Anubis
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RE: Topic for non-pro's: how do you convince yourself it's worth the money?
2007/08/15 00:22:33
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Just remind yourself that as recently as twenty years ago recording at today's fidelity and precision had it existed, would have cost hundreds maybe thousands... per hour! And to think that you can make music in the convenience of your own home while watching the food channel... priceless!
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Middleman
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RE: Topic for non-pro's: how do you convince yourself it's worth the money?
2007/08/15 01:21:28
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You could be paying for therapy, alcohol or drugs. Instead you invest in things which help you keep your head on straight and somewhere along the line you bring a little creative joy into the world. There are much worse things than buying gear to better your sound.
A boat, now that is a completely poor investment. A motorcycle, everyone goes down at least once, some get up, some don't.
In the scheme of things investing in a hobby like music is not a bad thing.
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droddey
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RE: Topic for non-pro's: how do you convince yourself it's worth the money?
2007/08/15 01:27:34
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A boat, now that is a completely poor investment. A motorcycle, everyone goes down at least once, some get up, some don't. Has no one ever been killed in a terrible home studio accident? Fallen off the mixin chair onto a microphone stand? Accidently strangled themselves on a microphone cord? Been blinded by a broken guitar string, maybe? Or maybe done themselves in out of depression due to inability to get a good bass EQ?
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RE: Topic for non-pro's: how do you convince yourself it's worth the money?
2007/08/15 01:33:42
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Has no one ever been killed in a terrible home studio accident? Fallen off the mixin chair onto a microphone stand? Accidently strangled themselves on a microphone cord? Been blinded by a broken guitar string, maybe? Or maybe done themselves in out of depression due to inability to get a good bass EQ?
I'd call the book 'My midi-life crisis.' 
I'm a perfectionist, and perfect is a skinned knee.
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Rajay1
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RE: Topic for non-pro's: how do you convince yourself it's worth the money?
2007/08/15 02:02:55
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ORIGINAL: Anubis
Just remind yourself that as recently as twenty years ago recording at today's fidelity and precision had it existed, would have cost hundreds maybe thousands... per hour! And to think that you can make music in the convenience of your own home while watching the food channel... priceless!
And that's the truth! Man in '71 I was making $120 an hour union scale playing on commercials. On recordings, just to have the Strings Of Mussel Shoals play on your album cost more than 20,000. Now they're doing entire soundtracks almost entirely with software. Check out the movie Transformers. A lot of that's done with Spectrasonics' stuff. Go Eric Pershing!
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daniel24672
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RE: Topic for non-pro's: how do you convince yourself it's worth the money?
2007/08/15 04:26:12
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ORIGINAL: droddey
Has no one ever been killed in a terrible home studio accident? Fallen off the mixin chair onto a microphone stand? Accidently strangled themselves on a microphone cord? Been blinded by a broken guitar string, maybe? Or maybe done themselves in out of depression due to inability to get a good bass EQ?
maybe not.... remember the electricity shorcut when you plug the amp. 
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Erik_Thomas
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RE: Topic for non-pro's: how do you convince yourself it's worth the money?
2007/08/15 04:31:30
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The real cost is your TIME and your Sanity... and patience etc. etc.
As far as add ons and gear...ive amassed enough over the years that i really dont need much more, but I do buy things that i need
along the way...
i suppose for someone starting out, who already has a wife and kids...this would be an enourmous task...
but all my life, i knew that this is ultimately what i would do for the rest of my life...so i made the sacrifice early and its not a big deal now...
now, the big deal is TIME. How to spend the TIME effectively.
thanks for listening.
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Erik_Thomas
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RE: Topic for non-pro's: how do you convince yourself it's worth the money?
2007/08/15 04:33:51
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PS: try not to get caught up in Gear Wars... if you read audio and music magazines, remember that every ad in there, and every review of a new piece of gear is designed
to get you to think "man i need that"....
but 9.5 times out of 10 you dont need that.
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Blackwaters End
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RE: Topic for non-pro's: how do you convince yourself it's worth the money?
2007/08/15 09:05:23
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The hard part is convincing my wife it's worth it. For now, I have all the essential tools I need to get started, I just need time. Only when I can actually produce something worthwhile will the cash floodgates open again for upgrades. But there's no hurry. I want to keep things as simple (and yet as high quality) as possible for better productivity. At this point it will take me a couple of years to get comfortable with the equipment and plug-ins I already have (not to mention Sonar's learning curve). And the main thing that always comes up lacking is myself - life has so many other things that keep me busy that when I have an idea the recording/realization of it is often impeded by the fact that I haven't had enough time to practice guitar, or drums, or singing, or...those are the limiting factors now.
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