The hugging/venting thread

[gnarbeard]

I pressed the A button too much and now I have to talk to the Pokemon Center lady all over again.

;n; nobody deserves this kind of pain, it's just too much.

You think that's bad? I pressed A too many times and had to sit through Kaepora Gaebora's speech in Ocarina of Time twice.

It's a miracle you both survived.

[NewWorldMare]

they didn't give you any because they know about your PM incident

I... I prefer not to d-discuss that. *breaks down*

[Raddons]

A small vent:

I hate when ideas are great in your mind, but in practice they suck bad.

I guess I'll never write 2 part for lyre and cello again. Scrapping ideas sucks though.

[Raddons]

I had this idea of doing a full cello/lyre thing and what have you, but it just doesn't work with those instruments. I'm going to re arrange them for guitar and piano and get together with someone who would like to play em. The only difference is it won't be pony

[Raddons]

I'm not going to do it for my pony account

[vladnuke]

Guys.
I'm trapped.
In Russia.
This fucking sucks, I mean, thank God my dad is coming here to G me TFO of here, but he could have gone without the extra plane ticket if he just signed a stupid piece of paper before sending me here. Basically, I was going to get out of here 2 hours ago, but I got stopped by the fucking passport control people when they found out I was 17 and was traveling without some special permission or something. I got into the country alright without this piece of paper, why can't I get out? So they drag me to the goddamned airport police station. Now keep this in mind, my Russian is RUSTY, like seriously out of practice, my cellphone doesn't work(I was out of minutes on it), and there was no wifi where I was sitting. So here I am, cut off from the world, not having a clue what was going to happen next. So my dad calls me (can still take calls), which was a godsend, and we got that shit sorted out, except for my bags, that shit is currently gone to LA. So no clothes, no speaking skills, but all the cash in the world (got $700 to fuck around with, and a credit card to use instead). Today, going clubbing in Moscow, tommorow GTFOing.

Silver lining to every cloud, eh?

[Trillionage]

Guys.
I'm trapped.
In Russia.
This fucking sucks, I mean, thank God my dad is coming here to G me TFO of here, but he could have gone without the extra plane ticket if he just signed a stupid piece of paper before sending me here. Basically, I was going to get out of here 2 hours ago, but I got stopped by the fucking passport control people when they found out I was 17 and was traveling without some special permission or something. I got into the country alright without this piece of paper, why can't I get out? So they drag me to the goddamned airport police station. Now keep this in mind, my Russian is RUSTY, like seriously out of practice, my cellphone doesn't work(I was out of minutes on it), and there was no wifi where I was sitting. So here I am, cut off from the world, not having a clue what was going to happen next. So my dad calls me (can still take calls), which was a godsend, and we got that shit sorted out, except for my bags, that shit is currently gone to LA. So no clothes, no speaking skills, but all the cash in the world (got $700 to fuck around with, and a credit card to use instead). Today, going clubbing in Moscow, tommorow GTFOing.

Silver lining to every cloud, eh?

God that sucks. When i was like 15 the same thing happened to me, but i just had an expired passport and was both stuck (it's happened twice) in New York and Dominican Republic.

[Freewave]

Guys.
I'm trapped.
In Russia.
This fucking sucks, I mean, thank God my dad is coming here to G me TFO of here, but he could have gone without the extra plane ticket if he just signed a stupid piece of paper before sending me here. Basically, I was going to get out of here 2 hours ago, but I got stopped by the fucking passport control people when they found out I was 17 and was traveling without some special permission or something. I got into the country alright without this piece of paper, why can't I get out? So they drag me to the goddamned airport police station. Now keep this in mind, my Russian is RUSTY, like seriously out of practice, my cellphone doesn't work(I was out of minutes on it), and there was no wifi where I was sitting. So here I am, cut off from the world, not having a clue what was going to happen next. So my dad calls me (can still take calls), which was a godsend, and we got that shit sorted out, except for my bags, that shit is currently gone to LA. So no clothes, no speaking skills, but all the cash in the world (got $700 to fuck around with, and a credit card to use instead). Today, going clubbing in Moscow, tommorow GTFOing.

Silver lining to every cloud, eh?

Jeez man, glad you're almost out of there. Just beware of hostels, like in the movie Hostel.

[colortwelve]

I got bored enough to read a fanfic today, and it was just my luck that it happened to be a sadfic. And I'm still just as stonefaced just coming out of reading it as I was going in. And it was a damn good piece of work. I probably should have at least been blinking tears back.

