Given that you've been creating music from Portastudio days and through the rise (and rise) of digital recording, how much of an effect has the progression of tech (especially in affordable home recording) had on the way you each go about songwriting and ultimately putting together your albums?
I'd love to know where you balance what's done in home production set-ups with bigger studios, what sort of gear you work with where, and where along the line people like Pat Dillet get involved. Are you take half-recorded tracks in to rework? Are you fiddling with mixes and such away from the studio? And are there any production techniques from the 80s that you still rely on, or recent techniques and effects that you avoid?
Thanks!
(Also, please come back to Australia some time soon, we miss you!)
Sorry, but having to spend $79 to replace the battery in a $99 iPhone 3GS is just plain idiotic.
I'll preface this by saying that I don't like non-user-replaceable batteries either, even just because you can't take a spare battery if you're not going to be near power for a while.
But you should know better than to say "$99 iPhone 3GS": It cost a lot more than that and it's subsidised by your fixed term service contract with the telco. Although you consider $79 too much, compared to $600 - $800 to purchase the phone outright, it's not wildly out of proportion.
So far as I can tell, nothing they said was untrue, people just read more into it.
It may not have been necessarily untrue, but it was deliberately misleading. The tone implied that they were closing.
But even if that wasn't the case, shutting off the service for several days without notice is still a dick move. I purchased some games late Sunday in the CodeMasters sale only to find out I couldn't download my purchases come Monday morning. I figure that's a very poor way to handle planned downtime for upgrades, and all for a little marketing at the expense of existing paying customers.
The problem with all of these WiFi units is that as has been highlighted in previous articles, nobody is entirely sure how to make a profit out of them. As far as I'm concerned, things like Starbucks pay service are a bit too pricey for the casual user, who is generally relying on kind soles to open up APs for free
Oh well, guess we can just hope the leave them free:)
We paid about $80AU (around $40US) for a 256k down 56 up ADSL line. We liked it a hell of a lot, spent most of my time gaming, girlfriend loved it and got addicted to ifilm. Our biggest month was 11GB.
Then mid last year, they started capping at 3GB, no price reductions, nothing. Capping basically made it no longer cost-effective, so they gave us a chance to jump ship, which we did.
Within 2 months, all of the other broadband providers introduced caps (usually at 3GB). Only a few weeks ago has one provider re-introduced unlimited plans.
Point of my ramble is, that once you put a cap on broadband, you have to watch everything you DL, and that sucks. It'll just get to the point that you're better off with back with yor 56k. Yell at Comcast/AT&T until they back off. Do it for your own good.
The big question, though, is whether they should be allowed to enter the commercial domain, where they could be used by organised crime and terrorism to thwart eavesdropping by police.
Whether they should be allowed?? Whether they're allowed or not has little bearing on what would happen. You look at the US's export restrictions for crypto, asking people outside the US to download the inferior version, they haven't exactly worked wonders have they?
Dunno if that will happen... Didn't you read the amended EULA for Windows? Any browsers that aren't IE, are expressly outlawed, and you won't get any Service Packs if you install them...:)
When I first had broadband, I used it for downloading relatively low bitrate movie clips that I'd worked on, so I could do rough cut editing to them at home before I booked time in the actual edit suites at uni. I used closer to 12gb a month because of this, and when the cap came in and was enforced, I now have to use alternative methods.
I'm trying not to be cynical about any tricks that they may try to pull, whilst the marketing boys yell from the rooftops about the speed. Looking on the face of it, this is such a good push in the right direction. Now only if a supplier in Australia would step forward with a decent plan so that we can stop being raped by Telstra's 3Gb limit and crappy reliability. (Note: I have gone back to dial-up)
Pah, in brass band comps I've waited an hour until the judges were finished with their comments. Reading their very brief comments later and listening to the tape of the performance, I don't know where the hour of reflection went though:)
Should be noted that this was at the end of all the performers, when the adjudicators were making extra notes based on the tapes etc. So I don't think 30 minutes at the end of a session is out of the question.
