I don't even want that, myself. I find it easy to like anyone who can avoid acting like a jerk, whatever their credentials.

LA2A

jb101
At last you respond to my posts, I am a happy chap.

 
How can you be happy when you need help? Did you have both a mother and a father, or did you come from a single parent family? Yeah, I think that may be it, nonetheless your welcome. 
 
Most psychiatrist experts support separate diagnoses to emphasize the differences between the hotheaded adult antisocial sadist type personality and the cold-blooded psychopath, or in children, those with ordinary conduct disorder and those with CD plus callous emotional traits.
“Treatment programs for conduct disorder are very good, but the callous group doesn’t respond to things like punishment, the naughty slap, or time out,” in the same way, psychopaths are much harder to reform than adults with Anti-Social-Psychiatric-Disorder.
 
Reward-based treatments work best for callous/unemotional children, even though they seem counter-intuitive for the most badly behaved kids, which is what the neuroscience tells us.
 
1) Projected Feelings of Insecurity: Akin to playing hot potato with a sense of smallness and deficiency, narcissists say and do things, subtle or obvious, that attempt to make you feel less smart, less accomplished, less competent. It's as if they're saying, "I don't want to feel this insecure and small; here, you take the feelings." Picture the boss who questions your methods after their own decision derails an important project, the date who frequently claims not to understand what you've said, even when you've been perfectly clear. Remember the saying: "Don't knock your neighbor's porch light out to make yours shine brighter." Well, the narcissist loves to knock out your lights to seem brighter by comparison.
 
Would you like a lolly jb101, that's a good boy! 
 
 

John T
I am really curious about this kind of behaviour, and I reckon there's a really fascinating piece of psychology research in it, which I'd love to read. I'm not making a joke or attempting a put down here, I'm entirely serious.

 
 
Good point John, let me help you out with that...
 
Someone who doesn't dance to the beat of your drum is simply and individual with their own mind, not much else, but in your case... does nonchalant sleuth ring a bell?
In other words nonchalance can be a self protection mechanism that the mind uses to prevent the person from admitting certain facts that might affect their self esteem. Now the mistake people do is that they assume that everyone has the same needs and that's why they become extremely confused when they find someone who has no interest in the thing that motivates them.
 
 
 
 
And Mr Anderton, i simply don't need the respect of the most recent handful of posters in here, and i would advise you to take your own advice and show me why i should respect you, tangible evidence. What's good for the goose is good for the gander, right?

Well, at a quick glance throught this thread, it's clear that LA2A got exactly what he asked for, and doesn't seem to like it a bit.
 
He DID ask for opinions, but all you bad-asses gave the wrong ones :-O(  ... how dare you !.
 
Maybe the OP should take a good look in the mirror, a good look at what they put up here, and a good think before typing more words.
 
I'd say to all you good folk ... why even respond to this (as he types his response).
Hmm, now I feel like a sucker for responding.
Time to go slap myself again :-)
 
Take care, have fun, make music, and ignore tripe threads on the forum !.
 
Cheers - Cliff

LA2A
And Mr Anderton, i simply don't need the respect of the most recent handful of posters in here, and i would advise you to take your own advice and show me why i should respect you, tangible evidence. What's good for the goose is good for the gander, right?

As I suspected, you have nothing. This is why you have no respect and no credibility.
 
Unlike you, though, I am not afraid to say what I've done. I've been a public figure since age 9 when I first sang on television, and I don't have to hide behind a phony alias. Or more than one, for that matter.
 
My book "Electronic Projects for Musicians" (Joe Walsh wrote the forward) got the founders of several companies (including Digidesign) started in electronics; my circuit designs have also been the basis of products from Line 6, Electro-Harmonix, and countless "boutique" pedal manufacturers. Beatles producer George Martin sufficiently liked the draft I sent him for my book "Home Recording for Musicians" that he wrote the foreword for it. I have sold hundreds of thousands of records, worked on David Arkenstone's album "Valley in the Clouds" (that a year after its release was still in Billboard's Top 20 new age charts), played Carnegie Hall, engineered three albums by classical guitarist Linda Cohen and two by classical harpsichordist Kathleen Mcintosh, as a session musician played guitar or synthesizer on records for Epic, Metromedia, Columbia, RCA, United Artists, etc., hand-built my first synthesizer in 1968, invented a mechanically programmable drum machine in 1970 (that I've been told by its new owner still works), scored a rock version of "Midsummer Night's Dream," was staff synthesist for the dance troupe "Group Motion Berlin," co-founded Electronic Musician magazine, written over 20 books on music and technology as well as thousands of articles, was first published when I was 16, had toured most of the US east of the Mississippi by the time I was 21, did sound design for Emu, Steinberg, Wizoo. Ensoniq, Peavey, Roland, DigiTech, Alesis, Gibson, Discrete Drums, M-Audio, Prosonus, of course Cakewalk, and many others, have mastered hundreds of tracks in a variety of genres, done over a thousand videos for Harmony Central, Korg, Avid, Alesis, Cakewalk, TC Electronic, PreSonus, Acoustica, Musicplayer.com, Keyboard magazine, Guitar Center, and others, invented the first multiband distortion for guitarists (which Steinberg virtualized as a plug-in), gave seminars on technology and the arts in 38 states, 10 countries, and in three languages, designed circuits used by Van Halen, the Motels, Tom Scholz, Randy Bachman, Larry Fast (ex-Peter Garbriel), and others, and currently have a bunch of recent music for all to hear on my YouTube channel. I also invented the punch-in footswitch for recording (at least according to TEAC, when they saw my article that described how to build one for their 3340 4-track machine). Oh yes, and in 1995 I started the first rich media site for musicians, "Sound, Studio, and Stage" under the aegis of AOL.
 
