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MeTa post:
A question and answer area for people to talk about writing/recording music
(I actually just gave a really long answer to a production question inside a Music thread that probably nobody, including the asker, has actually seen.) I don't necessarily know why this couldn't just be a subcategory or hell, even just a recommended AskMe tag, as mumkin notes. Unless I'm a bit confused about the intent here.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 9:04 AM on June 26, 2008
Alright, rockin! I get it. I'll get on this bus, then. Who brought the beer?
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 11:56 AM on June 26, 2008
MeTa post:
suspicious questions?
I noticed a user this morning who seemed a bit suspicious, but there's not much to go on other than his username, unnecessary emoticons, and exactly three rapid-fire comments. Which is why I didn't make a post to MeTa. Or did I?
This thread does, a bit, remind me of my grandma, who spies on her new neighbors constantly. She thinks she's being sneaky, but it must be hilarious to see her peeking out the window all day long. They've... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 11:27 AM on June 3, 2008
I've pretty much set a date on my calendar to watch him self-link
What sad, sad lives we lead.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 11:34 AM on June 3, 2008
Mike Mahan has gingivitis
I believe you can also get athlete's foot showering at his place.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 12:31 PM on June 3, 2008
Anal Cunt apparently has a song called "Mike Mahan has gingivitis".
They've got a number of songs about Mike, who I believe used to be in the band. I saw Anal Cunt a few years back--2001 or 2002--upstairs at the Middle East in Cambridge. If you haven't been there, it's a reasonably small dive bar with a small stage up front.
As they take the stage, singer Seth Putnam--who is a big dude, and a Jew, if memory... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 1:10 PM on June 3, 2008
MeTa post:
It's Condiments All The Way Down
So a few years ago, I was staying at a friend's house in Herefordshire, and one afternoon we made sandwiches with some leftover ham. Having never had Coleman's mustard before, I put a tremendous dollop on the bread and spread it all around. Now, this particular jar of mustard was a year or two old and, anyone familiar with the properties of hot mustard stored in a cupboard will tell you that the pungency can decrease greatly over time. So, while I was warned that my sandwich might have been... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 1:17 PM on June 2, 2008
You don't have to buy mayo at all. Jarred mayo is about as far from homemade mayo as yellow Froot Loops are from pineapple rings.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 4:18 PM on June 2, 2008
I thought the yellow Froot Loops were lemon.
I'm pretty sure all the colors are Froot Loops-flavored. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 6:48 PM on June 2, 2008
MeTa post:
Return of the Return of the MeFi Music Challenge
I always meant to participate in a music challenge. Somebody prod me next time, possibly with something sharp. Unless the category is "covers of Norman Lear sitcom themes you dreamed about and then woke your girlfriend up to tell her how sweet it'll be complete with sound effects and dramatic motions," in which case, I'm already done.
Also, I think musical guidelines are a good idea, at least as an option. I think I never participated because the single-word... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 7:21 PM on May 12, 2008
"30-second musical advertisement for your favorite food," "song for your gym teacher,"
Yeah! Perfect.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 8:04 PM on May 12, 2008
Wow, I'd never heard that track by cortex. It is fantastic.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 6:50 AM on May 13, 2008
A competition that forced all the participants to use old-skool tracker software would be interesting, I think.
Oh man, I have spent more hours working in Scream Tracker and Impulse Tracker than I can possibly count. I don't think I could remember all the neat tricks I used to know, though.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 9:35 AM on May 13, 2008
How about a challenge to write a song in the style of a well-known band?
I really like this. I think we've all owned a Weird Al album or two and, if nothing else, his style parodies were usually spot-on. It's something I've done from time-to-time, and it's a lot of fun.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 7:48 AM on May 14, 2008
What about AC/DC, though? Every one of their songs is about some combination of booze, broads, and the power of rock, and you'd be hard-pressed (not to mention wrong, and a jerk, to boot) to say that they don't rock.
God, I love AC/DC.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 1:45 PM on May 14, 2008
Revisit and re-record the first song you ever wrote.
I don't know if it was necessarily the *first* song I wrote, but a couple years ago, my high school band re-recorded a few of our songs, among which was the first song we'd written together. We were, maybe, 14 or 15 when we wrote it. It was called "Buttfuck Satan." I don't think anybody wants to hear that. I may, however, upload "Jism Omelet," which is, wait for... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 6:41 AM on May 22, 2008
MeTa post:
Metafilter Music Collaboration #2
That sounds insane. I mean, I'm not gonna say no, but it does sound a little insane. You guys are gonna hate my track of meowing cats.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 5:39 AM on April 29, 2008
Oh yeah, why would you print reverb? Unless you've got access to an EMT plate or something, in which case stick it on a separate track. The exception being spring on a guitar or something, when it's part of the "sound."
