Community Thread VII

Post #1121 » by **TyCobb** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:10 am

Well, the runner that did score in that game got on base by an "error" even though it was obviously a hit. That ball had the most crazy spin I have ever seen in my life. No way is that a normal ball to field. Let me try to find a video.

Post #1122 » by **TyCobb** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:17 am

http://losangeles.angels.mlb.com/media/ ... 6293025979

1:25 mark. Look at that spin when it hits the ground. That's a hit.

Post #1123 » by **Slava** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:01 am

Audio Engineering is something that I'm looking towards as a career. kobeaki, if you are interested in helping me out with some tips and other info re: your work and stuff, I'd like to talk more about it.

Erik Eleven · Post #1124 » by **Erik Eleven** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:32 am

milesfides wrote:Limericks? You can go first.

Alright,

A truth-seeking man from New Jersey
Showed truism-tellers no mercy
He moved to the woods
To look for his goods
And found himself a hot nursie

Post #1125 » by **Slava** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:49 am

^^

I liked the last line. Hope miles really does get one, he's been wasting too much time online.

j/k. :wink:

SashAlex · Post #1126 » by **SashAlex** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:46 am

Wow guys ! I was in downtown LA on Friday to see Staples Center ! It was gorgeous to be so close to the arena where my favourite team plays !

Magic's statue is very beautiful !

I didn't take photos, but I'll do that when I get there next time again !

Post #1127 » by **milesfides** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:51 pm

Erik Eleven wrote:
milesfides wrote:Limericks? You can go first.

Alright,

A truth-seeking man from New Jersey
Showed truism-tellers no mercy
He moved to the woods
To look for his goods
And found himself a hot nursie

Haha, very nice! But no hot nursies in New Jersies.

I got one for you:

on sunny shores lands the longboat
man forgoes the axe for the note.
foes are fought with class
woes made naught at last
A lass to love, a babe to tote.

kobeaki · Post #1128 » by **kobeaki** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:08 pm

erik, are you a sound engineer? i am both an ae and a tech here in l.a.[/quote]

I'm a former rerecording mixer but nowadays exclusively a composer/producer again. So, yeah. I'm a sound engineer. Cool! Where do you mix and tech? PM me if you want discretion.

Although I'm a composer, I mix music every day. And, I'm actually going to mix the live sound for a show at the Red Rocks Colorado this summer. Haven't done live sound since 1993. Should be fun ;-)

We can talk audio tech in this thread, now. Nice![/quote]

lots of freelance stuff, ive engineered at record plant, ocean way, the village, sunset sound, ohenry, yada yada, and ive built and wired a few rooms too...

i always wanted to do live sound, in fact i feel if america had a proper union, or something like that, all studio cats would be required to do a year of touring and foh, monitor mixes etc, the trenches indeed...

you ever hang out at gearslutz, or psw, or the womb any of those places?

kobeaki · Post #1129 » by **kobeaki** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:39 pm

j-far wrote:Audio Engineering is something that I'm looking towards as a career. kobeaki, if you are interested in helping me out with some tips and other info re: your work and stuff, I'd like to talk more about it.

absolutely...first off find the the best gig you can in the best studio you can find, be prepared to be poor for awhile, learn everything, i mean everything you can, soak up everything you can like a sponge, have a great attitude no matter how stupid or (Please Use More Appropriate Word) the producer or the client is, be clean and smell good, learn the tools you'll use, say buy a mac, buy the L.E. version of pro tools, learn it and know it like the back of your hand, record your buddies for free, the practice you'll recieve is more valuble than the $50 bucks or whatever...

it truly is a system where you'll get out exactly what you put in....when i started,, working 110 hour weeks, @ 7 bucks an hour while using a 1099 tax form, is the standard and the norm, dont be afraid of that, and in those conditions is where you'll get your real knowledge and experience, much like being a rookie and playing in the finals...also get a good reliable car, as you'll probably be a runner for awhile, just take it and the small abuse you'll get...

the fringe benefits greatly outweigh the downside...

Erik Eleven · Post #1130 » by **Erik Eleven** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:39 pm

Nice, miles. Thank you.

I thought you were moving to Oregon or Phil's attic in Carlsbad. ;-)

OK, one more:

An author too selfless for writing
decided to go into hiding
Forsook gloves and shovel
wrote hard hitting novel
before he rejoiced in providing

Seriously, though. No time to lose, miles! Now is your chance. Give it your best shot. You never know when you'll meet whom, and what it'll (she'll) bring. An opportunity like this is just too precious to pass up. Go, and make it meaningful. It's urgent. Once you have a family, you won't get much alone time with the creative process. These clichés were brought to you by,

a nordic villain in mid-life crise
with lots to say of self-taught demise
tried hard to spread
what earned his bread
but had nothing to show for reprise

Erik Eleven · Post #1131 » by **Erik Eleven** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:43 pm

kobeaki wrote:
j-far wrote:Audio Engineering is something that I'm looking towards as a career. kobeaki, if you are interested in helping me out with some tips and other info re: your work and stuff, I'd like to talk more about it.

absolutely...first off find the the best gig you can in the best studio you can find, be prepared to be poor for awhile, learn everything, i mean everything you can, soak up everything you can like a sponge, have a great attitude no matter how stupid or (Please Use More Appropriate Word) the producer or the client is, be clean and smell good, learn the tools you'll use, say buy a mac, buy the L.E. version of pro tools, learn it and know it like the back of your hand, record your buddies for free, the practice you'll recieve is more valuble than the $50 bucks or whatever...

it truly is a system where you'll get out exactly what you put in....when i started,, working 110 hour weeks, @ 7 bucks an hour while using a 1099 tax form, is the standard and the norm, dont be afraid of that, and in those conditions is where you'll get your real knowledge and experience, much like being a rookie and playing in the finals...also get a good reliable car, as you'll probably be a runner for awhile, just take it and the small abuse you'll get...

the fringe benefits greatly outweigh the downside...

