Friday May 27.

[Peter]

Lunch? I haven't even had breakfast yet. (Breakfast will be Stonyfield Farms yogurt - the whole milk kind - with honey and granola. Orange juice. Peet's coffee (I think it's Arabian Mocha Sanani today)

Open for discussion today: do most people know you as a musician &/or guitarist? What is your identity to friends, family, coworkers?

In my case, most of the people I know now aren't particularly aware that I'm so much into music. My identity to a lot of people probably is:
1. Odd sense of humor
2. The guy who knows about real estate financing
3. The guy with the Danish wife
and probably after that comes all the parts about being a musician.

[DanHund]

Until I joined a band, mostly just my close friends knew me as a player. Although never in a band at the time, it was a big part of who I was through high school. But afterwards, I really dropped playing until I was invited to join my friends band.

Actually, I ran into a few girls from work at a gig. Not only were they suprised to see me at the bar, they were flabbergasted when they realized I was playing guitar in the band. To them I was just the computer geek at work. I found it all very funny.

[JGraham]

Lunch: Bigazz home made salad. My neighbors grow a lot of stuff in my garden (yeah you read that right) so I pick it. Can't beat my salads.

To others, I am the guy:

Who will fix your car, fix your toilet, change your light fixture, plumb in your new water heater, even though my house is completely ripped apart.
Who will learn from his experiences.
Who will find a way to do it tomorrow as opposed to today.
Has a new girlfriend this week.
Who likes beer.

[Donk70]

Tuna on whole wheat and a bottle of water.

My friends/family know me as a:
1.Have an odd sense of humor
2. Someone they can ask for advice before they buy a TV (10 years in the industry will do that).
3. The guy with guitars standing everywhere in his house.

[johnreardon]

Sausages and Mash plus a pint of London Pride in a pub, just down from the client's office.

I'm the old git

[irwcustom]

Chicken breast with Jerk spice again, new potatoes, salad, coleslaw, potatoe salad. Fresh mango for desert. Cadburys chocolate and 3 packets of Hoola Hoops:eek: Miracle friendly bacteria yoghurt drink.


1. Good with his hands;)
2. Studies a lot
3. Looks incredibly youthful
4. Dry - one liner sense of humour
5. Will have a go at anything
6. Likes to travel.
7. Loves his music.

[johnreardon]

Chicken breast with Jerk spice again, new potatoes, salad, coleslaw, potatoe salad. Fresh mango for desert. Cadburys chocolate and 3 packets of Hoola Hoops:eek: Miracle friendly bacteria yoghurt drink.


1. Good with his hands;)
2. Studies a lot
3. Looks incredibly youthful
4. Dry - one liner sense of humour
5. Will have a go at anything
6. Likes to travel.
7. Loves his music.

Darren, who are you talking about? ;)

[irwcustom]

ok John ..

8. Tells the odd porky:D

[David Coverversion]

Dragon curry (which is Welsh beef curried with Brains Beer)

Incidently JR, I love London Pride, what a pint that is. Almost as good as Brains SA.

And yes, we do order "a pint of Brains" around here.

I'm

The guy who wasn't in the military
Who used to be on the radio
Who still sounds like a DJ when he's talking to the passengers
Whos' a bit wierd, if thruth be known.
Who has funny coloured hair, which changes colour daily
Is too old to be a first officer
And plays in a band, they're all coming to my next gig, but they never seem to make it
(blydi air hosties)

[jas]

Triscuits and "garden herb" cheese. Late, insubstantial lunch.

To my business friends, I'm the anti-capitalist goofball.
To my socialist friends, I'm a capitalist pig.
To my guitar friends, I'm a baseball nut.
To my baseball friends, I'm a computer geek.
To my computer friends, I'm the bike rider.
To my bike riding friends, I'm the guitarist.

Seriously, I think my friends see me as someone who takes very little seriously.

-John

[DanHund]

Dragon curry (which is Welsh beef curried with Brains Beer)

Incidently JR, I love London Pride, what a pint that is. Almost as good as Brains SA.

