linux blog, music and life. a day in the life of wayne ward...

late night

wayneward — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:34:48 +0000

had a late night again coding last night with my partner in the states, its hard work but also great because we can talk about the thing that are different with our countries!! I find it odd when they are ready for T time and im getting ready for hitting the sack!! its a long day my hours are from 10am till 6pm and then I started again at 8pm and coded right through till 5am!!!! then i have to wind down so get to bed for 6am – then im up again for 11.30 now that might sound lazy to you but im afraid thats the rest the old brain requires!! i cant imagine having a manual job and getting my hands dirty now but hey i don’t need to its my skill!! and im happy sat on my arse working its the way forward!!!! ive just had my dad round for a few cups of coffee and a chat which is a good break and i find myself so lucky to have such a great farther he is someone who you can trust and he is such a great person. Get back to some more coding but im still feeling a bit head taxed which is hard to understand until you actually do it. Im going to get a hour on the fretless today work on the track for the studio a bit more ive sussed a nice fill im going to touch the song with and Its inspired me to play some great slap routine which i can use as great practice routine that triplets and all thumb and can have a nice pop in it when required to break it up – 2morro the status is coming out and thats going to get a couple of hours as im going to be playing a song on it that needs touching up.
Im going to take a look at the stratocaster and just sort the action a touch i like the action low but i was trying to pull out some overbends again the other night and they were choking just on the edge maybe im overbending to much or maybe ive got the action to low ? something ill figure out… i cant moan about the strat certainly kicks the ass out of a lot of guitars ive heard its crystal clear through this little george dennis very open and musical tone is quite desirable and all 5 positions – i think they did me a favour with the new pickup and wiring (grease bucket) configuration, it like to think of it as a old strat which is cool with a upgrade -> hot rod
LIFE:
Ive been having a think about recent happenings and sometimes things happen for the best im doing real well in business in mind in family in music – I have made losses in friends and maybe family which is sad but life must go on and unfortunately i have to say what i think and if its here in my personal space then thats my view its a shame people have to look into this if its not there business but people do thats people for you. I wont be expressing myself about the band anymore ive cut my ties ive learnt a big lesson from this and like i say had some fall outs. On the other hand im only moving forward. The new project which im working on will go were im hoping and i cant see me hanging around when it does go were I presume. So hopefully one of my wishes is to leave this sad old town behind if that happens ill be the happiest man walking.
Until then i will not bothering with anyone like they say keep my self to myself – who can you trust round here? let me tell you now -> nobody. So now it me my family my business my project my music happy days. Its quite funny but quite expected to get a phone call from one of my ex mates saying he is going to punch my head in for saying he isn’t a musician and say it to his face i would do that and i have said that but the funny thing some people just aint intelligent enough to argue or have a discussion they have to make threats all i can say to this is grow up and just be careful if this happens you will have to pay the consequences I have made the warning.
Im moving on and wish no ties or contact with the people in question if you dont like what you read dont read my personal site maybe go and do some work or spend time with your families, ive been witing this blog for years and write openly what i think this will continue until i go in the ground so im afraid you will have to simply accept this is what i do. i work with computers all day every day so yes i get time to blog.
later folks keep tuned in

good blog..

wayneward — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:19:50 +0000

just following one of my clients and a good friends blog check out
www.jamescareyguitarist.com
great little blog and its the type of blogs id like to see more of!
james is a great talented guitarist from round our area and ive had the privilege of sharing the stage with him and im glad to see he has been in the EMI studio with joni fuller and is doing really well. Good luck im sure all your time and dedication will pay off

a nice day off..

