EBS_freak

You're right. If you can make your song stick on Tiktok, that's how you make your song a success nowadays.

Indeed. I've worked for numerous charities in a work capacity as well as a musical capacity. There's some things that I would entertain. I think a lot of it comes down to what player you are in the game. A hobbyist, a semi-pro or a pro musician. The first in the list is the most likely to do it for free... and the quality of bands from such players can range from pants to amazing. Semi-pro depends upon your situation... and who you are in a band with. A semi-pro musician may play with pro-musicians. So whilst a semi-pro musician may be up for freebies now and again, they aren't likely to remain popular with their pro counterparts. Careful though, there's loads of folk out there who's only source of income is through music - and they'll hate you for "devaluing" their services by taking on low ball or free gigs. But then again, fair's fair. If you are going to chose a profession where there's a market for hobbyists, there's a risk. And despite what pros proclaim - a hobbyist can be just as good as a pro. In fact, a hobbyist may even provide a better service than a pro musician that treats a performance as "just another gig, just another paycheck".

I used to watch a lot of originals bands whilst at Uni. Even caught Coldplay before they were. a blip on anybody's radar. Really enjoyed their stuff and even then, you could see they had the potential to go places. This was pre them releasing Parachutes... and for me, when Coldplay sounded the best (that first album is a pure gem)... before they became the stadium anthem band that they are now. Grassroots music is defo on the decline, which is a real big shame. People (as in the wider public) don't want to hear new music it would seem. It seems to be largely dictated by what the radio deems suitable to play you. (or what they've been paid to play you). I used to sit on Pandora for hours on end, getting introduced to new artists too.

Funnily enough, this week, I've had an agency contact me about doing a carnival 3 and a half hours way. 7 piece band. Fee? Free. I politely declined. The band would be heavily in debt for petrol costs for the 7 hours round trip for starters before we'd even played a note. Interesting enough, I went to the carnival page, and there they are, no surprise, asking for donations to fund it. I found it interesting that the ask for anybody freebies, musicians are the first to target. I wonder if they paid to go through an agency to avoid the onslaught from the bands.

(PS you can add that to you arsenal when you point out that you bet the bar staff aren't working for free...)

Screw asking musicians to play for a decent money. It's nothing but a hobby. What I want to know is, despite all these "hobbyist" gardeners, why can't I find anybody to sort out my back lawn. Raging.

Congrats on making it to market Stevie!

A set of UE6s. Then a set of A12t.

What an interesting turn of events @Al Kroweh?

I've seen that on Bass Direct. Bug bear of mine. "Absolutely mint" then further down in the description, chip near the jack socket and buckle rash.

Every time that I think about replying, @cheddatom already got there. The key point is, times have changed... and as pointed out, people find it hard to acknowledge privilege. The fact that a lot of us were born in the UK affords us with a lot of privilege from the word go, no matter where about on the economic scale you exist.

Just checking - I can still stand by my statement then?

But look at the percentage change in the value of that property versus wages and that's where your argument goes to stinky poo.

Bizarrely enough - my mate has one of those Elgato pedals and its use never crossed my mind! Glad you got it sorted!

For pro - polishing wheel. Although I wouldn't recommend this without experience as the risk of burning through the finish is very high. By hand - car polish and lots of elbow grease. Something like Meguiars deep crystal polish. Just keep going untli you get it to the level of gloss you want. Again, work evenly across the neck rather than concentrating in one area to avoid burn through.

Seriously impressive stuff. Loved those demos - and as stated above, the use of CXM1978 was a smart choice for visually displaying what was going on. This controller deserves to do well.

I like the low tech version of an analogue watch under the mouse.

On first glance, I thought it was the Reslo UD1 - but on closer inspection, I think I'm wrong. Any fellow mic geeks that can help out with an ID on Jarvis' mic here?

it’ll be a TRS. So for example, look at an insert cable (one trs to two ts on a y cable) to use a volume pedal.

and in chrome for comparison - midiumpagechrome.mov

Lightning fast in chrome. Chronic in safari. midiumpage.mov

I guess it would be a suck it and see thing then!

There’s a length restriction on USB. Think the spec says it’s only about 2 metres. You can power a board independent of USB (usually from a 3.3 or 5v supply) however, you will still need that long data run to your computer… which will knacker your design.

Just check you buy a board that is compatible (e.g. of being a USB keyboard). I haven't checked that board above (it may not - EDIT - it is). That's literally just to show you the pin outs. Off the top of my head, I think it's Leonardo arduinos (and knock offs) - a compatible board is probably named in that initial link