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Showing posts with label studio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label studio. Show all posts
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Show notes - Episode 432: Reading into the Streams
Morning, friends!
We packed a lot into the show today, so let's just get right to it. Hope you're well!
We packed a lot into the show today, so let's just get right to it. Hope you're well!
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Show notes - Episode 254: Make Space for the Kraken
Morning, friends!
I hope this sounds better for you than it does in my head. The good news is my new curtains came yesterday so I may be able to fix some of that for next week. Is this relevant for anyone besides me? Probably not, but no one reads this. Anyway, I found the hamster picture so here we go!
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Saturday, January 11, 2020
Show notes - Episode 226: Proudly Serving Disciplined Breakfast
Morning, friends!
I found some cinnamon to top off my oats with apple, so I hope your day started just as well. When I looked at the cards for this episode, I figured we'd be together for 40 minutes, max. When I stopped recording it had been 62. Maybe by the time you see this I'll have cut a bunch of stuff out, but you will at least hear about our favorite cereals! Yeah!
Click here to download the episode!
I found some cinnamon to top off my oats with apple, so I hope your day started just as well. When I looked at the cards for this episode, I figured we'd be together for 40 minutes, max. When I stopped recording it had been 62. Maybe by the time you see this I'll have cut a bunch of stuff out, but you will at least hear about our favorite cereals! Yeah!
Click here to download the episode!
Saturday, August 10, 2019
Show notes - Episode 204: Reloading Weird Inner Monologues
Morning, friends!
We have a packed show today (longer than an hour, sorry) with some yelling, rasslin, a sweet tune, and more! Let's get right to it!
Click here to download the episode!
We have a packed show today (longer than an hour, sorry) with some yelling, rasslin, a sweet tune, and more! Let's get right to it!
Click here to download the episode!
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Question of the Week: 8/3/19
Morning, friends!
I've had this one on the list for a bit, so up top to me for finally getting to it. Make your pick and leave it in the comments, or as a voicemail at 209-867-7638 by Friday August 2 at 5PM and let's have some fun (bonus points for details, as always)!
Wooooo!
I've had this one on the list for a bit, so up top to me for finally getting to it. Make your pick and leave it in the comments, or as a voicemail at 209-867-7638 by Friday August 2 at 5PM and let's have some fun (bonus points for details, as always)!
Wooooo!
Saturday, June 22, 2019
Show notes - Episode 197: Moving, Morphing, and Manholes
Hey, friends!
We are back to normal this week, and a lot went on in this almost-hour, so let's get to it!
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We are back to normal this week, and a lot went on in this almost-hour, so let's get to it!
Click here to download the episode!
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Show notes - Episode 190: Clipping in the Echo Chamber
Hey, friends!
I wasn't sure how this episode was going to go, but I think it actually turned out okay - look at me being positive! Here we go!
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I wasn't sure how this episode was going to go, but I think it actually turned out okay - look at me being positive! Here we go!
Click here to download the episode!
Sunday, October 14, 2018
Sunday Special: VISTA
Morning, friends!
Today I present a special sit-down (unless they were standing while using their fancy gadgets) with friends of the show, VISTA!
Full disclosure: I haven't done a written interview in nearly a decade, so I was a bit nervous about how this would all go down. But it was at least way less terrifying than speaking to them, and at best wonderfully fun and informative. So pause Big Mouth and do it up - also you can click the song covers to download each tune!
Today I present a special sit-down (unless they were standing while using their fancy gadgets) with friends of the show, VISTA!
Full disclosure: I haven't done a written interview in nearly a decade, so I was a bit nervous about how this would all go down. But it was at least way less terrifying than speaking to them, and at best wonderfully fun and informative. So pause Big Mouth and do it up - also you can click the song covers to download each tune!
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Public Transit Adventures, Part 4: The Entertainers
Hi, friend!
I almost made this a podcast topic (like I do with most blog ideas, hence the lack of updates), but then I decided to diversify my bonds and post it here. Instead of doing my usual "put you in the scene" writing for this, I will just ramble about it on my own. There are several types of performers I see in my travels, but today I will focus on one specific group: train singers.
It wasn't long ago that I started seeing a duo walking the aisles on my commute home. I thought nothing of it, since people wander up and down asking for change all the time. So I figured they were attacking in a pair for double sympathy.
And then they started singing. And do you know what? They weren't bad.
