It's not even the microphones - some vintage mics rock. It's the expense and portability of p.a. speakers. They keep getting lighter and less expensive, allowing even moderate income venues to have world class systems.
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I used to be a Bearstranaut. I used to be 'Err to the Urson Fortune.
So the show I'm in right now is going okay. We had a few days off this week and are back for more performances. The leads need to, you know, hit the actual notes in the score and maybe try to hit some acting beats to keep the audience awake, but it is a hard show. Too many notes.
We are doing the show in English. This is important to mention because the show was originally in Italian. But we are doing it in English.
Tonight the lead tenor walks out onto the stage and sings his first couple lines in Italian. A quick peek over at the conductor rolling his eyes and I know it is going to be one of those nights. I feel bad because he has clearly learned this music in the original language, and when you do the same show in more than one language or as different roles each time it is a bitch and a half keeping things organized.
to be fair, bass amps are rarely successfully amped - either run direct out or have a HUGE STACK
Running direct out is very convenient, but the problem is you're exclusively at the mercy of the sound engineer, which can be good or bad depending on the guy. Also the tone you're dialing out from your speaker cab isn't exactly what would be coming out of the PA system, so there is an inconsistency of sound.
Of course both of these issues are relevant only to bassists since sound guys only care if they themselves are bass-o-philes, and the general audience shure as shit don't care about how the bass player sounds. I guess that's why you see the ampeg stack almost everywhere; it delivers a consistently honking tone to make it easily mic-able, and since its seen everywhere sound guys usually know how to work with it.
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ran security for my friend's punk band last night! it was super fun. huuuge turn-out for one of our shows, like seventy people showed up! first time we've ever posted a profit!
ran security for my friend's punk band last night! it was super fun. huuuge turn-out for one of our shows, like seventy people showed up! first time we've ever posted a profit!
how many people are in your town? five, six thousand?
Seventy people warrant a head of security?
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I used to be a Bearstranaut. I used to be 'Err to the Urson Fortune.
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ran security for my friend's punk band last night! it was super fun. huuuge turn-out for one of our shows, like seventy people showed up! first time we've ever posted a profit!
how many people are in your town? five, six thousand?
Seventy people warrant a head of security?
well i was the only security guy. it's not like i was in charge of a squad of dudes.
also Cheyenne, being the capitol of the state of Wyoming and the largest city therein, has a population of approximately 53,000.
ran security for my friend's punk band last night! it was super fun. huuuge turn-out for one of our shows, like seventy people showed up! first time we've ever posted a profit!
how many people are in your town? five, six thousand?
Seventy people warrant a head of security?
well i was the only security guy. it's not like i was in charge of a squad of dudes.
also Cheyenne, being the capitol of the state of Wyoming and the largest city therein, has a population of approximately 53,000.
casper is bigger
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Have any of your droogs tried overtone isolation techniques for voice? I watched the Dr. Glenfield masterclass at monete trumpets and my mind is blown.
I recently had the opportunity to try a Gretsch G6120, and unfortunately it was wonderful. I am now resentful towards my little Epiphone LP-100. Unfortunately, G6120's are ridiculously expensive, so I've been looking at their cheaper Korean cousins, the G5120 in the electromatic line. Does anyone have any experience with them? Are they crap? Will I be disappointed? At 700$ they'd still be a large upgrade for me, how are they for the price?
Also, I've heard it's really best if you swap out the tuners for locking tuners, as the bigsby will wreck your tuning otherwise, and possibly upgrade the pickups to those in higher models. Having never done either before, what would that be like? Is it something you take it in to someone for, and how much would something like that usually cost?
I recently had the opportunity to try a Gretsch G6120, and unfortunately it was wonderful. I am now resentful towards my little Epiphone LP-100. Unfortunately, G6120's are ridiculously expensive, so I've been looking at their cheaper Korean cousins, the G5120 in the electromatic line. Does anyone have any experience with them? Are they crap? Will I be disappointed? At 700$ they'd still be a large upgrade for me, how are they for the price?
Also, I've heard it's really best if you swap out the tuners for locking tuners, as the bigsby will wreck your tuning otherwise, and possibly upgrade the pickups to those in higher models. Having never done either before, what would that be like? Is it something you take it in to someone for, and how much would something like that usually cost?
Upgrading pick-ups depends on how they are wired and your skill level with a soldering iron (maybe). If the pick-ups are just quick plugs, you remove the strings from the guitar, remove the old pick-ups, plug the new pick-ups in, reseat them, string it up and go. If they are not quick plugs, you will most likely need to solder. I learned to solder by replacing the pick-ups in one of my guitars. It's very doable if you are given a nice good working schematic (not like the one that I was given that ground out the signal so there was no sound produced). Steady hands helps, the right kind of solder, and a decent soldering iron.