wayneward — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:32:28 +0000

nice to to take a day away from the screen dropped our james off at carnforth and get out and visit my mum we have a nice big chicken and we are kicking back and chilling.
ive got a good three days coming up coding sat behind the screen and don’t get to see daylight
but hey i have bills to pay !!!
my new project launches this week and im expecting the best so watch this space….
i need to get two hours practice in today – ive set out one hour a day fretless one hour fretted and one hour on the guitar back to scales and getting some vocal practice in. Keeping this back to a strict routine like I used to have. Some of the complex parts I used to be able to play im just been playing around with them and this is going to take 6 months to get back up to speed….
Its a hard task but its all worth it. The new status needs some daylite im going to get the trace elliot setup this week and get my head into 5 string mode.
It seems crazy at this time of my playing to go back to the drawing board and pick out a bunch of scales to work at ! but my hunger is back – im looking round for any session work in around and in any style rock – country – jazz thats one of my good points ive done some major busking and i need to get back into stepping in for bands and doing festivals again! Im looking at getting another amp which i can carry round for the sessions maybe a mark bass rig or ashdown im going to try some combos this week….
im quite happy with the speed and accuracy ive got to already playing triples slapped on the jaydee ive been playing along to some great parts which are very tightly timed not to many notes but very accurately timed and nice to latch along too…
i need to restring the fretless this week as the string i just loaded it with dont feel right and dont sound right – im going to go to some some stainless steel which yes rip the fretboard up but thats how i can get the jaco pastorius sound i like to emulate – get back on the back pick up and funk this shit out i am working on a part on the fretless called 33.1 which im putting down in the studio next week – its a perfect song for the fretless some nice space to get in some fretless parts and ive spent a good part of my fretless practice this week on this song so its going to be amazing its funny I talked to my best mate simon the other day he is one of the finest bass players around and slap I cant touch him but he is the sam as me has some great basses and a jaydee but he always has a fretless by his side – we talked about it the other day and he shares my thoughts that the fretless has so much more ways to express yourself its a lovely instrument and i do feel sorry for the guys who pick up the fretless and put it down because its to complicated for them – again you get what you put in it took me over a year to get my head round the tequenique and now i can say i have no fears with the fretless and can play and slap it with ease it just offers a lot that you cant scrape out of a fretted – so any budding bass players scared of the fretless get some time and listen to some of the great fretless players it well worth putting in the time….
Other things …
Great gig last night ive never seen so many people in one place!!! bloody hot pot was amazing!! the irish dancers were superb and we went down a storm which is great – thanks for the compliments! i sang pinball wizard without a struggle whatsoever! which i was good as ive never sang it let a lone practiced it before!!! Good to see some of my old mates – ste morton – melly – tony jackson (little pisshead!) some great dancers!!!!! finished up in queens with keith for last jar before sloping of for a taxi as i was a bit bog eyed! Looking forward now to the gigs i have lined up with my dad now so we are practicing this week not that we need that much just work out who is doing which harmony but a lot of people say im so fortunate to have a farther son duo. One of the gigs we have coming up im so looking forward to as we have loads of like minded musicians invited so thats going to be interesting!! I invited mr bamber who is probably one of the greatest drummers ive had the fortune to play with but he isnt well so I hope him all the best to get well soon he is one person I love grooving some music out with what a talented guy.
But what a great night things are going great musically also watch this blog for all the latest happenings in the new project as they unfold over the next few weeks any musicians should keep there eye on this one – im giving no more clues!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!……….
dont forget watch my blog because its cool – you know you love it.

welcome any new visitors

wayneward — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:47:31 +0000

welcome to waynes world – party time – party time.

just like to take some time out to welcome my new visitors – I hope you enjoy what you read
all that i write about is true and basically about linux life and music!!
Yes im the original keyboard gangster !!

Please make sure you read anything i write carefully as its here in black and white so no chinese whispers!!

Anyway just got a curry in the oven for my tea yum yum
Just setup my gear for tonights gig – my PA sounds amazing now i have my EV bass bins back – cheers to promenade music for again giving me a great deal – hell they look after me

My new project will be unleashed soon were i will show all information on this blog! its a revolution

