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Can you elaborate on this somewhat, initially confusing, statement ?

That's because you're one of the good guys.

But then again, that produces a different mentality and makes for music every bit as arresting. Think of all the artists and groups that have had all kinds of wars with each other, many of whom won't even talk to former collaborators any more because of their ideas being scotched by others. I'd...

The problem for me with that is that I might want to hold chords some way away from the capo for some high zingy chords. My index just can't do with a variety of cords, what a capo can. But I'm only speaking for me. I'm lazy and didn't want to spend time learning 65 variations of every chord...

I disagree. That they were having some laughs doesn't take away the fact that every one of the Beatles {and George Martin} close to the time, had nothing but negativity to report about that "Let it be" period and Geoff Emerick had quit as the band's engineer during the making of the White album...

It is virtually impossible to say although an engineer with access to the tapes would be able to work it out. Just looking at what Mark Lewisohn records in "The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions" on "Strawberry Fields Forever" alone {and this is the song that started the Pepper sessions}...

Obviously I dig it here, it's my country, but England has done many disgusting/questionable/abominable things over the centuries, to people from far and wide, to people within the British Isles and to its own. How they've continued to get away with it and still have people going on like we're so...

It's long been one of history's great ironies that John Lennon wrote that and that the Beatles recorded it, smiling, in front of the whole world. Within less than a year, they were recording the White album in great rancour with Ringo leaving the band and George feeling so pissed off by John and...

While I am a fearless advocate of each to their own, I have been using capos on guitars, mandolin, banjo and {live} bass for decades now, having originally said I never would. My left hand probably still looks like a left hand and not that of a gnarled double-jointed arthritic octopus because of...

Every mic records. Only you can determine what you like. I don't really care what the conventional wisdom about a piece of gear is. I do care if the gear I have does what I want it to do. I keep hearing that Bob Dylan couldn't sing. Been hearing it for 4 or 5 decades now. But I love his singing...

Hey, how are you mate ? ? ? Good to see you back around these here parts !

I've pretty much always been that kind of lyricist. The first proper lyrics I ever wrote {when I was 17, back in 1980} were pretty shitty ~ but they covered different ground, subject-wise. "Natural Music Man" was awful, but.....it wasn't your average love song in the charts kind of thing. I...

I'd be dancing and rejoicing in the street. ?? I wish you many great wonderful recordings and mixes in that room. And yes, you could say I'm green ????? with envy !

I tune up if I'm flat and down if I'm sharp ! And I sometimes tune right down 2, 3 or 5 steps for some interesting chord variations. And then use a capo and varispeed just to be even more awkward and show my guitar who's boss. :geek:

The consumer wouldn't know if the consumer media jumped off the shelf and crowned them ! :-)

It can easily be argued with. It can. Easily. I disagree with that for one very simple reason. Subjectivity. The simple fact of the matter is that if you gave every one of us that mixes here the same set of tracks, we would all come up with a different mix. And our opinions on the mixes would...

I loved doing backwards instruments on my Tascam 488 back in the day. My Akai DPS12i is perfect for me in every way except that you can't reverse a track. It would literally be the perfect craft if it could do that. If I need something reversed, I do it one of two ways - either feed the part in...

If you think it's finished, then what's the problem ? You clearly don't think it's finished or you wouldn't want to add to it. No you don't. It is your song. Write and record the song that you want to write and record. It's only my opinion, and lots of people feel differently to me, but I...

Monkey, do your drums sound as though they are incongruous at points in your songs ? I rarely have ever seen a waveform of any mix I've done. And I don't care to. I wouldn't bet my life on it. For example, you might have a huge block waveform for one of the instruments. But you have a volume...

I've long used the Palmer Y box when I want to split the guitar signal. Sometimes a Y cable works well, but it's always touch and go.