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3 hours ago, Requiem said:

Evening 4 of 5 begins. 

Last night’s revelries are now but the ghosts of memories. As the louring clouds cast a grey pallor over olde Melbourne town, new possibilities rear themselves, like tantalising fantasms where freedom and nightmare copulate, giving birth to the truth of inner darkness. 

Taxi for Req!

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Last night was awesome,  loved Blaze Bayleys performance, he's doing a lot better now than he did in Maiden now hes got his own repertoire. Dave Ellefsons band Sleeping Giants was really good they played a variety of Megadeth and their own material. Last of course Ripper, KK, Les Binks and Ellefson were amazing playing Priest classics, they even played Burn In Hell and Hell Is Home from Jugulator and Demolition which I was very happy about.

@Requiem Blaze was indeed a nice touch. I even got to meet him after his performance, what a lovely down to earth guy he is. bought a couple albums and he signed them too. What a fantastic night and it only cost 11 quid \m/

Met the awesome and down to earth Blaze Bayley \m/Got 2 of Blaze’s albums and got them signed :D

Sadly I didnt get to meet Ripper or KK after but oh well, the performance was an amazing experience in itself.

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My 40th birthday tomorrow! Yippee...? I'm not usually too bothered about my age, but this one has been weighing on me a bit. In any case, my son is off school and my wife is off work and we have a fun little day planned. Been trying desperately to get some work done beforehand... I have a good bit hanging over my head for the next three weeks -- an upcoming show for one band, a long and difficult song to learn for rehearsal with another, two cover illustrations to get moving, and a piece of sidewalk art to design. Look to see even more gray hairs the next time I post a picture of myself.

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23 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

My 40th birthday tomorrow! Yippee...? I'm not usually too bothered about my age, but this one has been weighing on me a bit. In any case, my son is off school and my wife is off work and we have a fun little day planned. Been trying desperately to get some work done beforehand... I have a good bit hanging over my head for the next three weeks -- an upcoming show for one band, a long and difficult song to learn for rehearsal with another, two cover illustrations to get moving, and a piece of sidewalk art to design. Look to see even more gray hairs the next time I post a picture of myself.

Happy Birthday!

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Happy birthday FA, hope you're having a good one.

 

As for me well I'm busy rehearsing for potential media interviews I could have once in Sydney, part of promotion for the Sydney Aquarium because I'm doing the shark dive they offer. Ah the interesting things you can do if you're vision impaired.

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7 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

My 40th birthday tomorrow! Yippee...? I'm not usually too bothered about my age, but this one has been weighing on me a bit. In any case, my son is off school and my wife is off work and we have a fun little day planned. Been trying desperately to get some work done beforehand... I have a good bit hanging over my head for the next three weeks -- an upcoming show for one band, a long and difficult song to learn for rehearsal with another, two cover illustrations to get moving, and a piece of sidewalk art to design. Look to see even more gray hairs the next time I post a picture of myself.

Welcome to the club.  Happy birthday.

At the risk of sounding like a fool I have only got better with age, both in terms of getting things done in my personal life (marriage) and at work (I count 2 promotions in 3 years) all largely spurred on by my subconscious perception to need to get things done the older I get.  Kind of making the number work in my favour I suppose.

It ain't easy being dead already and having turned 40 in human terms on at least 3 different occasions of course but hey, I get by.

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7 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

My 40th birthday tomorrow! Yippee...? I'm not usually too bothered about my age, but this one has been weighing on me a bit. In any case, my son is off school and my wife is off work and we have a fun little day planned. Been trying desperately to get some work done beforehand... I have a good bit hanging over my head for the next three weeks -- an upcoming show for one band, a long and difficult song to learn for rehearsal with another, two cover illustrations to get moving, and a piece of sidewalk art to design. Look to see even more gray hairs the next time I post a picture of myself.

Happy Birthday mate! Stay metal \m/

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18 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

My 40th birthday tomorrow! Yippee...? I'm not usually too bothered about my age, but this one has been weighing on me a bit. In any case, my son is off school and my wife is off work and we have a fun little day planned. Been trying desperately to get some work done beforehand... I have a good bit hanging over my head for the next three weeks -- an upcoming show for one band, a long and difficult song to learn for rehearsal with another, two cover illustrations to get moving, and a piece of sidewalk art to design. Look to see even more gray hairs the next time I post a picture of myself.

