Steadygain's Account Talk

[Steadygain]

Mamikin,
This is a continuation from #421. OK, so you're one of us - part of the crowd - and all of us regard you as a full equal member of the group. At this point you've crossed the first high way back in the distance - and the first one is always a little weird because you're noting the differences such as the slowing of time, the stange and altered mind state - which can be somewhat dis-settleing - or a tag uncomfortable - but for this story you are way beyond that, you no longer notice anything other than how it makes you "groove" with the music and the scene. It's kind of like a really cool trip - that makes you really happy and opens you up to a freer world to totally be yourself and enjoy it. Most importantly you are really into me - and I'm such a trip - this like super happy - extra cool to the max type person - that you become part of that you in essense blend in with my high - my energy - and DennisFAA, 12%, Kar Crazy and all the others help to build this atmosphere - this is how we hang with each other - this is how we always are - we feed into each other and everyone is ultimately "jelling in my mindset" - because mine is the coolest - the freest - the most into it - mindset of all - and this is how our evening would start. That is exactly where you would be as all of us are heading to the concert.

Dwell on that -- absorb it all - live in this and let this fill you -- and when you're ready we'll go inside -- to the concert. But way before we get there - - you are totally groovin --- jelling to the max -- floating in a mindset that only our crowd could give you --- but now you are part of that crowd and --- you make us what we are -- so your every bit as important to us - as we are to you.

 

[WIND_HUNTER]

careful W H or you will end up in a bed next to me LOL:laugh::laugh::laugh:

Uh No! That wont happen. Your not my type....Sorry...

 

[Steadygain]

Mamikin, I don't know if you've ever been to a concert before but typically the band will have a few Amps stacked up that make a wall in the background. For most concerts these don't really stick out a lot.

Well this is where Pink Floyd stands out from everyone else - they have more equipment and more amps than 2 or 3 of the bigger bands put together. They have stacks of Amps - like columns of huge horns that go from the floor to the ceiling. There is a huge stack of these Mega Power Amps in each corner (and you see all these horns going from the floor to the ceiling). The stage also has tons of amps and equipment up there as well. There is so much stuff that the props overhead don't stand out - but there is a lot on stage to keep your attention - with movies - psychadelic images and scenes - and of course hundreds of colored flood lights moving in sync with the music.

Okay - so you have to try to picture this - let your imagination really fly and go far because in all sincerity what they have in real life is probably beyond where your mind will take you. I mean really go far with this - this is the absolute biggest and greatest show you could ever encounter. Expand your thinking and picture these amps - all these lights flashing and moving - the scenes and images - the movie clips.... play it over and over until you've got the most maximum concert imaginable and we'll start the show.

Now - don't forgot your mindset - you are in sync with my high - you are jelling and you are in this tranquil - peaceful state - ready to absorb the moment - fired up with anticapation and excitement - living to the max and feeling full of life. This is their world and it is like floating in a fantasy - way beyond anything you've ever experienced before. But you're with me - so you feel good - you know it's cool and DennisFAA, 12% and the whole gang is right there making you feel complete and totally free to flow with whatever happens. We are on the main floor - center stage - but back far enough to have the perfect spot to see everything and also to be surrounded by the amps stacked up on each corner.

You need to really let this soak through - I mean let this take you away like a cloud floating through the air. And when you can honestly picture this - and be fully ready to float into what I'm describing - then and only then am I ready to fire one up.

Take your time Mamikin - because this is probably the only time I'm going back - and I'm taking you to the best concert ever performed.

 

[mamikin]

Dwell on that -- absorb it all - live in this and let this fill you -- and when you're ready we'll go inside -- to the concert. But way before we get there - - you are totally groovin --- jelling to the max -- floating in a mindset that only our crowd could give you --- but now you are part of that crowd and --- you make us what we are -- so your every bit as important to us - as we are to you.



Steady Gain,

I'm here at the concert with you all, having a great time, but let's invite Cornelia, too, don't forget we need to celebrate her retirement and what better way than here at the concert? Fantastic! Let's get some of the red wine that Cornelia recommends, too. Now I'm jelling and floating along with all of you - it is a trip and I am finally a part of the hippie generation. The music is great - Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, all of those guys. We'll also include the lone female from the guitarrist list, Joni Mitchell, 'cause we need to mellow out a while.

 

[Steadygain]

I'm here at the concert with you all, having a great time, but let's invite Cornelia, too, don't forget we need to celebrate her retirement and what better way than here at the concert? Fantastic! Let's get some of the red wine that Cornelia recommends, too.

That's wonderful - you are just incredible - absolutely amazing.

Cornellia is always where I am - Tonight you are mine - because I need you to be totally caught up in my mindset - you are going to have the ultimate high of your life - and forever and ever you will look back on this moment as "the greatest moment of your life."

