Posts by Thruster

    Yeah, well,


    I think it's key to distinguish a remaster from a re-mix. These days it's possible to slice and dice a recording so surgically that the lines can get blurry. But as a rule, remastering will not include any extra source material in the mix. Of course, once any other audio is added and mixed, the resulting recording will then require it's own master but that's not my point.


    It's a process that not only polishes the sound but makes the recording able to be produced in the format of choice along with adding data that playback devices will employ. Usually pretty subtle stuff. Most remasters are the result of someone feeling the original can benefit from a new set of ears and gear. Unfortunately many overdo it in hopes of making the new product stand out from the original..often leading to disappointing results.


    Buttons are not toys.

    Yeah well,


    Some records really benefit from another pass through a mastering room. But the term seems to have taken on a more nebulous definition.


    Often, it seems like some new e.q. and dynamics are all that's done. I guess, like all productions, it's about budget. But with access to quality pre-masters, a lot if old records can polish up significantly.


    Just depends.

    Yeah well,


    It's like teaching dogs to use a toilet.


    Fewer than 1 in a million will ever achieve the desired result. And among those that do, none will master the task like a human, nor will they ever truly grasp the implications of success.


    And, of course, it's unkind to expect them to perform at any level. It's not what God intended of them.

    Yeah, well,


    Getting started usually means a period of paper trading just to get the mechanics down.

    Then one should have a real heart to heart with their checkbook to map out risk tolerance as pessimistically as prudent.

    Used to be most brokers made futures and forex accounts prove their moxie before allowing access.


    It's not an inexpensive skillset to acquire.

    Yeah well,

    I took my first lessons on an Alvarez Spanish. Switched to pianer but kept the guitar. No idea what happened to it.

    Charcoal briquettes are compressed. Pretty sure that's the innovation that made Kingsford...or whomever.


    I vaguely recall it was originally intended for the iron industry.


    Don't quote me.

    No. I only do face to face transactions. I don't know if they allow that.


    I have considered the Sweetwater market place but have yet to sign up.

    Right now I've got a mk.1 rhodes 88 stage and a moog mf-101.


    I've got an oldish gibson I never play that should be...maybe I'll list it if something sells.

    Yeah well,


    I can't recall a listing that hasn't generated at least one scammer. As I tend to sell higher value stuff, I price the items accordingly. One thing, they never negotiate. Always straight to the kinky transaction.

    Yeah well,


    Gotta wonder what value will be granted to a collection of heavy, practically useless, yet shiny, metal when everything fails...


    Seems like firewood will be more valuable.

    Yeah well,


    My last adventure will likely be my last. Wound up in the hallway with a scumbag cook co. judge trying to enlighten me about the noble mission tasked to the civil courts....

    I explained to him the degenerate parasitism that defined him and his worthless colleagues as well as the money churning scam that they called "due process".


    I thought he was gonna try to hit me.


    My annual notices stopped...almost 10 years now.