Im getting ready for the studio session i have coming up and putting down some fretless – hell my level of playing is getting better every day my slap playing is coming on leaps and bounds

so ready for tonights gig the old wayne is back the musician has been unleashed again

amateur playing standards

wayneward — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:38:56 +0000

im glad to say im finally getting back on form again and all is good with the playing im surrounded by basses in bits as they have been a bit neglected im afraid to say, at one time i was progressing and i have to say although i dont blame natural thing i havent learnt or progressed since i joined them infact ive become a worse player than i was ever before! I couldnt sleep last night as I remember one of the natural thing saying to me -> wayne your good but not that good.
Now i analysed this last night this was a person for one who is not on my level of playing and never will be – someone who lacks natural talent – someone who doenst rehearse and i can carry on but you get the picture and i actually did listen at the time and thought maybe i wasnt that good?
The fact of the matter is Ive wasted 15 years playing like a amateur so ive decided to get back to my 2/3 hour rehearsing times and take my level back from semi pro – > pro again!
I was pissed off about the split of natural thing and the snakey bastards getting someone else in and re-grouping but now when ive looked at the big picture im happy as larry for one they are limited and going nowhere and for another i created the band and it didnt end up how i wanted it to be in the end it ended up just being a old covers band who played the same old shit for 15 years because they were limited and to lazy to rehearse or learn anything else. Like i said I wish them the worst of luck only because the way ive been treat. So now ive advertised to create this new band – this band will be at a level that i should have been in the 1st place I wanted current complex hard to touch music and ended up playing crap ya grandad was playing on the pier! ill move forward and i accept the rest i leave behind and they move backwards
amateurs.

bye bye shit things

wayneward — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:50:46 +0000

i had a slight thought today of giving the band i created and have been in for over ten years a second chance – i had left mainly due to having the piss taken out of me for ten years and other reasons including sex drugs and rock and roll – anyway its not that the band is good because to be honest its fukin useless ! ive just become used to it i created the band and it never turned out what i wanted and its been like pulling teeth for fuking years – yes i made them have a following – yes i showed them the ropes – yes i ran around sorting gigs and gear and the band for years what a fucking mug. I left a few weeks ago from my own band because of dis-respect and i thought id sort it out today after having a pretty shallow conversation with my honourable cousin :-O
i rang the shit hot drummer!.. ba and he couldnt answer the phone to me – what a man ey! couldnt even ring me back shallow as fuk, any way he says arr to late we got some one! ha ha ha
well he done me a favour because natural thing is nothing but a pile of shit
they cant play certain songs because they are not able to because they are amateurs basically..
we played the who because thats all we could play what a load of old shit something to be proud of playing old 60’s shit – paul weller ? ha ha weller should have been shot when he split the jam – ive been to see him play live and he is shit – his songs after the jam are shit aswell so when they carry on playing that old shit thats only because thats all they can play simple as trying to look cool play shit ya granny can what a fukin joke.

any how im glad now because now i get to play with some decent musicians sick of the same old bullshit licks – going to rehearsals with nothing to rehearse stood there like eeerr what we doing then? thick as fuck.
In a band were no one wants to help each other and a band who back stabs each other and a band were who knows who has fuked your bird? fuk that.
It was all good all the big gigs getting wired up to fuk and not being able to play we all were at it.

Anyhow its all gone now again i helped a people along who really dont deserve my time of day
all i can say is good luck with your new venture because you need it IN A BIG BIG FUCKIN WAY.

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so far in google…
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joomla and some other addons

wayneward — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:04:00 +0000

im not going to say to much as i dont want people knowing what im up2 at the moment
but im using some various modules some which i have to pay for as off the shelf is sometimes faster and better than coding up – now some modules which involve joomla are pay for items now some items you pay for and go for support and im amazed at the support offered before i even part with any money – some others you pay and im happy but need some support for bugs they either ask you to pay them? read the forums? or wait till the next release!! you ask for any directions to be pointed in IE some decent link to help fix the problem and the only direction i get is -> up your kazza get your money out were still ironing out bugs?!!
im very disapointed with two companies but so happy with another i guess you cant expect great service from every coding company – ive got another company ive been talking to and the only way to get pre-sales support just as your going to buy the product is from there forums??? how shit is that?
why would you want to get tied up in some half cut company who diverts you to a shitty forum for help!! some of them are charging masses of money and some little but the support scope is either shite or great. All i can say is ill be naming and shaming i hold no hostages.