I don't need to worry about Cornellia getting there - I know she's there already and so are the others - everyone of them. But I needed to make sure that you were ready before we moved on.

 

[Steadygain]

Okay Mamikim (Cornellia, 12%, Wind Hunter, DennisFAA, Kar Krazy and everyone else) - now this is the hard part.

Pink Floyd is known for the most diverse sounds imaginable. So throughout the concert you're going to hear:

The pitter patter of creatures running around

An airplane flying in on the concert

A swarm of helicopters

A giant heatbeat - that you will think is your own

Spaceships will fly around and you'll see them and hear them

You'll hear people running - laughing - talking - smoking - coughing

And everything I told you is such a drop in the bucket compared to the whole event. So you will need to go through each and everyone of these sinerios (sp) bearing in mind that Pink Floyd is the ultimate band to ever play a concert - Their music is an endless trip on the biggest fantasy this planet could ever know.

So now at last the concert is getting started. I just fired one up and we are all blown away and completely captivated by the sound that started in the left front corner - moved to the right corner - and to each corner behind us - going in a circular pattern that makes us feel like we are in the center of a tornato. Pink Floyd has captured our minds - and you are talking a puff that would make the strong and mighty proud. You are jelling babe - you are floating away - and it's cool - very cool.

 

[Steadygain]

Throughout the concert - you will look at me and Cornellia - because you will honestly wonder if what you're hearing is for real.

Now you are high - I mean you are flying - and it's like your whole body is detached from Planet Earth and is floating in another world. And you look around for the little creatures - because your mind has thoroughly convinced you they are moving around from here to there - you can tell from the sound where they're heading and your brain/mind can't help but try to see what it is. And you catch yourself - because it's like you fell for a trick - but you know it's for real - and so you glance over at us - and we've got these tranquil smiles plastered to our faces - our eyes are glazzed - and we look back at you like "Wow - what a trip - I mean that was something else" and you realize that all of us are in the exact same grove - everyone one of us briefly wondered is it just me - or did everyone else have that same feeling. Throughout the concert this will happen over and over.

 

[fedgolfer]

I'm feeling Steady..Ever seen and heard Floyd's expoding giant Pink Pig in concert?..Now that is something to behold!!:nuts:

Flying pigs + shrooms = one crazy omelette... or so I've heard.

 

[Steadygain]

I'm feeling Steady..Ever seen and heard Floyd's expoding giant Pink Pig in concert?..Now that is something to behold!!:nuts:

I'm getting to that - saving the best for last. First I need to let Mamikim stretch her mind - and feel the imaginary things - the things that can not be seen - but because the sounds are so real and many of these sounds are so familiar - you're convinced if you just look fast enough you'll see it. But the band itself is the ultimate and everyone one of them draws your attention and you've got all these visuals going on in the background - so you don't want to miss anything. Eventually you just float with the sound - and because it is a total surrond system - I mean you literally FLOAT - and just when your brain and mind are getting use to it - they bring out the props. Now their props are HUGE - I mean they are out of this world.


I've only got about another hour - and need to catch up on a few notes so hopefully DennisFAA can take you to the Pink Pig. Start slow - create the scene - give her some idea how big it is - and how it moves - and then the great explosion - but tie her into every moment.

I'll come back and tell you about the airplane.

 

[CorMaGa34]

I don't need to worry about Cornellia getting there - I know she's there already and so are the others - everyone of them. But I needed to make sure that you were ready before we moved on.

Mamikin,

Thank you for the invitation, but I was and still am there... I am good at visualization, so while we wait for the airplanes let's drink to that with my favorite Casillero del Diablo Merlot while you are high up there, good thing I brought plastic wine glasses for us... :cheesy:

Cornellia

 

[Steadygain]

Thank you for the invitation, but I was and still am there... I am good at visualization, so while we wait for the airplanes let's drink to that with my favorite Casillero del Diablo Merlot while you are high up there, good thing I brought plastic wine glasses for us... :cheesy: Cornellia

Thank you Darling, I knew you would be (kindred spirits all the way)

Indeed - Mamikin you are a sweetheart.


OK Mamikin - by this time you have heard almost every sound that could be imagined and have experienced almost as many sensations as all the years building up to this concert. You are just so captivated by the whole thing - and often you're wondering is it the guitarist making that sound???? or the organist ???? and how do they do that?? But you're NOT ALONE - we're all wondering that.

Like everything else in life - even getting high is on different levels, so you start with a mild buzzz that kind of permeates everything and mellows you out - but your mind is still intact and on the whole it is just a gentle change - and then you get high (which is a buzzz times 4) and then it's on to stoned (where you forget you even have a mind - but get kind of worn out in the lower levels) and then you go beyond that and end up being what I call "Stoned to the 10th Degree." That is where you are flying beyond the moon - you are like totally tripping - invinsible - wide awake - yet fully detached so nothing can possibly harm you - and at the same time you are in control and fully aware - your senses are heightened and you're comming to hear things and see things on a higher and enchanted level. This is where you are now - you have made it to the highest level and everything is perfect in every way.