Unfortunately, that doesn't describe every nuance of what I've done. We can talk about my founding a million-dollar ad agency for silicon valley computer company startups back in the 70s some other time. Or when guitarist Mike Bloomfield likened my guitar playing to John Coltrane. Or my consulting to both Apple and Microsoft. Or my guesting with Air Liquide on guitar over in Europe.
 
But those are only accomplishments. Probably some people respect me for those, but I think more people might respect me because I have contributed a lot to this industry. I love it and the people in it, and I believe in spreading the joy of music. ALL of my circuit designs have been "dedicated to the public," not patented, and are free for all to use without having to pay royalties or even give credit because I believe as you reap, so shall you sow. I have done my utmost to share my knowledge in multiple ways using multiple media.
 
My core belief is that the only raison d'etre for existence is to leave this planet in better shape then when you entered it. Leaving a legacy of knowledge means you live long after your physical body no longer exists.
 
There's my answer. Checkmate.

Anderton
There's my answer. Checkmate.

 
So the final word from Mr Anderton was "Checkmate!", and thus proves it was all a game which he needed badly to win? Hmmmm, I think that tells us quite a bit about you as a person Mr Anderton. I notice you like to always have the last say also, there seems to be a bit of a pattern in your particular approach and posting style, but nonetheless, let me tell you, people don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care Mr Anderton, did you know that?? Notwithstanding that even evil people do good to those who do good to them, and even sinners love those who love them! What of you, do you fear God? That is the question fellow-human! Very disappointing Mr Anderton! I would have expected more from a person of your stature, i deem a person's attitude more important than their accomplishments.
 
And John, how come you didn't censure jb101 for saying this to me... "Of course. I had forgotten about this childish, cowardly behaviour."
But you John (not John T, the other John) came in to tell me to attack ideas not people, and yet you didn't rebuke jb101 much earlier in the thread; there are more attacks against me in here than i can poke a stick at, and what was it all for? If anyone pokes a sleeping dog long enough the dog is gonna wake-up and bite isn't it? My responses have been more along the lines of 'right of reply', in contrast to the outright insidious psychological hatred directed at me from certain members merely because i was upholding the claims of Slate Digital and stating that i don't like what the Saturation Plugin does to my music or the overpriced Waves plugins. 
 
Some people need to learn that everyone has the right to an opinion. America is the last country on earth where someone can truly exercise this right to it's fullest and most quintessential extent, every other country has capitulated this fundamental right and legislated 'true' freedom-of-speech out of existence; however, you should be concerned about the reactions of people who respond with dirt when a person states their opinion in a lawful manner. My posts only became negative in response to unadulterated animosity, hatred, resentment, malevolence, disrespect, false accusations and unjustified malicious banter entirely due to the spirit of malignity and darkness that pervades this world and which is in these people, these people know not what their end is...
 
On another matter, please give me a link to your world-famous music Mr Anderton, i'd like to see if all those design accomplishments and writing escapades equate to superb music. And while i'm here, are you capable of producing a fine example of EDM with all that melodic genius you have in you? Don't forget, there are good and bad examples of 'every' genre of music, so, can you show me an example of your well accomplished genius musical mind in the form of a 'world-class' EDM track? A man as musically accomplished as you should find this a piece-of-cake, yeah? Lets see.

I sense a ban is hanging in the air.

See what I was saying, John, when I said, "Here we go again"?

Leadfoot
See what I was saying, John, when I said, "Here we go again"?

I see your point. Oh well.

Jeez, LA2A is a dick*.
 
* My opinion, which he'll I agree I have a right to.

LA2A
 
...i deem a person's attitude more important than their accomplishments.
 

 
Sigh...
 

This song would be the perfect ending to this thread . If we all could sing along :-)

http://youtu.be/L8s9dmuAKvU

All the best
Jan