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by jamoo
Sun May 25, 2008 7:19 am
Forum: People/Places/Things
Topic: Another "where to live" thread
Replies: 33
Views: 9938

Go Canadian and move to Toronto! It's safe,it's kinda clean, people live downtown, it's walkable and bike-able and hugely multicultural. The music scene is great. The film, art, theatre, & everything else scenes are also booming. And our economy hasn't gone in the toilet yet. It's expensive by Cana...
by jamoo
Sun May 25, 2008 7:15 am
Forum: People/Places/Things
Topic: Another "where to live" thread
Replies: 33
Views: 9938

At least I can shoot guns and have fun with other rednecks. yeah, emeryville is probably not the place where people go for redneck identity. I think I'm stuck in the toilet that is the East Bay for the next 6 months till my lease runs out. It isn't all that bad, though, if you like strip malls, and...
by jamoo
Wed May 21, 2008 11:16 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Music you *used* to be into?
Replies: 171
Views: 51041

and prince...
by jamoo
Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:12 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: James Taylor's Drum Machine
Replies: 28
Views: 10332

James Taylor's Drum Machine

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it works too, but i think to 'change samples', you actually have to switch out instruments.
by jamoo
Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:29 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Music you *used* to be into?
Replies: 171
Views: 51041

I'm losing my tolerance for volume and my listening stamina, so I don't listen to much industrial anymore.... and other forms of angsty/alienated-sounding stuff, some of which is my favorite. Unlike the curmudgeon-types, I still like it, I just can't bear it like I used to. Same for whiskey. . I see...
by jamoo
Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:34 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Do bands still have managers?
Replies: 5
Views: 2595

just want to acknowledge that i read your response. saved it, actually. :^:
by jamoo
Tue Oct 31, 2006 12:52 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Do bands still have managers?
Replies: 5
Views: 2595

Do bands still have managers?

If so, what do they do? Does a band's manager have anything to do with their success / acceptance by the masses? Obviously there's more going on than making good recordings, because bad recordings are unavoidable, and we can all name a few that blow us away that no one but another tape-opper has eve...
by jamoo
Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:20 pm
Forum: Tape Op Magazine
Topic: Mark Mothersbaugh
Replies: 35
Views: 18024

lol. great paradox. on the one hand, the public figure needs a thick skin. on the other hand, the desire to become a public figure is usually based on wanting to be influential/loved (meaning no thick skin). i'd just consider 'knights' a heckler in this case. devo pushed boundaries and expressly swo...
by jamoo
Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:06 pm
Forum: Tape Op Magazine
Topic: Mark Mothersbaugh
Replies: 35
Views: 18024

I'd basically like to know two things (I can think of): - What about his background, art school, Akron, etc., is present but not evident in Devo? (context: frat boys or derelicts who wanna 'rawk' don't usually write ostensibly willfully existential lyrics. I hate using the term , but I choose it bec...
by jamoo
Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:54 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Best pedal to give an AC-30 sound through a twin
Replies: 26
Views: 15492

maybe sell the twin and buy a $600 chinese 15?

valvtronix?
by jamoo
Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:48 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: TOMB Beach Boys comp?
Replies: 223
Views: 59283

anyone heard rick bain's 'pet sounds'?
by jamoo
Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:45 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Recording GUITARS - thin / weak tone - PLEASE HELP!!
Replies: 44
Views: 9803

Re: Recording GUITARS - thin / weak tone - PLEASE HELP!!

ganoosh wrote:I'm having some trouble recording electric guitars. I keep getting a really thin, shitty, mid-ranged tone. i feel like i've tried everything.
Dude, you've stolen my sound! Add harsh and we might be the same person...

...we'll maybe after you've made many hundreds more posts. :lol:
by jamoo
Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:49 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Overhead Techniques for the Devo Sound
Replies: 22
Views: 4974

i would just like to comment, as an existential philosophy enthusiast (likewise, a "useless passion"):

* freedom of choice is one of the baddest-ass pop songs ever written. *
by jamoo
Mon Sep 25, 2006 3:03 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Songs you love that are just plain embarassing
Replies: 114
Views: 27974

I like the idea of being 'cleared by nostalgia' though... perhaps my early-life love for Utopia in all forms and thus current selective affection for them (they could do no wrong in my eyes when I was young) can be forgiven by this clause? :) Martin Gore seems to have always had a streak of knowing...
by jamoo
Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:40 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Your Definitive Sound
Replies: 15
Views: 4977

i'm working on 'little room, big sound'.

sometimes more like, 'bursting out of a little room' sound.

but mostly i just call it 'digital reverb' sound.