Everyone needs to understand that the businesses have managed to cock the ear of the legislators, and how??
Through the vast arrray of lobbying groups.
Big Business lobbying tends to sound louder than individuals, which is sad, and results in too many irritating bits of legislation (DMCA, I hope not the CBDTPA, et al) getting through.
Despite their justification, it seems to be another case of a company attempting to hold on to its intellectual property, ignoring the fact that letting people run with it will in aid their sales revenue in the long term.
Examples of this are everywhere, my particular fave is where fox started shutting down fan websites. How can this help promotion of your product??
The band of microwaves that would be used to get the energy back here would be of a sort to 'dodge' the atmosphere. What this system would do is convert the light energy into a band that isn't soaked up by the atmosphere, thats where you get the efficiency benifits.
The issue here is will the artist actually get anything from this, the current music distribution systems being implemented in the states don't actually give anything direct to the performer. And moreso, recording contracts are now loaded with clauses to cover "future distribution technology"
I see internet music downloads as more of an interactive radio system rather than a direct competitor to CD's. We can now be choosy in what we listen to, and what we think is worth spending money on will change, because nobody likes to get an album of 'filler' with only one or two decent songs (the singles). Will this force the labels, artists, and producers to create better work? We can only hope.
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Given that you've been creating music from Portastudio days and through the rise (and rise) of digital recording, how much of an effect has the progression of tech (especially in affordable home recording) had on the way you each go about songwriting and ultimately putting together your albums?
I'd love to know where you balance what's done in home production set-ups with bigger studios, what sort of gear you work with where, and where along the line people like Pat Dillet get involved. Are you take half-recorded tracks in to rework? Are you fiddling with mixes and such away from the studio? And are there any production techniques from the 80s that you still rely on, or recent techniques and effects that you avoid?
Thanks!
(Also, please come back to Australia some time soon, we miss you!)
Sorry, but having to spend $79 to replace the battery in a $99 iPhone 3GS is just plain idiotic.
I'll preface this by saying that I don't like non-user-replaceable batteries either, even just because you can't take a spare battery if you're not going to be near power for a while.
But you should know better than to say "$99 iPhone 3GS": It cost a lot more than that and it's subsidised by your fixed term service contract with the telco. Although you consider $79 too much, compared to $600 - $800 to purchase the phone outright, it's not wildly out of proportion.
Why redirect on all links then, couldn't they have had it running only on known spam links?
So far as I can tell, nothing they said was untrue, people just read more into it.
It may not have been necessarily untrue, but it was deliberately misleading. The tone implied that they were closing.
But even if that wasn't the case, shutting off the service for several days without notice is still a dick move. I purchased some games late Sunday in the CodeMasters sale only to find out I couldn't download my purchases come Monday morning. I figure that's a very poor way to handle planned downtime for upgrades, and all for a little marketing at the expense of existing paying customers.
From TFA: "...technology that would display in color and work on a variety of devices."
Wow, its taken them this long to find out about HTML?
Because contract law, at least in Australia (and the UK) requires the party enforcing the contract to demonstrate a 'meeting of the minds'.
The problem with all of these WiFi units is that as has been highlighted in previous articles, nobody is entirely sure how to make a profit out of them. As far as I'm concerned, things like Starbucks pay service are a bit too pricey for the casual user, who is generally relying on kind soles to open up APs for free
:)
Oh well, guess we can just hope the leave them free
We paid about $80AU (around $40US) for a 256k down 56 up ADSL line. We liked it a hell of a lot, spent most of my time gaming, girlfriend loved it and got addicted to ifilm. Our biggest month was 11GB.
Then mid last year, they started capping at 3GB, no price reductions, nothing. Capping basically made it no longer cost-effective, so they gave us a chance to jump ship, which we did.
