http://www.prosoundblog.com Rants of a professional drummer and recording engineer. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:00:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I really didn't like Michael Jackson or his music.  I left town for a camping trip and came back to find he'd died.  Maybe I should go camping more often. I felt sorry for the guy really.  He never had the chance to be a kid when he grew up.  He ... http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/06/27/michael-jackson-dead/ My rock & roll band covers many Ventures tunes like "Hawaii Five-O" and "Walk Don't Run," "Wipeout," "Penetration" etc.  There are no tunes more fun to play than those classic Ventures surf tunes. Tribute to Bob Bogle Bob Bogle, guitarist for the Venutres, died yesterday at 75.  Hats off, wine glasses up ... http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/06/17/ventures_bogle/ The recession is hitting rappers hard.  No more stackin' bank for these mofos.  Sales of gold and diamond "grillz" are down 60%.  Some hip hop artists are resorting to fake gold and cubic zirconia in their bling and their grillz, yo.  That ain't dope.  That ghetto. "A lot of these rappers ... http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/05/27/recession-hits-rappers/ Got an email from a client today. "Hey we recorded in your studio back in 1991.  Do you still have our master tapes?" Wow.  And I can't even find my car keys. http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/05/26/and-i-cant-even-find-my-car-keys/ I listen to Pandora every day.  Lately though I think their algorithm has gone haywire. While listening to the Peter Gabriel channel, Pandora played The Used and The Osmond Boys.  Uh, no. http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/03/31/pandoras-algo-needs-some-tweaking/ Client: "What is the turnaround time on your five business day package?" Me: "Five business days." Client: "Great thanks." http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/03/04/duh/ Got a nice note from the client who I did some drum tracks for last week. "I was thinking I'd leave my Groove Agent drums, but your accents of stuff really increased the vibe, great job! I appreciate your talent." http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/03/02/real-drummers-are-better-than-machines/ Until last night I hadn't picked up a drum stick for at least eight months. Truly sad, but the lame gig situation in this town and my personal and business life have gotten in the way of bashing the skins. Last night we had one opening band and ... http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/02/28/i-still-have-it/ No gigs for months, then two in 48 hours I haven't played the drums since last year. I'd sort of retired from my rock band since my bass player and very good friend moved to Portland. It just hasn't been worth playing since he left. He's back this ... http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/02/26/drumming-my-ass-off-this-weekend/ Am I having a nightmare? Somebody wake me up. A couple of posts back I said I'd be reflecting on the hell project of 2008, since it was done. It isn't. Unfortunately my new vendor who was doing the replication (two of my old ones went out of business in this economy) ... http://www.prosoundblog.com/2009/02/26/hell-project-rises-from-the-dead/