> Yep, it's the song for me (if that's what I'm > focused on). I'm typically > telling guitarists that I don't give a damn how well > they play their > !@#%ing instrument, I want them to play the *song*. LoL, it isn't any different no matter where we go or what we compare it to. > >In my own ignorant tractor repairman way, I like to > >consider full orchestral arrangements. How many > string > >players and how many parts; 12 players and one > part? > >The most talented audio engineers in the world > can't > >make 12 selfish fools sound good. To book, imagine > >some poor construction worker trying to hum the > >melodies of 12 fools. > > > I'm not completely sure I understand this > illustration, but it *is* > colorful... ;-) The paragraph exemplifies the problem perfectly. By putting color before content the point is incomprehensible. My guideline for writing is, if I use six words, the reader remembers six words, if eight words they remember six, if 10 they remember nothing. I really like discussing music and learning from other people and I want to indulge in this conversation more but time is of the essence. I'm packing up the studio and moving it into the basement of a bar to produce a live old school bebop jazz double album tonight. The players are world class. Several of they guys have been playing jazz for 50 plus years. They have traveled to Minneapolis from different parts of the U.S. The youngest player is the alto sax. He's Snoop Doggy Dog's music director and live keyboard player. It's an interesting gig. I've done a fair amount of commercial work with Linux audio applications but I'm a little nervous. I can't stop the band and restart songs to correct any technical problems because this is live with an audience. Either I get it right or there's a problem. Of course I live for these moments. Anyway, I'm running 16 mic lines into Ardour and have a three camera video shoot running. Part of my negotiation is the right to appropriately license some of the material so it can be freely distributed. I'm hoping to have a couple videos with great audio that can be used as demonstrations of Linux audio in action. If you never hear from me again, assume I screwed up and am swimming with the fishes. :~) ron > Thanks for the comments, Ron. Phase 2 of the song is > already under > construction... > > Best, > > dp > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com
