have good options for modeling amps. Just search for a modeling amp, 20 to 30 watts should be a good upgrade. I think a Fender Champion 20 would probably be a very solid upgrade for not much money. For not much more money you could get the 40 watts or 50 watts version that will have a bigger, better sounding speaker as well, and be set for many years.

fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccountLast edit: 08/08/2022 00:19

RiKD    United States. Aug 08 2022 04:40. Posts 8442

Just bought the Fender Champion 50XL. It has 12 tones and 12 effects that come with the amp. Can't wait to try it out and hear how it sounds!

 Last edit: 08/08/2022 04:41

RiKD    United States. Aug 08 2022 06:04. Posts 8442

We are thrown into this existence but we have time to adjust. As a species in existence we fucking dropped the ball. Terrestrially it is a big fucking deal. The universe will not even shrug. It's not even about whether or not I can have a slow breakfast with coffee in the morning. I'm a slave. Just so I can buy nice amplifiers or hoard money for no good reason at all. Well, the car needs maintenance. Yeah, the car needs maintenance. Maybe I'll buy a Gibson Les Paul. Shanzhai or original?

I am in need of a moonwell to sip from. An injured Druid of the Claw. I am not truly resting. I am recovering from work for work. A novel and a nap served its purpose as well as lying and lingering. The truth is I want to get high. I want to escape the consciousness of the gaps. I don't want the consequences though and I know it will not give me a reprieve from bummer consciousness. So, I sit. I just sit. The music is going but I just sit. I sit and I type.

I remember when I was manic sometime, probably in the winter or fall. I had a reversed sleep schedule. I would wake up at midnight and have something sugary with coffee, paint for a few hours and then drive down to the local Waffle House to socialize. I did this every day for 2 weeks. As my mania progressed I think I forget my wallet or my cards were cancelled. They were so nice to me. I went in to draw one day and they could tell I was troubled. They gave me some cake and coffee for free and genuinely seem to care about me giving me hugs and wishing me well. There is magic to that particular location. I've driven by many times since then but have not stopped since that last night. I really wish to go there at 2am on a weekday but that is not logistically possible at the moment. I am going to sleep at normal times and it is better for me.



I don't want to give up the ramblin' lifestyle though. I miss it. I know as I take more responsibility at work that grows less and less. Life becomes a little more structured and rigid. That is also probably more healthy for me and my bipolar.

I suppose it's about as good a time as any to go to sleep but I am kind of enjoying the music. Peace out compadres.


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Loco   Canada. Aug 10 2022 14:10. Posts 20963

Enjoy the new amp, it looks awesome. I'm enjoying playing some Knocked Loose and heavy stuff on my new Kemper profiler.

fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccount 

Baalim   Mexico. Aug 11 2022 06:58. Posts 34246


  On August 10 2022 13:10 Loco wrote:
Enjoy the new amp, it looks awesome. I'm enjoying playing some Knocked Loose and heavy stuff on my new Kemper profiler.




Saw the band's name and I expected some mongolian throat-sing metal.... dissapointed_hercules.jpg

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Liquid`Drone   Norway. Aug 11 2022 17:00. Posts 3093

If that's what you want, check this out.

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Loco   Canada. Aug 11 2022 23:24. Posts 20963

where's the metal

fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccount 

RiKD    United States. Aug 12 2022 04:16. Posts 8442

On the bright side my new amp came in and it is amazing! Although Loco had to one up me ridiculous daaayyyuuummm (Kemper profiler).

On the down side I still have to work to survive. My medical bills are just going to be more than normal people and it's tough to keep track of it all. I don't know why insurance didn't cover this or that. That's a part-time job in itself...

I found out today I did not get the manager job. I think it was all good and part of the process. My manager is going to sign me up for leadership training next month and it is known I am looking for that job.

On the way home my check engine light came on... Honestly, it will just be a chunk of cash and inconvenience to solve the problem most likely. It's not fun but it is part of driving an old car into the ground. This is why I have been saving up money because I knew this day would come. Which is also not fun. I don't like hoarding money and I never have. I am getting a feeling of fuck the world. God knows it's a task to un-fuck the world. But, those pertty, full tones coming from that amplifier man. Maybe that makes life worth living. That is one saving grace.

