u/outlawbernard_yum

Not quite Seattle prices, but PDX restaurants we enjoy or wanted to try are getting too pricey to be worth it. Usually when this happens, places start popping up elsewhere kinda like the food cart explosion after the financial crisis. Where are smart chefs/restaurant owners looking to find cheaper rent/labor?

Just moved from Portland, OR where in 2013 a bunch of us came together and leased a small industrial building. Over the years, it grew and grew to the point of sustainability. Bands have most of the space, and Sunday to Friday nights a band can pay to own that night. Saturdays are open. Our space was also unique in that it had a large woodshop/metal fab area and aerialists used it during the day. I've looked at the band practice places around Seattle which while cool in their own right, are not exactly what made our PDX place special. Is this something that exists or should/could exist centrally enough in Seattle work? Or would it be too far outside town to bike/onewheel there? It was great to have the sound system/drums setup and just arrive with instrument/pedalboard. I'm a keys player, mostly rock Hammond/Rhodes/synths who has played jam bands, experimental improv, screamcore to an all original brit pop band that has a few albums/live shows under our belt. Tell me about Seattle:

I'm in a few rock bands, mostly play rock style

I've taken to mostly playing with my right hand and using my left on the drawbars

I love that Bobby is replicating Jon Lord, using a Maestro Ring Modulator and guitar amps. But.

I'm a huge nine inch nails fan. And Shoegaze.

Our band is looking for new sounds that combine the two.

I have a Hohner Pianet I'm running through a pedal board with about 5 effects pedals that I'm loving to get super ethereal sounds that satisfy my shoegaze needs. But I need my hammond to mimic the hard driving sounds Trent Reznor has conjured up over the years. I don't want to use synths, (though I have 5 of them) and need to do it live...not in the laptop or just for recording.

I've seen Bobby split his signal to his Leslie and Marshall, and think that's a good first step. I've watched Nick Foley compare guitar distortion pedals. I've researched the pedal signal path.

Give me YOUR ideas???

Moving part time to Seattle and looking for new avenues for music. Is there a comparable Seattle music sub?

After 20 years in PDX, I REALLY appreciate the local scene and hope to cross pollinate both. I'm specifically looking for those interested in an instrumental hard-post-rock/experimental/ambient/shoegaze. After many iterations I'm next dedicated to a hammond harder than Jon Lord topped with an Hohner Pianet T through an analog effect pedal signal chain for my parts.

Anyone understand the reasons ejaculate volume goes down? Seems impressively less now at age 55 after vasectomy. It didn't immediately change after vasectomy, but what used to be 7-9 pumps is now like 3. I realize there is advice about certain supplements, hydration but realistically is this just what happens??

I'm done with my little Davy Crockett Green Mountain Grill pellet smoker. Is it normal to have to replace the motherboard, the temp sensor twice and a jammed auger? Is it normal to have to clean it out inside before every use? I see the Weber getting love, but our 5 year old Weber Summit is entirely rusted inside. Yoder and Lone Star Grillz look like tanks in comparison and I'd rather pay 2x to last 2x as long typically. Our OG Vermont Castings grill from 2004 has had zero issues. Appreciate recs!

About me: 56 yo. Dislocated/subluxed my patellas many times since age 12 with sports. Played until 17 and switched to lifting weights and cycling as I cannot run. From age 20 until 40 I was at the gym at 5AM before work. I raced bicycles (Cross, MTB, Road) from 32 until 40 and had coaches/teams. I pivoted from bulk during this time, partially as it was starting to increase pain in my neck lifting/recovering heavy. At 42 I dislocated my patella again severely, cycling had kept my muscle groups strong enough to prevent it until an accident. I tried to recover but required knee surgery and barely avoided a replacement. Back racing, next year I ruptured by L5-S1 laterally and had foot drop. Surgery was unsuccessful, and it caused a lot of damage to my muscles and connective tissue. I was 45.

I'm an endoscopist and do up to 20 procedures a day and can wear lead for hours. I now have so much chronic back pain I can't sleep without gummies. I have to ice my back after a long day, and do a combo of my PT/Yoga/Pilates every single night for about an hour in order to work the next day. I can only ride a bike about 20mi before my bad knee swells.

I took up swimming and for a time I was swimming crawl stroke for a mile once per week. Then I got cervical stenosis and radiculopathy in my hands which limited my work. I'm trying to avoid fusion due to my job and need for mobility.

I'm finding there is not enough time in my week for anything but to work and recover from it. Adding more physical activity disrupts that recovery, even yard work now. I became sedentary, gained 40 pounds, developed hypertension and diabetes. I started a GLP1 and have lost 20 pounds and eat mostly healthy except for red wine.

I miss raising my heart rate. I am scared of more health decline. And now I've developed arthritis in my hands which is really bad by the end of a work day. I tried heavy bag workouts with carefully taped hands and still hurt one of my wrists. I can only hike about 2 miles before I get knee swelling for the rest of the week. I have a home gym with hand weights, a stationary smartbike, TRX, resistance bands and have carefully tried about everything but keep findings negative consequences.

I appreciate any and all ideas, and I'll note that I'm changing jobs to start teaching which will significantly decrease the physical demands of my job. So there may be an opportunity coming. Appreciate you all.

New band here, playing 2 upcoming gigs. We need media and have a fantastic photog hired. But unsure about best way to affordably get video too. We setup 2 iphones for our first gig and didn't have sound from the board. This time we think we can record from the board and then edit vid later. We can ask some friends but they really want to watch the show instead, or will just get a few clips. Appreciate advice on something a bit more pro yet we aren't flush with cash!