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Do you ever get the urge to just throw in the towel? (pg. 12)
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| Joss Weatherby |
| What you do Adam is train your daughter when she starts school to do a tape back up diff every morning before school and take that tape and store it in her locker! Tell her thats how shes gets her lunch money or something... :p |
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| wrzonance |
Good idea!
Awww... that'd be so cute. Having her put a tape backup in her little pink back-pack before she climbs on the school bus.
Adorable. |
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| Joss Weatherby |
Yea, make it totally automated, have your computer generate checksums while she sleeps and when she makes the back up in the morning she has to verify the checksum of the tape in another computer. If it deosnt compute, the fridge wont open and no milk and juice! :p
I think that might be some sort of child labor violation but you can probably pass it off as a chore to CPS. ;) |
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| music2dance2 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
Yea, make it totally automated, have your computer generate checksums while she sleeps and when she makes the back up in the morning she has to verify the checksum of the tape in another computer. If it deosnt compute, the fridge wont open and no milk and juice! :p
I think that might be some sort of child labor violation but you can probably pass it off as a chore to CPS. ;) |
LOL now that funny. |
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| music2dance2 |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
after i got myself a mac and using timemachine, backup goes of itself. damn good stuff, just plugin an external disk once a week and ur done. now if my house burns down its all lost though so im considering finding a fireproof safe for my disk and most important papers. |
Good idea on the fireproof safe might get one. Been thinking of getting a fire proof filing cabinet. Those are very handy being much bigger, for files, papers etc |
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| music2dance2 |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
after i got myself a mac and using timemachine, backup goes of itself. damn good stuff, just plugin an external disk once a week and ur done. now if my house burns down its all lost though so im considering finding a fireproof safe for my disk and most important papers. |
Good idea on the fireproof safe might get one. Been thinking of getting a fire proof filing cabinet. Those are very handy being much bigger, for files, papers etc |
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| palm |
| probably think of the same thing i just dont know the right words. the safe i want needs to have room for A4 sheets too as i have contracts, graduation papers, payrolls etc etc which would be a pity to loose. i bet it costs dollars though |
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| Fledz |
| Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't all safes by definition fireproof? |
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| wrzonance |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't all safes by definition fireproof? |
No. Not all safes are created equally. |
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| aNYthing |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Uninstall the software, delete the project files, the finished tracks, the samples and synth banks, sell off the synthesizers, mics, and audio interfaces? |
oh yeah.... Very frequently.... It's a sign of a burn-out. And I have scaled back significantly. Some synths I felt attached to were not used - sold them.
What it comes down to is lack of structure, IMO.
You may laugh but I found inspiration in readin Ray Bradburry's "the zen of writing". He reflected on writing as something u do as an outlet. Basically something along the lines of 'let your imagination run wild and then run after it, writing down"
he also said that he commitee himself to writing every day, even something sensless. This forces you to think and practice.
I don't agree entirely - I think inspiration is key. So it's important to capture what inspired you... But even if not, ask yourself why r u in it? Fame? Money? Success? Recognition? If so, be real with yourself and if u r not in it - take a break. I had lapses of 2 months or more but then come back and it's all new again.
Listen to other music, try other styles, do something simple. And do like BT - "the secret to my success? I finish absolutely everything I start"
Roger Shah shared on forum last week this bit of wisdom: "I sit down with an idea already in mind." experimenting, side tracking, programming should be done separately, where possible. Get an idea, work it and finish it. It will never be perfect that moment. But I found out that some thing that you may not like are what makes it special some time later and becomes part of the picture... this is not always the case but more often than not it's true.
To finalize - think of it like a relationship. it's over like relationship - when your heart is no longer in it and it's more pain than joy. |
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| aNYthing |
| quote: | Originally posted by mfitterer1
It kind of sucks. I miss the days when I didn't know how everything was created in tracks. Everything has lost it's luster now. I still get satisfaction from edm and producing but I don't get really moved by it anymore because I know everything that is happening technically within a track. The exception to this is when I get drunk or smoke a bowl and then listen to music. It then is like the old days.
What i'm getting at is this. Music means different things to everyone. I think you just need to find what it is you're looking for within music. |
damn Thats depressing. I'm Still at the base of this mt. Everest. Hope once I get to the peak it won't loose it's luster. |
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| music2dance2 |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
probably think of the same thing i just dont know the right words. the safe i want needs to have room for A4 sheets too as i have contracts, graduation papers, payrolls etc etc which would be a pity to loose. i bet it costs dollars though |
Yes I believe they are expensive. The filing cabinet maybe cheaper. worth the investment which ever one. And can be kept for a lifetime to store anything so money spent very very well. |
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