Within 2 months, all of the other broadband providers introduced caps (usually at 3GB). Only a few weeks ago has one provider re-introduced unlimited plans.
Point of my ramble is, that once you put a cap on broadband, you have to watch everything you DL, and that sucks. It'll just get to the point that you're better off with back with yor 56k. Yell at Comcast/AT&T until they back off. Do it for your own good.
The big question, though, is whether they should be allowed to enter the commercial domain, where they could be used by organised crime and terrorism to thwart eavesdropping by police.
Whether they should be allowed?? Whether they're allowed or not has little bearing on what would happen. You look at the US's export restrictions for crypto, asking people outside the US to download the inferior version, they haven't exactly worked wonders have they?
I'm with NTL in the UK, pay £15 a month (around $23 - $24 US) for 128k access. Rental of equip is included in the price.
Dunno if that will happen... Didn't you read the amended EULA for Windows? Any browsers that aren't IE, are expressly outlawed, and you won't get any Service Packs if you install them... :)
The story is also up at The Register
...or the bees?
...or the dogs with bees in their mouth and when they bark they shoot bees at you?
Well, it appears that it won't be African bees then.
47 Channels, and there's still nothing on.
When I first had broadband, I used it for downloading relatively low bitrate movie clips that I'd worked on, so I could do rough cut editing to them at home before I booked time in the actual edit suites at uni. I used closer to 12gb a month because of this, and when the cap came in and was enforced, I now have to use alternative methods.
Afraid its megaBITS. If we had 3 megabyte/sec connections, we'd all hit any download caps within seconds : )
I'm trying not to be cynical about any tricks that they may try to pull, whilst the marketing boys yell from the rooftops about the speed. Looking on the face of it, this is such a good push in the right direction. Now only if a supplier in Australia would step forward with a decent plan so that we can stop being raped by Telstra's 3Gb limit and crappy reliability. (Note: I have gone back to dial-up)
Pah, in brass band comps I've waited an hour until the judges were finished with their comments. Reading their very brief comments later and listening to the tape of the performance, I don't know where the hour of reflection went though :)
Should be noted that this was at the end of all the performers, when the adjudicators were making extra notes based on the tapes etc. So I don't think 30 minutes at the end of a session is out of the question.
Everyone needs to understand that the businesses have managed to cock the ear of the legislators, and how??
Through the vast arrray of lobbying groups.
Big Business lobbying tends to sound louder than individuals, which is sad, and results in too many irritating bits of legislation (DMCA, I hope not the CBDTPA, et al) getting through.
...until I see an old, beat up, chrome covered toaster from the 60's running linux...
...wait a sec, with those mini-itx boards it'd just about be possible...
Shit. I gotta lay off the caffine.
Squint in amazement at our week long marathon of text based MUD's.
All your favorites, all day, all week long. Don't touch that dial.
Despite their justification, it seems to be another case of a company attempting to hold on to its intellectual property, ignoring the fact that letting people run with it will in aid their sales revenue in the long term.
Examples of this are everywhere, my particular fave is where fox started shutting down fan websites. How can this help promotion of your product??
Silly move.
The band of microwaves that would be used to get the energy back here would be of a sort to 'dodge' the atmosphere. What this system would do is convert the light energy into a band that isn't soaked up by the atmosphere, thats where you get the efficiency benifits.
The issue here is will the artist actually get anything from this, the current music distribution systems being implemented in the states don't actually give anything direct to the performer. And moreso, recording contracts are now loaded with clauses to cover "future distribution technology"
I disagree. Now consumes have an alternative free outlet to find what music they like, as opposed to the same old same ol the record companies pay the radio stations to play.
I see internet music downloads as more of an interactive radio system rather than a direct competitor to CD's. We can now be choosy in what we listen to, and what we think is worth spending money on will change, because nobody likes to get an album of 'filler' with only one or two decent songs (the singles). Will this force the labels, artists, and producers to create better work? We can only hope.