Finally, a reliable traditional forum about music!

SmokeAndMirrors · 02-07-2018, 04:59 AM

Hello everyone! I'm SmokeAndMirrors, you can call me that, or Smoke, or S&M.

I've been digging around everywhere for active, traditional forums about music and places to hang out online. It's hard to find, actually. Mostly because everyone's on social media these days and reddit. Which is fine, but it gets repetitive after a while, you know? So, I scoured the internet for a message board search engine, found Board Reader, and did a little bit of sifting. This place came up on like page 8 or 9 I think in one of my searches. I feel relieved just finding it to be honest.

Music is pretty much my whole life. I'm a 29 year old man, I've been playing bass guitar since I was 15 years old. I've been on tour, met some great people, and met some real ****heads, but I mean that's just the nature of the beast as the expression goes. That's the life, and I absolutely love it.

I AM a little bit paranoid (and with good reason) about my identity and whatnot due to aspects on how my personal life has gone, so I won't make anything pertaining to that public, really. At least not until I get a bit comfortable here. I prefer to keep bands I've worked in and with private, as well as things like my actual legal name and whatnot. (Identity theft is an increasing problem, you can never be too careful these days).

I play a six string bass guitar. An ESP LTD B-206SM. I've gotten to where I love all genres of music. I actually was going to pursue it further in college but I had to drop out of college after a year due to personal reasons, then life kinda kicked me in the ass and I just started shuffling around working to pay bills and whatnot. I've always favored hard rock and heavy metal, but as I've gotten a bit older, I don't have the aggression in me that I did when I was younger. And while I appreciate it still and it'll always be my baby, I've gotten more and more into slower, and more calming music over the years. I actually played a 3/4 Double Bass for a few years. Unfortunately the strings on it broke around the time I got to an intermediate level with it, those strings aren't cheap either, and the bridge holds them pretty tight. I could get it re-strung I'm sure but I don't currently have the means to. That's sort of on my list of things I'll eventually get to.

But yeah, that's just me and my quick intro. I'm pretty much this long haired, bearded, pretty financially broke guy that just lives for music, really. Alright, I gotta pop out to go to work. I'll check back in later tonight. I'm excited to be here and that I found the place.

02-07-2018, 04:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
SmokeAndMirrors Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: In the Void Posts: 174	Finally, a reliable traditional forum about music! Hello everyone! I'm SmokeAndMirrors, you can call me that, or Smoke, or S&M. I've been digging around everywhere for active, traditional forums about music and places to hang out online. It's hard to find, actually. Mostly because everyone's on social media these days and reddit. Which is fine, but it gets repetitive after a while, you know? So, I scoured the internet for a message board search engine, found Board Reader, and did a little bit of sifting. This place came up on like page 8 or 9 I think in one of my searches. I feel relieved just finding it to be honest. Music is pretty much my whole life. I'm a 29 year old man, I've been playing bass guitar since I was 15 years old. I've been on tour, met some great people, and met some real ****heads, but I mean that's just the nature of the beast as the expression goes. That's the life, and I absolutely love it. I AM a little bit paranoid (and with good reason) about my identity and whatnot due to aspects on how my personal life has gone, so I won't make anything pertaining to that public, really. At least not until I get a bit comfortable here. I prefer to keep bands I've worked in and with private, as well as things like my actual legal name and whatnot. (Identity theft is an increasing problem, you can never be too careful these days). I play a six string bass guitar. An ESP LTD B-206SM. I've gotten to where I love all genres of music. I actually was going to pursue it further in college but I had to drop out of college after a year due to personal reasons, then life kinda kicked me in the ass and I just started shuffling around working to pay bills and whatnot. I've always favored hard rock and heavy metal, but as I've gotten a bit older, I don't have the aggression in me that I did when I was younger. And while I appreciate it still and it'll always be my baby, I've gotten more and more into slower, and more calming music over the years. I actually played a 3/4 Double Bass for a few years. Unfortunately the strings on it broke around the time I got to an intermediate level with it, those strings aren't cheap either, and the bridge holds them pretty tight. I could get it re-strung I'm sure but I don't currently have the means to. That's sort of on my list of things I'll eventually get to. But yeah, that's just me and my quick intro. I'm pretty much this long haired, bearded, pretty financially broke guy that just lives for music, really. Alright, I gotta pop out to go to work. I'll check back in later tonight. I'm excited to be here and that I found the place.