We need to get a grip!!!

You're only a hypocrite down here if you try to be serious.  Shirley you can understand that. 

I wonder if there's ANYONE who's used Cakewalk longer than me on this board (started with version 1.0 when it first came out in the 80's), but I never venture upstairs - people are too uptight up there and life's too short to deal with that.

Bub


One thing we have to remember is not everybody has a sense of humor ... and the biggest thing ... not everybody is a stable human being, especially musicians. 

That would be two things there Bub.

Bub
 
I mean, come on, we're all a little nutty. I could go down the list of flat liners who never lose control, the mid liners, and the whacko's, but honestly, they/we all know who they/we are so there's no sense in beating a ****ed horse.

 
The only problem is that, sometimes, you get all those variants in the same person and you never know which one you're dealing with at a given time - lol!

good response guys i am learning to try and play nice and good pick bub about langauge its something i think people tend to forget about.

it was a funny old conversation the one about bit depth hey bub, i learnt a bit but what was really funny is i saide my idea was yet to be proved yet i had a couple of people jump down my throat as if i said you  must accept this as truth, hence my post downhere.

peace ben

Great post Ben.

Welcome to the antidote to the X1 forum.

Nobody cares too much down here about the chemical properties of the fuel they put in their cars.  They just enjoy the drive out.

Reece, what in the fried becan do you mean?

Hi Ben,

 I think you are a hoot.

 Your take on things reminds me of all the optimistic fervor of my days at art school.

 I also like how you seem to have a natural inclination keep it friendly despite the fact that many of the "friendly" people respond by acting viciously and with poorly hidden malice.

 Keep it up Ben! You are keeping the place interesting.



best regards,
mike


 

Nobody cares too much down here about the chemical properties of the fuel they put in their cars.

I do.

Ethanol killed my chainsaw!!!

Jonbouy

mike_mccue


Ethanol killed my chainsaw!!!

Because you use your chainsaw to search for oil?

the chainsaw has a sense of fashion and it doesn't like the white socks with black shoes look...

Beagle

Jonbouy

mike_mccue


Ethanol killed my chainsaw!!!

Because you use your chainsaw to search for oil?

the chainsaw has a sense of fashion and it doesn't like the white socks with black shoes look...

Who does?...

Who's Ethan Ol?

mike_mccue


Hi Ben,

I think you are a hoot.

Your take on things reminds me of all the optimistic fervor of my days at art school.

I also like how you seem to have a natural inclination keep it friendly despite the fact that many of the "friendly" people respond by acting viciously and with poorly hidden malice.

Keep it up Ben! You are keeping the place interesting.



best regards,
mike
 
Thanks everyone, it nice to hear everyone being so terribly nice, we should rename this the really nice thread.  I'm a bit Monty Python aren't I Fred.
 
And a big thanks to you Mike, I need words like that, you know we're/I'm out here on the front line, our great shinny edifice that music once was is gone!!!  I am learning the reasons why and all that jazz and I am trying to put it all back together.  Won't happen in my lifetime but my job is to keep the fire burning (hopefully history will remember me fondly, like Mozart or Van Gogh).
 
The trick is to get people to understand the majik in music.  I am reading a book called 33 and 1 third: about Led Zepplin and the album Zep 4.  Digital to me is beautiful and has majik but the book points out that buying and owning a record was like a majik ritual, which we have lost.  We need to understand how to get people to recognize the ether in 0&1's, haven't figured this one out either. 
 
I do know that having a larger than life personality and the energy and the responsibility is one of the keys,  on the Internet and in place like this to know how to project yourself is paramount.  Our audience is bigger than at anytime in our history but who are taking advantage of it, Lady Gaga and the monosexual rat Beiber what is scary is nothing has really changed, its still a bunch of suits wearing dildo's ****ing us and we go yes please can I have some more of that.
 
Ok were am I going with this??  Perhaps the youth have a better understanding of how to become part of the mythology of the future, that is technology is our friend and with the disintegration of more traditional media types, those of us that know how to tap into the new media will eventually flourish or this is my hope.  This I believe will right the sinking ship.
 
OK that was a bit of a ramble and I hope those of you who read this got it.
 
I am terribly nice, though, really, even if I was Dr.Hash and I went through 5 regenerations (Dr Who reference)
 
Peace Ben

I know this is a thread about having a sense of humo(u)r, Bapu, but I don't know that Beagle will think it's all that funny when he bites into that Becan shaped squeaky toy.  I suggest standing outside his fence when he finds it.

Beagle

bapu


Something is terribly wrong here.

24 posts and not one mention of that arse Bapu.

Pfffft.


Hey Beagle..... look BECAN!

WHERE????

Too late.

I learned long ago, well maybe 10yrs ago, that there two problems on forums that cause problems.
 
1: People who don't "get it" when someone attempts humor..  when no facial expressions or tone of voice is involved. I've learned to always use "smileys" if I am trying to be funny.
2: Some people's only intention is to stir the pot. I have been on forums where certain people used multiple usernames to start flame wars with them self. The point was to get other people drawn in.. and then sit back and laugh. (late 90s HCGF)

I don't see anything like that here. I think pretty much everyone on the CW forums, especially the regulars, try to help and mean well. Some people are blunt, some are indirect. Some try to not offend and some are rude but I don't see anyone here being malicious.

Ben... I can't imagine anyone being upset with you. If you say something someone disagrees with you always come across as trying to help. You have strong opions but who doesn't?  I remember recently you telling someone to stop posting their music so that it could be downloaded for free.  It is good advice and I tucked the it away for my own use. Remember, cream wil always rise to the top. Most really good and sucessful musicians or bands are overnight sensations after 10,000 hours of working on it. Why were the Beatles so good? Lennon and McCartney IIRC began playing together in 1957. They were in the right place to get booked to play strip clubs in Hamburg. They had been used to playing maybe an hour set at the most and not everyday. Those bookings in Hamburg required them to play 8 hour shows 7 days a week for months. That is why they were ready when the real opportunity presented. There will always be great musicians and bands but as always, the really good ones will be the ones that through some circumstance or another are prepared by having 10,000 hours under their belt when the opportunity comes. I do miss the LP though. The big cover, the inserts. I got used to CDs but I have a problem buying Mp3s with nothing to look at. I need something to hold in my hand.
The ship isn't sinking, it is just changing course and people will always steal music if they can do it and if the fidelity is reasonable. Making a recording, using a 1/4" reel to reel tape machine by micing an AM radio never had any chance of competing with an LP whether Stereo or Mono... yes I remember mono LPs and the early Stereophonic records with the note on the cover that the LP would play on your mono record player...

JR