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  1. Polkahero
    Music appreciation (either due to the influence of the rubbish being streamed or arts funding cuts in schools) is at an all time low. Not all but I think the majority of the population out there just doesn't appreciate the time and effort it takes to become a true professional musician. Many likely think it's a "fun" hobby and the really good players are all natural talent with minimal effort put in so why should they be paid well for it?
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    No different than the local live music scene where there's so many amateurs willing to play for next to nothing. Brings the entire market down. I gave up being the starving artist a long time ago, now I pick and choose where and who I perform with.
  3. Polkahero
    I bought my tuning hammer from one of our former tuners. Nice piece, brand name escapes me but it does the job for minor tweaks.
  4. Polkahero
    Liberace for sure.
  5. Polkahero
    Forscore and LiveBPM when I think the drummer is rushing things, lol.
  6. Polkahero
    This got sold a lonnnnng time ago, lol.
  7. Polkahero
    Hopefully he sounds better than Wayne Newton does these days. They're around the same age but Wayne is just a shell of his former voice.
  8. Polkahero
    If anyone is interested, I transcribed the song's intro in Musictime. It's not rhythmically accurate because he improvised it in the studio but all the notes are there.
  9. Polkahero
    I've been doing my own taxes for 15 years now. Multiple Schedule Cs for both music gigs and my motorcycle business. Key to avoiding an audit is to make sure you don't report too many losses especially in consecutive years. I don't think I've ever reported a loss but I definitely know my depreciation schedules and other writeoffs. Most tax software calculates this for you. I use a free program that basically just crunches the numbers to make sure there aren't any mathematical errors which can also trigger an audit.
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    I played a concert on a Hauptwerk setup and wasn't that impressed but that was 10 years ago. I'm sure their sampling is much better now.
  11. Polkahero
    I play a 26 rank tracker organ at one of my churches but it doesn't sound "big" like this sample. Really curious which pipe organ they sampled for this sound.
  12. Polkahero
    Finally figured out that David Rosenthal used an E-mu Emulator for the pipe organ sound on the intro to Rainbow's "Can't Let You Go". This sampler only had 2 KB of memory! Only pipe organ sample I've heard that comes close is the Sanctuary preset in my Alesis QSR module. How could they come up with such a realistic sample whereas most of today's ROMpler offerings fall short?
  13. Polkahero
    Isn't it time to start a 2024-2025 NFL thread? Time to move on and start talking free agency!
  14. Polkahero
    It's all in the production!
  15. Polkahero
    Skipping most of it with the DVR right now. Just stopped for Stevie Wonder's performance. Couple more hours to get through. At least Metallica won a Grammy for best metal performance this year unlike 1989!
  16. Polkahero
    Got mine today too! I'm running a business, though so no big deal. MACRS depreciation will write off most of the 1099 amount. Yep, I went to school for accounting although I'm not a CPA. I guess that threshold must vary by state, OP. That sucks.
  17. Polkahero
    I'm still trying to figure out how the OP received that 1099 in the first place. Do you recall providing Reverb with your SS#? I sell a lot of stuff on Ebay and still haven't gotten mine yet.
  18. Polkahero
    Game isn't nearly over yet, lol.
  19. Polkahero
    Lions looking good so far!
  20. Polkahero
    That article isn't relevant anymore, the laws have changed even since the last update in 2022.
  21. Polkahero
    They did before when it was 200 transactions per year, starting next year it's only one. Not sure about this year but supposedly the dollar amount threshold is $5k. This is going to get political really fast.
  22. Polkahero
    I thought the IRS delayed the whole $600 threshold for triggering these for another year? The threshold is supposed to be $20k AND at least 200 online transactions.
  23. Polkahero
    His time has passed.
  24. Polkahero
    Only two openings left!
  25. Polkahero
    I don't even both to package up keyboards unless I have the original box still. I use The UPS Store for packaging and shipping. That way they're liable if something happens to it during transit.
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