Jim Alfredson

I'll kick both your old asses if you don't cut it out.

Ok, here's my bad bass player story (limited to my jazz experiences... I won't even touch the other part of my musical life... playing in blues/R&B bar bands). When I was in the jazz program at Michigan State the instructor refused to let me play organ, even though they had a nice 1964 Hammond B3 with Leslie sitting in the room. He wanted me to play piano. I am not a pianist. Never have been, probably never will be. I love piano, but it ain't my thing. Asking an organist to play piano is like saying, "Oh, you're a trombonist? Here's a trumpet!" What, they both have a similair mouthpiece, right?! Anyway, the bassist he puts in my combo is this jackhole from the classical music department. The guy walks around like he's the shit and hands out dorky business cards to everyone that exclaim he's not only a bassist, but a composer and lyricist as well (oh brother!). This mofo was so sad. He could not even play a simple I-IV-V blues without reading the notes off the page. And even then he fucked them up. And forget about time. He swung like a frozen squirrel. And then to go from simple blues into a tune that actually had changes... forget about it. It was even more frustrating to me, as an organist, because I had spent the last 5 years learning how to create a good bass line on the organ... and there was that nice 1964 Hammond B3 sitting in the corner, beckoning me... PLAY ME!!! Thankfully, the next semester the instrutor finally gave in and let me be in my own organ combo with Joe. And the rest is history!!!

Heaney wouldn't step foot in a forums built around that abomination of an instrument, the Hammond organ. How can anyone listen to that thing, anyway?

Thank you! We're also up for two Jammie Awards (a Grand Rapids music award for local musicians) including Best Jazz Album and Album of the Year!! The ceremony is next Tuesday. We'll see...

Nationally syndicated jazz radio host Jim Wilke picked our record, "Waiting for the Boogaloo Sisters..." as one of his top CDs of 2003! For the complete list, please check out the Jazz After Hours website!

Or I'll just move it!!

Something about the entire idea of this just doesn't sit right with me. Oh yeah... it's that whole "playing with nature" thing. Choosing the sex of your child... Thoughts?

That's pretty cool!

In this software it's very easy. When you press the "http://" button above the posting box it'll first ask you for an address. This is where you type the url of the webpage you're linking to.... for instance, . Once you enter that, it'll ask you to enter a title. You can type anything you want in here. For instance: Great Jazz Discussion Forum! Horrible Jazz Discussion Forum! Stupid Jazz Discussion Forum! What the hell is this?! All the above links lead to the same place but each has a different name. Does that help?

That sucked.

This is stupid.

I've already answered this: There have been no complaints about this thread. I poked my head in here on my own accord and wasn't too keen on what I was reading. So I said something. That was all.

So what's worse... a bad drummer or a bad bassist?

Such a thing would require far more programming knowledge than I have.

Folks, this is a non-political thread, remember?

That would be quite a bit harder to implement, since we already have a registration system in place.

To extend on Ghost of Miles' idea, what about some bluegrass or newgrass or whatever they are calling it these days? Alison Krauss, Nickle Creek, etc. Seems like people up there might dig a couple hours of that here and there. And it's good stuff!!

No, I'm pretty square.

I remember The Chair. It's an interesting idea. Let me think about it.

Oh shoot, gosh darn it all, what in H E double L am I to do? I guess I'll just have to clean up my act. DEEP Ah, the restrictions of a civilized society. H-E-double hockey-sticks. I know. It fucking sucks.

No, I don't give permission for that. You can make any thread you want, but if someone wants to read it, that's their right and you won't be protected by the fact that it's your "turf". If you want your own place and want only people who you want in there, then go make your own place on your own board. The internet's a big place. This is a public forum. If you can't say what you want to say publicly to everyone then don't say it at all. I'm not going to give you your own "room" so you can have carte blanche to do and say whatever you want. That's silly. What if someone wanted their own thread that you couldn't see so they can talk about you all day long without any repercussion? And then someone else wanted their own thread so they could talk about this and that.... and then someone else wanted their own thread... That's silly. Everyone here follows the same guidelines and are expected to function as part of an open and civilized society.

Don't forget your copy of Organissimo's "Waiting For The Boogaloo Sisters..."!!! ORDER ME from Tower Records!!!

patricia is not the only women here. Not by a long shot.

Just for clarification Danny, my entrance into this thread after a long absence had nothing to do with Patricia or Christiern or anyone else. I came in here of my own accord after ignoring it for awhile and didn't like what I saw so I said something, which I am allowed to do, am I not? You can think there's a vast conspiracy out to get you all you want but it's simply not true. And if push came to shove I'd much rather have you leave than patricia. I'd rather not have either of you leave, but if push came to shove...

Wow, putting words in my mouth and claiming that I have a vendetta because I stepped in on your little party and asked politely for you to "turn it down". Actually I didn't even do that... I just came in and exclaimed I wasn't too hip with what's being said. Considering that this is still a room IN MY FUCKIN' HOUSE, I think I have a right to do that. Give me a break, Danny. Cut the bullshit.