Co-sign on all of the above. Down to the tiniest detail. Where do you work, kobeaki? Maybe we've met...

Post #1132 » by **Danny Darko** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:40 pm

the l.a. kings hockey board is a funny place... well any of the hockey forums... as far as I can tell I'm alone in a cavernous board, but people are lurking and viewing the articles I post. At this point, I'd take a flame war or two.

Erik Eleven · Post #1133 » by **Erik Eleven** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:08 pm

Corvus Crow wrote:the l.a. kings hockey board is a funny place... well any of the hockey forums... as far as I can tell I'm alone in a cavernous board, but people are lurking and viewing the articles I post. At this point, I'd take a flame war or two.

Haha, that's funny. Just keep posting, man. All you need is a few new posters. Start a thread called "New recruits, introduce yourselves here!", or something.

Rox_Nix_Nox · Post #1134 » by **Rox_Nix_Nox** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:30 pm

I'd rather watch hockey than baseball.....

Post #1135 » by **milesfides** » Tue Jul 1, 2008 1:33 am

Haha, EE, bravo. Well done.

You're right.

Erik Eleven · Post #1136 » by **Erik Eleven** » Tue Jul 1, 2008 2:36 am

milesfides wrote:Haha, EE, bravo. Well done.

You're right.

Haha. Go get 'em!

Rhyming makes me long for Christmas. My tradition is to sit up the night before with my brother. We drink lots of Eggnogg and Swedish Glögg, and write dirty-mouthed rhymes for stupid presents for our girls and laugh ourselves silly into the wee hours. Good times.

One thing that is often forgot about when it comes to the Vikings is how dearly they valued writing verse. Usually, their chief's first comment after a hard-fought battle came in form of a rhyming verse. Often, it was only a few short lines, but it summarized what had happened, what/whom they lost/gained et cetera. If someone had something to add, that too was delivered in a rhyming verse form, on the fly. No, I'm not claiming that the Vikings invented the rap, but they sure sustained its very old ancestry.

Shows you how valuable reflection is to us.

Did you read the Longships yet? Maybe I've asked before.

Post #1137 » by **kno** » Tue Jul 1, 2008 3:09 am

SashAlex wrote:Wow guys ! I was in downtown LA on Friday to see Staples Center ! It was gorgeous to be so close to the arena where my favourite team plays !

Magic's statue is very beautiful !

I didn't take photos, but I'll do that when I get there next time again !

Did you visit it at night? Its a beautiful sight.

Also, the next Nokia Theatre is looking badass. Its right across the street (across the statue, so im assuming you noticed it). Did you get to visit it?

Sedale Threatt · Post #1138 » by **Sedale Threatt** » Tue Jul 1, 2008 3:12 am

Erik Eleven wrote:No, I'm not claiming that the Vikings invented the rap, but they sure sustained its very old ancestry.

I have all of MC Pillage's albums. He's dope.

Post #1139 » by **Slava** » Tue Jul 1, 2008 5:35 am

kobeaki wrote:
j-far wrote:Audio Engineering is something that I'm looking towards as a career. kobeaki, if you are interested in helping me out with some tips and other info re: your work and stuff, I'd like to talk more about it.

absolutely...first off find the the best gig you can in the best studio you can find, be prepared to be poor for awhile, learn everything, i mean everything you can, soak up everything you can like a sponge, have a great attitude no matter how stupid or (Please Use More Appropriate Word) the producer or the client is, be clean and smell good, learn the tools you'll use, say buy a mac, buy the L.E. version of pro tools, learn it and know it like the back of your hand, record your buddies for free, the practice you'll recieve is more valuble than the $50 bucks or whatever...

it truly is a system where you'll get out exactly what you put in....when i started,, working 110 hour weeks, @ 7 bucks an hour while using a 1099 tax form, is the standard and the norm, dont be afraid of that, and in those conditions is where you'll get your real knowledge and experience, much like being a rookie and playing in the finals...also get a good reliable car, as you'll probably be a runner for awhile, just take it and the small abuse you'll get...

the fringe benefits greatly outweigh the downside...

Well. thanks for the advice man! Anyways I'm from an electrical engineering background so I might not be as near to the creative side as you guys do. I might be looking more at a signal processing oriented job, may be a little more involved in the technical side.

I'm also looking at the Creative Engg. program in USC, which seems pretty interesting. Do you have anyone working with you from similar backgrounds and what kind of work do they normally do?

I also have a pretty decent experience in video editing and sound mixing but I have mostly done amateur jobs for my university so thats how I got interested in this field.

Post #1140 » by **milesfides** » Tue Jul 1, 2008 5:55 am

Erik Eleven wrote:Did you read the Longships yet? Maybe I've asked before.

No, did I tell you? I ordered it off one of the sellers on amazon, and according to him, it got lost in the mail. I got a refund, but didn't get around to ordering it, especially since I hit a dry spot with my writing. But thanks for reminding me on both points.

Seeing you finish your book has really inspired me. I need to get my priorities in order.