But I didn't feel anything. That is not to say that I didn't recognize how sad it all was, but I just couldn't summon up enough fucks to give about it. I didn't care to feel it, so I didn't. But for some reason that bugs me. Out of nowhere, I feel like I'm missing out on something by not allowing myself to be sad.

Then again, I'm a madman, and what's more, I'm a madman with a cursory education in philosophy, so this is probably utterly pointless to be worrying (if that's an accurate term) about

[Navron]

Bah, I'm having one of those days where nothing comes together.

- Artwork is sucking.
- Don't really feel like making a song.
- About to rain outside, so no run.
- Nothin happening online.

Bored out of my mind.

[SwissArmyCheese]

- About to rain outside, so no run.
- Nothin happening online.

Bored out of my mind.

It's been raining here and I'm on my last day of vacation, which sucks.

I am also bored out of my mind.

[Magnitude Zero]

Welp, my laptop died on me today. Fixable, but I have to take the whole damn thing apart to fix it and I've never been good at this sort of thing. If I'm not able to fix it, it'll probably take me a good few months to a year to replace it. Which means I won't be able to music. Which is sort of a problem when that's pretty much the one thing keeping my depression at bay.

Feels bad man. There's a chance you'll be seeing me post in this thread a lot more often. From my phone of course.

[Fimbulin]

Welp, my laptop died on me today. Fixable, but I have to take the whole damn thing apart to fix it and I've never been good at this sort of thing. If I'm not able to fix it, it'll probably take me a good few months to a year to replace it. Which means I won't be able to music. Which is sort of a problem when that's pretty much the one thing keeping my depression at bay.

Feels bad man. There's a chance you'll be seeing me post in this thread a lot more often. From my phone of course.

Ouch. Man. I know what it's like to not have a good working laptop. My old one died on me about a year ago, and I didn't get this one until just a few months ago. I decided to be content anyways, because I still had access to a REALLY old laptop with 1/2GB RAM- so no music- but internet access.

And as far as depression... I'm not one to say much about it, since I've never had bad depression. When I'm feeling down, usually Fooz's songs brighten up my day. Another thing (to anybody that needs it) send me a message anytime- I'd love to see what I can do to spread my optimism!

[Trillionage]

Welp, my laptop died on me today. Fixable, but I have to take the whole damn thing apart to fix it and I've never been good at this sort of thing. If I'm not able to fix it, it'll probably take me a good few months to a year to replace it. Which means I won't be able to music. Which is sort of a problem when that's pretty much the one thing keeping my depression at bay.

Feels bad man. There's a chance you'll be seeing me post in this thread a lot more often. From my phone of course.

God that sucks. I just had a problem like that fixed the other week. Hope the repair goes smoothly and fast.

[vladnuke]

Oh god guys.
No more drinking forever.
I'm done
*turns around to puke*
we have been in that stupid shitty club for TWELVE HOURS. I can't get the pussy because I don't know Russian that well, and all they play here is shitty pop music. Fuck this place. Then we went to sing kareoke, and I don't know half the songs. It's 7 in the morning. We came there at 7 at night. How does party like this?

[Facade]

Oh god guys.
No more drinking forever.
I'm done
*turns around to puke*
we have been in that stupid shitty club for TWELVE HOURS. I can't get the pussy because I don't know Russian that well, and all they play here is shitty pop music. Fuck this place. Then we went to sing kareoke, and I don't know half the songs. It's 7 in the morning. We came there at 7 at night. How does party like this?

you sound drunk are you ok?

[vladnuke]

Oh god guys.
No more drinking forever.
I'm done
*turns around to puke*
we have been in that stupid shitty club for TWELVE HOURS. I can't get the pussy because I don't know Russian that well, and all they play here is shitty pop music. Fuck this place. Then we went to sing kareoke, and I don't know half the songs. It's 7 in the morning. We came there at 7 at night. How does party like this?

you sound drunk are you ok?

Yeah, I'm finally back at the hotel, but I just didn't know that my aunt would drag me over for that long. Moscow is fine in small doses, but crazy when you go out partying for twelve hours. today was both awesome and terrible at the same time. Ugh. One more day, man.

[Raddons]

Sounds like fun. I don't think I've left the house for about 3 months now

[MatthewMosierMusic]

Great. I'm doomed.

