I know exactly how you feel Slip. I got my washburn mercury and marshall amp, a 12 channel and an 8 channel mixer plugged into the back of my pc which I'm running reaper software on. Great recordings with excellent sound and as many tracks as I want but pushing the age limit a little too much. lol
But like you I have a blast. It's almost amazing how far technology has gone even since the 80's. Rock music lives...but mostly on the inside of each one of us. On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah there's much truth there about the industry. The old days of > industry rule are gone and the old moguls are struggling to compete. > The internet has blown the doors open on creativity with self > marketing getting easier all the time. I used in the past PC software > for recording but back then the vocals weren't digitized. Now I play > through a mixing board into a Boss BR8 optical out to a HHB Burnit and > usually 8 tracks is all I need for a four piece band and vocal > harmonies. I too far gone for superstardom but have fun just the same > while of course wishing I was young again to experience the > opportunities available these days for talented individuals. Back in > the day the industry was only interested in marketable prospects and > was the only means of gaining entry. We had to literally knock on > doors and deal with multiple rejections based on failure to reach > industry standards, originality didn't mean much. Reminds me of the > Doors movie where they are approached by record producer who suggests > they write something in the line of Herman's Hermits. > > On Mar 19, 12:14 pm, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2009/3/19 Ricky Rayburn <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > None the less, all music is dying due to the love of money instead of > the > > > love of storytelling and truth. > > > > That's simply untrue. Music isn't dying, the music industry's traditional > > business model is dying or dead. There's never been a freer time to > create > > something and find an instant audience for it. I think there's two > reasons > > for this: > > > > 1) Home recording is incredibly cheap and the quality/flexibility > achievable > > for very modest outlay tops a $300k studio from a few years back. If you > > have a Mac, GarageBand is free and can do multritrack recording at better > > than CD quality. Logic Studio, for $500, enables you to do almost > anything. > > > > 2) Distribution of music no longer requires expensive logistics and > > manufacturing. The web has changed everything. > > > > Moaning about Britney etc is pointless. She shouldn't even be on your > radar > > if you have any appreciation of music as an art or craft. :) > > > > Ian > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
