Yes, the Lava Lamp is real. My understanding is that no studio is complete without one, so...

You mean.......my studio has been incomplete all this time??????? Is that why I can't write songs correctly????? Is that why my vocals aren't great??? is that why I can't play the piano as good as janet?????

DANG!!!! If I had known that years ago, I'd have gotten one then!!!

talk to you guys later....I'm on the way to the store....

wait a minute. where do you get lava lamps these days???????

The only official substitute for a lava lamp is....dual monitors.

Later
Albert

My wife will kill me if she finds out I've shown anyone the mess in her spare bedroom. Just got my Peavey Millenium bass this week, nice guitar and really good price. The Strat is a 1991 which I got from new, and the GIbson is about 1992. The acoustic is older than I am I think.

Did the pics come out OK?

Looks a bit like Jimmy Page to me.

Rob, I hope that radiator is turned off...

Well, I can hardly show my little corner of the livingroom (literally). Not much of a studio. The plan was to have a studio in the basement. Since it would cost about $5,000 for a stair glider, he suggested we move the couch downstairs and set up the living room as my studio. Since we have no friends and rarely have company (seriously), it shouldn't be a big issue. We still have a couple of chairs to sit on if needed. We also have French doors that I could close to keep some of the noise out. We can't close them right now because there is so much stuff in here. So, hopefully we'll do that soon. Get a real desk for recording. Maybe then I'll post a picture.

Rob...by th etime you get it cleaned up enough to take a picture...the post will be in the dead post catagory.... but for you... we'll let you bump it.

The recurring theme here is opportunity.
Sure, we have seen pictures of spectacular studios in the Sonar forum, and that's all good and well.
But look at these pictures. A laptop or PC, an interface, and decent software. A space, be it a corner of the living room, or a corner of the basement. For a relatively modest investment, we have access to something that was unthinkable 10 or 15 years ago. This is good stuff, people. Keep the pix coming.

I just love these pictures, I don't have any on my computer right now, but they look pretty much the same, especially the 4 power bars running out of one socket (scarey). These all have one thing in common, people are having a good time.

I don't think Al wants to replace wife with husband .... just sayin'

Annette! Not in front of the children!!!!!!!!!

Guitarhacker, how do you keep so organized? LOL, You should see my setup, it's ridiculous as to how unorganized I am. I should mention the rest of the house is perfectly organized. My problem is everybody seems to think that where I am at is a "STORAGE UNIT". LOL, it pains me to be nice sometimes. Just because ya have a big room in your house everyone you know seems to think you could watch after their stuff for a little while. I want make that mistake again. Oh well, maybe that's my lack of practicing problem : "Too many things to dodge", Nah, that ain't it, I'm just lazy and need to be more disciplined as to what I am doing.

Is this a common practice with everyone who plays music to be unorganized? I mean do we all "NOT waste time on organization where we record?". Just wondering.

Hey, no offense meant by anything that I said and I hope you don't take it that way. Just thought I would mention that.

Bobby

Bobby,
I gotta admit that the area outside of what the camera shows is cluttered beyond recognition.
However, I do like to keep my "zone" fairly clear. Someday I may clean the rest of it up.
But right now, there are important projects to attend to.