So a few weeks back I posted here that I have to take a break from music to focus on school so I don't get kicked out... Well, good news!! I got the "sentencing" email about my grades from the university, and its just a slap on the wrist, since its not a consecutively bad quarter. So I'm safe in school for another quarter. The problem now is that I just got an email from the government saying that I haven't passed enough classes to receive financial aid for this next year. I don't know how to tell my parents. They spend way too much for me to go here anyways, and this is not going to help. Especially with my little brother about to start college.

I tried to see how much I would need to make to keep up with payments, and if i got a job and worked 18hrs and sold my car, id still be short almost ten grand. Maybe I can make an EP and sell that, but I promised myself I would never charge for my music. But I can't think of any other alternative.

I just have no idea what to do anymore. Seems like my entire world is falling apart. I don't know how much more I can take.

[gnarbeard]

Great. I'm doomed.

So a few weeks back I posted here that I have to take a break from music to focus on school so I don't get kicked out... Well, good news!! I got the "sentencing" email about my grades from the university, and its just a slap on the wrist, since its not a consecutively bad quarter. So I'm safe in school for another quarter. The problem now is that I just got an email from the government saying that I haven't passed enough classes to receive financial aid for this next year. I don't know how to tell my parents. They spend way too much for me to go here anyways, and this is not going to help. Especially with my little brother about to start college.

I tried to see how much I would need to make to keep up with payments, and if i got a job and worked 18hrs and sold my car, id still be short almost ten grand. Maybe I can make an EP and sell that, but I promised myself I would never charge for my music. But I can't think of any other alternative.

I just have no idea what to do anymore. Seems like my entire world is falling apart. I don't know how much more I can take.

That's really rough, dude. Sorry to hear about all the difficulty.

Is this your first time getting a letter like this about financial aid. The Federal Government recently made the requirements to maintain financial aid stricter. This is often referred to as "Satisfactory Academic Progress" or "SAP". This may vary from school to school, but, if this is your first time having for financial aid suspended, you should be able to appeal.

Sometimes appeal procedures are stated directly in the suspension letter you get from your school's financial aid office. If there isn't any, contact your financial aid office for more information.

[vladnuke]

Just tell your followers if they want to hear more music from you, you kinda need to be able to eat.
Because you know, ATP conversion and all that stuff. Can't be making music dead. Unless you're 2pac.

[LunchBagMusic]

I have no qualms using voodoo magic to obtain music from big artists and the like, but if one of my less-well-known bands was in trouble, I would buy the deluxe editions of all of their albums.

Your fans won't care if you need to charge for your music

[MatthewMosierMusic]

Yeah, its looking like I'm going to HAVE to start selling my stuff. Found out how to appeal it, but it requires a letter from my advisor, who has left for New York for the summer, so I can't get it any time soon. Sucks. I really wanted to keep music as a hobby; keep it fun. Once I start selling, it will be work, and there's no turning back.

I have no qualms using voodoo magic to obtain music from big artists and the like, but if one of my less-well-known bands was in trouble, I would buy the deluxe editions of all of their albums.

Your fans won't care if you need to charge for your music

One of the main reasons I love this community is the way everyone jumps to help people at the first sign of trouble. See it happen all the time. Hopefully the same amount of kindness will come my way.

So now I just have to get this album together. Though, would including my covers in it be frowned upon, since it will be sold? I'm not sure if 4 songs and some tabs would be enough to make an album out of, and I'm out of ideas for new songs at the moment. I might be able to do an instrumental or something...

By the way, guitarists? Anyone know how to make tabs? I have no idea what I'm doing.

Anyways, thank you all for helping me through this. I don't know where I'd be without you guys. <Hugs everyone.>

[Trillionage]

Tabs are pretty simple. On the left side, you use it to write the tuning starting with the low e string. the numbers represent the frets (the average range of an electric guitar is about 20; the average for an acoustic is technically also around 20, but without a cutoff, its more or less 17, depending on how dexterous you are). Finally tabs use their own symbols for techniques. Here is a small guide. That would be for a complete bare bones tab.

A more detailed one separate the measures and includes the individual note values. Some programs do most of the work for you. Two free ones are Tuxguitar and powertab. A not that costly and good program is Guitar Pro that also lets you write scores (but not as easily). Finally if you have sibelius, you can also use it to write tabs, but its a bit hard.

Hope i could help

[MatthewMosierMusic]

Oh, sorry. I guess i should have clarified... I know what tabs are, what they look like and mean and all. I just dont know of any good software for it. I have guitar pro, but i cant do it. My songs have such unusual note separation (ie, lots of dots and 8th and stuff) that i cant figure out what exactly goes where. Are there any tricks to make it quicker and easier?