Brandon Ryan presenting at Gear Fest

10:30 Friday morning.
http://www.sweetwater.com/feature/gearfest2013/workshops.php
 
Looks like an early and extended lunch that day from work.
 
So, any burning questions I should ask at the end of his presentation?  LOL
 
 
 

Now Mesh, why would I have guessed THAT would be the 1st topic of inquiry?  HA!!
I have a feeling I might not make it back to work after this.
Probably get all excited and buy a new amp or something...
I drive by this place everyday to and from work.
I have to put my hand up next to my eyes as I pass to fool myself into believing it is no longer there. That way I don't feel compelled to stop by.
That's a lot of pressure on a daily basis....  
 

Mesh

I totally understand your situation. These work really well for me.......just stay off the road when I'm beind the wheel though.
 





Dude, where did you get those? LOL.  perfect.  are you smiling in that picture?
 

Mesh
How was the Gear Fest with Brandon?

You think he has a DeLorean, Mesh ? ;)

Mesh

paulo

Mesh
How was the Gear Fest with Brandon?

You think he has a DeLorean, Mesh ? ;)

Mebee one o these Morris Minor's??
 

Where's the flux capacitor ?

Did you ask him any important questions like when the next upgrade to the forum software will be coming?

Well Day 1 at Gear Fest was good.
Brandon's presentation was short and concise. He emphasized pro channel heavily.
He took a song from the webinar and added effects to it to show what PC had to offer.
He also showed Matrix view. Interesting.
A couple hours later I had a chance to catch up with him in the Roland booth.
We chatted for about 45 minutes. Very interesting perspectives.
But you don't care about that do you?
No, all you want to know is X2b or X3.
Well and the forum update thing...

When I ask him if he could speak to what 2013 holds for updates he just smiled, which I guess was better than
Telling me to f'off.
What he was able to say was there WILL be a release yet this year.

He said there are some cool things coming.
We also talked about the relationship between Roland and cakewalk.
All is good. Those with the conspiracy theories and nay Sayers of doom can just chill.....
He also took the time to give me a lesson on using matrix view. Very cool. I can see value in using that when
Toying around with song ideas.
That was far better than reading the manual....

In other news, the Izotope demo on mastering was very good. I have never seen it before.
I can now see why folks speak so highly of it.

There was a performance for Cordoba guitars.
This cat was amazing. He did a flamenco rendition of Bark At The Moon. OMG!!!
He has a flamenco Death Metal band. Lol.
Truly amazing what he could do on a classical guitar.

Gary Hoey did a demo for Avid's new guitar effects product.
He's kinda goofy little guy but funny.
He jammed on one of the songs off his new CD.
The Avid rep was kind of a tool.

I missed Billy Sheehan because of another committment. Darn.

I ended up with a new Shure SM57 for $57.
Passed on that last year and regretted it for about 360 days.

Tomorrow holds more good stuff.
Paul Reed Smith presentation I am looking forward to. Those are always good.

Temperatures were hot so the girls were dressed accordingly.
That helped offset the need to smack these inconsiderate morons with cell phones....

'Nuff said.

craigb

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Temperatures were hot so the girls were dressed accordingly.

HA!!!
Sincerest apologies Craig.
Purposely did not take phone in with me so as to avoid temptations.
I'll get my buddy to take pics tomorrow. That way if there is an ensuing incident I am in the clear.

Well, I went. It was a blast! I talked to Brandon for a bit and sat in on a seminar with Craig Anderton. I also listened to a seminar on recording acoustic guitar given by Dusty Wakeman and listened to the latest from Martin Guitars.
 
I am already excited to go back next year :-)

You needed to take Philz with ya.  They say he's a chick magnet.