AnsweredBapu's (and others) random thoughts for the day.

 

I took it upon myself, so... Finally

 

Yes, I'm gonna...

Post real quick to get a ...
 

Another TOTP for me!
 
Yay, I can almost pay my rent for August now (just need a few more TOTP's...). 

Zargg71

Mesh
Ken, what are some of the styles/instruments you usually prefer to play/record?

I try to do a little of everything style wise. From classical to black metal
I try to play guitar and bass (with guitar as my main instrument) Other instruments, I play is just poorly

Nice!!
I also like a variety of music.....as long as it's melodic. The classically based rock/metal musicians (especially guitarists) have a knack for very interesting music.....which I like. For us, that's the great thing about doing music on a DAW......you can mix soooo many different genre's and incorporate them into your own style. 
 
Would love to hear some of your tracks!!
 
Good morning & Happy Friday!!
 
 

Good day, and Happy Friday! I allowed myself an early beer (o'clock), before trying to do some damage behind a drumkit in a couple of hours
I'll try to upload something during the weekend, Mesh. I just keep second guessing what I'm doing anyway 
Might as well get some help with the rest

Excellent Ken!! Looking forward to hearing it. I've also been wanting to post something I did a few years back, but still needs some work.....being an amateur/hobbyist, I need all the help I can get.
 
If you have any material you'd like to collaborate on, would love to hear it and (if you'd like) even possibly throw a few notes here & there on it.  

Mesh
Excellent Ken!! Looking forward to hearing it. I've also been wanting to post something I did a few years back, but still needs some work.....being an amateur/hobbyist, I need all the help I can get.
 
If you have any material you'd like to collaborate on, would love to hear it and (if you'd like) even possibly throw a few notes here & there on it.  

I'm just entering the amateur stage myself I have two songs that are almost "ready", and will post one of them soon.
And I'd like all the help I can get

What plans for this fine weekend?
I have some studying to do (work related exam) . Hopefully, will get to spend some time on the DAW if all goes well.
I have a case of various Mexican Lagers just waiting to be had....Beer O'clock come this evening!!!

I have band rehearsal in an hour, and the rest of the weekend off Thought I'd treat myself to a couple of cold ones before that Today's beverage of choice is as usual Carlsberg 
It agrees with me

The rest of the weekend is planned to take place more or less in the studio. 
I am getting a new room in the next couple of months 
Our oldest son is leaving for university, and I'll get to use his room as my studio  Both proud and sad..
It is not a big room, but at least three times bigger than I have now
YAY!!

Yeah, I can imagine going through some mixed emotions.....leaving the nest to start life's journey. I'm hoping my children (when the time comes) will go to a Uni close to home, and still live at home.
 
On the plus side, your studio expands and now you'll just have to buy more gear....uhm beer......I mean BOTH!!.
 

Mesh
Yeah, I can imagine going through some mixed emotions.....leaving the nest to start life's journey. I'm hoping my children (when the time comes) will go to a Uni close to home, and still live at home.
 
On the plus side, your studio expands and now you'll just have to buy more gear....uhm beer......I mean BOTH!!.
 

I have been planning since I convinced my wife that I could use his bed as a bass trap I think my first purchase, when money allows is an electronic drumkit 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
That and beer

I'm off to make some noise (literally) behind a drumkit. Cheers in the meantime

 

Wow!!!
Yummmmy Rib eyes!!!

Bust a moove?

Ewe gotta mooove it moooove it.....

Aahh... Back outside after rehearsal, enjoying a warm night and a cold beer
Beer o'clock take two

 
Welcome back!!! It's almost Beer O'clock here.....2 hrs to go.
 
What are you guys rehearsing for? Gigs? Studio work? Multiplatinum Sonar work?

Mesh
 
Welcome back!!! It's almost Beer O'clock here.....2 hrs to go.
 
What are you guys rehearsing for? Gigs? Studio work? Multiplatinum Sonar work?

