Coldplayfan1294

Happy Bday :). You share the same bday as my mom (or mum, lol). Luckily I was able to orchestrate a nice surprise happy birthday thing for my mom today along with a nice chocolate cake. She got embarrassed, which wasn't really what I was aiming for, but I'll take it lol. Usually my ideas suck terribly and end up all flawed and never work, but this one went well for once. Family going out to dinner this weekend for her official present type of thing. Any highlights for your bday you want to share?

You know what I started to think about? I am not even English, but it's hilarious to see Cameron use the indecency of child porn to assume a ban on ALL porn on the internet, not just that. Text-book example of using propaganda to enable wide-spread control. Figures. So if they're going to filter porn websites and searches, why not filter out fifty-shades of grey from book stores and all other erotic novels? They're just as bad, right? What a bunch of nonsense.

overcast, rainy, humid here in FLA -- about 80 degrees fahrenheit, 26 degrees celsius for you guys over on the other side of the world. 80 is extremely mild for mid summer but it obviously goes with the conditions. It's normal to see 35c or 37c during summer.

Those Kate Middleton tweets are perfect examples of human ignorance at its best. Pure stupidity. Twitter is great and horrible all at once. I think a lot of people tweet outlandish things just to get a retweet because it makes their day. I hate when I see stuff like that. What's this?! Kate still has baby weight just 24 hours after having a baby? Fat and over-rated quite clearly. My sister-in-law had baby weight for well over a month, and in my opinion she looked like a mother, and she looked fine to me. The fuck is wrong with society. Seriously.

I have a Yamaha NU1 (My pride and joy, in my avatar), which is the replacement for the GT20. I can quite easily see why Chris plays a GT20. The action is 100% authentic of an upright piano since it is a true upright action inside the piano. I've owned both acoustic upright and now this NU1 and it's spot on. We've accomplished in this thread that Chris uses different sounds with his GT20, but I imagine the combination of the action, the nice cabinet, and its midi capabilities makes it an attractive piano to tour with, especially since he doesn't have to have it tuned. On top of that, it is half the weight of an acoustic upright, which is 245 lbs for the NU1 compared to about 450 lbs for a 44" acoustic upright. The NU1 is truly a dream to play. It doesn't have many voices, but that wasn't really the point of the piano. It's meant to be a 100% identical twin to a real upright in a nice and compact box. It does that amazingly. Plus, if voices are wanted, just use the midi capabilities. Plus, it's nice to jam out late at night, which I couldn't do with my acoustic. I've thought about playing with midi but I am not that technological savvy. Never really messed with musical programs or connecting laptops to pianos, etc. Maybe some day though.

You're likely going to be exposed to a lot of different things when you get to college. You'll have to get your pre-reqs out of the way which will show you a lot of different things. You'll likely experience different opinions on what you want to do career-wise throughout your degree. So far I've wanted to be a psychologist, a professor, a teacher in general, and I am still a health care admin major haha. I go back and forth but I've never actually changed my major because I still pretty much enjoy my major even though I have A LOT of different interests. At the same-time I WORK in my field already so I know what I am getting into, which is different than a lot of students. So I am fortunate in that sense. The best thing you can do to make sure is see what types of jobs are in the archaeological field through research. It'd be even better if you could contact a person or two in the field and get their take on it. I know that's easier said than done though. It's always tough though so I feel for you because how do you know until you actually are doing it? I would definitely research logical and probable careers in that field and what they entail though.

