SONGOFTHEDAY!



Yeah, it's quite complex, I must say.

Found it from the 2007 Warped Tour Compilation.
50 songs for S$16!

Post-Hardcore, I need you guitarists out there to help me tab it out! I kinda suck at tabbing out songs and the song (inclusive of solo) is damn fast.

On another note, I was just reading the UG Forums and there were people posting up the money spent on guitars!

Classical Guitar 1: S$50 from Cash Converters

Classical Guitar 2: S$350 from Davis Guitar

Half-sized Classical: S$100 from I don't know where (My dad bought it)

Acoustic Guitar: S$0

Electric Guitar: S$100

Tuner/Metronome: S$30

SX Amp: S$50

Valvestate Amp: S$450

Cables: Roughly S$100

DS-2 Pedal: S$96

Boss ME-33 Multieffects: S$0

Strings (Not actually counted):
S$18 x 42 + S$18 x 12 + S$18 x 24 + S$18
= S$18 x 79
= S$1422

YOU calculate the actual amount spent.
But I like to tell people I spent only S$700 (Electric Guitar + Amp + Pedal).

#1) No one gives a shit about how much money I spent on Classical Guitars

#2) No one gives a shit about how much money I spent on Miscellanea

#3) The guitar skills inherited from 3 and a half years playing guitar are priceless.

You can have all the pro-est, most exotic pedals and a crazy-ass PRS but there are some things money can't buy.

For everything else, there's Mastercard(TM).

HAHA.

Thanks HMV. I can now enjoy this.

Well first impressions are as great as ever.
I completely agree with Absolutepunk.net's review of the album:
"It's about 45 seconds later that a thought enters my brain I never expected: "Ah, fuck, this shit is catchy as balls.""

So true... OMGOMGOMG PARAMORE'S ALBUM IS SO DAMN FRIKKIN' GOOD BECAUSE IT'S CATCHY AND SHIT. PLUS HALEY'S VOICE IS SO DAMN GOOD I DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE SUCH A GOOD VOICE AT SUCH A YOUNGE AGE, OMGOMGOMG.

Thanks, Jana Loh for introducing them to me after MEP Camp. Haha, I still remember that!

It's 24.95 dollars well spent.

If I were to assume the role of a normal person who likes pop-punk and has totally no bias that would affect this particular 'review' that I may be giving, I would say that this album is THE FRIKKIN' SHIT RIGHT HERE ON MY TABLE

Although on the side-notes, I would add 'This album is good, very ultra catchy, but forgettable.'

And Paramore = Haley Williams. --> It's quite sad actually, but it's true, Paramore is about the vocals of that 18 year old.

Of course the other instruments do build the music up to climaxes and shit, but ultimately, it's still about the quite hot, Haley Williams.

BUT STILL, IT'S SO DAMN GOOD.

Thank you God for allowing me to go to Cineleisure to watch the Silver Surfer and ultimately travelling to HMV and stumble upon my most anticipated album.

AHaha, I still want my POD XT LIVE though!

How 'bout that frikkin box is just the ownage.

I was looking at forums, and judging from the reviews and feedbacks and comparison notes, I'd prefer this thing.

Well I think it looks nicer and less complicate for sure. (looks, but I'm sure they're both as complicated to use)

OMGOMGOMG I WANT IT!

LET US LOOK AT A REVIEW
(Scroll down all the way to skip... like seriously, all the way)

I spent an afternoon with the PODxt Live and started to write notes for a review in my normal iMuso format. I soon realised that this piece of kit is too complex to be treated in that way. So instead I set out to present an overview of what this monster is all about.

The PODxt Live takes all that's best about the PODxt and the Vetta II and puts them into a very robust floor unit with comprehensive back-panel connectivity. It's actually worth looking at the raw numbers of modelled items served up in the unit. You get more than 80 effects, 36 amplifier models, 24 speaker cabinet models and 4 microphone models (with which to virtually mic up the cabinet models). One of the staggeringly powerful features of the PODxt Live is the almost limitless options offered when "connecting" these elements together. For example, it is possible to use eight of the effects simultaneously and position them pre or post the selected amplifier/speaker/mic model.

The mathematicians among you will start to realise the possible combinations between effects, amps, speakers, cabs and microphones is almost without limit. (I'm beginning to think the manual should have "Don't Panic" in large letters on the cover.)

There are 128 preset locations that can be modified to store your own preferred settings. Straight from the factory it comes with 64 programmed presets, some for use into an amp, some for direct recording. It was the former that I dabbled with.

When a setting is selected four of the footswitches come into play: Amp, Stomp, Mod and Delay. A light shows which elements are engaged in that preset and each element can be removed with the footswitch or tweaked with the effect control. The expression pedal has switch-able wah, volume or modulation tweak capabilities. Channel memories can be bypassed and the amp models can be made subject to a bank of amp tone controls that are set behind a protective bar to prevent foot damage to the knobs, these include Drive, 3 bands of EQ, Presence and Volume.

Rates of delay are controlled by the familiar Line 6 "tap" control which, when held down, turns on a really useful chromatic tuner (I managed to tune all my strings but one a semi-tone flat before I realised it was a chromatic tuner - I blame the eyesight).

The back panel has USB and Midi connections, standard input, auxiliary input, standard outputs and a connection for a second expression pedal. But the really clever world-dominating idea is the dedicated Variax input protected from dust and debris by its own sweet little Dutch Cap. Remove the contraceptive and plug in your Line 6 Variax guitar with the Variax lead and the PODxt Live will very obligingly supply the guitar with phantom power.

Further complexities can be gained by hooking up your PC and adding the Line 6 software which allows you to play with the pickup models on the Variax guitar (enough already guys!).

Included with the vintage amp models supplied are a dozen Line 6 originals from the Line 6 Clean to the Line 6 Lunatic and back to the Variax acoustic. The classic amp models familiar to Flextone users are all there together with some intriguing additions, the Mesa Boogie for instance makes a welcome appearance.

Think of an effect and you'll find it here in this unit. Fuzz Face, Big Muff, Tube Screamer and the other usual suspects line up with synth effects and modulation effects like chorus and flange. The delays run from tube echo through sweep to ping-pong. The reverbs cover spring, room, hall, chamber and plate. And from the special Line 6 Frankenstein department comes the "Tape Eater". You know when your cassette player chews up a tape, you wind it back in with a pencil and see if it still plays? Uh-huh...that's the sound.


Overall impressions of the PODxt Live

This unit doesn't so much leave an impression as prise the top off your head and have a good rummage around inside your skull. Anyone with a big enough calculator can work out the permutations and combinations of sonic models available and you can rest assured that all of them come up to the Line 6 self-imposed standards of excellence. The layout of the controls is clean and logical, the manual (as always) comprehensive and good-humoured. It'll take some study and practise to master everything, but that's hardly surprising considering how much there is to discover and enjoy.
If guitar playing or recording is the way you make a living then you can do yourself a big favour by buying yourself a PODxt Live. If guitar playing or recording is just a hobby then I'd still recommend the PODxt Live, just make sure you feed the cat before you open the box.




Anyway, let's all just blessthefall and I LoveHateHero You.

I'm at episode 17 of Season 3 of Grey's Anatomy, and I swear that's the shit right there. WATCH IT!