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  1. I have customs with an attenuator filter that work quite well. I purchased them from 1964 Ears (now known as 64 Audio) when I had custom IEMs made. The attenuator filter thing really does a good job of keeping overall frequency response natural and clear, and the "throat" of the earplug (or whatever you call the part you stick in your ear hole) is nicely snug since they are sized based on the audiologist mold thing. But 64 Audio is now super expensive for everything they do, and only you can decide if you want to spend $299 (after spending whatever to get molds done at your local hearing aid shop). But I can personal vouch for these: https://www.64audio.com/collections/earplugs/products/high-fidelity-earplug For $199, Etymotic does a similar kind of thing. I've never owned or used an Etymotic product, but they seem to be widely liked and recommended: https://www.etymotic.com/product/custom-musicians-earplugs-with-attenuator/ Having used a lot of things out there, but never an active solution (like AirPods Pro 2 as noted in the Reezekeys thread that Mills Dude cites), I can confirm that using my ear plugs has saved me a ton of damage. I already have some from the years of young and foolish, but I've often found myself on postage-stamp stages right next to the enthusiastic drummer's crash cymbal. And these things were lifesavers. Now, I don't go to the gig without them. Always better to have and not need, than...
  2. Pick a movie you know well. Find a 3-5 minute scene you either adore, or something surprising you'd glossed over before. Consider how that scene resonates or affects you. Compose a new 3-5 minute bed or soundtrack for that scene within two days. Select three songs of any genre that have a girl's name in the title. Learn each in original key. Then transpose each up a minor third, and reimagine in an entirely different genre than the original. 24 hours for each song. The Brian Eno challenge. Write and record a 3-4 minute pop song using only one synth in one day. Bonus points if it's a mono synth. Eno-level points if it's partially broken.
  3. Apparently Ryan Gosling is actually playing what is purported to be 'jazz piano' in La La Land. On the other hand, a favorite movie of mine, The Legend of 1900, prominently features Tim Roth as the titular pianist; sadly, Roth is not actually a player. Neither, apparently is Clarence Williams III (most famous role of Lync in The Mod Squad), who was the son of a jazz and blues musician; he portrays Jelly Roll Morton in the film's piano duel sequence.
  4. A wise "renaissance" friend of mine (he is a musician, sculptor, poet, painter, metallurgist, and more), once gave me advice when I was complaining to him about my version of writer's block. He told me, "Amateurs wait for inspiration. Professionals go to work every day". He went on to remind me the only compose was to regularly compose, knowing that 70% of it will be utter crap, but you have to go through that in order to arrive at the 30% that is at least worthy of a second look and further editing / polishing / revision. The hard part is showing up with focus when I just seem to be rolling out utter crap. You're no newbie at this, Dave. Maybe taking a blank piece of paper and writing out a goal and a deadline would help. "Write an etude with three meaningful sections by the end of the day." "Reimagine one Tears for Fears song using only two hardware synths and one plug in by 3pm." I don't know, wonder if that would begin to lay the groundwork that occasionally leads to good results? Just my 0.02. Oh, and the magic of writing the objective out with paper and pen cannot be underestimated either. Dunno if that's helpful.
  5. Here's a PDF from Yamaha that provides basics, and includes helpful diagrams to help visually explain things.
  6. Well, Geoff...I stand corrected. As a generational boomer, who happens to hear this comment on a semi-regular comment - lovingly in jest, typically - directed at me from my students, my intent was simply to provide an analog with the topic at hand (changing generational attitudes in professional athletes, and therefore commensurate challenges in coaching and managing them effectively). I might suggest that my history here on the forum has typically not demonstrated "a mindset that says it's okay to lump people into a group and dismiss them", and additionally the summary attribution of the expression to one specific mindset is a bit heavy-handed. But you know what, in the grand scheme that's not really a conversation I'm going to invest in. Yes, I'll not post it again. C ya.
  7. Good to know, and two independent commends of Supermassive is telling. Gene, I think I'm just a sucker for riding that pony, at least to see how she fits with some of my ideas - I just didn't want to spend $500 for that ride LOL
  8. I'm sure you know far more about this than I do, but Kerr has always struck me as a "player's coach" much more than the other. I'm ignorant about Harbaugh's overall style, despite him being our Niners dude during the Kaepernick era.
  9. I've been tempted to jump into the shimmer reverb pool since hearing the various Strymon pedals on YouTube (Big Sky, etc.) I hear it's a big thing in some genres I don't currently play (contemporary worship, for example), but I wanted to experiment with it at home before I try to fit it into a live setting. In several of the shimmer pedal YouTubes, I see consistent comments to use Valhalla Shimmer instead, and it appears to be only $50 for the plug. Anyone here have any experience with it? https://valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-shimmer/
  10. Yes, professional sports has changed now that the power equation has shifted with the times. Free agency and NIL, I think, have changed not only football but basketball and, I'd guess, a number of other sports as players can now take control of their own career and long-term earnings. Was Lebron the most high profile of recent memory to significantly leverage control of their brand? Jordan and Tiger had been driving that bus as well. But the whole idea of the player's coach vs. the not-so-benevolent dictator? Ok, boomer.
  11. Wait...didn't Jeff Berlin tell us the metronome killed music? Or was it bass tab? I always get those two mixed up.
  12. I'm not their target market, but first thing I thought when I saw this was Teenage Engineering: https://teenage.engineering/products/ep-133 https://teenage.engineering/store/op-z/
  13. I just listened to a short intro that Neal Giraldo gave to that song in a live duo show. He describes how he set up the song with "a keyboard and a Lexicon Super PrimeTime" - presumably for the multi-tap delay. But he (mistakenly?) says it was all in 1985, which suggests to me DX7 with a lot of treatments and effects is a likely suspect. To my old ears, that little "lead" sound reminds me of one of the 32 original DX7 presets we all had back in the 80's. Maybe with judicious pitch bend and ambience it gets you close?
  14. I have a Baby Spider Pro with 2nd tier and have been gigging it for 7 or 8 years, average 3-4 gigs a month with rehearsals scattered in there as well. I don't have pictures at present but will try to take some later this week and post them up here. Essentially, I slide the bottom tier all the way to the bottom of the track. Then slide the top tier down to the point that just 1" or so of the top tier's arms are above the top of the column. The bad: This means you have to keep the track facing up or the legs will fold down on their own. Obviously, neither pair of arms (top or bottom) retract entirely into the column like when you're only using one set of arms. The good: The whole thing fits into the Studio Slips gig bag I custom ordered years ago. I find it no more inconvenient in normal gig schlep. For your use, I'm not really sure where you would cut to make the overall arms shorter. maybe pull the "expanding" end of the arm off entirely, since you only need the length for a DJ controller? Not sure how much depth you need. As you may already know the K&M bag they sell for the Baby Spider Pro is worse than useless. It's poorly made, the material is cr*p, and the carrying handles are way too long and very cheap. When I first purchased the stand I ordered the bag, and it shredded on me in a few months. That's when I ordered the Studio Slips bag and it's been aces ever since...and that's several years ago.
  15. Oh wow, Dave. That looks like a beauty. Orinda is just 15 minutes down the freeway from me, and the back story is very touching. I'm not sure if she's in a position to sponsor a part-time musician (in the spirit of this thread), however.
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