smitty

have you actually ever heard of drug driving? it's getting to be a big problem in the UK, so it's no joke. and i voted no. for many reasons, including the fact that's it's not fun anymore if it's legal

I voted that they were gay because freddie actually was, but they're an amazing band. being gay doesn't detract from that.

I'll never understand why people say things like that about guitarists who aren't "famous". Petrucci is just another guitar player, when I was at NAMM I heard 100 different players who all played just as clean and fast as he does but aren't famous. Remember the best guitar player in the world is probably some kid who will never leave his basement. In all honesty, I think Petrucci, Vai, Romeo, all those guys are wicked, but I have heard guitarists in other genre's that could smoke every one of them in speed and clarity. I don't judge how good a guitarist is by how fast they can play that's for certain. I can play as fast as I want when I want to, I spent many years developing speed techiniques, but that doesn't really do it for me. I'll see if I can dig up some recordings I have that are more recent and try to get them online. I'm far from a phenominal guitar player, after being at NAMM, I don't even know if I consider myself that good anymore, but I enjoy it so that's really all that matters. For a challenge to myself I like to play the most technical stuff I can. Petrucci is fast and creative, but on a technical level he's not doing the crazy things like Romeo is. Romeo was the reason I learned multi finger tapping, Gilbert was where I learned string skipping, for pure technicallity, Romeo and Sy X are one of my favorite bands. Don't get me wrong, I love DT, I really do, they just don't amaze me anymore. Their newer stuff is getting boring, old DT is where it's at AFAIC. Anyway, here is one song I do have online, it's about 5 years old and was written, sequenced, and recorded all within about an hour after I was mugged one evening. The guitar tone sucks, it's just straight into a boss BR8, but hey, it's all I have on here for now enjoy. http://pics.lgmguitars.com/pics/Dont_let_go.mp3 ← nice guitar solo some of the whammy bar is slightly vai-like, but that's not a bad thing. to make this post related to dream theater or something, the music in that song is a more classic rock than prog rock type of thing. not very dream theater, which isn't a bad thing, lol.

Symphony X's singer, Russel Allan, kicks LaBrie's ass. He's a really really good singer IMO.

exactly. not the metalhead's first choice in most cases. don't worry - your material is much more cool

have you actually looked at it?it is not paisley,it is an image of a multitude of demons(or possibly tortured souls) bathed in a sea of fire. at least that is how i see it ← i didn't say it was paisley, i was referring to these paisley fender telecasters

Or you can just post the pic using the IMG tag, like this: (hahaha) ← that is a purse my ex-wife made from material my sister found at hancock fabrics about 12 years ago...i have been trying to find more like it because i wish to use it on a guitar or amp some day.no luck so far,i try to post it every now and then to see if someone has seen more like it,but i haven't in a while. so since drak was so nice as to post it,maybe someone could help me out? ← Doesn't seem a very metal fabric, for a metal mod it would be pretty funny playing death metal on a paisley telecaster through an amp, carpeted with that though. nice material, but i've no idea where to get it. Drak, i think you should lay off him. he already said he was a small time builder, that means he builds guitars. his guitar's would no doubt be called la rose guitars, and as he has built these already (he said he'd love to show his work) he should be allowed to have his name as la rose guitars. if his name was la rose pro guitars or something, then you have a case, but in my opinion it's fine as it is. he could always put in his sig something like "amateur guitar luthier"

You'll get an email and/or PM notifying you of the warning. The Warn Status Bar on the left side of the page next to your name will also go up. We'll try to use this as an alternative to suspensions. ← i can't see the warn bar anywhere is it a feature you turn on and off in your board options?

i think you're just in the mood for metal slayage just don't use two bass bridges together

very talented musicians but not the type of band i'd listen to for fun they are still good on the odd occasion. i like the song as i am although it was meant to be a radio song, and to some degree a sellout from their sellout album, train of though (correct me if im wrong) it's still a good song. less "prog" than their usual stuff, but that is to be expected if it is their "radio hit" from their "radio album" i like some of the "proggier" Dream Theater as well. btw. is it Dream Theater or Dream Theatre? lol. i think it's Dream Theater, but people spell that word differently in different countries. they might even spell it differently in different states of America. lol. No offence to anyone that might cause offence to. i liked dream theater (er...) 's album Scenes from a memory. i don't listen to dream theater often, but maybe i had an off day and listened to this album. it is definitely good, and there are some great moments which shine though, but in all, it can get rather boring. (i think they solo too much...lol.) i liked it on the whole though. some of the time signatures were a bit irregular, but you get used to that when listening to prog. it is good to stray from the regular 4 4 and 3 4 every once in a while. i mean, that's all you get in regular pop, or rock. like ACDC. lol. back to the point. dream theater are a band which are worthwhile to listen to. especially if you're into prog, or metal in general. i enjoyed it to a certain extent, and i dont like prog very much. im certainly not a fan. if you really like prog, you should try to listen to one of their "proggier" albums. i.e. skip out the "radio album" - that is, train of thought, and try something more heavy, and prog, like seven degrees of inner turbulence, or scenes from a memory (which i talked about earlier), or metropolis live. it has some mindblowing solos in it, but then, don't all dream theater albums? i especially love the live rendition of overture 1812 (is that correct?) it surpasses the already quite excellent studio verion. check out dream theater. they're good , although not that good, and they may not be suited to your tastes, but you should have a listen and decide for yourself. as shakespeare once said "lest ye have tried of the fruit, spurn not its taste"

what virus protection would you suggest? and with regards to this post.... Also, some of the features on the regular Mozilla don't seem to be present on Firefox. Just btw, Firefox is still a Mozilla browser. Just a different type. Anyway, I might haev a look through some of the other browsers to see if they're worth using instead. btw, does regular Mozilla have the same security hole? If it does, maybe I would consider changing to another one. Maybe Opera, but definitely not back to Internet Explorer, lol. : lol : ← would there be any virus protection programs or systems that can be integrated with your browser? If so, which browsers. and which anti-virus programs. Thanks!

you're right. they might be ugly, but still a quality band, and guitarist.

it's his job. i think he teaches guitar at some institute or tech place.

ok

how many times can your warn level increase before something bad happens?

yeah, thanks. i was having that problem, but it's fixed now.

well, i don't use Firefox. I was thinking about installing it, but I decided not to. Instead of using Firefox, I just use regular Mozilla instead. I'm not sure what version..*checks* Mozilla 1.6 I've heard there's a Mozilla 1.7, but i don't know if it's worth upgrading to. The reason why I haven't bothered to install Firefox is because just regular Mozilla looks better, and as you said, there's a big security hole in Firefox. Also, some of the features on the regular Mozilla don't seem to be present on Firefox. Just btw, Firefox is still a Mozilla browser. Just a different type. Anyway, I might haev a look through some of the other browsers to see if they're worth using instead. btw, does regular Mozilla have the same security hole? If it does, maybe I would consider changing to another one. Maybe Opera, but definitely not back to Internet Explorer, lol.

unlucky man. good luck with getting a new job . . . . . . . . . .

I'd like to know what the massive security hole is.

nice work, getting right on the post count there. i might have been post whoring if it hadn't got removed so quickly

worth a try though..

*uses new ignore function*

am i the only one that thinks jake sucked?

everyone's forgotten the jonester!!!!!

brian may, just because the rest of them aren't really very good imo.