Changing tuners is pretty easy. I've only replaced one busted one before, I just imagine "repeat 6 times".
However, if you are not confident in doing so, don't. Take it to someone. If you find someone like me, I'd do it for some beer, because I like doing things like that. Charge rates will vary though. I wouldn't pay over $200 to have it done. Might as well have them set it up to your preferred tuning and string gauge while you're at it as well.
I've been wanting a tele for a while now, so it's nice that somebody at my church just gave me their Fretlight 200 Artist series telecaster. It has Duncans in it and looks pretty much identical to this one. It sounds beautiful but needs to be cleaned and set up. You can tell the people who owned it before haven't played it for like 15 years. Shhhhh, fretlight. I'm here now. Nothing will hurt you.
josh that sounds amazing, my bro drools over old guitars and the sort.
Anyway, while I love my monster of a Korg M50, I've been looking into midi controllers/software for once I have a MacBook. What are some good quality Keyboard Controllers/MIDI Pads/MIDI softwares that won't cost me my soul?
My voice has now moved up enough that I can list myself as a baritone. It is kind of weird going through music books where everything is written so damn high.
I sang the D above the bass staff in my chest voice. Feels pretty good.
I'm poking through a song that goes up to an A right now. It's ridiculous seeing that many ledger lines.
While I am in no way a voice coach or professional singer, I can share something that seems to work for me.
Challenge yourself to a song you can't sing yet. Work on it, try to hit those high notes. Usually keep it at most a whole step above your normal range. Do the whole "pull the string" trick, try to reach for it, and you will eventually "learn" your diaphragm up to that note. I started with a terrible singing voice a year and a half ago, then I joined the school choir, and started practicing for hours on end. Now, my chest voice goes from a double low d# to a high c, and my falsetto adds another octave. I'm still challenging myself, and this method defenitly helped me.
I might be taking a Bass contract soon, which will be nice to switch things up. Oh and my next contract I'm going to the Mediterranean instead of the Baltic, where I was originally going.
And I might have a TV music director gig lined up for a while after that.
My life continues to be awesome, but it's being awesome in the same way... not too much news relating to the music part.
going to a fancy for real life studio in denver over the weekend
look how big and fancy i am
Nah I'm still doing stuff.
Lots of auditions lately. One was for a resident thing in Santa Fe, which is one of the bigger companies out there. They sent me a rejection letter before I got to my car.
I also got a rejection letter from a place I didn't audition for. Had to cancel about a week before it came up, but they still sent me the automated letter saying they enjoyed hearing me sing and hope to see me again next year. Hah.
Did some more in New York lately. It's cold as fuck there, but I enjoyed being there and getting to joke around with my peers. I had almost forgotten what it is like to be around singers my own age. We laughed at all the sopranos going in and doing Chacun le Sait
Had to drop out of a role for one show because of conflicting schedules. They had asked me if I would be willing to do it if I could, but when I got them a copy of my Turandot stuff they realized that they are doing performances on the same dates. My part would have paid less than Turandot so I picked that one. Another lady in Turandot dropped out of it so she could do the other show, as it is a bigger role and pays enough. It happens.
Barber of Seville is done and I'm glad. The show just isn't as pretty when you sing it in English. And when you realize what they're saying the story seems dumb.
One of the guys doing a lead with San Diego Opera next year told me that I have a really pretty voice. That made, like, my year.
First real band broke up with us all silently agreeing to never speak to each other again.
Second disbanded after going nowhere and me just saying fuck it after the lead guitarist left.
Third I was kicked out over some weird bullshit that I still can not understand after only one show.
I want to do my own thing which does not usually fit with the bands in my area, so I think I'll start my own little noise rock project. Any body have any advice on recording?
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I have an audition for a vocal spot for a really awesome sounding band on saturday.
I am very excited
word travels fast.
Especially in my local scene.
But not to worry. I am well qualified for this spot and they fast tracked me past having to make a damn recording for them, which is encouraging
http://www.myspace.com/ethicsnw
thats the link if anyone wants to give it a listen
Yeah.
That kinda stuff is still pretty big up here portland way.
I just want to play music I care about again
the residents.
I would blow all of them.
We are doing the show in English. This is important to mention because the show was originally in Italian. But we are doing it in English.
Tonight the lead tenor walks out onto the stage and sings his first couple lines in Italian. A quick peek over at the conductor rolling his eyes and I know it is going to be one of those nights. I feel bad because he has clearly learned this music in the original language, and when you do the same show in more than one language or as different roles each time it is a bitch and a half keeping things organized.
Running direct out is very convenient, but the problem is you're exclusively at the mercy of the sound engineer, which can be good or bad depending on the guy. Also the tone you're dialing out from your speaker cab isn't exactly what would be coming out of the PA system, so there is an inconsistency of sound.