And yes, we do order "a pint of Brains" around here.

I'm

The guy who wasn't in the military
Who used to be on the radio
Who still sounds like a DJ when he's talking to the passengers
Whos' a bit wierd, if thruth be known.
Who has funny coloured hair, which changes colour daily
Is too old to be a first officer
And plays in a band, they're all coming to my next gig, but they never seem to make it
(blydi air hosties)
I've got a Brains SA shirt. Never had the stuff myself. Got the shirt as a gift from my brother, who's wife is from Cardiff.

[David Coverversion]

Dan, you are missing out on a real treat.

SA is supposed to stand for "Special Ale" but everyone around here calls it "Skull Attack".

Sadly it doesn't travel, though it used to be available in tins, if I can find some tinnies, I'll send them to you.

A Cardiff girl eh? She's one of the few who escaped!

The beers great, the rugby alternates between fantastic and depressing, the weather's terrible!

[Sherpa]

Roasted chicken, salad, "nisperos" - a Spanish fruit unknown outside of Spain.

I'm the guy with the French-sounding name, a Yank to the Brits, A Brit to the Yanks (I'm both), with an off-beat sense of humour and an eccentric approach towards managing companies in the real world.

Leon Russell' "Magic Mirror" says it all ;)

[DanHund]

Dan, you are missing out on a real treat.

SA is supposed to stand for "Special Ale" but everyone around here calls it "Skull Attack".

Sadly it doesn't travel, though it used to be available in tins, if I can find some tinnies, I'll send them to you.

A Cardiff girl eh? She's one of the few who escaped!

The beers great, the rugby alternates between fantastic and depressing, the weather's terrible!
That's what my brother called it, "Skull Attack." I think they may have it in cans over here in the States. I'll have to hunt around. Certainly not available at the local pub.


Oh, she escaped alright. Escaped to raise 5 kids in suburban Chicago. :eek:

[David Coverversion]

Well, she could've tried that here in a housing estate, the only thing is, around here they got 5 kids with 5 dfferent fathers!

(am I putting my home town down here?)

[DanHund]

Wll, she could'e tried that here in a hausing estate, the only thing is, around here they got 5 kids with 5 dfferent fathers!

(am I putting my home town down here?)
LOL. You don't have to be from Cardiff to have that happen. My neighbor has the same problem.

[george4908]

Interesting experience at lunch today. Was on the second floor of "Harry's Tap Room" in Arlington, VA, with a friend. While waiting for our food, there was a tremendous "BOOM!" at the front door downstairs. The building shook, sounds of metal crunching, shattered glass. People shrieking. Everyone upstairs froze for a second, each one of thinking the same thing: my god, have we been bombed? We got up to see what happened, expecting to see bodies.

Turns out it was something completely different. A very elderly driver in a Cadillac either fell alseep at the wheel, or got his foot stuck on the accelerator, rammed straight into an Acura MDX, and pushed that car backwards -- at 30 mph, according to those who saw it -- into the front door of the restaurant. Completely took out the heavy revolving door, shattered huge windows, scattering glass everywhere. Car in the restaurant.

Miraculously, no one was hurt. Miraculous in that the door and the waiting area immediately behind usually has 3-6 people standing around at lunch hour waiting to get in. There didn't happen to be any there, or outside the front door, and the hostess had stepped away from her stand for a moment. Otherwise there could well have been multiple deaths. Just dumb luck.

Lunch was a Cuban sandwich. It was delicious.

[redmax61]

Homemade grilled Ham and Cheddar sammitch.

Most of my friends know me as
1. The PRS nut who does just about anything musical (except sing).
2. Bigtime computer geek
3. Person who has an extremely bizzarre sense of humor.
4. Mental 19 year old.
5. The Navy guy.

[EmeraldQuiltBirds]

HMM, well heres somthing that gets very interesting in trying to discribe.

