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Of this and that....

9/5/2011

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Well, in spite of the dire predictions of The End Of The World As We Know It by breathless television weather and news people, all trying to out-disaster each other, we did in fact escape from Tropical Storm Irene relatively unscathed. I did take the precaution of moving my guitars out of the studio and into the house in case the big oak tree in back fell into the studio but that proved unnecessary. The whole event did remind me however of a great song, an old blues number covered by folksinger Tom Rush many years ago called "Wasn't That A Mighty Storm?" which I've been meaning to learn for years. Gotta get to that one.

Not to downplay the seriousness of the storm for some folks - it was devastating for many in western New England and Vermont due primarily to the flooding. But when the main hurricane guy at The Weather Channel is making statements like the potential effects of the storm being "unlike anything anyone has ever experienced..." it's hard not to be at least bemused by the coverage.

On a different note...
Here's a recommendation, thanks to my son Matt:  www.grooveshark.com
While it is similar to other free music sites in some ways, the beauty of grooveshark is that you create your own playlists and the audio quality is excellent. If you want to burn copies of tunes you download you still have to pay for them of course, which I heartily endorse. But as long as you have internet access you can play virtually any song that exists, thanks to a massive library. Recommended if you'd like to check out an artist's work before you buy it!

I need to learn more about the home recording game. I'm reasonably satisfied with the couple CDs I've recorded and mastered on my Tascam DP-02 and I use the Tascam BB-1000CD for recording lessons with my students - I'm so happy with that machine (although not quite as easy to use as an old-school cassette recorder, God I miss them....) that I even bought a new back-up in case Tascam decides to discontinue that wonderful little unit. It has mic inputs, plus FOUR internal mics and recording can be done either directly onto a CD or onto a SD card. Has a built in limiter/compressor so there is no danger of distorted recordings and also includes features like overdubbing, a metronome, guitar tuner and more. Needless to say, as with the DP-02 on a much, much larger scale, I have only barely scratched the surface (no pun intended!) regarding the capabilities of these recorders. And to think - the Beatles did ALL their recording on a 4-track, analog machine. Gives me even more respect for the genius of Sir George Martin, without whom you have to wonder if the Beatles would have ever been heard at all....

Until the next End of the World storm (!)....

Peace and good music,
Gene


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