Dreamer Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Endocrinologist/diabetologist. Korg PA3X Pro 76 and Kronos 61, Roland G-70, Integra 7 and BK7-m, Casio PX-5S, Fender Stratocaster with Fralin pickups, Fender Stratocaster with Kinman pickups, 1965 Gibson SG Standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Rinker Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Professor in Computer Science - Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88keys4me Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by Tusker: I'm a management consultant focusing on mergers and acquisitions. No, I'm not a corporate raider. Mostly I help the two companies come together as one after the deal. JerryDid you get a seat at the SBC / AT&T table? - Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoS Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by Marzzz: Physician- Interventional Pain ManagementAh, so you're the guy! Patient: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this... " Marzzz:"Well, don't do that!" Enemy of Silence.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzzz Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by EoS: Originally posted by Marzzz: Physician- Interventional Pain ManagementAh, so you're the guy! Patient: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this... " Marzzz:"Well, don't do that!"EXACTLY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 This thread is totally cool - how interesting to learn what you guys do! dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steadyb Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Y'all know me. Know how I earn a livin'. I'll catch this bird for you, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad fish. Not like going down to the pond and chasing bluegills and tommycocks. This shark, swallow you whole. No shakin', no tenderizin', down you go. And we gotta do it quick, that'll bring back your tourists, put all your businesses on a payin' basis. But it's not gonna be pleasant. I value my neck a lot more than three thousand bucks, chief. I'll find him for three, but I'll catch him, and kill him, for ten. But you've gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. If you want to play it cheap, be on welfare the whole winter. I don't want no volunteers, I don't want no mates, there's too many captains on this island. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Zeger Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 National Sales Manager, 13WHAM-TV (formerly WOKR), the ABC affiliate in Rochester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben One Posted February 3, 2005 Author Share Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by Dave Bryce: This thread is totally cool - how interesting to learn what you guys do!Glad you are enjoying it, Dave! It's been awesome to see all of the great responses. I am finding this thread to be very validating--so many of us are just "ordinary working stiffs" pursuing our passion for keyboards in whatever ways we can manage! Ben Eddie Jobson Tribute Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by Dave Bryce: This thread is totally cool - how interesting to learn what you guys do! dBAgreed! Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre Lower Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 What a great thread! Originally posted by Red Winger: Patent and copyright law by day, exhausted father of 2 by night. Band gigs and home studio composition fit in there somewhere. Some weeks the fit is better than others. --Mark[/QB]Hey Redwinger, looks like we share a couple of things. I am a Registered Patent Agent and also father of a two-year-old boy. I got my degree in Civil Engineering (first in Brazil, then again in Spain, back when I was planning to move there for good). Worked as structural Engineer for events (yes, designing and assembling bleachers for things like the Rock In Rio gigs), then I spent three years in transportation planning (software modeling of intersections, etc.) and then finally ended up writing patents. The funny part is that usually my jobs start with people occasionally hiring me either as a translator or interpreter, and then finding out I can do other things for them too. In the meantime I have this passion for music, which fills up my soul the whole day long. I wonder how does my wife puts up with my apparently eternal singing&humming... "I'm ready to sing to the world. If you back me up". (Lennon to his bandmates, in an inspired definition of what it's all about). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike g Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Massage Therapist for the Toronto Raptors Dance Pak...as well at a spa. Ya I got the best job in the world.. www.mikesmassage.com Step out of the box and grow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steadyb Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by mike g: Massage Therapist for the Toronto Raptors Dance Pak...as well at a spa. Ya I got the best job in the world.. www.mikesmassage.com You get to massage them... http://www.mikesmassage.com/images/photos/full/DancePak1.jpg Wow, you do have the best job in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Horne Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by mike g: Massage Therapist for the Toronto Raptors Dance Pak...as well at a spa. Ya I got the best job in the world.. www.mikesmassage.com I've been told I rub people the wrong way. No guitarists were harmed during the making of this message. In general, harmonic complexity is inversely proportional to the ratio between chording and non-chording instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangsu Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by mike g: Massage Therapist for the Toronto Raptors Dance PakNo kidding! You've probably met my daughter. Alas, no further info forthcoming. "........! Try to make It..REAL! compared to what? ! ! ! " - BOPBEEPER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Martin Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 No sure which thread I belong in. I don't make a living playing music, but I do work in the music business. For the last two years I've been a Marketing Manager at Yamaha. In the past I've supplimented my income by doing sound design, studio work and live gigs. -Mike Martin Casio Mike Martin Photography Instagram Facebook The Big Picture Photography Forum on Music Player Network The opinions I post here are my own and do not represent the company I work for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by mike g: Massage Therapist for the Toronto Raptors Dance Pak...as well at a spa. Ya I got the best job in the world.. www.mikesmassage.com Dude, are you looking to hire an apprentice? In fact, you don't need to pay me.. I'll rub the girls for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Project