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I stumbled upon a post by Israel explaining the controversy surrounding his newrelationship. The comments are..... interesting.

They made my head spin.
 
I just want to make a comment, as a fellow musician, that if you play either:

1) a string instrument, especially guitar/bass/cello/violin/etc

or
2) a percussive instrument, very especially piano...

Then yes, there is such thing as 'musician's hands'. As someone who has had everything from dishpan hands, to lumberjack/construction calloused hands... you can tell a lot about what a person does by their hands.

I tend to know the classical guitarists because they're hands are calloused on the fingertips, but soft, supple, and well cared for everywhere else... if they don't use picks (which many don't), then they tend to have long fingernails too.

Pianists hands tend to be strong and overly flexible. They create what is commonly refereed to as the 'egg shape' when at rest.

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For those that practice hours a day (playing professionally, for a living, in a band, etc), they tend to tap their fingers more often than most as well. Not as much as drummers, but still more than the average person.

I could keep going on about tell-tale signs of different types of musicians, but I'll let y'all figure out for yourselves if interest truly lies in you about the subject.
 
Shouryu said:
My FFL, Brian, operates out of his home. When I pay him a visit, it's very common for him to already have a customer or two lounging on one of his couches, and commonly, being an army city, it's someone from the service. I had a neat encounter yesterday, when going to pick up the weapon I'd ordered last week.

Straight from work, I go to Brian's house, still wearing my daily garb: slacks, dress shirt and tie, and a blazer. Brian has never seen me dressed like this before, as I usually visit him on Saturdays or during fall/spring/summer breaks. He gives me a ribbing for being overdressed ("you trying to make us look bad in here?") before introducing me to a late-20/early-30-something soldier hanging on his couch. The soldier eagerly shakes my hand. "What's with the suit, man?"

"He's a teacher," answers Brian, for me. "East side, right? Socorro district?"
"Oh, wow. That's awesome," says the soldier.

As is often the case, I can rarely just conduct my visit and leave; Brian loves to talk shop, and I admit, so do I. His other customers are also usually up for a good talk. His customer today is VERY knowledgeable, and compliments me on the choice of merchandise I am receiving. Naturally, shop talk ensues, and we spend a good deal of time talking about concealed carry. Then out of the blue, the soldier asks me this question:

"So how long you been teaching music?"

And I froze for a moment, and retraced the conversation we'd been having all the way back to my arrival. "Uh...a decade or so. How did you...uh...? I didn't say anything, and [Brian] didn't either."

"I didn't know you taught music," commented Brian.

The soldier smiled. "I know. I could tell. The way you carry yourself, the way you wear your suit, the way you explain things and construct your thoughts. But the giveaway was your hands, when we shook. I could tell by the condition of your hands, and the way you gripped mine, that you were a musician."

Uh, WAT.

I've had my hands described in various ways over the years, but how does anyone have a "musician's hands?" Even moreso, every musician's hands are different depending on the instrument they play. String players and guitarists have fingertip calluses. Woodwind players usually have a single callus on their right thumb. Pianists and brass players tend to not have calluses on their hands at all. Percussionists (especially four-mallet specialists) and drummers tend to have a couple of smoothed spots (that aren't callused) at their grip fulcrums.

It was just so weird how he knew SPECIFICALLY what I was, when the only information he was given was that I taught, and where I taught.
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Note - this is kind of random thoughts I've gathered after reading this post.

Random fun fact - I've been playing guitar for 9 years. Not once have I built up callouses on my fingers. (Not for lack of trying, though!) Nowadays that's not too surprising. Since I've stepped down from my position as a worship leader at my former church and I'm working, I haven't had as much time or even the motivation to play. And when I do pick it up, I never know what to play, I always end up drawing a blank. >.<

Though maybe it's just the fellow musician in me, I can always seem to pick out people who are musicians or artists. Sometimes it's the way they talk, or the way they conduct themselves, or even the way they dress.

I wish I could get my passion back for music. I remember when I was a huge nerd for music and music theory. I used to be pretty knowledgeable in all of it. Nowadays... I can't even remember what modes the major and minor scale are. I just know how to transpose music on the fly, and when you know what your basic major and minors are for each key, that's not hard to do.
 
