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    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    First he b itches about the rich not paying their "fair share" while he drives off the assessor trying to determine what he should pay in property taxes. Now he writes off buying the best in guitars as a hobby musician and then criticizes others for legally taking advantage of the same tax codes he take advantage. And let's not forget how he criticizes those people of faith while preaching morality from his proselytyzing atheist pulpit. LOL You just can't make this stuff up. Typical Cujo.
    Cujo makes me smile. Seriously, he does. What would this forum be without him? - boring.

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      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Another limousine liberal with a "do as I say, not as I do" attitude. Cujo, very happy to hide income in his expense line, throw the assessor off his property, and in the same breath decry the income disparity in the country. Hypocrisy runs deep on the left. Guessing Cujo doesn't volunteer to pay more than he is required either to support his agenda.

      He needs the extra cash to send his dog to day care and buy guitars for his garage band.
      I didn't write the tax code. I am assuming you don't itemize.

      - Cujo

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        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        Talent is a inexact word and concept - there are many facets to talent - in no particular order. #1 10,000 hours of practice individually (does that number sound familiar???) and with your band, #2 stage experience, #3 quality hi-fidelity equipment (the expensive stuff doesn't distort at high db's), #4) experience with song structure and the fundamentals of music in terms of song structure #5) memory and understanding of scales and musical notation formats #6) understanding and taking care of your equipment and how to get the most out of it i.e. miking amps, tandem amplification, effects use, regular maintenance of your equipment include resets of intonation and restringing etc...

        I have been a multi instrumentalist for over 40 years (drums, guitar and bass). There are people out there (some of them true professionals) with both lesser and greater instrumental skill. But all the talent in the world is useless if you are on stage and you freeze. I know people who are amazingly talented and great in the studio or their basement but are useless on stage.

        - Cujo

        Unless you have played live music and tried to remember the chords, lyrics and song structure for thirty songs and 3 1/2 hours of music you have no idea what a challenge it is. It is the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.

        - Cujo
        How many members ? You didn't say.

        Do you have any formal education in music ?
        Can you write music ? If so, can you do it mathematically ?
        Can you read music ?

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          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          I didn't write the tax code. I am assuming you don't itemize.

          - Cujo
          I absolutely do, but I am not hypocritical about it. You are. I am a huge fan of keeping every nickel I earn. I have no use for wasteful government spending and as a rule, I believe that government should be small not large.

          P.S. Let's have the name of your band. You have been crowing about your following, your vast skill, your tremendous ability on stage. Let's have it. Why deny the rest of us. It seems we have greatness in our midst.

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            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            How many members ? You didn't say.

            Do you have any formal education in music ?
            Can you write music ? If so, can you do it mathematically ?
            Can you read music ?
            Five, two guitars, keys, bass, drums, three of five handle vocals.

            Yes I can write music and have done so. I released a CD of original songs 5 years ago that received some airplay on FM college radio and it is still ranked #40 on ReverbNation for downloads and plays in New England.

            I can both read standard musical notation - or I can read mathematical notation which I prefer as it is more in line with playing guitar. I know dozens of scales from the standard pentatonic major and minors to more exotic stuff like Mixilodian and similar.

            I use books called the bassists and guitarists grimoires which are the most extensive collection of scales in print that I am aware of.

            I actually started out playing 18th and 19th century martial music at Old Sturbridge Village. We played martial music twice a day on weekends during Spring and Fall and then two performances per day during the summer. I started this at age 13. We played at Strawberry Banke, Upper Canada Village, Fort Ticonderoga, Saybrook Muster etc.

            My martial music teacher was an accomplished rock drummer and I was learning stuff from Cream, Traffic, JH Experience, the Doors, Jethro Tull etc at the age of 13.

            I am self taught on guitar and bass but learned a lot of stuff in face to face sessions with various musicians. In HS I played off and on in a band with Taz Digregorio of Charlie Daniels Band fame (RIP Taz....). One of the best rock keyboard players ever...........

            - Cujo

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              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              I absolutely do, but I am not hypocritical about it. You are. I am a huge fan of keeping every nickel I earn. I have no use for wasteful government spending and as a rule, I believe that government should be small not large.

