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Darn! Iā€™m sure you probably have a great collection waiting there too :+1:

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Some recent finds from the thrift store:

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Iā€™m envious of people who reallly really love music the way you seem to. My dad was like that. He just never stopped listening. I play guitar and Iā€™ve put enough time in that Iā€™ve gotten pretty good but I never really fell in love with music like that. I bet if you picked up an instrument youā€™d become a great player quick.

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Well I have to say that Iā€™m envious of peeps who can actually play instruments :sweat_smile:! Thatā€™s cool you play guitarā€” I think it takes a certain kind of mind and a lot of discipline to be good at it for sure. And also that your dad was so into musicā€” my dad introduced me to a lot of different sounds and stuff when I was little, so I think thatā€™s where it started for me :+1:.

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Same for me. My dadā€™s the reason I play. He was obsessed with Clapton for some reason though. I understood early and even mid career Clapton like up to live at Hyde park but after that I didnā€™t get it. But when you play a lot obviously you have your influences and heroā€™s. Players that creep there way into your own technique. Thereā€™s a bunch of them but we all have one that stands out the most. Clapton was definitely thad guy for me.

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Lovinā€™ that Christopher Cross album from your first post! :slight_smile:

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Thatā€™s neat your dad was so into Eric Clapton, and got you into him as well :+1:. Eric Clapton is pretty prolificā€” itā€™s kind of cool that he was in a couple of influential bands early on with some other really great musiciansā€¦ Itā€™s wild to see how the 60ā€™s scene kind of evolved and stuff. Not as familiar with his catalogue as I should be, given heā€™s one of the greats, but I respect his work!

Thatā€™s awesome :+1: :slightly_smiling_face:

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Nice share @patrick! :+1:

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Hello Tuna :slight_smile:

Your second haul looks really interesting. Iā€™m not familiar with many of the artists but their album covers are very unique and I bet their music is definitely interesting.

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I was gonna pm you, but Iā€™ll go ahead and ask you here, have you ever heard of Ben Davis shirts and clothing?

Iā€™m a little obsessed with their zip up work shirts. :sweat_smile:

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Hiya Monte :slightly_smiling_face:

Thanks! :+1:

Wasnā€™t really familiar with most of those artists either, so I tend to blind buy most of the records based on the album covers :sweat_smile:. I also try to see on the back of the cover what kinds of instruments are used on the albums to get a rough idea of what Iā€™m walking into, lol.

ā€¦I suppose one could always YouTube the record to preview it before buying, but whereā€™s the fun in that? :sweat_smile:

Just looked up some Ben Davis shirtsā€” very nice and durable-looking! They remind me of Cholo-style clothing :+1:. Where do you buy yours from?

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Oh right on! I have some records that Iā€™ve bought based on covers too. I have this one funny really old, I wanna say 60s era record, of these priests who play folk music LOL. Iā€™ll try and get a pic of it someday for ya. :laughing:

Yeah I agree, itā€™s more fun to discover the music on your own rather than trying to sample it in the store.

Oh yes maā€™am, Ben Davis is total Cholo/Californian street culture clothing. I kinda buy my Ben Davis gear between their official online store and various clothing outlets on eBay. Itā€™s kinda hard to find stores that sell it out here in the MidWest. Their clothes are a little pricey, but they last forever (If not a lifetime!) and you totally donā€™t need to handle them with kidā€™s gloves because of how tough and durable they are. :slight_smile:

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Haha oh wow! That is gold, instant grab! Sounds like a good one :+1: Itā€™s amazing what you can find out there lol.

I think one of the more out-there records I currently have is from the 60ā€™s also, and itā€™s this jazzy guy and his crew and apparently they recorded it in a barn out in New England and it has like earth sounds and wolves and whales on some tracks, lol! Itā€™s this one:

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Thatā€™s pretty awesome :+1:. Their clothes look really high quality and cool as well. I could see Ben Davis being a little pricey since itā€™s like really durable workwear, but it seems like you pay for the quality. But Itā€™s always good when you can score some deals on eBay as well :+1:. Good stuff! :slightly_smiling_face:

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HA HA! I remember when you got that record! :joy: Wow, it sounds super rad though.

Yeah thrift stores are just full of these little ā€œgolden nuggetsā€ as I call them. Itā€™s kind of mind blowing like how much music was put on vinyl and then totally forgotten about.

I was wearing my Ben Davis gear earlier today in Walmart and this beautiful Mexican lady was totally checking me out. :joy: I wanted to talk to her but she had a boyfriend. I was still very flattered though. :blush:

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Yes! I got that record aaaaages ago but didnā€™t have my turntable set up yet so it was a mystery for yearsā€¦ Worth the wait though!

So trueā€” itā€™s wild what you can find at the thrift store. Most of the time it happens when youā€™re not even looking for something :sweat_smile:. And yea, it seems like they just put anything and everything on vinyl back then, haha.

Niiiiice, looking good and feeling good! :+1: :slightly_smiling_face:

Hope you have a great rest of your night Monte, think Iā€™m gonna try to sleep. See ya! :slightly_smiling_face:

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More finds from today:

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The Mondo Cane record has sent me down a bit of a rabbithole, learning about early ā€œshockumentariesā€ and stuff. Honestly, knowing what I now know about the film itself and the genre as a whole, it makes me a little queasy listening to the tracks. Might give back to the thrift store due to bad juju, even with the film and soundtrack having been as influential as it was.

I am pretty excited about the Langston Hughes album though. Havenā€™t listened to it yet, but I figure spoken word and poetry could be interesting to sample. Having learned about Langston Hughes in school, I think this could be a positive and important addition for sure.

La Paloma by Billy Vaughn seems to be a Latin-inspired orchestral situation. I feel like some peeps from back in the day were defos vibing to these tunes and some drinks with those little umbrellas in them :sweat_smile:.

:musical_notes:

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Yeeeeess!! I love to see this! Yo if you want to collab on anything please let me know. I can help with mastering the final track too. Great work!

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Sounds great, thanks so much @POET! :dizzy:

Gotta say that you peeps over on the Music Production thread defos inspired me to get started on trying to make some tunes :+1: :slightly_smiling_face:

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This is so dope lol canā€™t want to hear a @Schztuna track! What genre you thinking? Hip hop? Lofi? Edm?

Send me a pm if you wanna talk about it

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Thanks! :sweat_smile:

Was thinking hip hop or something along those lines to start. Although EDM and LoFi would also be cool to try :+1:

Looking forward to seeing more of your work on the production thread whenever you wanna share btw! :smiley:

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