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some stupid things i heard

cmon — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:54:52 GMT

do you ever get sick of the idiotic things the fat unfit population throws at ya? and they say them with such authority.lol. i was on my trucking route and i stopped into a gas station to heat up my eggs.the lady at the counter comes over and says "wow you gonna eat all those eggs?" i said "sure,you need em to grow" then she trys to tell me eggs dont help build muscle cause her boyfriend eats alot of eggs every day and he's still skinny.i asked if he works out at all and she tells me " he's in construction" i said"ok,but does he work out?" she says he's in construction and that is a workout.LMAO! and you know,thats not the first time i heard this.another woman asked me why i am trying to grow even more. i didnt even bother to answer before she muttered the words"you should just get a job in construction instead,then you wouldnt need to train at home"
as some of you may know, i am a truck driver.i drive a gas tanker and load up the gas stations with supply.its heavy work to mess with those hoses and all but its not A WORKOUT.lol i had one guy say to me "maybe i should should into that business,looks like it really builds you up."
does anybody believe in excercise anymore?? or is it just a way for the fat lazy people to say to themselves"well he's fit because of his job and i sit here all day so thats why im fat"
ok sorry for my ranting.must be the dbol.lol

I Love This Site

cmon — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:55:54 GMT

I Love This Site

I love this site! I was going to type something more profound but I just got a call and have to go.
But I'll be back.:D

The Photochopshop

Uncrust — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:23:28 GMT

Ok so the idea of the photochopshop is to have you, the reader, post pictures of whatever so that the other members can have their way with them. this has the potential to be ridiculously funny.

we can start here:

[img]http://www.lindentertainment.com/photogallery/who%20wont%20be%20at%20the%20fest_/redneck%20bass%20boat.jpg[/img]

Sing Online!

EricaRoane — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:32:29 GMT

I wanted to pass along my website Singer's Soiree.

You can find all different types of sites online to sing at.

www.freewebs.com/singerssoiree

Dream job

cmon — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:53:53 GMT

Dream job

what would be your perfect dream job (if money weren't an issue)?

Four word story.

Mon1018 — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:15:43 GMT

Four word story.

I saw this on a friends site and thought it would be fun.

At the end of the summer I'll write out the story.

Rules:

1) you must wirte four words that ad to the flow of the story.

2) if you post here you must put in the four words...you can put comments in * *

3) no swears. none at all!

When you want to...

joke

moonmoon — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:47:54 GMT

joke
Ok, so all you have to do is post 3 words following the previous member. It must make sense, and it will hopefully create a random story.
I'll start.

3 Small Mice

5 letter word - change 1 letter

moonmoon — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:59:47 GMT

5 letter word - change 1 letter

ok its easy I will write a five letter word and all you do is make a new word out of it by changing just 1 letter.
no more than 1 letter is allowed to be changed they can all be reorganized but you have to keep all the letters but 1 ok?

first word...

cool

Reasons Why Windows Is Not A Virus

moonmoon — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:59:03 GMT

Reasons Why Windows Is Not A Virus
1. Viruses are free.
2. Viruses don't take up most of your hard drive.
3. Viruses don't need 80 megs of RAM.
4. Viruses don't have major bugs.
5. Viruses don't have three different sets of documentation.
6. Viruses don't leak info to the press about the upcoming Jerusalem 95, to keep people from switching to Michelangelo/2 Warp.
7. Viruses aren't on every computer.
8. Nobody cares if a virus turns out to be 16 bit, even though it is advertised as 32...
9. Viruses install themselves

Temples of Kerala

FlorinTrott — Wed, 09 May 2007 22:51:31 GMT

:w00t: The temples of Kerala preserve and symbolize the rich heritage and customs of the land. Kerala temple architecture is unique, and it is in harmony with the natural resources and the climatic conditions of the region. Some of the important temples of Kerala are:
• Padmanabhaswamy temple: The Padmanabhaswamy temple at Tiruvanandapuram is a serene center of worship and a veritable art gallery as well.
• At Mannaarsaala near Haripad near Trivandrum, a snake grove is held in regard as a place of worship.
• Guruvayur: The Sree Krishna temple here attracts thousands of pilgrims throughout the year. Naraayaneeyam the acclaimed Sanskrit classic extols this shrine.
• The Pancha Pandavas and Kerala: Five temples of Kerala are believed to have been built by the Pandava Princes. Aranmula, known for its water carnival is the best known of these.
• Chottanikkara - Bhagawati Temple: Bhagawati is one of the most worshipped deities in Kerala. Visit this well known Bhagawati temple at Chottanikara.
• The Vadakkunnathar temple at Thrissur enshrines Shiva, Sankaranarayana and Rama and is one of the largest temple complexes in Kerala.
• The Rajarajeswara temple at Taliparamba has legends associated with the Ramayana.
• Sabarimala - where millions converge: Shasta is enshrined in Sabarimala - pilgrimage to which shrine requires austerities.