They began their pitch saying they were taking donations for studio time, trying to "do something positive" for the city. I was intrigued by this, since I'd never seen anything like it on my ride. But I didn't donate because a) I'm broke and b) I can't buy into their reasoning.
If this was 1996, I would be totally behind this. I might even steal the idea (assuming I'm also 28 in this past). Recording a demo basically had to be done in a studio, which cost a good chunk of change - and still does. So it would have made sense then since there weren't a ton of options.
But today? Almost anyone can record music on his computer and send it to a big wig. Will the quality be great? That depends on the producers and their equipment, but having even a raw demo can at least gain the group a following. And plenty of software (and/or a smartphone app) is free, so it's hard for me to get behind this cause.
So for me, these "live demos" raise two questions:
Where exactly is that money going?
What is the "something positive" they claim to be doing for the city?
Assuming they have access to modern equipment, getting music made and heard is super easy. (Don't believe it? Click here to listen to my songs. Yay, internet!)
I get that studio-produced songs will sound better, and help you get closer to "making it," and I don't fault anyone for trying. But self-producing is not all that difficult, and can earn enough change togo to the arcade get into the studio.
And maybe the bigger hangup is that something positive will come out of this for me. Maybe I'm just a scrooge, but I don't see how these dudes getting into the studio to finish a mixtape (those are still a thing, right?) benefits me. If you want to make music, go for it. I love the passion. I love the enthusiasm. But just say that. You don't need to sugarcoat it. Not everyone will see this as a positive. Hell, a lot of people may not even care. It just seems silly to me that these guys feel the need to put a spin on their pitch, when all they need to do is be real. (Also when they finished the song, they clapped for themselves. WEAK.)
If nothing else, though, it sounds better than the usual sob stories we commuters hear every day. And now that I think about it, I haven't seen them in quite some time. Is it safe to assume their plan worked and they were discovered? I say yes. So I guess the lesson is: Go out there and be somebody!
Or something like that.
I almost made this a podcast topic (like I do with most blog ideas, hence the lack of updates), but then I decided to diversify my bonds and post it here. Instead of doing my usual "put you in the scene" writing for this, I will just ramble about it on my own. There are several types of performers I see in my travels, but today I will focus on one specific group: train singers.
It wasn't long ago that I started seeing a duo walking the aisles on my commute home. I thought nothing of it, since people wander up and down asking for change all the time. So I figured they were attacking in a pair for double sympathy.
And then they started singing. And do you know what? They weren't bad.
They began their pitch saying they were taking donations for studio time, trying to "do something positive" for the city. I was intrigued by this, since I'd never seen anything like it on my ride. But I didn't donate because a) I'm broke and b) I can't buy into their reasoning.
If this was 1996, I would be totally behind this. I might even steal the idea (assuming I'm also 28 in this past). Recording a demo basically had to be done in a studio, which cost a good chunk of change - and still does. So it would have made sense then since there weren't a ton of options.
But today? Almost anyone can record music on his computer and send it to a big wig. Will the quality be great? That depends on the producers and their equipment, but having even a raw demo can at least gain the group a following. And plenty of software (and/or a smartphone app) is free, so it's hard for me to get behind this cause.
So for me, these "live demos" raise two questions:
Where exactly is that money going?
What is the "something positive" they claim to be doing for the city?
Assuming they have access to modern equipment, getting music made and heard is super easy. (Don't believe it? Click here to listen to my songs. Yay, internet!)
I get that studio-produced songs will sound better, and help you get closer to "making it," and I don't fault anyone for trying. But self-producing is not all that difficult, and can earn enough change to
And maybe the bigger hangup is that something positive will come out of this for me. Maybe I'm just a scrooge, but I don't see how these dudes getting into the studio to finish a mixtape (those are still a thing, right?) benefits me. If you want to make music, go for it. I love the passion. I love the enthusiasm. But just say that. You don't need to sugarcoat it. Not everyone will see this as a positive. Hell, a lot of people may not even care. It just seems silly to me that these guys feel the need to put a spin on their pitch, when all they need to do is be real. (Also when they finished the song, they clapped for themselves. WEAK.)
If nothing else, though, it sounds better than the usual sob stories we commuters hear every day. And now that I think about it, I haven't seen them in quite some time. Is it safe to assume their plan worked and they were discovered? I say yes. So I guess the lesson is: Go out there and be somebody!
Or something like that.
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