u/DanWessonValor

Got a list of two songs with a youtube link. They told us to get or create the sheet music ourselves. And no additional info is given. Am I playing the entire song with a real band or with the youtube video on?! Are we following the order that is in the video or are you going to give us the order? Nothing, no directions.

I show up and played Here I Am Again and that went fine or the director stopped it since it was just going to repeat after V1 C1. I should have realized then that the order was going to be dictated by the director. We get to Way Maker and she makes us drop the key from E to C cus her throat is in a bad condition. I cheated and used the Pitchfork cus how else was I going to play the open 6th string part if I transposed? I start play, the intro was just swells and was easy....then she just jumped to pre-chorus and started a build up. I was so focused on how it qas played in the video that I did not hear her change directions. She stopped the play. In the interview part of the audition, she asked why I did not build up as she instructed. I told her I couldn't hear her cus the MR machine was not set up properly, which was true.

I talked about the format of this audition with a friend who is a pro guitarist with guitar companies sending him free guitars to be brand ambassadors. But he said he has never seen such a poorly structured audition. He said just take it as a learning experience and maybe listen to the lead rather than being focused on the reference video. I should be more fluid and flexible. As for the key change, he thought that was unprofessional for an audition.

It seems like I will never be able to play for church. Time to just play for albums and in studios for other artists. Bummer.

What would you put on a SpecWar?

I have T2, EOTech EXPS, Kahles K16i, ZCO 420.

For shorties, I use T2s and EOTechs.

For 14.5", I use a LPVO.

The SpecWar is somewhere in the middle and I'm thinking another T2 with a magnifier.

I think I need help. I took a nice 3 month vacation (WORKING REMOTELY IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY) and came back to nova. Once back on the road, I started getting stressed out at dangerous and rude drivers. I feel like I am one honk away from having a road rage. Yesterday, two drunk women coming out of the Revolution bar in Centreville FLIPPED* me off after blocking me from going straight in their cars. I snapped and laid on the horn. But afterwards, I felt like I had stooped down to their level. I felt like I got into a shouting match with a dog for barking at me. I need to calm the hell down before this gets worse. Not to mention an hour long commute (one-way) to work. I just hate being back in nova when I'm on the road.

I have uppers, lowers, etc but bought by maxing out my budget (not my credit card) and now I have no money for optics and flash lights. Am I alone.

I visit Korea, aka my motherland, every year for about 3 months at a time. Each year, I feel the urge to just move to Korea. People tell me it's different when you are vacationing vs actually living here. My family love it here but I probably cant make a good living here as a CPA from the US. I am told it would be impossible to find a job that matches my US salary. I love the people, food, public transportation, having relatives nearby, etc. I feel like I always put my guard up or feel a heavy burden when I land in the US. But when I come to Korea, all that is gone and feel very peaceful.

Maybe I am also stuck in a honeymoon phase. I live around DC and it's a nice place but find it just boring.

My gym is run by a popular dude in both bjj and mma. But I cant help but notice how he produces mid to low level results at comps. His former coaches have gone out and set up schools nearby but not close enough to canibalize each other and they do better at comps. He has had a few fighters who fought at the ufc. But our school ain't winning medals like 10th planet at comps. Does it mean it's a bad gym?

I am curious as to why it took the Brazilian version to gain popularity and why the Japanese jiujitsu did not gain much traction. Was it too complicated?

I rented a sedan from Lotte to go to the East Sea. When I first got into the car, it wreaked of cigarette smell. I was confused cus I didnt rent a smoking car. The smell sorta went away after we rolled down the windows. When I returned it, I told them that the car stank and smelled of cigarettes. One of the staff members said that it's really not a cigarette smell but them dudes from the Middle East. I was like wtf?! I told him I can def tell that it was cigarettes but they just kept saying middle easterners. This one is the one by 서울역. I will never use them again.