What Did You...12-07-03

[cgarges]

What did you work on today/tonight, 12-07-03?

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

[assfortress]

An essay about historical stuff. I used a bic round stic for close writing. I put it down on wide ruled spiral bound paper. Everything was really warm, and fat, and punchy.

Matt.

[cgarges]

"close writing"

Awesome.

Chris

[Randy]

My band practiced, and I record every practice. I went through the recording and there was nothing worth saving, but I am not going get rid of it. Pack rat mentality. (at about $1 per gigabyte, how can I?)

I also started working on some art for an EP we are going to get made.

Right now I am sitting on the couch with my girlfriend who is knitting and my dog who is sleeping, watching ER.

[Rick Hunter]

worked on a new song in my room. I broke a string. But thats okay, cause i havent done anything new in forever. Now I jinxed myself. Damnit.

[dungeonsound615]

Went bowling and the people next to me kept pissing me off they had like 8 balls for four peple and the dumb ass keeps taking mine everytime any i bowled a 149 which is nto bad for me

[marqueemoon]

Marathon band practice (the first in a long while). We tried out a few vocal harmony ideas that we came up with during overdubs live for the first time.

Met with our "A&R swine" about publicity for our upcoming CD release. $3000 for a publicist? Damn. I am clearly in the wrong line of work.

Wrote our guitar player a check for the 2nd of the two 1176s we went halfsies on a few months ago. Turns out he was just letting it sit there, so I offered to buy it back. Now I am broke as shit but I have two 1176s.

Went home. Stared at my gear which is badly in need of organization. After playing drums for nearly three hours I couldn't bring myself to do it. Played guitar for a little bit, but nothing too inspiring came of it.

Came over to my girlfriend's. Tried to watch TV, but it was just awful so I put on Idaho's "Levitate", heated up some coffee, and cozied up to the 'puter.

[puffpastry]

Finished building a solid state phono preamp. My tube amplifier doesn't have a phono input, and I didn't want to spend $500 on a decent phono pre, so I built one. I'm currently listening to Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life LP. I'm thinking my preamp sounds detailed, but a little grainy and sibilant, and I hope the OPA2604 I used will settle in and sound a little better.

I'm thinking I should've built a tube phono preamp instead.

[Piotr]

I cooked dinner for some good friends and had some quality down time! Roasted chicken, sweet potatoes, salad, apple pie...

[NewPunk]

I built two of fourteen 8-channel snakes I need for a week from Wednesday. I'm beginning to regret ever hearing music in the first place.
Life would be so much simpler if people could only communicate visually.

Ugh... 2 a.m. already?

[joel hamilton]

I tracked Adam from the band "HIM" on david Grubbs new record. Fun.

[rhythm ranch]

Yesterday we finalized the deal for space for my wife's new clinic. Tonight we went to dinner to celebrate - she just took her NM state licensing test this morning to become a Doctor of Oriental Medicine. We still have to wait three weeks for the official word, but there's no doubt that she passed with flying colors!

I'll have to put in a couple more years at the day gig while she builds her clientele, then I get to work on the studio full-time. YAY!

[PDXJamie]

worked on mixing some stuff my band recorded. It sounded good till i listened to a reference cd... Now i'm just feeling crabby.

[toddjal]

ordered engineering and electronics books online that i can't really afford. Damn this confounded quest for knowledge!!

[Meriphew]

Tracked a guitar part for a song. '62 Fender Tele Custom reissue > 8 fx pedals > Bad Cat Mini Cat amp (little 5 watter) that was cranked. Mic'd with a Blue Baby Bottle, Shure 57, and a Placid Copperphone (all at varying distances) > GT Vipre and API pres. It was one of those roaring, feeding back, on the verge of being out of control type of guitar parts.