Posted by Chvad SB on May 7, 2011 – 6:40 pm

I’d like to be honest about this article: it’s not fair. I have a rampantly biased opinion about the following subject and intend to express it fully here. If you happen to have a deep-rooted insecurity about your knob-tweaking skills, then I suggest you stop reading immediately. If not, then by all means, proceed…
I have always hated laptop-jockeys. “What’s a laptop-jockey,” you ask? That legion of “performers” or “bands” or “DJs” who insist that standing behind a laptop onstage has some form of entertainment value. Oh, and DJ’s? Go fuck off. I don’t care enough about you to even think about whatever value you vultures have anymore. I’m shitting on lazy musicians right now, so go piss off. Aaaaand back to the laptop-jockeys… As a fan they bore me and as a musician I find them insulting AND boring. I’ve seen hacks do it and I’ve seen well respected musicians do it and guess what? Every God-damned time IT FUCKING SUCKS. Here’s some news… your computer is BORING. You are BORING. Worst of all… YOU ARE KILLING YOUR OWN MUSIC because YOU ARE LAZY.
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Posted by admin on June 6, 2009 – 2:51 am
Google hi-fi speakers vs monitors. Go ahead, do it. I got 1,050,000 results. You’re here for the real answer aren’t you? I have the definitive answer below. It’s true.
Don’t read the manufacturers BS. Don’t read the 1 million web pages, because 99% are all going to tell you a different answer than I am going to tell you. And definitely don’t ask someone inside “the industry” because they too want to sell you speakers and keep having food on their tables.
There is this concept that hi-fi speakers are intended to sound “good” and monitors are intended to sound “accurate”. Let’s assume this is a completely true GENERALIZATION. Yes, a generalization. So now when you get down to your specifics – your specific speaker and your specific monitor – it all breaks down. Read More »
Posted by admin on May 27, 2009 – 6:36 pm
So you’re in a band and you think you’re ready for NYC?
GIGGING BANDS: The New York Experience
So you’re in a band and you think you’re ready for NYC? Here’s what you can expect… According to Martin’s Atkin’s new book, “TOUR:SMART” there are anywhere from 741 to 1235 bands playing in New York City every week. As I’m writing this, on a Friday evening, there are 374 bands playing in NYC (according to http://www.going.com) and that isn’t even tapping into the plethora of shows that didn’t bother to post on the site.
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