I started reading In Search Of Lost Time by Marcel Proust because Byung-Chul Han likes it and it is Chris Hedges favorite book allegedly. I'm not really far enough into it to give any sort of review. It's quite nice. I don't know if I am running to read it before I fall asleep though. Doesn't feel like one of those type of books. I'm going to do it anyway.

Twitter is a weird experience for me now. I just feel bombarded by mostly un-useful information. The algorithm seducing everyone to scroll faster and faster. It's all a trap. This website isn't as bad. We have to read the thread titles and so forth. There is sometimes a little bit more substance. Reddit ist nicht so gut. Apparently there are some good sub-reddits. I wouldn't really know. Seducing us with images and videos. YouTube even has YouTube shorts now which are like Zoom poker for YouTube. It can't be good for the brain.

I'm just trying to wind down after a rough day. I don't have wine or weed or benzos or booze.


RiKD    United States. Aug 12 2022 04:26. Posts 8442

I don't have any metal suggestions. I met a guy who is into metal and he suggested Periphery and I listened to them and they just didn't cut it for me so I don't ask him for more suggestions. Knocked Loose is the shit and Kublai Khan are a natural progression. Mostly my Spotify drops the ball a bit with this sub-genre though.

I was listening to Apparat -- Walls tonight. He has an appropriately named song called Useless Information and this is probably my favorite from that album:


Loco   Canada. Aug 12 2022 04:48. Posts 20963

The Kemper is overkill for me and I don't use the profiling feature so I could easily replace it with something less expensive (though I bought it used at a very good price) but it's nice and gives me some peace of mind since there's no FOMO/"I wonder what this would sound like" when you can get literally any tone. But there's also no reason why I would ever use a lot of them. Also should be easy to resell. As it is I don't play with a lot of effects, but it's nice to know I could. For now I just needed something with a little more versatility than my Fender Vibrolux which is definitely not good for heavier stuff. The Champ would have been pretty good for me too, but I already have a very good cab so I only needed a head (my previous peavey 6505MH shit the bed).

Investing in good music gear is great. It makes you spend less elsewhere too. I feel like I can be super minimalist now that I have this toy I can squeeze a lot of value out of for a long time if I want to.

One of the best subreddits ironically is /r/nosurf.

I hope to read Proust soon too, in its original French. I was always too intimidated to start it.

fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccount 

RiKD    United States. Aug 13 2022 04:11. Posts 8442

Here I am winding down again. The thing is I take my meds and I don't want to hop into bed. I like them to digest a bit and enter the blood stream.

This is what I am feeling tonight:



The Champ is here. Fullness, brightness, crispness, clearness. I was messing with the different tones and effects and there is a lot of room for fun. On first glance, some of the tones are a bummer but the metal ones are actually big and heavy. I just need to find something easy to play.

Proust in the original French = Livin' the Dream

I was thinking about depression and mania and money spending. I don't think I spend a lot of money at all depressed. Maybe here and there to get me to try and feel something. Where as mania I am spending on all sorts of stupid stuff. Obviously, I wouldn't want to be depressed for any time at all if that could be a thing. I was just thinking about being a miser. It's different than being more of a minimalist. A hoarder seems like the opposite of a minimalist. There is probably a right state for each person. I was reading Non-Things by Byung-Chul Han and his story about the jukebox was really amazing. It made me miss a lot of my books that had a place in my heart that I gave away to charity. At least I am reunited with my lamp. My lamp, my monitor, my mouse, my keyboard, my desk, my chair, my Buddhist offering bowl, my Japanese tea cup, my paintings... My books! My bed, my amplifier, my guitar, my guitar picks. This is better than any piece of more than likely useless information. I am not a pure minimalist. I have lived a very minimalist life before. An apartment in Queensbridge, PA. I barely unpacked anything and slept on a mattress on the floor. It was a 2 bedroom. The 2nd bedroom housed all the boxes. I didn't even sleep in the bedroom for a while. That was kind of nuts. I wore the same thing every day. Steel mill greens with black Carbon Fiber X mock turtlenecks. Then I would wear one of my few other outfits out to the tapas place, order all the tapas and drink 2 bottles of red wine and then see what's up that night. Ohhh welll, where is this going? I don't know....