Shouryu said:
My FFL, Brian, operates out of his home. When I pay him a visit, it's very common for him to already have a customer or two lounging on one of his couches, and commonly, being an army city, it's someone from the service. I had a neat encounter yesterday, when going to pick up the weapon I'd ordered last week.

Straight from work, I go to Brian's house, still wearing my daily garb: slacks, dress shirt and tie, and a blazer. Brian has never seen me dressed like this before, as I usually visit him on Saturdays or during fall/spring/summer breaks. He gives me a ribbing for being overdressed ("you trying to make us look bad in here?") before introducing me to a late-20/early-30-something soldier hanging on his couch. The soldier eagerly shakes my hand. "What's with the suit, man?"

"He's a teacher," answers Brian, for me. "East side, right? Socorro district?"
"Oh, wow. That's awesome," says the soldier.

As is often the case, I can rarely just conduct my visit and leave; Brian loves to talk shop, and I admit, so do I. His other customers are also usually up for a good talk. His customer today is VERY knowledgeable, and compliments me on the choice of merchandise I am receiving. Naturally, shop talk ensues, and we spend a good deal of time talking about concealed carry. Then out of the blue, the soldier asks me this question:

"So how long you been teaching music?"

And I froze for a moment, and retraced the conversation we'd been having all the way back to my arrival. "Uh...a decade or so. How did you...uh...? I didn't say anything, and [Brian] didn't either."

"I didn't know you taught music," commented Brian.

The soldier smiled. "I know. I could tell. The way you carry yourself, the way you wear your suit, the way you explain things and construct your thoughts. But the giveaway was your hands, when we shook. I could tell by the condition of your hands, and the way you gripped mine, that you were a musician."

Uh, WAT.

I've had my hands described in various ways over the years, but how does anyone have a "musician's hands?" Even moreso, every musician's hands are different depending on the instrument they play. String players and guitarists have fingertip calluses. Woodwind players usually have a single callus on their right thumb. Pianists and brass players tend to not have calluses on their hands at all. Percussionists (especially four-mallet specialists) and drummers tend to have a couple of smoothed spots (that aren't callused) at their grip fulcrums.

It was just so weird how he knew SPECIFICALLY what I was, when the only information he was given was that I taught, and where I taught.
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Lynx said:
"So how long have you been teaching music?"

"Egad Holmes, is that you? What are you doing disguised as a soldier?"
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Haha this is very similar to when Holmes and Watson first met in BBC Sherlock's pilot episode. You'd have been like...

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Aaand today was a great day! Did my shopping in 2 hours (that's like lightning speed!!) and went to church rehearsals for Easter Sunday. Tomorrow'd be to the theme park! Alone, though (cause all my roomies would be working). But whatevs! It'll be fun. xD
 
AbigailZeke said:
Aaand today was a great day! Did my shopping in 2 hours (that's like lightning speed!!) and went to church rehearsals for Easter Sunday. Tomorrow'd be to the theme park! Alone, though (cause all my roomies would be working). But whatevs! It'll be fun. xD
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That's it!!!

Abby, we have to meet. I think you're my friendship soul mate.

I'm not a big shopper but I will gladly go with you to Sephora and all the counters at the department stores. And then we can happily spend the rest of the weekend at the theme parks...
 
I just found this in my house. I don't know why it has green fangs, but that's a nope on every level lol. Tbh I smacked it and left it in the corner. I don't even care. I hate spiders and I'm not going back in that room for a while. *shudders* :S

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wwjd_kilden said:
coool! (as long as it's not in my house :p )

Maybe you can identify it here: http://bugguide.net
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I believe it it some form of jumping spider lol.. had I known that I would not have gotten as close as I did. XD

From wiki: These spiders have been known to jump from 10 to 50 times their own body length by suddenly increasing the blood pressure in the third or fourth pair of legs. X.X
 
BruceWayne said:
I just found this in my house. I don't know why it has green fangs, but that's a nope on every level lol. Tbh I smacked it and left it in the corner. I don't even care. I hate spiders and I'm not going back in that room for a while. *shudders* :S

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Thats a jumping spider, bro. They're quite common....
 
BruceWayne said:
I just found this in my house. I don't know why it has green fangs, but that's a nope on every level lol. Tbh I smacked it and left it in the corner. I don't even care. I hate spiders and I'm not going back in that room for a while. *shudders* :S

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this cannot be unseen.

:(
 
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