Recent content by Protractor

Been there, done that. The music market has changed greatly in recent years. With youtube channels and other such avenues as proven sources of income streams, I'm not forced to play out, which is a grind. Recording, mixing, production, promo, etc can all be done from home without selling your...

I am not a pro but I can sound as good as them. I may get something going on youtube some day but too busy for that right now. I do have a gigging jazz friend who went to Berklee and now teaches theory in college, if I really needed to ask something. I have played live in bands that were well...

When I was learning it was pre VHS in a rural setting, way before youtube. The only book I found was Mosconi's at the local library. I got a handle on the knowledge side pretty quickly though, running every third or fourth rack of 8 ball on a GC1. Most everybody that knew me refused to play me...

I use that once in a while for tricky rail first shots.

I was spending 8 hrs a day, 5 days a week on pool practice so I am sure I shot many thousands of balls in that time. My physics training helped with understanding what I was seeing, coefficient of friction and so on. I also made mental notes when a more experienced player made bank shots.

What is that? Google says it stands for Hokey Ass Message Board, which I don't think you meant.

Not sure how to answer that, but if I were just a math/science nerd I might have looked for a system. I am also a musician, which relies heavily on intuition and feeling. When I started playing pool during college it was with the intention of taking a break, getting my mind off all the...

Ok. Yes, I do that in both playing music and pool. Both can be competitive but in pool I only got hostile when the other guy was being a dick or trying to psyche me. My revenge was to beat them soundly and show them they never had a chance. Other than that, I was just free stroking as much as...

Ok, clear head would be a good way to describe what is going on when I am in the zone. When I googled CG I got ambiguous results, and hyperexoexecution was not found.

Ok... maybe I'm dense, but I don't follow what that has to do with what I said.

Why would it be?

Exactly. In my case, getting my conscious mind out of the way helps greatly.

I've never used contact point aiming systems but keeping track of the contact point can be done by not taking your eyes off of it while walking back to the CB, getting down and shooting. Although I've done it that way I am able to recognize the contact point after looking away from it when I go...

I've seen her play in person last month in Vegas and online, and she acts about the same. It seems to me that she needs a coach that would get her out of rhythm player mode and move her away from pure tactical play and into the strategic mode. From what I've read she has been a standout student...

She is only going to rack up wins if she learns to manage the external and internal pressure.