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s-multicellular t1_je316aa wrote

Reply to Who Likes Nick Cave? by MC-Onslow

I'm a fan. Demographically, 40s singer, bass player, and a multi-instrumentalist if you look at prior album notes. Lived in or around Washington, D.C. most of my life at this point. I've played music from classical, to jazz, to metal, horror folk, electronica, indie rock. My drummer is also a big fan. Guitar player is a more casual fan of Cave. Also similar ages. Mostly long lived near D.C. Also have played a wide array of music.

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s-multicellular t1_jcpvqgm wrote

Reply to comment by Tony0x01 in Recent DC Trip by HereComesHR

'wasn't unfamiliar'....sorry, confusing double negative. I could have been clearer.

Ya, 'The T' as we called it. It was just, not a pleasant experience. That was a long time ago and I may have been unconsciously influenced by my parents hating it. Though, I did visit as a teen and it was meh then too.

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s-multicellular t1_jcnlops wrote

Reply to Recent DC Trip by HereComesHR

If I am honest, loving riding the Metro was in the top five for me when I first visited as a teen and started thinking about moving here. I wasn’t unfamiliar with riding public transit, I was born in Boston. But there was something special about all the particular wonders you could see from this one Metro. Funny that I work from home now, but I enjoyed it for many years.

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s-multicellular t1_j98qeso wrote

Reply to I’m the singer but I can’t sing by Reevle

Take lessons. There are so many ways it can improve your natural abilities. I always could basically sing fine, never any bad feedback, but taking lessons opened up a whole array of different techniques and abilities. Also eventually taught me to increase my effective range.

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s-multicellular t1_j7dekn9 wrote

Reply to What weak signals or drivers of change—that receive limited attention today—are most likely to create signifiant impacts over the next 10-20 years? Where are the black swans hiding? by NewDiscourse

There is one that I think is all around us, and the impact hasn’t yet sunk in. I work with youth, do a lot around preparing them for our particular field as well so we end up getting into some future thought, ‘where do you see yourself in x y z years?’ One thing that comes up a lot tangentially therein, is that the generations that grew up with social media have a wholly difference sense of their communities.

Take nationalism for example. They hardly understand it. Their sense of belonging is rooted more in their passions, sometimes pan-national identities, but ‘nations’ are an old folks (like my 40 something year old self) concept. People seem to look at polls of ‘are you proud to be [a national of your country]’ and think the low scores of youth reflect a dislike of their home country. Perhaps in part. But the fact that a country is an outdated idea for them is a big factor.

The impact will hit when they’re running things, which will be soon.

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s-multicellular t1_j6i7xka wrote

Reply to Our research shows that musicians prefer to listen to music at higher levels than non-musicians by Upstairs_Location_26

We had such a cultural clash on this recently. My parents are getting older such that we shifted from them always wanting to drive separately locally when they visit to riding in my back seat.

It seems that, my parents just sit in a car and talk non stop. My wife, kid, and I were all like, you’re talking over the music.,,,wtf?!

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