I don't think it's right for high schools to try and push students to figure out what they want to do at such a young age, it's purely dumb -- however I don't advocate putting college off that much. Sure the degree may be declining in value, but if you really do want to get anywhere in life, unless you have some amazing contacts, it's unlikely that you'll be overly successful without one. How do you bypass that? Become an entrepreneur or be very gifted in some way that can benefit others. Otherwise, your choices are slim on what you can do to make cash. A lot of people go to college having no clue what they want to do. That's not necessarily a bad thing. I forget the statistics, and I am too lazy to look it up, but the majority of people who graduate with a specific degree don't even come close to working in the field they graduated for. Is that by choice or because people badly need jobs? Maybe it's a bit of both. A degree just says to someone that you can do what it takes, and you're a more informed person about the subject matter you graduated in. My degree specializes in health care but 50% of it is pure business related. You know, you'll have people say don't go to college, it's worthless. I used to be one of these people, I resented going to school for longer than I had to, but then I pulled my head out of my ass and realized how much college has done in making me a far more intelligent person than I was before I started it. It showed me just how little public school actually taught me. It has helped me mature. It has helped me become a better adult. At the least you come out of college more informed about A LOT of things, not just what your subject matter is. You come out knowing that you've set a goal and you succeeded at reaching it. That means a lot. It gives you confidence. It tells you that you can do something. The only thing I would advise against is getting a degree that would be completely useless in helping you get a job, like art history for instance, or musical history. Not much of a market for that kind of stuff obviously. You'll get people saying "Well now you're just in a large pool with other people who have degrees, so what was the point?" Well imagine not having one and still being in that pool with all the people that have college educations. Who is the employer likely going to choose? (Though the economy is a bit different right now with employers possibly skipping on people that are over-qualified, but this is a bit of a different monster.) Most importantly - it's a nice insurance policy. It is to me anyway. Some might completely disagree, but it's nice knowing I have this to fall back on. Otherwise I am just a public-school graduate, and in this broken education system in the US -- that's not saying a whole hell of a lot. Edit: just saw your other post, I still don't see why you can't go to college (Not sure where you're from but yeah). The doctor I work for makes a ton of money obviously, and she asked me why I don't go to a more "prestigious" University. Well one, I don't have cash flowing out of my ass like she does, and two -- that kind of crap doesn't mean anything to me. I suck at saying things eloquently, but this one time I did -- I said "If an employer discounts me solely because of where I graduated from, that employer paid me the best favor he or she possibly could have." I would never, ever want to work for somebody so short-sighted. I wouldn't worry about big name universities. If an employer is worth anything at all, they will look at a degree as a starting point to who you are, it shouldn't nearly be the end all be all.

So he goes and hits a car? Brilliant, lol.

Hmm, I can see how this is scary...confrontations with people you don't know are never fun, and it's easy for me to sit here and say "Ah don't worry about it" because I am not in your shoes, but I honestly wouldn't be worried about it. I doubt anything happens, they do sound like jerks though. I work in the medical field -- more specifically a small medical practice, and it just blows my mind how many people are mean and spiteful because they can be. What's the purpose? Just to ruin somebody's day? I could never talk to people the way some people talk to others. One; it's not professional, and two it's completely and utterly rude, and that's just not my way of doing something. How childish of that guy to start throwing racial slurs around. What's that going to accomplish other than ignorance on that guys end? This is true as well: We can see 50 lovely patients in a row and we'll never remember them, but we'll remember the one asshole that walked through the door that day. Sucks how that works doesn't it? Damn you human mind! Damn you!

I wouldn't buy an American car, ever. It'll take a looooonngg time for mostly GM to try to save their brand and turn it around. Ford did well through the recession and came out looking much better in the PR arena when they rejected bail-out money, and also Ford is doing fairly well from what I understand. GM did the right thing by cutting the fat from its product line-up (like pontiac, saturn, hummer) etc. If they can get back to basics on building decent, quality vehicles they will do well. The problem is that there is such a stigma on American-made vehicles now that it will be difficult to change that perception. It'll be hard for GM to make the case for people to buy their vehicles even if they are starting to churn out some decent products. It won't mean anything if people won't even try them. Cars are too much of an investment to "try on." That's why we see so many going with the tried and proven of toyota, honda, etc.

Fix You: "When you're too in love to let it show" (Like how Chris uses show instead of go live). The Scientist: "Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry, you don't know how lovely you are." Those are two of my favorites.

if it's any consolation, I am a senior and a few months from graduating with a BS in Healthcare Management and I still have zero clue what I want to do.. so yeah. :laugh3: I'll figure something out. I don't think it's something I worry about too much, it just is what it is. The book is open to being written is the way I look at it. For others, it sometimes can be a big bother.

Ahh, arguing. Arguing is the #1 thing I am absolutely terrible at. You know how some people have that natural gift of being able to argue, even if they themselves may not know the subject that well? I am so far away from that. About a minute into the argument, I find myself confused and unsure of what to say.. "WELL, WELL... YEAH!!" haha, it's so bad. This is why I tend to just not argue things, because what's the point anyway? It's so unlikely that you're going to change someones point of view, so why even waste the oxygen, or the time? I know within me the way I feel about something, but I can't eloquently put it into words -- I never have been. Truth is, I am ok with that too, because I absolutely can't stand confrontation...it makes me feel weird and uncomfortable.