We're rehearsing for some local / regional gigs I try to not wear my "engineer" hat in that band. I have given some advice, but stay away as much as I can. The guitarist and vocalist does the writing and recording.
The guitarist / composer is a SONAR user (X2), so I can chime in with some useful tips at times (he loves to do things as he has always have done, and dislikes shortcuts / keystrokes)

Nice!! When's the world tour starting?
 
That's something I also need to learn and to do better.....shortcuts/keystrokes. Bad habits are hard to break .
 

Mesh
Nice!! When's the world tour starting?
 

With my progress, I'd guess a couple of (hundred) years 

Zargg71

Mesh
Nice!! When's the world tour starting?
 

With my progress, I'd guess a couple of (hundred) years 

By that time, it'll probably be in the classics books......Black Metal Polka.

Mesh

Zargg71

Mesh
Nice!! When's the world tour starting?
 

With my progress, I'd guess a couple of (hundred) years 

By that time, it'll probably be in the classics books......Black Metal Polka.

We play some sort of rock / blues in the band I play drums in. 
On the other hand, Not Black Metal Polka, but Rock'n Waltz in some weird way
https://soundcloud.com/zargg/la-poopoomp3
Please don't hold this against me

Good for keyboard shortcuts. 

I would need a "z" as well

I should probably have said / typed that I would need a "z" alongside / in addition to the other keys  
 

I'm going to be out...

for most of today
 

so I think I should
 

sneak in here for another...
 

TOTP!
 
(A great way to start the weekend off I'd say.)

I'll be back (at a later point in time, if time allows) to get my next TOTP 
Enjoy them while you can, Craig

Who's handing out TOTPs while The Bapu is away?

I suppose we'll have to stop posting before the next page, so Craig doesn't lose his TOTP
 

57Gregy
Who's handing out TOTPs while The Bapu is away?

Bapu will return this evening and peace chaos buffoonery will be restored.  

At this rate the next TOTP will be on Wednesday...

I'm waiting for Bapu Don't want this to get out of hand

So there really IS a Bapu???

I Am not sure I Am however quite sure that I Am not sure

craigb
So there really IS a Bapu???

If there isn't a Bapu I want his Alembic.

What's an Alembic?  Sounds like some sort of torturous exercise device used by Richard Simmons...
 

As far as I can tell is that it is the lid / top part of a distillery...
Don't ask how I know
 
 
 
 
Or don't know

I believe it was covered here several hundred pages ago, and though the distillery part is also correct, an alembic is a vessel used to purify things.
 
The company was named by one Owsley "Bear" Stanley, known for his association with the Grateful Dead and his, er, talent for purifying certain chemicals. 

Monday morning has broken, like the first morning
Bapu has spoken, like the first word....
 
or AM he?
 
Good Morning ya'll!!

I yam hear.

Hiya Big B....good to see you back. Some of us were going through severe Bapu-withdrawals......
 
How was your vacation?

Yes, how was the trip? 
 
 
 
 
 
And can we continue posting now?

I got up early just to check if there was a Bapu.  Apparently there is (or a reasonable facsimile thereof) so I'm going back to sleep now.

Nite/nite Craig.....we'll hold the TOTP for ya....

Did someone say TOTP??! 
 

A nap now is almost impossible.  I need my bedroom window open to keep it cool in here, but there are construction workers making an unbelievable racket next door (the house had caught fire right before I moved here so they've been demolishing 2/3's of it and rebuilding ever since I moved in).  Between the hammering and pneumatic gun there's little chance of a quiet sleep.
 
Oh yeah, they also have music playing very loudly and, while I was typing, I just had to suffer through this at high volume: 
 

 
Really??? 
 

Couldn't be any louder than the mighty echoing halls of the FSF no?

Hello...
 
Hello...
 
 
Hello...
 
 
Hello...
 
 
Echo...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nothing

What?