Of course both of these issues are relevant only to bassists since sound guys only care if they themselves are bass-o-philes, and the general audience shure as shit don't care about how the bass player sounds. I guess that's why you see the ampeg stack almost everywhere; it delivers a consistently honking tone to make it easily mic-able, and since its seen everywhere sound guys usually know how to work with it.
how many people are in your town? five, six thousand?
Seventy people warrant a head of security?
well i was the only security guy. it's not like i was in charge of a squad of dudes.
also Cheyenne, being the capitol of the state of Wyoming and the largest city therein, has a population of approximately 53,000.
Woo
casper is bigger
edit: also hello knob how you be
That was hands down the best metal show I've ever seen.
Ever.
Also, I've heard it's really best if you swap out the tuners for locking tuners, as the bigsby will wreck your tuning otherwise, and possibly upgrade the pickups to those in higher models. Having never done either before, what would that be like? Is it something you take it in to someone for, and how much would something like that usually cost?
Upgrading pick-ups depends on how they are wired and your skill level with a soldering iron (maybe). If the pick-ups are just quick plugs, you remove the strings from the guitar, remove the old pick-ups, plug the new pick-ups in, reseat them, string it up and go. If they are not quick plugs, you will most likely need to solder. I learned to solder by replacing the pick-ups in one of my guitars. It's very doable if you are given a nice good working schematic (not like the one that I was given that ground out the signal so there was no sound produced). Steady hands helps, the right kind of solder, and a decent soldering iron.
Changing tuners is pretty easy. I've only replaced one busted one before, I just imagine "repeat 6 times".
However, if you are not confident in doing so, don't. Take it to someone. If you find someone like me, I'd do it for some beer, because I like doing things like that. Charge rates will vary though. I wouldn't pay over $200 to have it done. Might as well have them set it up to your preferred tuning and string gauge while you're at it as well.
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Anyway, while I love my monster of a Korg M50, I've been looking into midi controllers/software for once I have a MacBook. What are some good quality Keyboard Controllers/MIDI Pads/MIDI softwares that won't cost me my soul?
I'm poking through a song that goes up to an A right now. It's ridiculous seeing that many ledger lines.
While I am in no way a voice coach or professional singer, I can share something that seems to work for me.
Challenge yourself to a song you can't sing yet. Work on it, try to hit those high notes. Usually keep it at most a whole step above your normal range. Do the whole "pull the string" trick, try to reach for it, and you will eventually "learn" your diaphragm up to that note. I started with a terrible singing voice a year and a half ago, then I joined the school choir, and started practicing for hours on end. Now, my chest voice goes from a double low d# to a high c, and my falsetto adds another octave. I'm still challenging myself, and this method defenitly helped me.
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look how big and fancy i am
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I might be taking a Bass contract soon, which will be nice to switch things up. Oh and my next contract I'm going to the Mediterranean instead of the Baltic, where I was originally going.
And I might have a TV music director gig lined up for a while after that.
My life continues to be awesome, but it's being awesome in the same way... not too much news relating to the music part.
Nah I'm still doing stuff.
Lots of auditions lately. One was for a resident thing in Santa Fe, which is one of the bigger companies out there. They sent me a rejection letter before I got to my car.
I also got a rejection letter from a place I didn't audition for. Had to cancel about a week before it came up, but they still sent me the automated letter saying they enjoyed hearing me sing and hope to see me again next year. Hah.
Did some more in New York lately. It's cold as fuck there, but I enjoyed being there and getting to joke around with my peers. I had almost forgotten what it is like to be around singers my own age. We laughed at all the sopranos going in and doing Chacun le Sait
Had to drop out of a role for one show because of conflicting schedules. They had asked me if I would be willing to do it if I could, but when I got them a copy of my Turandot stuff they realized that they are doing performances on the same dates. My part would have paid less than Turandot so I picked that one. Another lady in Turandot dropped out of it so she could do the other show, as it is a bigger role and pays enough. It happens.
Barber of Seville is done and I'm glad. The show just isn't as pretty when you sing it in English. And when you realize what they're saying the story seems dumb.
One of the guys doing a lead with San Diego Opera next year told me that I have a really pretty voice. That made, like, my year.
I'm sensing a bit of a Do Make Say Think vibe from some of it, which is awesome.
First real band broke up with us all silently agreeing to never speak to each other again.
Second disbanded after going nowhere and me just saying fuck it after the lead guitarist left.
Third I was kicked out over some weird bullshit that I still can not understand after only one show.
I want to do my own thing which does not usually fit with the bands in my area, so I think I'll start my own little noise rock project. Any body have any advice on recording?
play music
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