Please go ahead on [url=http://www.indiadestinationtours.com]Kerala Tour Packages[/url] and enjoy more temples in Kerala. :D

Guitar Center Pro Audio Department

JCloven13 — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 12:56:01 GMT

I have an interview coming up next week to work at the Pro Audio Department at the new Guitar Center opening up here in Iowa. I haven't been to a Guitar Center in probably, oh...5 years...anyone have any tips to help me nail this thing? I really need the job, and it would be a big step in the right direction compared to the data entry I do now. And let us not forget the discounts!

anyone Heard of the artist ATOM?

aclefler — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:09:18 GMT

I was wondering if anyone on the site has heard of the artist ATOM. I guess he did some trance music a few years ago. Well anyway he is my teacher this Month for Audio Workstations class. Just interested to see how big he got in the industry.

audio engineer schools

freak1c — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:38:14 GMT

Anybody out there go to one of these schools ? What do you think of them ? Studio owners and engineers, what do you think of these schools ?
Are they worth the money ? Does it really matter to a studio if anyone went to one of these schools ? They range from being very expensive to ridiculously expensive, for instance that school called full sail costs like $30,000. At the end of school all you got is an internship somewhere, for that much money a person could buy a lot of equipment to start their own home studio, and anybody off the street can get an internship anyways, not just school graduates.
All the fundamentals don't take long to learn ( microphones, placement and technique, signal flow, acoustics, science of sound, etc. ) and in the end it all comes down to familiarity and hands on practice and experience on whatever individual equipment you will be using anyways.
Seems like they lure people in with pictures of all their fancy studios and equipment and then milk ya and drag the training into months and months because most schools cirriculums include all types of audio applications like film post production, live sound, analog, digital, tape, etc. and even courses like music business, computer hardware classes, how to build a website, etc. wich take weeks or months devoted to those type of classes.
The big ones take months to train people on individual consoles like the big neve and ssl consoles, even courses that take weeks or months just teaching you how to operate the built in computer on ssl consoles.
Of course none of that is relevant at all to anybody unless they are going to be working on those specific consoles, wich means somehow getting hired at a major studio, nobody can afford that stuff for their home studio.
Just wondering if anybodys gone this route or what those in the industry think about going this route, I have to admit that I went to one of these schools and paid an enormous amount of money for school and then a ton more to pay for rent in a major city while interning, working long hours for free. The industry is unique in the fact that it has a neverending supply of free labor and as soon as they spit one person out there's another one at the door. The admissions department at the school i went to said they had an 85% hire rate for students but later I found out it was actually 12% and even that's probably an exageration. Not one person from my class ever got hired anywhere yet one classmate is on project staff at school and tells me the very occasional success story of some student getting hired and making $70 an hour somewhere because the timing was right and he lucked out on the place he picked to intern at, 12% is not good odds at all.
My intention in writing this post was twofold, one - to see if there's anybody else out there who went to one of these schools and to hear their story, two- to warn those who are maybe thinking about going to one of these schools.
Ya gotta follow yer dreams of course and if yer young you have plenty of time, but if yer an older person considering going to a school and actually making a living after investing a ton of money in all that then I would definitely advise doing something more practical or spending all that money on yer own equipment because by far most graduates either end up completely out of the audio field or starting their own home studio.
I'm not bitter, I learned a lot and had fun and knew it would be difficult and is a tough biz to get yer foot in the door, but if I had known that I only had a 12% chance I wouldn't have done it.
Some things to consider if you are thinking about going to one of these schools, but then again you gotta follow yer dreams too and pay yer dues out there, just ask yerself if yer up to paying yer dues ( as they call it ) for what could be years with absolutely no gauranties whatsoever, but then people do win the lottery sometimes.

Drawbar Organ Setups

Tha]-[ackSaw — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:28:58 GMT

I write and record music in a home studio. I have a really nice setup and just started getting into using a drawbar organ. I have a Casio keyboard which has a built in drawbar hardware for using the 9 bars found on the Hammon B3 (but in reality its not that good). I also use Native Instruments B4 software plus on the hardware controller and I find this to be a much better instrument.

I was hoping that we could get a discussion going with regard to how everyone sets up their drawbar organs (synth or otherwise). Which bars do you use for different sounds. How much do you activate them. Do you use 2nd and 3rd harmonics. I mostly am looking for a Matchbox 20 type of drawbar sound. Nothing to forward... just something to hover in the back of a mix. Any help would be killer.