James Perrett

your regular reminder that spotify sucks shit and doesn't pay artists for shit and is not your only option for convenient streaming

There are so many alternatives to Spotify. Apparently our music is sent to over 150 of them. If I wanted to subscribe to a streaming service then I'd go for Qobuz who pay fairly and employ real music enthusiasts to create their playlists.

Music streaming gets a lot of shit. And a big helping of that is very fairly earned.
But it's important not to forget that there is a positive side to the new paradigm as well.
As someone who teetered on the brink of getting into the old world, and failed (twice), I have a bit of perspective.
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This could have big ramifications if it was found that they didn't have to pay. PPL and PRS have been making businesses like this to pay for background music for many years - even if it is just from a radio.

I would guess that it is on the right hand side where the ice suddenly starts to move faster. You can see a large crack opening up there at the end of the sequence. @polarrobs.bsky.social would know for sure.

Does he have a Raspberry Pi? If not, then he would probably find one useful.

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I was just going to suggest the Art Of Electronics but I see that it has already been suggested. However, it isn't an introductory text so you may want something else to read alongside it. My lad found an old copy of Mastering Electronics by John Watson was useful link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Though the Audix OM7 is the closest mic to magic that I've used.

At least with the classic SM58 you'll get a workable result with every voice in every venue. There will almost certainly be a better alternative for each situation but the same alternative won't work in other situations.

Not sure where you are getting your info from but real world experience is that batteries last much longer than 100,000 miles and knowledgeable technicians can easily replace individual cells. With typical UK use, the batteries will outlast the rest of the car.

When I was working in oceanography, having a paper published in a Nature journal was considered to be a great achievement. Nowadays they seem to publish any old slop.

Our old singer used to come up with all these wacky ideas for music videos. Like your Maine friends, we just thought these were pipe dreams but, since then, he has become a successful music video director. He's just finished a world tour with Kylie.

What is crazy is that you can buy a reasonable guitar for less than the price of some big gig tickets these days.

I wish I could find some similarly enthusiastic fans of Peak Practice. I have some unique memorabilia that could really do with a new home.

I wish people in the music biz would realise that there are alternatives to Spotify. Until they do, up and coming artists have to be ripped off if they want to be noticed by people in the business.

Chrome also has features like password management that make life very easy but also make people feel that switching will be hard work. Edge is based on Chrome anyway now.

It was all about timing. Chrome came along just when IE's weaknesses were being exposed and gained a good reputation. Edge came along too late and, being a Microsoft product, wasn't trusted by many after their IE experience.

I'm now in my early 60s and enjoying life more than ever. I went through a phase of eating too much and becoming unfit but I'm now getting out walking more as well as being more creative and feeling much younger.

I'm going the other way - but with self imposed limitations so that I don't go down too many rabbit holes. I dislike software that forces you to dive into pages and pages of parameters so I'm currently trying something with just basic virtual synths and my favourite free effects.

I wonder if they want to do some photogrammetry? My son will often take over 100 photos of just a few metres of landscape in order to create a 3D model of it. Google won't see any of them though.

I let go of very little music gear. And when I do, I find that someone has a hit record with the same instrument which means the gear that I couldn't give away is now worth a fortune.

Though I did get rid of lots of old studio tat like cassette cases and CD drives for reasonable money recently.

I guess @nerdysynthdude.bsky.social fits the description.

Back in the 80s I was in a synth duo called Desperate Remedies where we used a Juno with backing tracks on a Revox behind us (like OMD). I'm enjoying limiting myself to what I had then but hopefully I can now play a little better.

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Now that the studio is up and running I have a minimal setup in the living room. I've just bought a small USB keyboard to play around with and I'm currently enjoying going back to the 80s with this tal-software.com/products/tal...

There are good and bad with both. Go with whatever you like the sound of. Personally I'd pop into Andertons and try things but then I have the luxury of it probably being my nearest music shop (and where I bought my first electric guitar).

He's been a politician for long enough to know that he should have given a politician's answer - unless he had a different agenda.

I wonder how this compares with historical levels of elderly renters? When I was growing up I remember that a few of my grandparents' friends were privately renting their homes.

We always said that we would only let our son play computer games if he had written them himself - which is exactly what he did!

Though nowadays, as a teenager, he gets more enjoyment out of all kinds of programming rather than playing games.

Get those Maxell's transferred pronto - many of mine have deteriorated while other makes in the same box have been fine.

I'll also be very interested in all the thoughts here as I'd guess most contributors have been promoting their material much more than I have.