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Old 02-05-2004, 05:02 AM   #32
Yorick
Very Mad Bird
 

Join Date: January 7, 2001
Location: Breukelen (over the river from New Amsterdam)
Age: 53
Posts: 9,246
I'm glad you did too. [img]smile.gif[/img] I did find the humour in it.

Thanks for your comments re. the song. Yeah I played the guitar. I did everything on it except played the drums. Mixed it. Recorded it. Sang it. A man, a laptop, some guitars and a mic.

I had a loop overlaid with programming before (I do play drums as well) and was never happy with the result. Having Ken play on it gave it such a lift I just had to rerecord the guitars... they WERE fun to play in.

As per the $$ yeah. Rips all around, but I knew what I was looking at. I also reasoned that if it sold a million copies, that would be about $300 000 which was a heck of a lot more than I had at the time.

But it never did. That particular record got caught in a political mess. "Megalomaniac manager destroys band."

Long ago I decided to make records to please myself. Then I would have a full musical life with lots of songs I like, regardless of whether they sell, make money or whatever. Simply being able to become your own audience is an incredible reality only the technology of this age allows.

I also learned from each one. I made sure I took notes (mentally) when doing the first two records I did. They were a free education from some serious "gurus" in many ways. I was able to ask questions, hear and see changes, understand concepts and causes and demystify the whole process.

I wouldn't change anything. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Anyhow, very glad you hung in there. [img]smile.gif[/img] I do actually like you you know.
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