              P.S. Let's have the name of your band. You have been crowing about your following, your vast skill, your tremendous ability on stage. Let's have it. Why deny the rest of us. It seems we have greatness in our midst.
              My wife and I paid $30K in taxes last year. I think that is a fair share.

              - Cujo

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                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                I absolutely do, but I am not hypocritical about it. You are. I am a huge fan of keeping every nickel I earn. I have no use for wasteful government spending and as a rule, I believe that government should be small not large.

                P.S. Let's have the name of your band. You have been crowing about your following, your vast skill, your tremendous ability on stage. Let's have it. Why deny the rest of us. It seems we have greatness in our midst.
                Sorry but I am going to decline. Too many crazies in this forum for me to reveal who I am.

                Sorry.... just the way it is....

                - Cujo

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                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  And who "forced" these people to package them into derivatives that destroyed the housing market and nearly caused a catastrophic collapse of the world economy. A handful of people chose to rip off investors and taxpayers and homeowners without the slightest consideration for the outcome. It was all about gaming the system, power and money. You are talking about something entirely different than I am. You are talking cause I am talking result.

                  - Cujo
                  So using your line of logic, we should jail every member of the Kennedy clan, as Joe Kennedy created the family fortune by massively shorting the stock market.

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                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    My wife and I paid $30K in taxes last year. I think that is a fair share.

                    - Cujo
                    based on what you said earlier that is about 10% of both your incomes... That's not fair at all.

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                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      Five, two guitars, keys, bass, drums, three of five handle vocals.

                      Yes I can write music and have done so. I released a CD of original songs 5 years ago that received some airplay on FM college radio and it is still ranked #40 on ReverbNation for downloads and plays in New England.

                      I can both read standard musical notation - or I can read mathematical notation which I prefer as it is more in line with playing guitar. I know dozens of scales from the standard pentatonic major and minors to more exotic stuff like Mixilodian and similar.

                      I use books called the bassists and guitarists grimoires which are the most extensive collection of scales in print that I am aware of.

                      I actually started out playing 18th and 19th century martial music at Old Sturbridge Village. We played martial music twice a day on weekends during Spring and Fall and then two performances per day during the summer. I started this at age 13. We played at Strawberry Banke, Upper Canada Village, Fort Ticonderoga, Saybrook Muster etc.

                      My martial music teacher was an accomplished rock drummer and I was learning stuff from Cream, Traffic, JH Experience, the Doors, Jethro Tull etc at the age of 13.

                      I am self taught on guitar and bass but learned a lot of stuff in face to face sessions with various musicians. In HS I played off and on in a band with Taz Digregorio of Charlie Daniels Band fame (RIP Taz....). One of the best rock keyboard players ever...........

                      - Cujo
                      Okay thanks.
                      Lots of terrific keyboard players out here , never figured he was up there with the greats , as I am not that familiar with him.

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                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Okay thanks.
                        Lots of terrific keyboard players out here , never figured he was up there with the greats , as I am not that familiar with him.
                        Check out his work on their albums in the late 70's and early 80's - in the Southern Rock genre he is right up there with Burns from LS, Greg Allman and a few others. Great guitarist too in Billy Crean (his brother played with Henry Paul (outlaws)). They were also one of the few bands to use two drummers (the Dead, Allman Bros and a few others did as well). We'd love to go with a two drummer set up but very few stages are big enough (unless you are playing 2,000+ seat venues) to handle it.

                        - Cujo

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                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          Check out his work on their albums in the late 70's and early 80's - in the Southern Rock genre he is right up there with Burns from LS, Greg Allman and a few others. Great guitarist too in Billy Crean (his brother played with Henry Paul (outlaws)). They were also one of the few bands to use two drummers (the Dead, Allman Bros and a few others did as well). We'd love to go with a two drummer set up but very few stages are big enough (unless you are playing 2,000+ seat venues) to handle it.

                          - Cujo
                          Southern Rock, besides one of the greatest albums ever made ( Eat a Peach ) , and maybe a few others is not a genre that I have had a major interest in. When I think of top shelf rock keyboardists, the ones I think of are are musicians like Wakeman, Emerson, Moraz etc.

