Is This Plagarism?

[ernstinen]

Feb 23, 2009, 3:38pm, mojobone wrote:Um, yeah, I think your A&R guy's a nimrod. Maybe a rich and successful nimrod, but all the same.....LOL! Maybe a "nimrod" is similar to a "pushrod" that was a big part of those old V-8 engines. My guess is the A&R weasel had one pushrod broken or missing, and wasn't running on all cylinders that day. Ern

[davekershaw]

Quote:That gives me an idea, Dave: Change the arrangement into a polka! Ern It gets worse Ern!I hear George Lucas has heard your subliminal messageand says it sounds suspiciously like Yoda!

[ernstinen]

Feb 22, 2009, 7:15am, marcblack30 wrote:yeah, sounds original to me, and i absolutely love the guitar tone and the spread of it!if i was to take a wild guess, the voice made me think of Alice Cooper, but i couldn't tie it to any particular song.Hey Marc!Sorry it took so long to get back to your post, but I'm glad you liked the guitar! I believe that was a Marshall JCM 800 in stereo with a Rockman (I'm not sure), and a '63 Stratocaster.As far as Alice Cooper, after I listened to this again I can see the comparison. I'm a native of Michigan, and grew up with Detroit hard rock, R & B, and Chicago pop/rock. Those were my influences, as well as everybody's "British Invasion."But "Big V-8" is S.O.M. (Straight Outta Michigan). I don't know how many rockers know how much Michigan influenced rock music, starting with the MC-5 (probably the first punk-metal band ever). It was a BIG scene when I was young and influenced by it.For you who have thought of "hanging it up," here's an Alice Cooper story:Alice and the band were doing one of their first gigs in Detroit, complete with stage show, makeup etc. --- After the first couple songs, the TOUGH Detroit audience started to boo them off the stage.Alice and the guys go backstage, and the band was really bummed out. --- Alice said to them "Man THAT was great!"The band asked him why.He told them "In this business, to get ANY reaction like that, that's what we WANT! We're going to the top!"Alice was correct.Rock On,Ern