I just figured I'd say something, because I was one of those new members that posted, that had M4B go apeshit on, then I responded equally... uh... apeshitilly and then the whole thread went to shit, but M4B, veiled underneath the fact that he's kind of inconsiderate was pretty helpful.

I went back and listened to the track I posted the next day (I posted the thread at like 3 AM right after I finished it and it sounded like the second coming of jesus to me) and it was pretty hilariously horrible.

Since then I've been doing a lot more research on theory and I bought some new equipment to improve my mixes, and M4B has been a lot nicer to me, and actually posted in my thread about my new track that I'm working on and he never snapped or attacked me.

What I'm trying to say is, while he pisses me off on a regular basis he did help me. I don't want him to go away because he is knowledgeable and can help people but I'd just appreciate it if he was a bit less of a dick about it =D

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Originally posted by Mad for Brad I'm trying up a few loose ends for the contest but I figured I would reply to this silly affair. The problem with you people is that you stumble on to one post where I am rude and there is a very valid reason and for some reason, you use that one post to validate how you feel about me. http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...rder=descending Take a look at all my posts. You will find me being rude 1% of the time and in every case, I am either provoked or some person is being a douche. You will also find me helping you out answering questions 80% of the time. The other 19% is being incredibly funny or flirting with palm. it is quite obvious this hatred is coming from some inherent dislike which I can only attribute to my career and qualifications which I only ever talk about when asked which then gets called ego. The only time I ever start going on about how great I am is when you start asking me how good I am. I don't have an ago at work as I am the noob working with world renown people. But just like if you were to play with some kids in grade 3 doing math problems and one of those kids, lets call him Robbie starts giving you shit, well you get annoyed. I love kids but it is quite hard to explain to someone that just won't understand. Am I great ? no. Do I know more than 99% of you concerning the entire realm of music. Yes. Does it matter ? no. Have I ever claimed it mattered? No. People ask and I reply. My remarks concerning the amateur hacks are aimed to that specific demography of talentless nitwits for a reason as they seem to be the ones incapable of understanding that some person knows more than them and has a 27 year head start. These people know who they are. The individuals I respect here know I am not grouping them together. I have no issues with people that are not good. I have issues with people that clearly don't know much always goading me to prove myself. You have no idea how hard it is not to reveal all the details much of it bound by NDA as you would feel quite irrelevant quite fast. I have never seen such a public display of blowing things out of proportion. I said my bit and I meant it. I was quite content to hang out here continuing to answer and help people but it is absolutely embarrassing having to take shit from some of you. I've earned my dues. I've done my time and that doesn't mean I act like an asshole because I can. The only time that ugly side veers its head is when i'm needlessly confronted with people that I would consider completely new at music trying to undermine opinions with the typical adhominem which is compounded with champagne but I haven't had a glass in weeks. It is really really annoying and I just can't be bothered. This place has an awful lot of jaded bedroom producers angry at god knows what. Perhaps they are pissed off that they can't get released. Perhaps they hate anyone that is doing better than them. I don't know. I've never rubbed anything in anyone's face unless it was shtick involving tehlord.

ok well as it was me who made this thread i will say im sorry and in the future any issues or questions i will address via email

and it seems some good has come from it as some people needed to vent some issues with you

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Originally posted by Mad for Brad flirting with palm.

havent noticed... im way to cool

btw youre all a bunch of girls.

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Originally posted by TranceLover007 RESPECT is not measure in # of years on collage or amount of $ in your bank account - it comes from deep inside of you, from your heart and state of mind, first you have to have respect to yourself than you can respect OTHERS.

Fine, if "respect" is too loaded a word for you (or anyone else) then call it "professional courtesy". The point is, if we want to keep experts in our community and avoid the "brain drain" that affects so many online communities, then we can't allow people to bait and disparage them whenever they display the slightest bit of ego. Experts don't like being shouted down by novices; say what you will about the quality of one's character, but that is a fact of life and anybody who's an expert on any subject at all will be able to identify with that statement.

So again, call it what you want, but everybody here should endeavour to treat other people here at least as well as they would treat a coworker; if they've got some annoying personality quirk, then as long as it's not hurting anyone else, you learn to deal with it because they might have something you need. If you think M4B is a blowhard then ignore him, but resist the urge to try to take him down a notch; that's escalating the situation significantly and just isn't constructive behaviour.

I'm not necessarily blaming you, for the record, I'm saying this to everyone. This whole forum desperately needs an infusion of maturity. There are plenty of ways to express skepticism or disagreement without creating hostility. Choose one.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN DIGI can you pelase close this already?

Yes, I wanted to give people the opportunity to respond to me if they had any serious objections, but I can see that not much more is going to be accomplished here, so - thread closed.

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