Another day in paradise. Today I worked on my corn hole project, bean bag toss to the squeamish. The boxes are assembled and primed, ready for the final paint. I'm not sure what kind of color scheme to go with, something unique and eye catching is what I'm going for. I'll post a picture of my finished project when I get it done. I'm sure the orders will be rolling in!
I also worked in the studio some, re-doing some vocal tracks. I'm still in the process of dialing in this new mic. I've been working with an Audio Technica 4050 for quite some time, and it really is a great mic. But the Nemann TLM 49 has a entirely different sound. So I have to unlearn my old techniques and start over, and you know what they say about old dogs. But I'm getting there. Another couple thousand hours of engineering and I'll almost know what I'm doing.
Until tomorrow, here's your daily words of wisdom:
A gentleman is a man who can play the accordion but doesn't. ~Author Unknown
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Day Forty Six & Weekend Update
Sorry I didn't have a Friday report, but the band was playing a gig in Eustis that evening. So I'll just have to squeeze four days worth of crap into one report.
Friday we played the State Theatre as part of a fund raiser for the Lake County Folk Festival along with Jonathon Hodge, fiddle player extraordinaire accompanied by Larry Dolamore and Cyd Ward, super songstress, doing the solo thing. It was a fun evening and we wrapped it up with one of those super sonic everyone on stage Ashley Gang sing alongs. Good times.
Saturday we hung out at our favorite retreat, Joel and Margie's house of refuge, and ate ourselves into a coma. Then prepared for our gig at Olivia's Coffee House. Another wonderful evening of music, car crashes and a lot of laughs. The folks in Eustis spoiled us rotten, no wonder we love that place. Make sure to check out Olivia's if your ever in the area, they're not just a coffee house, they have some really great food there as well.
Then there's today, back to the grind. I'm still working on the Palm Beach project, but it's nearing completion. The bad news is once it's done I'll have to go back to the devils lair to deliver it, lord protect me!
The new microphone arrived today, it's a beautiful thing. I set it up and ran a test track to make sure it was in good working order, all is well. I'll need to work with it for a little while to get familiar with it's sound characteristics, but I think it's going to get me a little closer to recording nirvana.
That's it for now, here's your daily dose of wisdom:
"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"
- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Friday we played the State Theatre as part of a fund raiser for the Lake County Folk Festival along with Jonathon Hodge, fiddle player extraordinaire accompanied by Larry Dolamore and Cyd Ward, super songstress, doing the solo thing. It was a fun evening and we wrapped it up with one of those super sonic everyone on stage Ashley Gang sing alongs. Good times.
Saturday we hung out at our favorite retreat, Joel and Margie's house of refuge, and ate ourselves into a coma. Then prepared for our gig at Olivia's Coffee House. Another wonderful evening of music, car crashes and a lot of laughs. The folks in Eustis spoiled us rotten, no wonder we love that place. Make sure to check out Olivia's if your ever in the area, they're not just a coffee house, they have some really great food there as well.
Then there's today, back to the grind. I'm still working on the Palm Beach project, but it's nearing completion. The bad news is once it's done I'll have to go back to the devils lair to deliver it, lord protect me!
The new microphone arrived today, it's a beautiful thing. I set it up and ran a test track to make sure it was in good working order, all is well. I'll need to work with it for a little while to get familiar with it's sound characteristics, but I think it's going to get me a little closer to recording nirvana.
That's it for now, here's your daily dose of wisdom:
"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"
- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Day Forty Four
I don't get it, if 4 is spelled f o u r, why is 40 spelled f o r t y, the english language is a mysterious thing. This is one of the reasons I never excelled in school, my apparent disdain for authority. I just don't like rules, even if they seem to make sense, I just don't like others telling me what to do. While this independent streak may sound noble, it has caused me nothing but pain. And still, I seem to have no control over it. There should be a twelve step program for the hopelessly independent. But now that I think about it, I'm sure it wouldn't work out. As previously stated, the hopelessly independent would never take the good advice that would be necessary to correct their abhorrent behavior. Besides, in my small but conclusive study on the subject, I have determined that it is a genetic flaw. And after all, if you can't blame your parents for all of your short comings then what good are they.
I think I got off track there, but that's the good thing about this blogging thing, there is no track.
I have finally had some communication with my E-bay guy, he was starting to make me a bit nervous. He has assured me that the microphone will be overnighted to me. So I should have it in my grimey little hands very soon. My biggest concern is that I'll have to re-record all of the vocal tracks that I've already finished.
Oh well, it never hurts to get in a little extra vocal exercise.
I think I've cleared my mind now, here's your daily dose of wisdom:
Do not be surprised when those who ignore the rules of grammar also ignore the law. After all, the law is just so much grammar. ~Robert Brault
I think I got off track there, but that's the good thing about this blogging thing, there is no track.
I have finally had some communication with my E-bay guy, he was starting to make me a bit nervous. He has assured me that the microphone will be overnighted to me. So I should have it in my grimey little hands very soon. My biggest concern is that I'll have to re-record all of the vocal tracks that I've already finished.
Oh well, it never hurts to get in a little extra vocal exercise.
I think I've cleared my mind now, here's your daily dose of wisdom:
Do not be surprised when those who ignore the rules of grammar also ignore the law. After all, the law is just so much grammar. ~Robert Brault
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