Monday, June 17, 2024

Taylor's advice to 17 year old famous girl guitarists

 

Hiya Grace!  How's it going, Honey?  It's my mother's birthday today.  She's 86 years old.  Happy Birthday, Mom!  I'm made her some stuffed won tons.  You're welcome to have some, they're very addictive.  I think you would like won tons.  They're dainty, just like you.  I could eat a hundred of these in one sitting, but I really shouldn't.  The portion I made below was for my mother, I actually made more than twice as much.  So I guess I only ate about 60 won tons.

Seems you have some free time, Grace!  You should have money to spend inshaAllah.  Be a 17 year old girl.  Please don't grow up yet.  But don't get bloated!



Sunday, June 16, 2024

Celebrity

 

So you should be done with festivals and out-of-state gigs until Massachusetts next month, Grace.  Oh who's to stop you from playing the Underdog unbilled, just record it for me to watch OK!  Now get to work on the gun control ads, if you haven't already.  The concept is simple: put the pictures of presidential candidates along with the Covenant shooting victims in a video, have a guy with a serious voice narrate the video talking about the need for gun control and where to give donations, then run the ad before and after the daily stream.  You can give the donations to your usual organizations.  Do it now!

Those large festivals may be breathtaking, but they're bad for your heart.  Why?  Because boys are going to come after you, especially now that I'm involved.  Consider yourself a "trophy".  Guys have always lusted after you, but you shriveled up their weenies with your guitar.  They're going to get bolder though, and nobody's going to stop you from giving in to them.  But you won't be able to hide your actions because you are a celebrity.  I don't want an unfaithful wife!  I have many religious responsibilities.  Please guard your chastity, Grace.

Celebrity street style is a strange animal.  Celebrities want to be left alone so they dress like the crowd.  But they're going to get photographed anyway, so they have to dress better than the crowd.  This is a very paparazzi thing, because fashion business needs their endorsement so they can make boring clothes for the crowd to wear that the celebrities wear.  

Don't be dazzled by their wealth, because God's plan is to punish them with their wealth.  Do you still have stars in your eyes, Grace?  I thought you would have learned your lesson by now about fake friends.  I'm going to give you a tip on how to spot a hypocrite: observe the expression on his/her face when they turn away after talking to you.


Saturday, June 15, 2024

Standing out from the crowd

 

Hiya Grace!  How's Iowa?  I've never been there.  Does it smell like cows?  It sounds like Idaho to me.  I've been to Idaho.  It's a lot like Idaho.  Rock and Roll, huh!  **Yawn**  I see you had time to process video.  I like those Bottlerock gigs.  That I envy you, but you really need a Marshall stack.  I see the crowd was nice to part the waves for your guitar solo.  Crowds are random in behavior Honey, you know that.  All it takes is ONE mistake, so please keep your distance from them.  That little girl couldn't take her eyes off you, though.

That black and gold tunic is the same designer as the one you wore on your 17th birthday.  Does the designer have any connection to your Mom?  Fashion comes into play when you want to stand apart from the crowd.  Look nicer, at least.  I'm pleased to see you dress up for your shows.  It would be a shame if you just wore jeans and T-shirt onstage, because the fashion industry needs you.  Also, it's unprofessional.  Anyway, that's it for today.  Jesus Christ (peace be on him) is returning, so we must prepare.  We all stand alone on Judgement Day so please be faithful, Grace.



Friday, June 14, 2024

The crowd

 

Hm, it looks like you'll be in Iowa and Illinois the next 3 days, Grace.  I don't envy you, but I pray you will be safe and enjoy yourself.  Don't worry so much Honey, God is All-Forgiving.  Do you always rehearse at the Underdog?  That would be a nice setup.  I recommend that you do your local shows at the BBowl from now on.  It's a risk, but there's only one way to find out if it pays off.

Let's talk about fashion for the next few posts.  Look at the crowd!  What more typical crowd to look at than at Disneyland.  When did people all start dressing like that?  Certainly not in 1955.  At first I thought the crowd would dress differently in 1975 or 1984 but no, the crowd started looking like that since the 60s.  What's the point of fashion since everyone dresses like that?



Thursday, June 13, 2024

Boss Lady

 

What is it, Grace?  Winning doesn't feel like winning?  Somebody has to win, Honey.  It might as well be you.  And in a perfect world, I wouldn't have had to look for a wife and our paths never would have crossed.  In your case, you emptied the small club with your power.  Anyway, don't be weak now.  There's still a lot of work to do, especially if you really want to win this gun control thing.  Be faithful and rock solid in your Rock and Roll business everyday.  Every.  Single.  Day.



Wednesday, June 12, 2024

American woman

 

I had a dream about you last night, Grace.  You were performing in a small venue.  It wasn't dark, there was enough light just for you.  Nobody was in the club: you were alone.  But that didn't matter, and gave your performance everything you had.  The guitar was irrelevant.  But the amp was one of those 100 watt Fender Twin Reverbs.  Yes, the big heavy one.  It means you just scored a big win, Boss Lady.

Remember what I told you: turn anger and revenge into music, record it, then replace those emotions with love, patience and forgiveness.




Tuesday, June 11, 2024

DAW

 


Yes Honey, I'm sure that guitar case auctioned off well.  I remind you to please do the things I asked you to do because I'm trying to help you win this gun control issue, and because I love and I want to marry you.  Here's a quick recap of what you need to do:

1.  Get that engagement ring
2.  Run those gun control ads before and after the daily stream
3.  Get a Marshall stack
4.  Don't get bloated and work out!

The other things are forgivable.  Once again, all the money you make from the stream is yours.  It is your dowry, and when you need more then ask the crowd.  InshaAllah, they will give it to you.

For those of you who have been keeping track, my old laptop died recently.  This is the same laptop I used to lug around everywhere with me when I was living on the streets of Tempe AZ.  I'm currently working on "Woo Hoo featuring Mary Unknown7".  "Woo Hoo" is the first part of a 4 part concept series called "Woo Hoo", the 2nd part is "Rise of the Horizon Creature" aka "Search for the Beast", which I'm sure most of you folks are familiar with.  At the same time, I'm also working on the 3rd part titled "Hey Pretender".  I had to do a remix of the first part because it paled in comparison to the 2nd part, because of Mary Unknown7.

With me so far?  I had gotten as far as completing the lead vocals on "Woo Hoo featuring Mary Unknown7", when my old laptop died.  I couldn't use the streaming computer to do the work, so I had to wait until I got a replacement for the old laptop.  Which I did, about a month ago and it's nicer than the old laptop.  So alhamdulillah to that.  But I lost all the lead vocal parts, so we have to redo them.  And for some reason I got it in my craw to add more lead guitar, so I'm right in the middle of that.  Anyway when I complete "Woo Hoo featuring Mary Unknown7" inshaAllah, I'm going to delete the copy of "Woo Hoo" that's on YouTube.  This will happen when it happens, since I don't have to knuckle under any release date, I will simply release it when I finish it.  Which will probably come as a big surprise to you, you bunch of sleepers!

No, I don't use any DAWs like in the video above.