Oh, trying to find the right amount to spend or save. I have this voice in the back of my head that tells me I am going to die before retirement age. The thing is I might not die before then. There are some semi-retired people where I work in their 60s and I don't know about that man. If I am working entry-level retail when I am in my 60s I may kill myself. Are there a number of permutations where I kill myself? I am not in the best of spots but I would hope I do not kill myself or get to that point. I mean, I'm not in that bad of a spot. Materially it could certainly be better but spiritually I think I am doing ok and that's all that really matters anyway.

But, actually, if I think about it I have no real planning at all. I have no retirement plans or have no idea how I am going to get there. I don't know how much to spend or save. What if I save up $10,000 just to retire for a year? I mean I don't think I want to do that. I've kind of already done that in the past multiple times. I like my leisure time though until it gets dire.

One older lady at work has neck problems and back problems and hip problems and knee problems and feet problems. I think she is living in a closet at this point and eating cat food. Only to drive up into this job for 40 hours in a week. It's brutal just thinking about it. I can imagine stories like this will only get more common.

I do agree with Loco though that music hardware specifically is a gift that keeps on giving. It has been keeping me mostly sane for the duration of 2022 so far. I already have a major crush on my amp and we will see if that grows into a deep love. A place in my heart. I think I am already there.

Time and money. Where do I spend my time and money and energy? Unfortunately, I am spending most of that time and energy as a slave. I come home tired. A lot of nights I feel too tired to play. I make myself play and then there is a glimmer. A glimmer of hope. A glimmer of transcendence. I played almost flawlessly tonight. I am getting better.

A co-worker of mine wants to go to Munich for Oktoberfest. That sort of thing seems like the kind of thing I should be throwing down money for. That is if I still drank.

When I was manic I bought a website and they charge me like $200/yr to keep it maintained. That might be the dumbest thing I spent money on in 2022. That's what I mean though. My spending gets crazy when I am manic. I'll spend on the dumbest shit.

I don't wish to be hiems either. Squirrelling away his meagre slave wages into retirement funds only to do nothing all day but troll LP and still live at home with his parents. I live at home with my parents because I have a lot of medical debt and credit card debt and I don't really know what to do with all of it. I don't think the good life can be reached while living at home with one's parents.

Can a good life be reached at $30,000/yr? Probably. That's what I am figuring out but there has got to be something that someone would hire me for that is more full-filling than sorting clothes for $40,000/yr or $50,000/yr.

Again, USA medical expenses and shitty healthcare insurance are killing me! Literally. Shitty transportation is killing me. It's about now I start fantasizing that I could live somewhere else. But, no, I have to tough it out here. I don't even know when I'll accrue 1 week of paid vacation...........................................


EzPzLmnSqz   United States. Aug 13 2022 19:58. Posts 549

maybe attend a group with ppl with similar conditions search bipolar support group


RiKD    United States. Aug 14 2022 03:37. Posts 8442

maybe

I don't think this journal writing is going to do it either. Maybe it does get me through the day but it's a contradiction. I am writing about fast digital communication and useless information and I am guilty of muddying up the damn ether myself. One has to click on my blog and there are no images just writing. It's not as bad as any other social media outlet or reddit or anyone of it but it is still bad. It is like I used to smoke a pack of cigarettes a day bombarded by all of them. That used to be my day just cycling through 4-5 social media and other websites. I'm chewing Nicorette but the Nicotine is still real. I check here occasionally through out the day. There is no traffic or content. This stupid ass blog is one of the remaining pieces of content.

