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it just seems like a double standard when people enjoy the freedoms and liberties of a capitalist free society, Capitalism is an ECONOMIC system. It has nothing to do with freedom or liberties - in fact in many ways its their natural enemy in that it requires a servile/ignorant class to exploit in ...

You've got to have it all in your head before you can get it out... Thats very true for the most part. And I always know the general direction a song is gonna go when I start recording. However, I leave myself open to trying things out as they come to me. Invariably, I will come up with new parts o...

paraphrasing: "Gibsons are bright" If the guy at the store told you that he's an idiot and should be working at Shop-Rite. I would hardly call a J-200 bright. Why do you think they make different models?? All guitars sound different. Some models are supposed to be a bit brighter (maple helps in that...

That's what we used to record my bass player on our last record and he loved it. We got some good tones out of it - straightforward though nothing crazy. Definitely worth the money.

Mike

Easily one of the most important pieces of software in my arsenal. I write and record my own 60s-influenced indie pop so you know I get ALOT of use out of it. I also have the Mello-T refill for Reason which is really good too. Its made up of patches so they have some combinations and I find myself u...

They also make a 72 Tele Thinline which is the one with 2 humbuckers and F-Hole... I've seen a bunch of people playing them lately... Fender has reissued them and you can get one for like 600 bucks... Sweet guitars. They also reissued the 1969 Thinline. After many years, Fender finally got their hea...

Recently: Gold - Ryan Adams Rainy Day Music - Jayhawks (very clean, crisp acoustic sound) Let's Get Out Of This Country - Camera Obscura (a nod to my own style: reverb and organ ;) Summerteeth - Wilco (though not a fan of the hyper-limiting done in the mastering - but the songs and mixes are great) ...

thanks for all the valuable feedback

Mike

jayro_rockola wrote:Oh yeah,
And Yoko Ono gave me an egg salad sandwich.
Then she winked at me.

Did you tip her??

effector wrote: a 'friend of a friend' (yeah right) claims to have made morrissey cry in a restaurant.

Can't ANYBODY make Morrissey cry??

objective wrote:i have yet to get the led out with enthusiasm

Now that's a classic line man.

Mike

nobody?

This is the latest song I just finished... its called Under The Gun. As usual, I played everything on it. Let me know what you guys think if you get a minute to listen. http://www.soundclick.com/util/downloadSong.cfm?ID=4093019&key=28AD49B3-3 Here's what I used: Sonar4 PE Line 6 GuitarPort ART Tube ...

Comprised of... sounds perfectly fine to me... as in "comprised of a number of different blah blah blahs" no?!??!? I have since found this at Merriam Webster (pay note to the end paragraph): Main Entry: com?prise Pronunciation: k&m-'prIz Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): com?prised; com?p...

Tigermilk by Belle & Sebastian was done with just one mic on the drums.

Mike