Not Quite Same As The First
I managed to pick up a programmable version of the SansAmp Bass DI for cheap this weekend, which made me extremely happy. In one fell swoop, I picked up a backup for my current box (which sounds wonderful and will never leave my side) and answered my desire for a bass overdrive/distortion pedal - a wonderfully overdriven sound is just a click away. I managed to hold in my impulse to get a used 2x10 cabinet to go along with it, although the size would be far preferable to the 1x15 cabinet I'm using now. That's just size, though - I'd want to test it out for sound before going any further.
I was also reminded why I hate working with a certain large retail chain. A group of three clerks, obviously more interested in discussing their hatred of Weezer, managed to ignore for a full five minutes before finally unlocking a cabinet to retrieve the pedal. The unlocker then rung up a customer or two while I waiting for a power supply to actually run the thing (I'm not buying a used item before testing it out). Other two clerks? Still discussing Weezer. Feh.
New Podcast Stuff and FountainSplash!
The new IMN podcast is up - you can download it or listen to it on the site.
I upgraded the podcast equipment to the Microtrack II, as well. Aside from the spiffy black case and a built-in limiter, I also slapped in a larger CF card, so I'm going to bump up the recording resolution for the voices now. Still the same Steve and Ryan, just with more bits. Wheeeeee!
If you feel like networking at one of Fountain Square's premier restaurants, we'll be at Gusto's beginning at 8:30 for the FountainSplash! events. I'll be providing the music - I promise it won't hurt. Tape "The Office" and come on down
The Carnival!
The carnival has taken root in the Family Dollar parking lot just down the road. Between said installation of fair rides, games and elephant ears and the movies shown there during the summer, I suppose this area has taken the place of a village common. Plus, our village common has cheap toothpaste and plastic forks. We win.
Nevertheless, back to the carnival. It's like the spring training for the state fairs. The folks get their rides set up, shaken out, try to avoid maiming some kids, and get their practices runs in before the main event. There's a few twinkling lights, the Ferris wheel, and other assorted instruments of fun. There are also "guaranteed State Fair Photos!", where you will most certainly find young lovers projected their images onto an imaginary brandy snifter, the glass holding their love to be drank lustily from for all eternity.
Or until it spills and you have to go get the carpet cleaner again.
And, as a bonus, the Italian sausage stand is staying open late on weekends. Wandering drunks plus authentic fair food equals pure profit.
Hobnox For Hobbyists
It's not quite Reason, but it's a pretty cool online way to generate musical patterns online and run them through some stompboxes. I see this being used for mashups and remixes fairly soon.
And maybe collaboration, depending on how they decide to eventually market and roll this out. It's simple enough that there doesn't appear to be much in the way of tweaking or customization, but that could change. Small communities have sprung up over much less
Thoughts from Last Night’s Playboy Psychonauts show
- As I glanced at my shadow whilst wearing a fez, I noticed I looked kind of like a combination of Buckethead and the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. And I don't mean that in a good way.
- A couple from Kansas City said they recognized all of the songs and said it kinda reminded them of "Laugh-In." And they meant it in a good way.
- I'm thinking of a new audio interface. I may have busted this one.
- People are mystified by the bass tone. This is the second show where somebody didn't believe I coaxed my tone from a production-model American Fender Jazz through a Tech 21 SansAmp. That's it, really. There's a couple songs with a bass synth patch from Reason, but that's it.
- Hearing the band before us do a stellar job on some James Brown material kind of psyched me out. I gotta work on that.
Post-Election Bass Porn
Courtesy of this Flickr set, I bring you the only bass guitar I know of that would look right at home on a truck-stop wall:
Also, Playboy Psychonauts show tonight at the Jazz Kitchen, 9:30pm. Enjoy!
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