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Aridstarling wrote: »

They could. It probably wont help the rest of us though!:D

You could be right but it would be great all the same.

How did you drift into the murky world of recording/production Arid?

Aridstarling wrote: »

Well I heard about this thing called audacity when I was 13/14 and I had a microphone that came with a book on recording that my granny picked up for me after I started playing guitar. Since then its just been a growing obsession with the possibilities of recorded sound, in all its manifestations. Got my first drum-machine after buying NIN's The Downward Spiral which started me on the road of electronic production, via Radiohead.

I'm nowhere near pro or anything but I have my own modest setup at home now and in two years time I'll have a degree in Music Technology (whatever good it'll do me!). I'm hoping record a good few bands over the summer, along with my own and my brother's. Have a couple lined up so far. Looking to increase my knowledge of live sound too, its a challenge I've enjoyed the few times I've been involved in it.

Very good. Doing the stuff for the bands during the summer should be a real eye opener and a great way to put all that theory into practice.

The degree course should help open a few doors but the practical stuff of recording the other bands will do no harm either.

Aridstarling wrote: »

Yeah, every band gives rise to something new, something that I had never thought of before and I really love that. Its just constant learning. To be honest, having a list of 20 or 50 or 100 bands that I've recorded by the time I finish college will probably be of more use than the degree. Though I can always teach English with it anyway!

It's always good to have a plan B.:)

Aridstarling wrote: »

I've even tapped up my old principal in the all-too-likely event of that worst case scenario coming to pass. I got an A in English in my leaving last year so I should be cool for a few HDip hours at least!

Really though, I'd kill for the chance to work in sound for the rest of my life, either studio or live as well as a songwriter. I know the odds though.:(

Well somebody has to work in those studios so why shouldn't it be you? I think if you love what you're doing and can maintain that desire, you are in with a shout.

:)Best of luck Aridstarling, you will get there if you are really determined:)


I have recently learnt that invoices suck and my studio gets way too hot in the summer .......not me but for men over 50 in patricular.
I also have taken a note that producing a song for a client is easy enough now that I have a small team of session players. I did my first 2 commercial voice overs on Thur+Frid and to my suprise it is extremely intense work, no wonder studios charge so much for that kinda thing, thrown in the deep end I was. I started mixing an album tonight until I had to go home from exhaustion, I haven't had a day off in 20 days between this and guitar lessons and when you work in town there is always time for a game of pool in the palace or a few pints in Flannery's (Please note I am single thats why) mad into the skirt I am these days (not that you basterds care about me, hee hee)

jtsuited wrote: »

feckin scantily clad women about in this weather. makes it difficult to get much done.

Indeed Camden steet should have bee called something different like:

'nice ass street' or
'nice legs street' or
'nice smile street' or
'get you xxxx out street' or
'i wont tell my wife street' or
' will you tell my bird street?' or
' can i spank your bottom' street or
' open your mouth till I xxxx you street' or
' can you keep it shut street?'

Spank me mods I am just so bold tonight, spank me real hard till I cry for my Mammy..:pac:

dav nagle wrote: »

Indeed Camden steet should have bee called something different like:

'nice ass street' or
'nice legs street' or
'nice smile street' or
'get you xxxx out street' or
'i wont tell my wife street' or
' will you tell my bird street?' or
' can i spank your bottom' street or
' open your mouth till I xxxx you street' or
' can you keep it shut street?'

Spank me mods I am just so bold tonight, spank me real hard till I cry for my Mammy..:pac:

Could be a bit tricky though if tourists ask for directions, especially if it's men folk:D

old gregg wrote: »

so, do you think it would be overkill for me to come out and do the Haka before I start a performance .... just to show the audience that I'm keen

:D

It will certainly get their attention. Nothing worse than an audience that's not focused:D

xXxMUSICGURUxXx wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_UZceIPNEQ&feature=related

let me know wat u tink!

me and my mate were board and thought we would make this for the laugh!!!:D

thanks!

bebo is that way

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New Topic.

Logic 9, looks like it's coming soon.

What do you reckon they've improved?

PMI wrote: »

The cardboard box

LOL:D

You are obviously not a Logic fan.

It's the only thing I've ever used apart from a 4 track. Maybe I should try Pro Tools.

o dear, a friend knowing that this was one of the pivotal moments in my childhood awakening to music sent me this link that explains what old Joe was actually singing about, she wrote:
"At last - Joe Cocker's lyrics!

For those of us who are old enough to know who Joe Cocker was....

Finally, after 40 years, someone has opened the vault and revealed the answer to a question that has clawed at our brains since the 1969 Woodstock album was released:

What WERE the lyrics to Joe Cocker's version of 'A Little Help From My Friends'? He was so wigged-out and loopy on a multitude of drugs, no one has been able to understand his garbled, mush-mouth version..."
http://www.elwp.com/Joe%20Cocker.html

fitz wrote: »

So, yesterday my band got confirmed for Oxegen.

congrats man,that great news.

fitz wrote: »

So, yesterday my band got confirmed for Oxegen.

Nice one Fitz - you kept that quiet :cool: You'll have no probs getting IMRO membership with that gig under your belt!

I'll be there with my brother for our annual Oxegen pilgrimage, so let us know when you're on.

Well done, great stuff!