I turn 40 next year, can't say I'm looking forward to it. Ah well, onwards and downwards...

And yeah, 'happy' birthday sir ?

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Thanks for the good wishes, folks! I got to visit the coast and walk next to the water in the rain. Relaxation washed over me. Then my son started bitching about something and shaking water from his umbrella in my face. This pretty neatly illustrates life in the Alabaster household. Here's a picture of the water, anyway.

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Alright, I know what an intro is, I know what a verse is, I know what a bridge is, I know what a solo is, and I know what an outro is. I do not know wtf a "break down" is. The word just popped up and every one started using, but what exactly is a "break down?" Wikipedia says, "an instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song" and I tried reading their article, but I don't get what the difference is between a bridge and a "break down" Can some one post a song that has a really obvious "break down" and tell me  the exact time the "break down" starts and when it ends? Sorry, I see the term all the time but the exact meaning alludes me.

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22 minutes ago, Parker said:

Alright, I know what an intro is, I know what a verse is, I know what a bridge is, I know what a solo is, and I know what an outro is. I do not know wtf a "break down" is. The word just popped up and every one started using, but what exactly is a "break down?" Wikipedia says, "an instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song" and I tried reading their article, but I don't get what the difference is between a bridge and a "break down" Can some one post a song that has a really obvious "break down" and tell me  the exact time the "break down" starts and when it ends? Sorry, I see the term all the time but the exact meaning alludes me.

I've always thought a breakdown is the part in a song where most of the instruments fall away and you're left with sometimes just rhythm section playing that part themselves or could be like a sort of guitar interlude (not really a solo). or sort of instrumental part typically with no vocals.

Honestly the first example I can think of at the moment is this from Moonsorrow's Kylän Päässä (3:18 - 4:05):

 

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20 minutes ago, Parker said:

@Depraved Thank you, I sort of get it now. Seems to be a loose term, to generally apply to non vocal musical interludes. It seems to shift focus around certain instruments successively. I kind of get it, buts seems pretty broad and similar to a bridge. Again, thank you very much.

Yeah, I think it's pretty poorly defined, but once you're used to identifying it they're pretty easy to spot. It usually sounds noticeably different from the rest of the song and there's typically a break in the melody or the melody changes entirely for the duration of the breakdown. It can also be a bridge or directly precede a bridge, I believe, although my understanding was that the bridge typically has lyrics/vocals and is used to transition to the final chorus or outro. Not every song has a breakdown, and they're more prevalent in certain genres - folk metal has a fuck ton of them and it's usually the most folky/dance-y part of the song with lots of keyboards or traditional instruments or whatever so it's always pretty obvious.

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So, I was at the bottle redemption center today. The guy that works there is into metal, and started playing some death metal.  I gave him the sign of the horns, and he smiled and nodded in appreciation. Then an old guy turned to a middle aged guy and said, "You call that music? This isn't music." So I turned to them and said, "Well, it exhibits melody, harmony, and rhythm, so it is music." The old guy said, "I could do this with a shovel and bucket." Then I replied, "No, you couldn't. This is complex music and it's very hard to play. You would need several years of practice on a drum kit to play it." At this point they both had nothing to say. They simply went back to putting bottles into the machine, because they knew I owned them and they had nothing to say.

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1 hour ago, Parker said:

So, I was at the bottle redemption center today. The guy that works there is into metal, and started playing some death metal.  I gave him the sign of the horns, and he smiled and nodded in appreciation. Then an old guy turned to a middle aged guy and said, "You call that music? This isn't music." So I turned to them and said, "Well, it exhibits melody, harmony, and rhythm, so it is music." The old guy said, "I could do this with a shovel and bucket." Then I replied, "No, you couldn't. This is complex music and it's very hard to play. You would need several years of practice on a drum kit to play it." At this point they both had nothing to say. They simply went back to putting bottles into the machine, because they knew I owned them and they had nothing to say.

Most people are too stupid to understand metal.

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