Engineer for Level(3)Communications. It pays well and is interesting. I can't ask for more than that. Like many, I wish I had more time to play, but it doesn't pay the bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan South Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by Jeebus ®: Originally posted by mike g: Massage Therapist for the Toronto Raptors Dance Pak...as well at a spa. Ya I got the best job in the world.. www.mikesmassage.com Dude, are you looking to hire an apprentice? In fact, you don't need to pay me.. I'll rub the girls for free.Apprentices start out with backrubs...and work their way up to frontrubs... The Black Knight always triumphs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammodel AV Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 DB2 Database Administrator currently, previously internal MIS query person, and before that EDP auditor. Did you notice how many musicians are IT folks? Rumor has it that for the first computer programming staff, IBM wanted musicians over scientists. Brian Hammond T-582A, Casio WK6600, Behringer D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Rhythm Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 I teach Elementary General Music for my "real" job. I've taught 28 years and it has been a good life. I also ran a studio (on the side) for a number of years, but gave it up because it was so hard to make money... and I actually felt bad for the people I was working for (I liked them). They were sinking a good bit of money into something that, for them, had no future. So I shut it down. Now I do commercial projects when they come along, and enjoy it much more. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pierce Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Originally posted by Pim: Alesis keeps asking me for synthesizer sound design. Andromeda, Ion and Micron carry a few noises I made...Very cool, Pim. What Micron patches did you design? --Dave Make my funk the P-funk. I wants to get funked up. My Funk/Jam originals project: http://www.thefunkery.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Winger Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Totally agree with DB -- this is a fun thread. Andre L -- Nice to know a fellow forumite is also in the IP "biz." I'll keep that in mind should I need help in Brazil or South America (which does happen, from time to time). I'm an Electrical Engineer by background (radio and laser telecomm), but do a fair amount of copyright (including Music copyright, particularly on-line issues...which is always fun) as well. Originally posted by FrankieP: Nurse Practitioner/Registered Nurse (the most unappreciated job ever, but hey... it pays the bills).No way. If you'd said totally underpaid or unacknowledged, I would completely agree with you. But there is no way I think of your job without loads of appreciation. [Applause On] [/applause off] --Mark "I don't know anything about music. In my line, you don't have to." -Elvis Presley (1935-1977) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartolomeo Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Interesting topic. I mostly write software for the wireless communications industry. I also run a farm and manage some rental property. I play piano and organ at chuch gigs. It's fun, and they do pay, albeit poorly. I too am surprised at the number of IT people here, mainly because very few of the IT/software people I know in real life are musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan South Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Chalk up another CompuNerd (UNIX guy). The Black Knight always triumphs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankieP Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Originally posted by steadyb: Y'all know me. Know how I earn a livin'. I'll catch this bird for you, but it ain't gonna be easy. Bad fish. Not like going down to the pond and chasing bluegills and tommycocks. This shark, swallow you whole. No shakin', no tenderizin', down you go. And we gotta do it quick, that'll bring back your tourists, put all your businesses on a payin' basis. But it's not gonna be pleasant. I value my neck a lot more than three thousand bucks, chief. I'll find him for three, but I'll catch him, and kill him, for ten. But you've gotta make up your minds. If you want to stay alive, then ante up. If you want to play it cheap, be on welfare the whole winter. I don't want no volunteers, I don't want no mates, there's too many captains on this island. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing.you're gonna need a bigger boat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoS Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Originally posted by Hammodel AV: Did you notice how many musicians are IT folks? Rumor has it that for the first computer programming staff, IBM wanted musicians over scientists.Yeah. I've also found that the best IT people I know are musicians also. I think it has to do with a different way of thinking and interpreting concepts and patterns. there's a definite correlation somewhere. Enemy of Silence.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben One Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 I agree with EoS. Every single programmer and designer on our web team is either a talented musician or has some sort of musical ability. I wonder if Mozart would have been an excellent computer programmer, too! Ben Eddie Jobson Tribute Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pim Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Originally posted by Dave Pierce: Very cool, Pim. What Micron patches did you design? --Dave To be honest, I didn't keep a log with the names. I made 128 programs, 128 setups, 128 phrases and much more. Too much to remember. (the Micron stays with a friend, so I can't check it) You know, making up names is the most difficult part of sound design. There are allready so many 'Aurora' pads... For the next synth I have to program, I will ask the members of the Keyboard Corner to come up with names! My Music I always wondered what happened after the fade out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DafDuc Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 We're a large (10,000ish employee) NASDAQ firm. Our official newbie policy (but pretty much dormant since the Y2K bust) is that new hires without experience are expected to have a degree "in a technical field, such as mathematics, computer science, OR MUSIC" (my emphasis). I kid you not. I'm guessing the VP who instituted the policy is a musician, but whatever - bunches of players in the ranks here. Daf I played in an 8 piece horn band. We would often get bored. So...three words: "Tower of Polka." - Calumet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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