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                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Southern Rock, besides one of the greatest albums ever made ( Eat a Peach ) , and maybe a few others is not a genre that I have had a major interest in. When I think of top shelf rock keyboardists, the ones I think of are are musicians like Wakeman, Emerson, Moraz etc.
                            100% agree on Eat a Peach. Captures a band at their peak of creativity and skill. Mountain Jam is chock full of sweet guitar and bass (I love me some Berry Oakley...) and a great drum solo. Jai and Butch are the best tandem drummers in the world along with Billy K and Mickey Hart. Nice mix of originals and blues covers. I have to admit a soft spot for the Outlaws, LS, CDB and Allmans. Also really liked Molly Hatchet as they used to crash at my house in Allston when they were openers for other bands and before their albums went platinum.

                            I have seen Wakeman and Moraz live in the various incarnations of Yes as well as Wakeman Jr. - He toured with yes a few years ago. Saw Emerson with ELP back in the late 70's. I have seen Edgar Winter a few times and he is formidable. Also can't overlook Brent Mydland and Bruce Hornsby of the Dead. Steve Walsh of Kansas was quite good. Terrific vocalist and a dynamic keyboard player. Also like Benmont Tench from Heartbreakers.

                            My band is lucky to have our keyboard guy. Versatile and our foundation as a vocalist. Good keys are REALLY hard to find. And it is getting harder - so few kids are learning musical instruments let alone piano. Kind of sad what they are missing out on.

                            - Cujo

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                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              100% agree on Eat a Peach. Captures a band at their peak of creativity and skill. Mountain Jam is chock full of sweet guitar and bass (I love me some Berry Oakley...) and a great drum solo. Jai and Butch are the best tandem drummers in the world along with Billy K and Mickey Hart. Nice mix of originals and blues covers. I have to admit a soft spot for the Outlaws, LS, CDB and Allmans. Also really liked Molly Hatchet as they used to crash at my house in Allston when they were openers for other bands and before their albums went platinum.

                              I have seen Wakeman and Moraz live in the various incarnations of Yes as well as Wakeman Jr. - He toured with yes a few years ago. Saw Emerson with ELP back in the late 70's. I have seen Edgar Winter a few times and he is formidable. Also can't overlook Brent Mydland and Bruce Hornsby of the Dead. Steve Walsh of Kansas was quite good. Terrific vocalist and a dynamic keyboard player. Also like Benmont Tench from Heartbreakers.

                              My band is lucky to have our keyboard guy. Versatile and our foundation as a vocalist. Good keys are REALLY hard to find. And it is getting harder - so few kids are learning musical instruments let alone piano. Kind of sad what they are missing out on.

                              - Cujo
                              Yep, Eat a Peach, Mountain Jam, you got it there. Steve Walsh, almost forgot about him, but yes, he's very good. I have it on Eat a Peach on SACD , and a pretty decent system, so it sounds incredible.

                              You're lucky indeed if you have a great keyboard player. Guitar always seemed to be the front lead in rock, but some of the great keyboard players of the early 70's put it out front.
                              Best of Luck in your endeavors with the band. Politics aside, music like the above can be shared and appreciated no matter what your political leanings.

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                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                Yep, Eat a Peach, Mountain Jam, you got it there. Steve Walsh, almost forgot about him, but yes, he's very good. I have it on Eat a Peach on SACD , and a pretty decent system, so it sounds incredible.

                                You're lucky indeed if you have a great keyboard player. Guitar always seemed to be the front lead in rock, but some of the great keyboard players of the early 70's put it out front.
                                Best of Luck in your endeavors with the band. Politics aside, music like the above can be shared and appreciated no matter what your political leanings.
                                We give our keyboard player nearly as much solo time in the shorter songs as we do our guitar players (both play lead). There are tons of great local guitarists. I played lead in my last band and did that for five years but got tired of playing out 6-8 times per month. So I switched instruments and settled in on playing out about 8 to 10 times per year. There is something primal about bass that guitar is lacking. It keeps you fresh and motivated and it doesn't feel like a job. There is no better feeling than playing in front of people and helping them forget about the daily grind of life for a few hours.

                                Politics divides, music unites.

                                - Cujo

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