kilgoretrout 
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Favorite Rags?
Hi
I think I have at one time subscribed to about every music magazine out there at some point. Nowdays, I read
Sound on Sound
Future Music
Vintage Guitar
and that is about all.
SOS and FM have pretty good reviews, but they seem biased towards EU products. Vintage Guitar - well there isn't a competitor there.
For various reasons, I gave up on EM, HS, Keyboard, Guitar Player, EQ, ...
I want gear reviews - largely unbiased and lots of them - and techniques. I really like shoot-outs, where 10 near-fields are A/B'd over a couple of issues - and stuff like that.
An occasional artist review is cool too.
Dont care about music for websites, games...though I could see why others might.
The Brit mags are expensive, but they are pretty good.
What do you read and why?
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Ognis
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 09:26:26
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I like my new rags. They are really soft and fluffy, where as my old rags aren't so soft anymore. Not sure the brand, sorry, but I bought them at Macy's. 
post edited by Ogis - 2006/11/02 09:47:31
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kilgoretrout
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 09:33:48
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I forgot to add Weekly World News.
Too many magazines try to make you believe they know what they are talking about. WWN - hey - I am certain they know. After all, someone had to create those stories.
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 09:39:55
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Sound on sound is the only mag for me.
I used to buy future music until they started putting pretty models, holding synths, on the cover.
It looked like a tacky men's rag so i avoided it from then on.
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egarrard
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 09:40:14
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I'm partial to the Maple Leaf Rag myself.
post edited by egarrard - 2006/11/02 09:56:33
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Honest_Al
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 09:46:55
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Favorite what's going on here kilgore? unfortunately there's no "general" forum here anymore ..2 of your threads were removed last night ("moved"..hehe..to the off-topic dark gravee..where no sign of life could be found..)..check your email, maybe you got something from CW already.. I think you need to check out the "other place" Favorite Rags? now wtf 
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Ognis
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 09:49:25
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ORIGINAL: Honest_Al
Favorite
what's going on here kilgore?
unfortunately there's no "general" forum here anymore ..2 of your threads were removed last night ("moved"..hehe..to the off-topic dark gravee..where no sign of life could be found..)..check your email, maybe you got something from CW already..
I think you need to check out the "other place"
Favorite Rags?
now wtf
Bored perhaps ?
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corrupted
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 10:20:05
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ORIGINAL: opaque slogan
they started putting pretty models, holding synths, on the cover.
I see it's time for me to get a new subscription then!
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opaque slogan
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 10:48:18
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ORIGINAL: corrupted
I see it's time for me to get a new subscription then!
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DonM
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 11:05:04
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SOS / TapeOp / Journal of the American Phenonenological Society
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 11:26:42
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Just realised that didn't work. How embarrassing. 
post edited by opaque slogan - 2006/11/02 14:34:59
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zapotec
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 11:36:00
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look up.... COMPUTER MUSIC.... from the UK. lots of tutorials a SONAR Section and included cd/dvd. It is BIG $$$ though! @$20.00
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kilgoretrout
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 11:41:22
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I used to have Computer Music. For me, they were a bit more basic than I was looking for, though I do think they fill a very important role. They are very VST oriented. I like outboard gear.
Some of the things they gave away with the subscription were pretty cool.
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amac
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 11:47:18
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If you like jazz guitar and are not getting "Just Jazz Guitar" then you are really missing out on a treasure. Only quarterly though, check em out!
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 11:54:17
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How do I subscribe to future music, anyway? I do like what they have to offer... but the link to subscribe is dead.
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spinlock_1977
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 12:23:26
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I'll second Computer Music - the DVD each month contains tons of samples and a new vst intrument (in addition to the standard bunch they always include). I initially bought it for the monthly dvd's, but learned a bunch about mixing and producing instead.
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 12:26:31
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 12:57:30
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Tape Op - and it's Free! You can't beat that!
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lazarous
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 13:01:46
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TapeOp, Sound on Sound, ComputerMusic now and again - but I agree they can sometimes be FAR too basic. Sometimes I need that though! lol
Corey
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 16:18:04
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The only ones I've paid attention to lately are Sound on Sound, and Wire. I've checked out TapeOp occasionally, and just got a free subscription to it [though haven't seen a copy as of yet]. EQ never does much for me. Recording, Electronic Musician, Keyboard, and the various 'Guitar' things seem to have gone into the mode of just giving enough to keep readers needing more.
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kilgoretrout
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RE: Favorite Rags?
2006/11/02 21:16:19
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So why don't we have something as authoratative as SOS here stateside. Its not like it is an ad free mag. I subscribe because it is too hard to find and expensive as being a coke addict.
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