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This fan animation of a scene in the comic The Last Ronin, is beautiful. Even Tom Waltz, one of the writers along with Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, gave this animation high praise.

I can only hope the film does this just as well!

Just a little taste from the show last night.

^_^

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Have you ever heard of this band btw? They are like a proggy death metal band. This song has saxophone in it which I think is pretty cool lol.

Can't wait for the new Walking With Dinosaurs, if this Albertosaurus they reconstructed is anything to go by!

That's a very nice armet. My second favorite helmet after the hounskull bascinet.

I thought this reminded me of you as Metal Band Member and your love of swords:

Well, all of my guitars are done!

Solos, cleans, distorted rhythms, everything!

So, hopefully, this video doesn't show as a random video, because I wanted to share a little taste of what we're working on!

Here's some footage our singer caught of us tracking the bass and guitars for the song "Time Slips Away." I'm the player in the booth with the headphones on. Bear in mind, these aren't the final vocals.

I know I haven't been interacting as much, and that's for a few reasons.

The main reasons are that last Thursday and Friday the band and I have been recording. The studio hours are 8PM to 12AM. We have recording today too, so I'll be leaving to do that soon.

My wife has also been out of town since Wednesday helping her parents move to Pennsylvania. Likely won't be back for another five days.

I ran out of my prescription ADHD medication right as she left, so I've been trying to manage as best I can. This will for sure screw with my sleep schedule yet again, if the late hours for recording didn't do that already.

Some hospital bills went to collections, and my heart rate and stress levels have been sky high since, even had a panic attack over it.

About the only thing keeping me sane are my cats and music.

Thanks for the follow! Followed you back.

Right now, having a truly awful day.

If you wanted to hear classic guitar amps and just how much they flavor the sound, here's some landmark records in rock and metal, and the amps and speakers the guitarists used.

Marshall Super Lead (Plexi) and Celestion Greenbacks:

• Van Halen by Van Halen (1978).
• Back in Black by AC/DC (1980).
• Are You Experienced? by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968).
• The Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden (1982).
• Screaming for Vengeance by Judas Priest (1982).
• Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin (1971).
• Toys in the Attic by Aerosmith (1976).

Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ and Celestion Greenbacks:

• Master of Puppets by Metallica (1986).

Peavey 5150ish style amp and Celestion Vintage-30's:

• Captain Morgan's Revenge by Alestorm (2008). Used a Peavey 5150.
• The Way of All Flesh by Gojira (2008). Used a Peavey 5150.
• Twilight of the Thunder God by Amon Amarth (2008). Used a Peavey 6505+ (same amp).
• Heartwork by Carcass (1993). Used a Peavey 5150.
• Death Atlas by Cattle Decapitation (2019). We got a variation of an ENGL Fireball.
• Tomb of the Mutilated by Cannibal Corpse (1992). They've used Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifiers for years.

Unique Cases:

• Human by Death (1991). Marshall Valvestate 8100 with Celestion G12T-75's.
• City of Evil by Avenged Sevenfold (2005). Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ and Celestion Vintage 30's.
• Somewhere in Time by Iron Maiden (1986). Gallien-Kruger 250 ML and Gallien-Kruger 250 RL and Celestion Greenbacks.
• Vulgar Display of Power by Pantera (1992). Randall Century 200 with Randall Jaguar speakers.
• Epitaph by Necrophagist (2004). ENGL Savage and Celestion Vintage 30's.

I hope this has been informative.

Best chords, in my humble opinion.

S-Tier (My Favorites):

• Minor (add9).
• Diminished 7th.
• Dominant 7(b9).
• Dominant 7(#9).
• Minor/Major 9.
• Major 7(#11).
• Augmented 6th.
• Tritone Substitution.
• Dominant 7.

A-Tier (My Silver Medals):

• Dominant 7sus4.
• Secondary dominants.
• Sus4.
• Neapolitan chord (bII).
• Half-diminished 7.
• Minor.
• Diminished.
• Major 7.

B-Tier (My Bronze Medals):

• Sus2.
• Major.
• Augmented.
• Augmented major 7.
• Diminished major 7.

Anything below that I've tried, and found I prefer the sound of other chords, with one exception: the harmonic 7th chord, which is the barbershop quartet version of a dominant 7th chord, so for all intents and purposes, the harmonic 7th is a dominant 7th chord, just the b7 interval is about 32 cents flatter than a normal b7.