I started playing when I turned 13...first guitar for 13th birthday gift. I took very few lessons and taught myself how to play, I must say, really good. I grew up in the music industry and practiced in private like crazy making myself BETTER. I didn't share my playing with any friends except one. He knew I played because I took him to a gig with me and he ended up helping me a lot, kind of like a tech who doesnt know much about guitars...LOL. When I had gigs I told my parents that I was going somewhere else. I got in with several bands doing "fill in" work when their guitar players were sick or etc... I worked with bands like Reba McEntire, Joe Diffie, Jodie Mesenna(sp?), River Road, Ty Herndon, Brian White, David Kirsh, Rhett Atkins, The Kinleys, Charley Robinson, and a lot more. I would get in with these bands and with some I would just have to do sound work etc.. and just make friends with them and learn new things. That paid off in the long run as well. I got calls to work in studios to do recordings and got offers to go on the road. I never went on the road mainly because I had to finish school too. I remember the first offer I got to go on tour was when I was 16, it was to tour with Emelio, a tehano/country artist. I was very disapointed when I had to turn them down because of my age and school. Anyways, I never went on tour because of my secrecy within my music. I do gigs whenever I get a chance and still do studio work once in a great while. I started out in country and have ended up in the newer rock stuff like Story of the Year and Underoath. I have a really good friend that just got signed with Arista Nashville as a country artist and I have been thinking about giving him a call and hitting the road. I am tired of hiding and ready to get out there and ROCK!(even if that means country!) So all in all, my parents just think its a hobby. My CLOSEST friends of 15 years think its just a hobby. I had an insident with my best friend in high school once where another kid saw me play somewhere and then ended up challenging me AT SCHOOL. I tried to ignore him but then my freind says to him that he better watch it and that I could KILL him on the guitar. Long story short, we battled it out...in the school library no less! I must say he was right, I killed him at playing guitar. Anyways, thats just about my whole story...LOL! I have a ton of connections and every time I think I am going to quit guitar all together I somehow get pulled back to it and in a VERY strong way. Oh yeah, I got a lot of connections secretly through my parents business which was a musician management company. I feel that guitar is where I truly belong and thats why I have decided that guitar is where I am going to focus from now on.

I know that was REALLY long and I hope it all made since. I am a bad speller when it comes to names so some if not most of those artists are probably spelled wrong.

Moral of the story: Why hide your talent if you have it? I have hidden it for a long time and I regret it to this day. Luckily I am still young and have figured this out. If you play guitar, you realize that you are truly good, and you LOVE to do it, then by all means PRACTICE all you can and PLAY THAT THING!!!

Oh yeah, I also picked up some piano and drums along the way..LOL - I will never say I am great at those!

People that know me would just say I am a smart ass. They would *possibly* say that I am a funny guy with no money. Everyone does seem to know that I "collect" guitars...at least thats what they think.

PEACE!

[Sherpa]

Interesting experience at lunch today. Was on the second floor of "Harry's Tap Room" in Arlington, VA, with a friend. While waiting for our food, there was a tremendous "BOOM!" at the front door downstairs. The building shook, sounds of metal crunching, shattered glass. People shrieking. Everyone upstairs froze for a second, each one of thinking the same thing: my god, have we been bombed? We got up to see what happened, expecting to see bodies.

Turns out it was something completely different. A very elderly driver in a Cadillac either fell alseep at the wheel, or got his foot stuck on the accelerator, rammed straight into an Acura MDX, and pushed that car backwards -- at 30 mph, according to those who saw it -- into the front door of the restaurant. Completely took out the heavy revolving door, shattered huge windows, scattering glass everywhere. Car in the restaurant.

Miraculously, no one was hurt. Miraculous in that the door and the waiting area immediately behind usually has 3-6 people standing around at lunch hour waiting to get in. There didn't happen to be any there, or outside the front door, and the hostess had stepped away from her stand for a moment. Otherwise there could well have been multiple deaths. Just dumb luck.

Lunch was a Cuban sandwich. It was delicious.
One of the few scenarios in which I'd choose a McDonalds drive-thru over any other kind, regardless of the quality of the food served:eek: