I went to Lawrence, Kansas for the first time in my life. There is a load of sororities there. One could go as far as to say there are loads of sororities. I’ve never seen so many sororities in my life. I also met a gentleman with sideburns which could only be described using a word that I try to use as little as possible: epic. I can’t remember his name, but I remember those sideburns. I shall give him the mental name C. Montgomery Burns (mental names are names I give to people in my mind until I remember their name). I also had bubble tea, which Vernie insisted I try. It was disappointment in liquid form, but I tried it; no one can say I don’t try new things.
As I was being shown downtown Lawrence (while sipping my disappointing bubble tea), some dude sitting down on a bench (I think it was a bench) with a keyboard saw me and insisted that I should listen to his “mad beats”. I, being a black man, obviously enjoy listening to the maddest of beats. So my only option was to stop, listen to his mad, possibly angry beats, and critique the aforementioned beats. Actually, I just looked at him and kept walking. I didn’t even say a word to him as he hit the play/go/whatever button on his keyboard. I wasn’t offended that he saw a black man and thought he’d enjoy some hip-hop. He had a high probability of his assumption being correct. But you know what happens when you assume: it makes you look stupid and wrong. And for the record, his beats were lackluster. I should have just listened to it and said “You’ve embarrassed us both.”
Speaking of music that can be embarrassing, I recently purchased a mic and audio interface for guitar/bass recording purposes. I’ve yet to get the audio interface to work perfectly and consistently on Linux. I’m getting xruns (skips) far too often. I think I need to do something more drastic than I want to, like installing separate Linux OS for the sole purpose of recording guitar/bass tracks. Speaking of guitars, I have settled on buying myself an acoustic guitar. This will solve the problem of not having an instrument to play when traveling. I’ve even found the guitar I want. I had no intention of getting an acoustic/electric guitar, but I’m clearly getting one anyway. By the end of the week, my instrument stand will have one less open slot.
André//6:10 PM//I'm surprised 2 people left commentsYou can’t go wrong with a martin. Make sure you get the recommended hard case for it. Also try recording acoustic with a mic and the jack at the same time, it makes for really cool tweakability of tone.
Ian//May 4, 2010//12:53 PMI lawled while reading this. More than once.
Kristi//May 11, 2010//11:57 PM