Summer Music Plans?

**b.vicious** · Joined: 29 Jun 2007 Posts: 2075 Location: Internet

Going to take my girlfriend to see Iron Maiden and Alice Cooper for her birthday. Also gonna be going to the Rockstar Mayhem Festival and we're planning on attending the Trespass America Tour.

I also plan to continue to make weekly guitar videos and get better.
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**TQSG** · Joined: 30 Jul 2008 Posts: 1054 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

Having only recently gained interest in lossless audio formats, I plan on rebuilding my entire library over the summer.

I used to stay in my comfort zone in terms of music, but thanks to certain gregs and inv4ders, I have been giving any recommendation a try. I'm surprised at all of the new artists and genres I've come to enjoy that I never expected to before. I usually end up enjoying new stuff very much, it just takes a lot of effort for me to quit being lazy and do it. So, I guess I'm just going to try harder to give new stuff a shot, and catch up on some albums that I've always wanted to listen to but never got around to it.
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**GuitarHailz** · Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 4910 Location: Austin, Texas

Not exactly the summer, but they announced the lineup for Austin City Limits today: http://lineup.aclfestival.com/

I have to say I'm pretty underwhelmed. I was hoping they'd give me a great reason to go again, but I probably won't unless a friend is selling tickets for cheap. I'd enjoy seeing the Chili Peppers, Weezer, Metric, and The Black Keys... but all of those combined I don't know are worth $200. The beauty of ACL is you pay for the bands you know and stay for the bands you don't (hell, I wouldn't have fallen in love with Fleet Foxes and Foster the People if I hadn't gone last year) but I don't think I will buy tickets this time. Last year Stevie Wonder was worth $180 by himself (IMO) and everything else that was amazing was just a bonus. Bon Iver was confirmed via golden ticket, but is not on this lineup... must have dropped out last minute.

I might still check out the artists this year anyways though, if you guys can recommend any of them that is.

As always I am willing to take recommendations for music from anyone. Here is what I've been listening to recently to give you an idea of what sort of music I like (i.e. - almost anything).
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**GuitarHailz** · Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 4910 Location: Austin, Texas

I keep looking around and seeing so many people are happy with it and saying it's an awesome set. I feel weird like I'm missing out by only knowing <10 artists and being disappointed by that. Will definitely check those out. Any specific albums you can recommend?

Who am I kidding, if I had the kind of disposable income to just go to something like this every year on a whim I'd do it regardless of my initial lineup reactions (last year, and every year before that, they'd make you shell out the $180+ for a 3 day pass long before revealing the line-up, so last time I took a gamble and was initially disappointed, then after listening to the bands for several months I was all kinds of excited). So yeah, chalk my lineup complaints up to plain old jealousy at those more fortunate than I. :p Even if I had the money, sadly the 3-day passes sold out in 45 minutes or less, so I would have probably been unlucky and screwed over by FrontGate

Who knows, maybe I'll get some extra cash and someone will put up their day pass for sale and I go after all.
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**tormentedbyu** · Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Posts: 3090 Location: Katy, TX

So how about these Mayhem Fest and Summer Slaughter line-ups, guys?

Think I might be going to both.
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**Whitt333** · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 1535 Location: Minnesota

Mayhem Fest looks like it would be a blast.

I'm set to go to Summerfest this year, got some tickets for the Foo Fighters pretty cheap.
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**Carltheshredder** · Joined: 19 Oct 2008 Posts: 1041 Location: Texas

**Rikuthemaster** · Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:03 pm Post subject:

I'm going to try to write a few songs that I'll be pleased with. It's very rare that I write something that I'm satisfied with. Out of maybe 100 scrapped songs this year, I've only kept 2. But I digress.

I also plan to improve my drumming technique this year. Being self taught from Rock Band, there's only a handful that I know as of right now, and technique wasn't really my top priority.
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**killermonkey** · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1163 Location: Brookings Oregon