You hear the airplane engines kick in - and your eyes are drawn to a real plane overhead. And now - you are wondering is this for real - or am I just tripping. But you no longer care if Cornellia or I are seeing the same thing - or what anyone else thinks - because you are so caught up in your own world and that world is the most perfect one imaginable. And the plane takes off - and its got the steams of smoke comming out and it's gaining momentum - it's really moving - and you're watching it and you're thinking "Wow this is incredible" - and it's about to crash and you see it comming. And the plane hits with a very loud crash and sparks are flying and it shatters in a million pieces and they all fall to the ground. And the whole thing goes on a little longer - and kind of fades - and then you hear those little creatures running around again - but this time they're behind you going back and forth and then they run in circles and it all fades out.

Now it's over - but it can never be over - because something that big lives on forever and ever. And we all head back and we're laughing and all of us are filled with excitement and going on and on about the pig and the plane and everything else. Cornellia can hardly wait to get to the van - (hippie van) - because she's got a bottle of Casillero del Diablo Merlot waiting and that is the ultimate finishing touch. But back then we could care less about smoking the same joint or drinking from the same bottle. So in my story Cornellia grabs the bottle and gives this scream of delight - like "ohhh yeal -- and now for the grand finale". And you know how Cornellia is - so full of life and just a total spark for everyone - so she takes this big swig and gulps it down with an ahhhhhhhh. Then she gives that smile and takes another swig, and it's refreshing and she's cool - she's feelin' good and hands it to you - and you take a swig and pass it to 12% - and on it goes from one to another - and all of us are just so totally into one another and we're all thinkn' wow how could life be any better than this - this was the best night of our lives and it seemed like it would never end. Yet even when I dropped you off and everyone else - it was like we never parted - because we were so incredible together.

As Jimi would say: "Peace, love and happiness to all."

Well that was the Hippie Generation at it's best and now you know how it feels and what it was like.

Have a great weekend everyone - My love to all and God Bless.

 

[kar_crazy]

Uh No! That wont happen. Your not my type....Sorry...

no i meant in the next bed in the high blood hospital:blink:

 

[kar_crazy]

Thanks for that image

sorry i meaNT in the next bed in the high blood hospital now that i reread that did look pretty bad:embarrest:

 

[WIND_HUNTER]

no i meant in the next bed in the high blood hospital:blink:

I know what you meant. I was just jacking with you but, it did sound a little funny. Get some rest thid weekend, your gonna need it next week at the office. Your boss is out of control....:nuts:

 

[kar_crazy]

you might have to take care of her for me she stresses me out lol
Mon i might go to heart or farty specialist which ever helps me get a grip be back soon thnks RANDY

 

[Steadygain]

Mamikin,
After a good sleep I was better able to reflect on things and it dawned on me - I had stressed about you being "my girl" - which then made me realize "you don't know what that means without me telling you". In retrospect - that is usually when my relationships encountered a few disappointments and hurt feelings. I am so incredibly transparent and non-pretendous that I just naturally assume a lot of times I don't have to say anything - that whatever may be on her mind is so obvious she doesn't even have to ask. But I found over time - that is not the case - and therefore making things a lot clearer would make life so much simpler. So let's go back through the whole evening - and this is exactly how it was back then. Cornellia was always part of our crowd - and you and her were tight (very tight) because you were the main (and usually only) girls that hung with us. 12%, DennisFAA, Kar Krazy, fedgolfer, and Wind Hunter were usually always part of that group and all of us were super connected - and fed off of one another. You and Cornellia were wholly yourselves - you did not try to be one of the boys - but because we jived so well it was the coolest thing in the world. We made you feel great and you made us feel great - but neither one of us would ever do anything to make the crowd awkward. The crowd was everything and each one of us was as vital as air or food. So with the crowd - you and I made a point of not displaying our affection - yet our love and admiration was known. Because you are my girl - and because you went way beyond my dreams at that concert the night would have ended just a little different. After we got in the van I would have sat on the floor and you would have sat down in front of me and leaned your back into me. We would continue visiting with one another and everyone would be totally completely cool. Then the song CRIMSON AND CLOVER would come on the radio and everyone would instantly stop talking. I would close my eyes and wraps my arms around you - and you would melt into me - and throughout that song we would be in heaven.


Thanks for a wonderful evening.