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 5:55 AM on April 29, 2008
Oh yeah, I'd definitely like to take a crack at mixing it. (I just took part in a mixing "event" elsewhere on these interwebs, and it was tremendously educational.) Although it'll be a huge job, given that nobody really knows what anybody else has recorded. It still sounds insane. I dig it.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 6:16 AM on April 29, 2008
Yeah, as much as organic would be nice, this'd get really messy without a click. Or at least a tone track to line everybody up at beat 1. But a click or percussion bed would be better. An uneven tempo would be okay, but I think some people might have trouble working with it.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 7:28 AM on April 29, 2008
So Karlos, what's in this seed track? Percussion? Autoharp? Coffee can full of beans?
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 8:44 AM on April 29, 2008
Actually, my cats are not very cooperative at meowing on cue. I might have to hang some mics in the kitchen at feeding time. Or, failing that, replace my missing nose whistle and give you all a real treat. Or possibly a chopsticks-on-cookware percussion track.
Also, to the subject of file formats. I don't know how you guys are with FLAC (I haven't tried it, but I hear it's the cat's pajamas), but it ought to reduce the size of the WAVs by half or so losslessly, which... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 6:06 AM on April 30, 2008
I've been using mp3 at 128kbps for sharing on e-mail and uploading to MeFiMu with no problems.
Can we please use plain-old WAVs or AIFFs for mixing, though? Pretty please? Passing around low-bitrate MP3s for tracking is fine... good, even. But you really can't mix with them.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 7:24 AM on May 1, 2008
Best news of the morning. Rock on, Karlos.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 5:40 AM on May 7, 2008
So... what's the progress looking like on this thing?
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 8:26 AM on May 19, 2008
Ah, ever the diplomat. "Deliberate." Maybe if we increase rations, we can raise the pace to "moderate" without breaking a wagon wheel.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 5:44 AM on May 20, 2008
MeTa post:
I can haz marketshare?
Yahoo Answers might actually be the worst thing on the web. It infuriates me every time I search the whole of the web for an answer to something. "How do I get rid of cat dandruff?" Marked best answer: "u hav a cat haha ur gay, no taek it to a vetran LOL!" Fuck you, Yahoo.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 11:52 AM on March 19, 2008
Do you smell anything right now?
I smell Junior Mints. It is nice.
I used to walk past the factory that made, among other things, Junior Mints every morning on the way to work. I always knew it would be a good day when I smelled Junior Mints as I walked by.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 11:53 AM on March 19, 2008
"Answerbag"? Good lord, who thought of that name? Answerbag?
Well, at least they didn't go with their first idea, "Question Quim."
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 12:15 PM on March 19, 2008
You've got to wonder, though, what would happen if Yahoo Answers were moderated to the extent that AskMe is. Or even half as well. Would everybody just flee, or would the good users (you've got to imagine they exist) hang around, even with the dramatic dropoff in volume? It just seems like such a wasted opportunity to actually help people.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 1:01 PM on March 19, 2008
You tried to be clever but sorry it didnt come across that way. your stupid. lol
I love you, Pastabagel.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 1:10 PM on March 19, 2008
MeTa post:
Favorites... from the past!
I think it's clear that this so-called Orange Goblin is actually Jean-Claude Van Damme.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 6:53 AM on March 19, 2008
Wow, that is a wonderful comment.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 7:25 AM on March 19, 2008
Thanks for ruining our beautiful time-travel fantasy, Plutor.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 9:01 AM on March 19, 2008
If you went back in time and killed Orange Goblin, what would happen to this thread?
Whoa.
They call 'em fingers, but I never seen 'em fing. Oh wait, there they go...
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 9:32 AM on March 19, 2008
MeTa post:
DTMFJAGYOFBFW
I'm waiting for my company to go under so I can collect unemployment.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 9:51 AM on December 14, 2007
MeTa post:
Adding play count
Well, supposedly the JW player is scriptable, but hell if I could get it to work last time I tried. It ought to be possible with a small piece of Javascript that posts back when it starts to play a song and something server-side to receive it, though, no Flash required.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 10:53 AM on December 11, 2007
MeTa post:
Wii Codes, again. I can't be the only one who got...
Nintendo has got to "fix" this friend code stuff. What a pain. I'll add you suckers when I get home tonight, but mine is:
0570 1852 7562 5281
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 9:14 AM on January 8, 2007
just like lots of people have surely made Hitler miis
Ah, but how many have made Miis of Johnny Depp from Secret Window, huh? Huh?!
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 5:40 AM on January 9, 2007
I've gotten Velma, Bob Ross, and TheDevil. The Jesus you've got might be mine, but who knows. I'm waiting for someone to get Secret Window. That'd make my day.
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 7:40 PM on January 9, 2007
k8t's in my Wii, playin my tennis
posted to MetaTalk by uncleozzy
at 5:38 AM on January 10, 2007
