leftybassman392

I taught guitar in schools for many years. Here's a few thoughts you may want to bear in mind Dunno about recent changes that might have taken place, but county music services used not to like working with kids under 7. That said, if the student is keen and the teacher/parent is prepared to put in the work (and be patient - a quality you will need in spades), I don't see why not. Just a few pointers if I may: 1. Start small - as in 1/4 size guitars. There's no point in giving her a guitar with a neck she can't get her fingers round, as it will likely kill her enthusiasm stone dead. 2. I would suggest nylon strung at this stage. (tbh I'm not sure you can even buy a 1/4 electric, and even if you can, chances are it'll be poor quality. Most small electrics I've come across have been absolute rubbish.) Then again, times have changed since I last taught, so things may have improved. 3. You'll need plenty of patience (did I say that already?). When you've been playing most of your life, it's very easy to forget that at 5, everything is new. Early progress is likely to be slow and painstaking, and most of the bad playing habits I've had to try and sort out over the years had been acquired early on. 4. If she can maintain interest, you might want to start looking for a tutor after a few months. As I said, a lot of tutors don't work with really young kids, but if you can find a good one who does, that would be worth considering. As always in such matters, this is all just my opinion based on my years of experience. Feel free to ignore any or all of it.

Perish the thought...

Nothing to see here.

What about this one... Eh? Eh?

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So, um, instead of asking if a bass is good for metal, we're now asking if metal is good for a bass... is that right?

Here's one from the Loggia della signoria in Florence. It's actually Roman, but the subject was inspired by a greek original. Here's another one, from a Greek vase located in (I think) The Louvre. Here's a link to a study of veils in ancient Greece. It's a synopsis of a book, but you get the general idea. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1n357p0?turn_away=true I'm not going to get into a long discussion/argument about this. It's just a statement of academic opinion supported by a range of evidence. If you disagree, then that's fine - knock yourself out! (But bear in mind that the statue and the vase are things I have seen with my own eyes. The link is to a book written by an acknowledged scholar with expertise in the Ancient world.)

Just to be (sort of) serious for a mo... In Athens at the time it was normal behaviour, to the point where an adolescent boy would be considered weird if he didn't shack up with an older man for a couple of years. While we're at it, you could also have mentioned that slave ownership was common at the time. Oh, and not forgetting that Athenian woman were second class citizens with effectively no rights. Those headscarves you see on statues were a legal requirement in much the same way as Islamic women being required to cover their faces in some states today. (Sparta was different though; women had many freedoms, and promiscuity was actively practised on the grounds that it was in the state's interest to have the pick of the gene pool.) Different folks, different strokes. Just sayin...

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Good Lord! Is that the time already?

Well waddya know? I lied. My second contribution to the thread... I still have a pair of these from my studio days: I still use 'em on a regular basis for sound editing (mostly spoken word in my case). By my count they're at least 20 years old, but DT100s are ubiquitous in the industry to this day. I do have a very nice pair of in-ears (not moulded into my ears sad to say, but WTF...), but I still really like my DT100s. Then again I'm just an old lag, so what do I know?

Since I don't play anymore, I guess this will likely be my only contribution to this discussion. Notwithstanding his, um, unfortunate - yes, 'unfortunate'; that's the word I wanted - personality, I do actually think the OP has raised an interesting discussion point about the future of live performance. Whether his aggressively monochromatic outlook on the subject will cut any ice with the old lags dotted around this place is another matter entirely of course. Then again, maybe he's not speaking to the old lags (or at least if he is then he's probably whistling at the wrong dog). Shame really.

Posted in error. Sorry. My bad.