 

[Steadygain]

Obviously - Wind Hunter and I know a lot about guitarists and who's really got the talent. This is not to lessen the rest of you (or belittle you in anyway) but let's just pretend for a moment that 12% pulls out this article from Rolling Stone Mag - talking about the 100 best guitarists of all time. If I saw it first - I would have said something about how ridiculous it was to not even mention Steve - and that he alone would make the bulk of them look like total idiots. There would have been the usualy profanity thown in "because it made us sound tougher and feel cooler" but ideas would have been thrown around and in this area Wind Hunter and I would take the lead. We would bounce off one another to let everyone know who is really the best. And it's funny because Kar Krazy might make a comment like he did make - BUT ALL OF US WOULD HAVE KNOWN HIS SITUATION AND WHAT HE MEANT - yet Wind Hunter and I (and now the whole crowd) would have looked for these kind of oppotunities to make a response because that's what it was all about - be witty, knowing how to turn an innocent comment into something embarrassing (or trying to) simply because that's what we did - it was all in good fun. Fedgolfer would obviously come up with a lot of good ones and DennisFAA and 12% would more than add their share to the group. Cornellia would probably be (at least from my eyes) the cement that held it all together. She would know where she was most needed - who to be with - and what to say. It is honestly hard for me to believe this, but that's how the group saw me - but I never saw myself in that light; I was just me and lived life the way I wanted and became whatever I determined to be - but it was all natural - it wasn't me trying to take a top role - it was simply that nothing was more sacred to me than the friends in my crowd.

Kar Krazy - please keep us posted on how you're doing. We all love you man - everyone of us really cares about ya!

 

[WIND_HUNTER]

Steadygains, I must say you have quite a talent for bringing a crowd of stangers together and making them feel like they have been friends forever. Thank You! You have a true gift. In regards to the greatest guitar players of all time. I was just mentioning some of my favorites and who have influenced and inspired me over the years. I was not really debating who was the best because we all are inspired in different ways. I am not really a technique player but more of an emotional type. I must say that one of my biggest musical influences ever is Ian Moore. Not really well known but, probably one of the most over looked singer/songwriter/guitarist of the last 15 years. For those who have not heard him, check him out. And thanks for your contributions on the board.

 

[WIND_HUNTER]

Dennis,

Oh yes, Jake lee was fantastic but, Ozzy always had a way of finding the best. All his guitarist have been insane. Randy Rhoads, Jake Lee, Zac Wylde, are you kidding me? These guys were monsters. Thanks for the video, that was so cool.

 

[Steadygain]

Wow Dennis - No present is going to beat that one; not for me at least. That video represents everything I am - and all I could ever hope to be. That is truely the way to play the guitar (in the style of Hendrix) - playing deep from the soul and really having fun with it. That is what really distinguishes the best of the best - from those who are super tallented (but play from the mind).

Wind Hunter - thanks man - but it's not me - it's you and the others that make me free and real and that's what makes me cool; but the truth is we do jive well and that's what it's all about. You would probably kick my ass - if we were to compete against each other in a typical place like my home or yours. At point in time "I'm actually beginning to wonder if it was a calling from Hendrix himself" or was it the greatest single commitment of my entire life (that I did on my own). As I noted in previous posts - when Hendrix died I made the biggest commitment of my life - to fully open myself to his Spirit and let his music and life live on in me. My ultimate "Dream of Dreams" - (which you can read about in the previous posts) is to someday walk on stage "in the Spirit of Hendrix" and let him play like never before. I feel like this is my life purpose - to give him one more time to make himself known. So when you talk about emotions - I am one huge emotion when I play electric and I never have a thought about where my fingers are or where they are going next - I play from the debts of my soul and always to the highest degree possible try to let him move me and totally take control. I can't remember anyone who's heard me that wasn't blown away - but it's not that I practice or anything - it's simply when the occasion arises "I remember my true calling". At this point my youngest daugter is a freshman in high school and I would never allow the great event to take place before she's done with collage and on her own. Over the years (since Jimi's death) I've had a number of confirming signs - that what I had hoped and dreamed really will come true. I only played a Gibson Flying V for just a minute - but when I held (and played) the guitar one of my best friends ever (along with the owner of the guitar) - both stood in awe and my best friend said, "Wow - look at that - it's like the guitar was made just for him". And the owner agreed - both of them said they'd never seen anything like it. So now I know what guitar to play, and I'm not really looking to add special effects or anything - I would never do anything to change the original design. The truth be known - on the day I'm out on that stage I now have energy to spare and for this one event I will give it everything possible - and it will be Jimi playing and he will blow the world away. But I'm doing this for him - and not for me - so when I make that one big performance I'll call it quits. I'm not out there looking for fame and fortune (which may be almost impossible to avoid) - but if I let it go on then I'll feel like I took advantange of Jimi and now "I'm ready to bask in the spotlight." But that's not me man - not at all - I'm out for him and him only and it will only take one last big appearance to carry his memory on for years and years to come.