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Another Friday night, another Friday alone. Sometimes I thrive at this time but not tonight. I really immersed myself in music the last couple of days and feel a little burnt out. I finally got myself a digital synthesizer to design sounds. That was enjoyable for a while. I created some decent synths. I created more really shitty ones. If you ask me "how do I make a dreamy synth for x?" I might get one close but it would more so be by accident than skill. If you allow me to just play it by ear I can come up with something interesting. I also got a shit ton of plug-ins for Ableton Live; too many. I feel like less than 10% are any good but I might just have to play around with them more.

I am at a point where I can do the 4 bar loop. God, I'm so fucking sick of the 4 bar loop but I can work in that arena and come up with something compelling. When I want to step out and do something a little more avant garde is where there are some growing pains. Some of the tracks and sounds are compelling while other portions are slop. It is all music therapy regardless.

The music has been drowning out the philosophy lately. I'm still reading Baudrillard. I have had a lot of thoughts on it too but have not felt like sharing.

I plan on sleeping in tomorrow, drinking some coffee, bodybuilding and going for a walk. If I feel like making music I will. It has been something I've been trying to work at every day. That is the only way to get good at anything. It's not good to go on benders and bust cycles.

Damn it, I want to fuck around with some Boris and Sunn O))) but again I'm afraid to tune down my Epiphone SG with normal guage strings. Standard tuning is boring as fuck. Not as bad as 4 bar loops but shit!

It's interesting, both Wata from Boris and Greg from sunn O))) use custom Gibson Les Pauls. I wonder if they make any modifications to adjust to the tuning. A# is fucking 3 steps down for a standard guitar! That is lower than a baritone guitar! It is hard to believe one can just throw some heavier strings on a standard guitar without some other modifications.

Then, there is the issue of the amp. It might be a lot of fun becoming an amp enthusiast but the amp I have is perfectly fine for anything I would want to do. I could tinker around with plugging my guitar into my audio interface and messing around with digital effects but there is nothing quite like physical effects pedals and loud sound coming out of a speaker. The problem with effects pedals is they probably averge $100 per pedal and I don't have any money.

In the meantime, I can play Black Sabbath which is acceptable. Here again is the problem with the void and consumption. My imagination is that if I had a Custom Gibson Les Paul with expensive thick strings tuned way down, a handful of effects pedals, and an Orange amp playing Boris that I would be happy. I probably would be happy for a while. Then, I wouldn't be. What would that cost me? $7k? Unrealistic to say the least and my ADHD ass would play Boris for 1 (probably blissful hyper-focused) hour then find another shiny ball.

I'm all over the place. I am jumping all over the place. Sometimes it is difficult being neurodivergent as fuck. I should try and get some sleep. At least I got sleep last night, went to the gym, and went for a walk. All of those things ground me and are super important.

Here is an example of a great Boris vibe:

They have many vibes to choose from.

I crushed leg day today. One of the best feelings. I played my guitar loud. I went for a walk. I finished the Baudrillard. I watched a Solo Leveling (anime). All of these wonderful things and I feel dissatisfied now. The void is real. It's always there, waiting. I think if I keep listening to music and typing things might get a little better.

I wish to play my guitar loud but the suburbs are sleeping. Maybe I'll practice some unamplified scales.

I play my guitar with the speaker cabinet facing towards me. That way I can feel the demons and the angels that I summon in my heart and soul.

Page 6 is chugging along. I have this Baudrillard secondary source that keeps looking at me wanting to be read. My guitar likes to be touched. It's just a lazy Holiday Monday. I slept in and had some coffee.

Are you ready young Skywalker? Be patient young Skywalker:

I am layers of neurodivergent. It is hard to get to the bottom of it.

At the gym today there was a woman so beautiful I was seduced almost instantly. The lighting on her silhouette was divine. I wanted to please her which means I was seduced. She does not even know who I am which means that she was not seduced.

Simpin' ain't easy

How can I mess up 111 replies and 1337 views? I just messed it up that's how!

I just want to be good at something. I just want to be great at something.

I've been practicing a lot of scales lately. Today, I tried to do it with my eyes closed and succeeded almost. I was so close to getting one perfect but it was pretty slow but the notes rang well. I have to build back up. I was never that good at the guitar but I can build up stronger. I have to believe that.

lol rikd -_-;

I was just thinking, I have a gaming computer, gaming keyboard, and a gaming mouse and I never game anymore. I have been compulsively playing the guitar lately though. The guitar has always been a good way for me to cope with existence. Better than gaming. I told myself NO GAMING but I did not really set any parameters on that.

Solo Leveling makes me want to play video games but it makes me want to level up in real life more. I finished season 1 it's a great show, if you like anime, check it out.

After discussing it with the guitar server it seems the biggest issues with downtuning to A# is getting the right thickness in the strings (obviously) but the issue is whether or not the tuning pegs will "hold the tune." Another thing to consider is scale length on the guitar. Epiphone guitars (SG and Les Paul) are both at 24.75'' which is reasonable but my knock off Fender Stratocaster (which is a piece of shit basically) has a scale length of 25.5''. Ideally, I buy an Epiphone Les Paul and make that my downtune guitar but I don't even have money for a restring and certainly not a new guitar so this obsession will just remain an obsession.

You could ask for a Digitech The Drop for your birthday/xmas

On May 30 2025 04:44 Loco wrote: You could ask for a Digitech The Drop for your birthday/xmas

This is a great suggestion. After looking at some reviews on Reddit and YouTube it appears things can get muddy a few steps down through a clean amp but I'm never going to be downtuning with a clean amp so it should be good to go. I couldn't tell you why it works better with distortion but it does. Thank you.

Now that my obsession with downtuning is solved:

a.) Get an Epiphone Les Paul ($800) and heavy strings ($50+)

b.) Get a Digital The Drop ($225)

Life is boring with out an obsession. I have been losing interest in Boris as well. Their discography after 2006 is not great and I can only listen to the earlier stuff so much.

This is what I am learning now:





John Mayer on Channel Orange inspired me to buy a guitar. That and Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd (David Gilmour).

John Mayer has always struck me as being a douche bag but I like his playing.

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