The song for tonight so there will actually be some semblance of content:



Just one more day to survive tomorrow until I get a day off which in turn will be full of therapy and doctor appointments. All so I can get to work the next day and do it all over again. I'm sick of surviving. I need a vacation. I'm sick of work getting my best performance. My best stuff. I don't know what else to do though. I'd like to give my best stuff to something better than sorting clothes for a corporation. We've been through this before. The money only lasts so long and then after a year or 2 off what can ya dew for money? I still want to study Aristotle for a good 10 years or so. Aristotle , Nietzsche , Heidegger. I don't want to throw my life away on some dissertation that only 5 people in the world understand. I still want a broad education and as I am entering my 40s is the prime era for that at least in more humanities driven endeavors. I don't want to throw all that time and energy and focus into a corporation. They get my best damn performance and it is all my fault. I know the ins and the outs of performance machinery yet I still fall prey. They give me just enough time to get my act together. They give me just enough time to refill my energy and regain willpower. Only to throw it all away day after day after day after day after day after day. 6 days in a row. That's too many days in a row. Especially on the first 2 it's so slow I just stare at a blank monitor for most of the day then the weekend it gets so hectic and frantic of a rush it is unpleasant to say the least. I need something to look forward to. If my car wasn't having troubles I just may have jumped at the chance to go with a co-worker to Oktoberfest in Munchen, Germany. She is young and wants to get wasted all day so I don't think that would be very fun for me is the biggest reason I am not going. The other reason would be that it would probably flush my bank account to $0. I was pretty proficient at German 20 years ago. I always kind of wanted to live there to be fluent but that's not how the cookie crumbled. A round trip flight is probably $2k which would be getting to near 10% of what I make in a year so even if we were bumming in hostels the trip would be outrageous. Plus, I want to do stuff when I am in another country. Not stay inside and starve.

I would like to take a trip to Germany one day and travel around maybe broadly based around where my favorite thinkers took walks. Nietzsche in the mountains, Heidegger in the Black Forest, Schopenhauer, Kant, Byung-Chul Han, et al. This trip would cost a lot of money but it would be a dream. I still have to get into some Hegel too. Hard to get into The Phenomenology of the Spirit when I only have about 2 hours to try to get into something like that when I'm already tired, un-focused, lacking willpower...

Thank you for reading this installment of Useless Information. Tschuss (FUCK windows, I don't even know how to do umlauts or anything on this hunk of junk)


RiKD    United States. Aug 15 2022 03:13. Posts 8442

Here we go again.

I don't even care about work. Fuck! Yes I do. Understaffed and over-populated - Another chapter. Good riddance for 1 day... If I work at resting is that rest or work?

Man, I just got lost in the guitar tonight. I turned the nob to a Metal tone and added a little reverb and it got me going. I played for over an hour. I don't really have enough stuff to do that but it was a lot of fun! I was just getting after it. Improv mostly and mixing in different things I know. I don't really know my way around a guitar yet to really get after it but playing an instrument can be soulful and spiritual. I like to find myself doing things in the realm of the spiritual.


RiKD    United States. Aug 17 2022 04:51. Posts 8442

I read a good blog today. It basically said what we do with 10 min. is how we live our days and how we live our lives. I am definitely guilty of not spending the 10 min. well. I am not one to waste hours scrolling anymore but the 10 minutes through out the day can get me and add up. If I am at home gaps are naturally going to arise but I can usually do something else with out that time in front of a screen turning into a big number. The times that get me are breaks at work or waiting in a waiting room. I realize I am at home typing in front of a screen right now...

So, now, would be a good time to think about what else I could do. I'm not quite at the point where I want to lie in bed and read. I don't need to list everything I've done today. Just that I scrolled the internet with out any real joy for both my breaks and lunch today and after I got home from work after dinner and now I suppose as I type this...


CurbStomp2   Finland. Aug 17 2022 06:47. Posts 261

stay away from young substance abusing whores.


RiKD    United States. Aug 18 2022 05:12. Posts 8442


  On August 17 2022 05:47 CurbStomp2 wrote:
stay away from young substance abusing whores.



young substance abusing whores in recovery is my target market!


RiKD    United States. Aug 19 2022 02:59. Posts 8442

I got an acoustic guitar today. It makes me happy. Playing Songs:Ohia songs makes me happy too.


RiKD    United States. Aug 19 2022 03:01. Posts 8442

My teacher said to strum the fuck out of it and not to care if it gets a little sloppy (specifically for Songs:Ohia)


PuertoRican   United States. Aug 20 2022 06:05. Posts 13030

Rekrul is a newb 

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RiKD    United States. Aug 22 2022 01:06. Posts 8442

:lemonade:


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