The “back” way to Louisville goes through this really pretty stretch of rolling hills and fields with the rock-studded foothills looming behind. Or ahead, if you’re coming back. This field in particular is quite gorgeous. This photo doesn’t show off its breadth and rolling-ness, but I’m sure I’ll be taking its picture again.
I just posted this on craigslist Denver:
Me:
- production credits on two albums (Vienna Teng’s “Waking Hour”, Melissa Rapp’s “Sweet Revenge”)
- former software engineer at Digidesign (maker of Pro Tools; duh)
- talented, professional, with a sense of humor and a good ear
- a couple of my tracks have gotten airplay on, among other things, TV’s Beautiful People and some Discovery Channel thing on sharks or something. I dunno, I’m the last to hear about these things. (Note, of course, that the majority of the credit for this goes to the hard-working, talented artist who actually wrote and performed the songs and tours endlessly to promote them.)You:
- have some tracks you’d like sweetened, mixed or mastered
- are on a budgetMy offer:
- let me at one of your tracks for free. then we can decide on further work.I’m not a professional, but a starving student with gear, talent, and a positive attitude. I don’t want to compete with the guys trying to earn a living doing this, so I’m gonna charge what I’m guessing are close to standard rates after the first track. And by all means shop around a little, first. But why not give it a shot, see what you think of the results?
The gear is less important than how you use it, but if you’re curious, I’m currently running PT 6.x Mac on HD hardware with a 192 I/O. My favorite plugs include the McDSP series and Native’s Renaissance plugs. I use Mackie HR824s to monitor. And yes, it all lives in my bedroom. =)
best,
Eric
The alternative is to sell the stuff. It’s just sitting there all but unused. I’m hoping that just mixing or “mastering” won’t take more than a few hours per shot. (”Mastering” in quotes because there’s such a veil of mystique surrounding it. And honestly, I’ve heard magic done in professional mastering and I’ve heard terrifying, gory slaughter done in professional mastering. So … whatever. Yeah, sure, I can do “mastering.”)
My post on the lack of media coverage of the Pakistan earthquake aftermath was referenced by CBS News’ Public Eye, the CBS blog. (Yes, CBS has a blog.)
Ack. This is the kind of thing that makes me want to clean up my act around here. Here I am trying to be obscure and anonymous and therefore free to post less-than-legible crap I’d not otherwise expose in public and I get linked to by CBS. Does this mean I’m part of some acroynm? Non-MainStream Media? The Alternative Media Establishment? Am I doing online journalism?
Okay, I think I’m letting it go to my head.
They also linked to this much more comprehensive post by a Philadelphian blogger.
With respect to the actual content of the CBS post, it’s interesting in that it provides a view into how media corporations are like any other corporation: they’re possibly run by real people with real compassion and interests. It is the corporation itself that may not have the capacity for any such thing.
When I asked if stories from Pakistan would be filed on the “Evening News†throughout the week, [CBS News Foreign Editor Chris] Hulme said that “It’s up to [the “Evening Newsâ€] to decide whether they air them, but we’ll be there and filing stories.â€
It looks like they’ve aired at least one story this week.
Kansas school board redefines science.
The Kansas Board of Education approved new public school science standards Tuesday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution.
Supporters of the standards said they will promote academic freedom. “It gets rid of a lot of dogma that’s being taught in the classroom today,” said board member John Bacon, an Olathe Republican.
Right. Dogma. Well, that is an issue, now, isn’t it?
You know, truth be told, I don’t have a problem with ID being “taught” in classrooms. Any non-idiotic person can discern the difference between ID and an actual rigorous, falsifiable, scientific model of the world. If our kids can’t tell the difference then we’ve got bigger problems, anyway. And seriously? I don’t believe evolution as it’s currently understood (as I understand it) is complete. It’s pretty effing brilliant, but not the whole story. Any self-respecting scientist would undoubtedly agree.
But I’m sorry … this … this … I …. I am completely speechless. I cannot believe that people are this astoundingly stupid. I … I I have no words.
In addition, the board rewrote the definition of science, so that it is no longer limited to the search for natural explanations of phenomena.
Oh, nice. Uhm … good luck with that. Let me know when you get your God to re-heat your frozen pizza for you. If he can’t, perhaps the Flying Spaghetti Monster will show mercy.
“This is a sad day. We’re becoming a laughingstock of not only the nation, but of the world, and I hate that,” said board member Janet Waugh, a Kansas City Democrat.
Yes. That about sums it up.
