Polkahero
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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.
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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.
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Liberace for sure.
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Forscore and LiveBPM when I think the drummer is rushing things, lol.
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5 hours ago, Nigel Williams said:
Hi. If you don't need this item, I do let me know if you interested in selling the1147
This got sold a lonnnnng time ago, lol.
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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.
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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.
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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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3 hours ago, MushMusic said:
Is anyone running Hauptwerk?
I have it for gigs on laptops as a plugin hosted by Cantabile, with effects.
Also run it on PC for both my studios as standalone. The one in the organ studio is hooked to an analog 3 manual drawknob Rodgers with a MIDI interface added. The synth studio one is just added via MIDI to hardware synths and has an extra push controller for presets.
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.
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5 hours ago, Mills Dude said:
Had an Emax for while in the late 80's. It probably had the same sample set from the E II. I remember the pipe organ sample to me sounded excellent. My church at the time had a 26 rank pipe organ -- https://pipeorgandatabase.org/instruments/59809#stoplists. While I thought the Emax sample was very convincing, the music/choir director who cranked that real pipe organ up every Sunday wasn't convinced. That thing could shake the neighborhood.
Pipe organs have very quick attack, no decay and little to no modulation, so short looped samples can do the trick quite well. The real trick, as stated, is capturing it properly and the fact that each installation sounds different.
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.
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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?
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Isn't it time to start a 2024-2025 NFL thread? Time to move on and start talking free agency!
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It's all in the production!
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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!
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1 hour ago, Mark Schmieder said:
I was premature; I received my 1099-K form from eBay today. I guess they reported everything before Congress delayed the enactment of the new rules, yet again.
When I do my taxes, I'll do what I did the past two years, and write an explanatory note to the IRS that I am saving them money by not declaring losses.
Some of the posters are confused because they think these rules are about people's amortization or resale of business deductions. It is 100% unrelated to that.
This was a simple money grab, akin to instituting a VAT in the USA. But lobbying our representatives has helped kill it for three years in a row, except for paperwork.
I forget the exact threshold, but it doesn't take much to meet it. I think $600, or 20 sales of any value? I often resell books or comics, also at a loss.
I'm not a business, and I don't claim any business expenses. I did for a few years when I made $10K+ at music, and I did the proper Schedule C etc.
To reiterate, this isn't about that, but it can be confusing as you may have to fill those same forms to offset 1099-K, as though you were a business.
The mechanisms were already in place for people to be honest about reporting business losses and gains. The new online sale rules are ignorant.
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.
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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.
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1 minute ago, jazzpiano88 said:
Yes, they predicted this based on Goff the superior QB. I knew SF should never have rested their team for the Bye.
Niners are going to need to revamp their defense and find a real QB next year. Also expect Shanahan to be fired.
Game isn't nearly over yet, lol.
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Lions looking good so far!
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8 hours ago, Reezekeys said:
I found this web page that breaks the concepts down, though the exact amounts v.a.v. reporting requirements may not be accurate as it's a few years old: https://www.1040.com/blog/2019/7/12/selling-stuff-online-taxes-for-etsy-ebay-letgo-and-more/
That article isn't relevant anymore, the laws have changed even since the last update in 2022.
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4 hours ago, Docbop said:
The whole issue for me is why is an individual selling used personal property not a business considered taxable income???? If I sell a car privately instead of trading it in is that taxable income???? They need to establish when is an individual selling used personal property considered a business. They need to set a number of transactions within a year and under that number your a individual.
Like when relatives want to give a car or other high ticket item to a family member they instead sell it to the person for one dollar. Then they are selling the car not gifting the car and avoid the gift tax. People will find way around this they alway do.
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.
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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.
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13 hours ago, jazzpiano88 said:
It was interesting to listen to Gronk and Edelman reminisce about how intimidating Hoodie was, and they never knew what mood he’d be in or if they dared to even speak in meetings. They were all frightened of him. I’m sure even Hernandez was afraid of him, and he was a psychopathic serial murderer!
I don’t think that type of intimidation flies these days. Even Andy, as old school as he is, is a players coach and they love him. It’s a little bit like how Phil Jackson had to be purged out of the NBA because he couldn’t. deal with the new breed of player.
I seriously doubt any owner wants to deal with an old codger who will be nothing but headaches day in and day out. Yes he has the resume, but it has expired, and he probably isn’t the best interview in convincing an owner that he is their future.
I’m glad that God clipped his wings when he did, and getting to Shula’s record is not gonna happen.
His time has passed.
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Only two openings left!
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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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Shhhh.... Touring musician pay
in The Keyboard Corner
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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?