u/Dead_Phish812

So I finally beat Xal' Goroth on Nightmare, but I felt like I cheated. After around an hour and a half of grinding, I got him down to like 90% health, and then I got nervous and forgot my keybinds for switching to my staff in the excitement of it all and died. I said fuck it and used an extra life. Which was the first time I used one the entire playthrough, and then messed up again when he deleted the floor when he was 2 cycler bullets away and used another life because I was angry I already wasted one. And then when he was dead, the achievement popped, and now the only thing I wish is I could have gone back and given it one more try. I feel like the boss legit beat me lol. Just needed to vent about it to the only sub that would understand the feeling haha. Now onward to the master levels! I know it's silly because now I'm going to just beat it again on 120%.

I have been playing trumpet for 22 years, and ever since high school, I wanted to learn how to play piccolo trumpet. I am not a professional in the sense that I play for any orchestras, bands, recordings, ect... I just enjoy learning new music and also give private lessons at a small music academy for the past 3 years. I just want to learn picc for the sake of having fun. I know the classic phrase when buying a picc: "Good or Cheap Pick one", but I just want to have some fun with it and learn a new instrument. So with all of that said, is buying the Schiller Elite still a waste of money? I already own multiple expensive trumpets and cornets, and dont really see any child students needing to learn how to play picc for their 6th-grade band show haha. Any help would be great, or just some good recommendations for something else worth saving for later, even if it's just for fun.

I have been playing trumpet for 22 years, and ever since high school, I wanted to learn how to play piccolo trumpet. I am not a professional in the sense that I play for any orchestras, bands, recordings, ect... I just enjoy learning new music and also give private lessons at a small music academy for the past 3 years. I just want to learn picc for the sake of having fun. I know the classic phrase when buying a picc: "Good or Cheap Pick one", but I just want to have some fun with it and learn a new instrument. So with all of that said, is buying the Schiller Elite still a waste of money? I already own multiple expensive trumpets and cornets, and dont really see any child students needing to learn how to play picc for their 6th-grade band show haha. Any help would be great, or just some good recommendations for something else worth saving for later, even if it's just for fun.

Thanks!

I'm thinking about making the jump from Windows to Linux, but I have no idea where to start. There are so many distros that it's honestly a little overwhelming.

I really only use my PC for two things: gaming and music production. Most of my gaming is through Steam, plus I run a few SNES emulators. From what I've read, Bazzite seems to be one of the best options for gaming, but I also use Ableton for music production, and I've found a lot of conflicting information about how well that works on Linux or what to use for both.

I'm a complete Linux noob, but I'm pretty tech-savvy otherwise, so I'm not afraid to learn. I'm just looking for the distro that's going to give me the fewest headaches for my use case.

Not sure if my specs matter, but I'm running:

• Intel i7-11700K
• 4060 Ti
• 32 GB DDR4 RAM
• 1 TB NVMe SSD

I'd appreciate any recommendations or advice from people who've made a similar switch. Thanks!

I have a neurological disorder that affects how my brain uses and controls my muscles, so I often have to find workarounds for playing guitar.

I've been playing for about 20 years, but recently I've been playing a lot more. My job lets me keep a guitar in my office, so I can squeeze in a bunch of 5–10 minute practice sessions throughout the day. I also recently started taking classical guitar lessons, which means I'm spending a lot more time in 1st position than I ever used to. I'm used to moving around the fretboard and not just staying in 1st position for long periods of time.

Normally, the only way I can comfortably play is by supporting my elbow on the armrest of my chair. That support helps hold my arm up while I play. The problem is that in 1st position, I can't really use the armrest anymore, and it's absolutely destroying my bicep, shoulder, and pectoral muscles. My arm starts giving out after only about 3 minutes.

Has anyone dealt with something similar, or know of any supports, devices, braces, straps, or positioning tricks that might help reduce the strain?

I really want to keep pursuing classical technique because I had to stop using picks due to my condition and switch completely to fingerstyle. Learning classical has honestly been one of the biggest breakthroughs I've had for improving my electric guitar playing, and also, I've always wanted to learn how to play classical pieces. I may be a deadhead hippy, but I also have played in orchestras throughout most of my childhood and young adult life as a trumpet player.

For reference, I'm playing an Ibanez AM93QM. Acoustic and classical guitars don't work well for me because the wider necks and flatter fretboards require finger stretches that my hands don't cooperate with very well. They are also just harder for me to play due to higher string tension and heavier strings. So I'm learning classical repertoire and technique on electric guitar instead.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Just like the title says, I have this funny image of parents in the 1830s catching their kids listening to the new Paganini album in their room (I know there was no such thing as this), and the parents thinking they were devil worshippers. Kind of like that funny stereotype of parents in the 80s thinking their kids were satan worshipping monsters when they saw them listening to Iron Maiden or Judas Priest. Whenever I hear either of those 2 I always think of them as like the Yngwie Malmsteen or Jason Becker of their time (and yes I know the whole neo-classical guitar style is based on paganini, bach, ect...)

I was diagnosed with FND 3 years ago and most of my symptoms deal with movement, balance, and loss of muscle strength. I do have to use a rollator to walk to keep my balance. The reason I'm writing this is that I have been on a diet and have lost nearly 20 pounds, and now my core muscles keep overcompensating to stabilize me after I do almost anything strenuous. I read that it is natural for your core muscles to work harder when you lose weight, as they don't have the extra fat to help stabilize you. However, because FND is in the mix, the signals are going haywire and I'm constantly flexing my core. It feels like my core muscles won't disengage and end up turning into spasms. It is really painful. Has anyone dealt with this or have any advice?

So I just bought a copy of House of Leaves, and I am just curious about the difficulty of the read. The most difficult book I have read is The Silmarilion and I had to have maps, family trees, and other resources to make sure I understood everything that was happening. Is it something similar to that, where I need to take notes and have some sort of preparation for it, or is it more of a purposeful confusion to dissorient the reader?

Thanks!

So I made the switch about a month and a half ago because I can't hold onto picks anymore due to neuropathy in the fingers. I have been playing for around 20 years, and everything is going ok as far as the switch goes. I'm learning a lot of my already known material slowly but surely. My main problem is when I try to play anything with a few quick notes in succession using PMI or just PI, my thumb is always grazing against the string above it ( example: playing the G and grazing against the D), which makes it ring out. No matter how I adjust my hand or my thumb, I can't get it to go away. I was wondering if there is a certain technique I should be working on to help this go away, or if this is just something par for the course in terms of learning this new method? I also do not have fingernails, and I'm not using a thumb pick.

Thanks!