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Oh, forgot: Papas Fritas at Middle East, Boston, fall 1996. I had never even heard of them until I wandered in midset. I am still reeling from their breakup which was many years ago now. im pretty sure when my old band played at the middles east these dudes were on the bill... dont really remember ...

well its a tough situation as a graphic designer im often in a position wherein i have to design things for some seriously LAME clients.. or seriously suspect clients (last week i worked on a baby blanket website and a men's bathhouse AT THE SAME TIME) at least with design i dont have to spend HOURS...

i have to agree i have yet to hear a MODEN rock dru msound that sounds anywhere near as good as the drums on Paranoid, Zep 1 and 2 etc etc.. .records that were recorded in ONE or TWO days, live off the floor.. i doubt VERY highly they spent hours retuning the kits for each song, setting up in differ...

Bad Brains - there was a near riot when somebody pulled off a peace of one of HR's florr length dreds.

Gang Of Four

pavement - last show

if there are 100 people at the show and you sell 40 -50 thats completely RIDICULOUS there's no way every second person thru the door is buyign your merch. moral of the sotry id say the market for most ROCK oriented music is slim to none.. until you have HYPE behind you you cannot sell records PERIOD...

no sweat man... its subtle thingsl iek that though that can make or break an indy release... if i was making a cd id make sure it wasnt i na jewel case.. and i most definatly wouldnt shrink wrap it... but then again this is a problem within the very nature of cd store retail.. ie the notion that you...

touring is critical remember if you press a cd its SHRINK WRAPPED so without press / airplay / hype why would anyone buy something they cannot listen to? additionally in your home town it wil lbe consigned to the LOCAL bin which in my record store employee experience is akin to the dust bin , no one...

jmoose wrote:One of my old mentors said that if you can't make it sound good, make it sound interesting.

I subscribe to the philosophy that if the band's gear sounds like poo...well, you're just screwed.

so which is it then?

well i think there'splenty of reasons he doesnt get alot of props... i think of he was more of a producer in the JAZZ sense IE he was the dude who coordinated the recording.. i would highly doubt he actually so much as touched a knob or moved a mic.. he was there to oversea the recordings. he got pr...

yeah there's a "click" thats very audible in the intro very LARGE full sounding recording.. LUSH... reminds me of something the Lilies or Ladybug Transister would do... i like it .. the break is unexpected and very nice... the weird filtered drum looping and the way the track comes back is very nice...

yeah i would avoid the cd route...nobody buys cdr's unless its far out freak folk . avante type shit pressed on cd3's or some such and sold direct at shows. i dont think small run (500 - 1000) professionally manufactured cds have much hope of breaking even.. too many factors against you in that mark...

try and find an MXR distortion + or a RAT

yeah the definaition of creamey is integral here.. i would call anything related to fugazi "creamy"

for me creamy is THICK and fuzzed out.. ala zep's "bring it on home" or "Black Dog" the solo on "what is and what should never be"

fugazi always sound thin / verging on harsh to my ears

if it sounds good i nthe room but bad o ntape i'd say it must be your micing... maybe you need to get a mic further out fro mthe amp to get that ROOM sound.. and blend it with a mic up against the grill personally i think tube / solid state is a moot point... if the tone sounds good i nthe room, com...

i have a tank just like that i pulled out of an old peavey.. always been meanign to wire it up as some kind of stand alone tank... now im truely PSYCHED!!!