Nah, the used car market in the US really is crap. You can buy a used car almost for the same price of buying a new car in some cases. It really is ridiculous. Maybe it has something to do with dealerships trying to get customers locked up in financing so they try to make their new cars more appealing than used cars that would normally be completely bought at the time of purchase? Just my opinion.

You have serious talent man. Very, very nice piece.

Truth: I've never had a twinkie. Truth: I probably never will, lol. I've heard both good and bad things about it, but I am not one that likes sweets all that much anyway. It seems as if you might be a little bit embarrassed being seen eating a twinkie -- maybe it's one of those foods you eat while you sit behind a closed door lol. Anyway this is good news -- regardless one of the most iconic types of...what the hell would you call that? A pastry? Anyway, this wouldn't be the same world if people couldn't crack jokes about people eating twinkies.. so right on lol.

MX wasn't bad in my opinion. It had a really nice and refreshing energy to it -- a rejuvenation of sorts. Was it vintage Coldplay? No it wasn't. However, there are examples of bands out there that have evolved their music and completely fall apart and missed the mark. Coldplay has evolved their music, but they've done well with it. Very well. When I listen to MX, it still feels like Coldplay, it doesn't feel like some outlandish attempt to stay fresh.

Congratulations on your purchase! I don't think you can go wrong with a Yamaha, always loved them. Mind if I ask why you were regretting it a bit at first? Found that a bit interesting. Was it anything in particular? Or was it just a matter of "OMG massive purchase, lots of money" type thing?

The irony of that is hilarious. So Chris plays a digital Yamaha upright, that emits the sound of a Kawai -- two brands in direct competition with each other. I checked out some MP9000 covers on youtube and it does sound extremely similar to what you're saying, so nice job.

I've been a long-time lurker (evidenced by my post count), but I am happy to finally have taken the plunge. Should start off with my name I guess. I am Jonathan and I am big time Coldplay fan hailing from the fine state of Florida here in the US. I started heavily listening to Coldplay about four or five years ago, coincidentally around the same time I decided to take the plunge on Piano. Ever since discovering the musical genius of Coldplay I can't stop listening to them. In my opinion they define what music is and always should have been for me. I feel like I connect with the band and Chris Martin in general. I love his lyrics because I feel as if "I get it." You know how there are songs out there from other bands, plenty of them surely, that you simply can't get into and don't connect with? That's about 99% of music I listen to, but with Coldplay it's simply different, it's like this intuitive knowing that this is "right." My favorite song is The Scientist. I think it's one of the most brilliant songs ever written. The lyrics are incredible, the chords are incredible and I simply believe it's beautiful in its simplicity. I don't have many role models in my life (I am but a 22 year old college student majoring in Health Care Management) (Just about done too!). I can firmly and happily say that Coldplay is a role model for me. I've never seen a band with so much fame and fortune be so humble and pleasant with their fans and thankful for their success. They're decent human-beings above all else. They all have good personalities and I seem to think they're simply thrilled with having the opportunity to do what they do, but they deserve that opportunity 100%. I would hate to think of my life without their music influencing it. I also appreciate the bands chemistry, and you can see that chemistry in their live performances -- they look synchronized and feed off each other, which I think is kind of unique to Coldplay. Nothing beats a piano, a guitar, a bass guitar and drums. Sorry for the long intro, but hello everyone. I hope to post here quite a bit and be welcomed into the Coldplay fan base!

I would be happy with that. -- On the topic of Coldplay on the radio, I think they are more prominent on the radio in Europe. Admittedly I don't listen terribly much to the radio but I almost never hear a Coldplay song, much less one of their slower ones (Like The Scientist for instance, or Trouble) (I'm in the US for reference). It's always one of Clocks (Radio Edit for time), or Paradise, and MAYBE Talk, but that's it. Kind of sucks when artists like Katie Perry and other nonsense pollute the airwaves when there is real good music out there that never gets the time it deserves.

From the looking I did, the Casio Privia PX-850 is one of the better value for money buys with its 256 polyphony. A lot of people rave about this DP, and I think it sells online for a little over a thousand USD.

Yep, I'd say that's a 100% identical match to the organ in Fix You. Nice job man. It's amazing how technology has bled into the music world. Quite awesome that you were able to piece it together and extract notes like that. It must be a talent in itself? Is that difficult to do?

Hello everybody, long time lurker but figured I'd give posting a shot these days. When you endlessly sing lyrics non stop throughout the day. Sometimes I even wake up in the morning with "The Scientist" going through my head.:shocked2: