lurksalot

I was offered tickets for the MEN for both Rush (wednesday) and thunder , journey whitesnake (thursday) . If I really wanted to go I would have sorted my diary , but I have been to enough shows at the MEN to write off any thoughts of hearing a decent production. Theatre gigs work well , and a top soundman can make it superb , but they probably just can't rake the same coin in from 3000 punters as they can from 12000

Some exciting ideas , I am not sure that I am competent enough to play those games , trying the simple stuff is hard enough for me

I have ordered a few of the hercules gsp40 jobbies , they look like they will do the business , but with the ideas of the back up plan to prevent any damage . I will post some pictures when they are up . thanks for all the input

I am still at work and had a listen through the crappy computer speakers and also on my phone , and I can hear differences now that I couldn't pick up before

I am pretty much purely on headphones , I will soon be setting up some monitors , sad to say due, to reasons of noise/ kids/ listening time etc I let my HI-FI wane to NO-FI by the time the bits got cherry picked by family and friends . I am probably missing out on a big part of the learning by the sound of it ( or by the lack of the sound of it ) so I will make an effort to sort out our 'music room'

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1369080310' post='2084682'] Rather than judge the mixes against my own , I have now listened to far too much Conferderate Railroad, Shania Twain ,Randy Travis and Garth Brooks . Whilst I am now halfway through my second bottle of JD , the crop has just failed , the car has been repo'd and the dog has run off with the wife, the experience however, has pointed me at the mix to vote for [/quote] [quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1369083877' post='2084739'] I guess it just sounded better before I had something to measure it against [/quote] I tried to work out what the genre [u]should[/u] sound like to mix to , still missed the target mind , but not displeased with it , I then did it again to vote . Referencing is part of the process , but I am still working out how to do it properly .

great fun Dave , I liked those a lot .

We played a wedding last year in a marquee and it hammered down , the genny got soaked , and I recall some of the PA and cabling being very wet , but while we were on we didn't give a second thought . Be safe though , we may have been really lucky .

We will have to have another poll to guess whose mix is whose . it will all come out in the wash though .

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1369080822' post='2084689'] It fascinates me how many votes go to mixes that I can hear technical flaws in. I really want to understand this more, so I learn by people's honest opinion too, even more so when my mix doesn't win the popular vote. It's still a really good mix by every criteria I can measure it by.... [/quote] Everyone judges by different criteria I reckon , the subtlety of whether there is too heavy compression or over aggressive gating will not even get recognised by some. I wouldn't have noticed it last month , but this month..... .

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1369080938' post='2084691'] To me, the current leader in the poll (without giving anything away) sounds like it has been smothered with a pillow! [/quote] , I don't happen to agree , but there was one out there that I thought was mixed under a blanket , I reckon you must have thought that one was mixed underwater

Rather than judge the mixes against my own , I have now listened to far too much Conferderate Railroad, Shania Twain ,Randy Travis and Garth Brooks . Whilst I am now halfway through my second bottle of JD , the crop has just failed , the car has been repo'd and the dog has run off with the wife, the experience however, has pointed me at the mix to vote for

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1369075590' post='2084614'] I don't understand how saying his mix is "too good" amongst a bunch of rookies is harsh? I didn't want to vote for the pro, because I thought the hobbyist might appreciate the vote more. [/quote] The way I see it is that I am learning , and while I think my mix cuts it this month , the winner gets to explain how he did it and we all learn , this is not a popularity contest it is a learning resource .

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1369072602' post='2084578'] If it's any consolation, I thought I did a good mix (thought the low & top could be better, but I'm deaf) & I have no votes either. I still think mines' the best mix, but like was said earlier, that's probably because I'm used to hearing it like that. Too many of the other mixes has the vocal sounding a bit Elvisish, whereas I think he sounds more like Steve Earle. [/quote] Good call , I will have to do some more country referencing before I decide , I don't think it is worth voting for a country song mix which sounds D&B , just because you are into D&B at the moment

Good luck , I hope it works out , I guess my claim to fame may well be being post #4 in its conception

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1368738077' post='2081044'] The drum fills could do with more swing though [bit straight] just my opinion of course Although it is really hard to swing Midi parts for that Jazz thing. But good stuff. [/quote] Thanks for that Garry , do you mean looser in the timing playing off the beat kind of thing , or varying the actual timing itself ? I might have half a chance of getting the sticks out again ,

Interesting thought on the voting strategy , but don't lose sight of the philosophy behind the 'competition' it is a learning resource that participants can play along with and in turn develop their skills in the mixing process. I didn't particularily need to know , but I think the idea is that you do vote for the one that you [b]do[/b] think is mixed the best , so that if it wins, you get to find out how it was done , and therefore learn something ed for spilug

It is Poor form Milt , and I do jest , but with a bit of the referencing I did ,and the amount of tinkering ,I just happen to have my version stuck in my head and everything else sounds like an ammended version of mine

Cheers Si, It must be a PITA , bust I appreciatte the work you put in . I would offer myself but My speeds are dog slow here , and I have had a couple of issues myself with soundcloud seeming to time out , Maybe I could stop late at work sometime , if it comes to it I could probably do it that way , to take a turn . Is it poor form to vote for your own , I am not sure if it is because I listened to my version sooooooo many times , it feels like the original now, and I always think the original sounds best

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1368727913' post='2080840'] +1 to this. You are letting your bandmates down..... Now get back out there and start asking random girls for handjobs! [/quote] How random do these girls have to be , but while we are chatting , any chance

it is a simple contract , player provides goods / services for an agreed fee , simple . what any individual gets out of the deal is of no consequence , except to the individual. If at a future point in time you have reason to believe you are worth more , then renegotiate if you can, but it boils down to value and available resources, a bit of a poker game if you let it get that way.

Great post PAINY , I think it difficult to pick up personality from a recording , competence maybe , but personality is surely something you get from a person . Individuals show their personality when they play , it maybe one of total concentration, smiling joviality , closed eyed groove , head banging dizziness or even a BigREDX , so we all show our personality when we play , and if we are doing a show , then our personality may even be hidden by our 'persona'. It is an odd concept to me , I am who I am , but if I am playing someone else , then that is who I am trying to be . But as I do mainly covers , I entertain , and if my onstage personality fits the band, the image and the material , the notes I play do not really convey my personality.

Now that is clever , and beautiful , but is all the re-tuning with the special heads necessary ? Ed to add I watched the previous tube , where he explained the guitar , now that is great , and there was some very interesting stuff in his explanation .... BUT... he spent the entire time fiddling with the tuning and it really started to bore the pants off me . so is this a case of art or entertaninment etc....

is it the TYPE of bass you are after or THE bass you sold ? did you note model numbers etc or are you just hoping memories will help ?

Our Rhythm is fantastic at this stuff , while we tend not to play covers sooooo analy that retuning more than a string or two is needed , at rehearsal he will demonstrate some the tunings he has picked up , and he has a great ear for it , top fun .