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7th September 2005, 07:53 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: May 2005
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| my space rocks!!! man, a cat hipped me to this about a year ago. so, i got a page, uploaded some pix and some songs, and spent about an afternoon getting "friends" to join. (this was back when you could find people using a keyword, like "house music" or something like that...) well, it's been around a year, i do NO work to this site, i get about 10 or 15 new fans/"friends" a day, and i'm getting about 70 plays per day... more than alot of major artists!!! a great way to get feedback on new trax, (no need to have them mastered to put them up there, because they don't sound all that great anyway...) pretty fantastic promo opportunity! (ps... it helps to have a good looking pic!) (ps, the guy who started it, tom anderson, was a rock/roller from san francisco, and moved down to santa monica to start it w. another guy... he sold the site to news corp / fox for $550 mill!!!! guess he can afford daniel lanois' neve!!!) |
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7th September 2005, 08:49 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jul 2002
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| i agree. i'm a fan. i just hope rupert murdock doesn't decide to start charging $ for different services on there and screw it up for everyone. Remember when mp3.com was cool?
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7th September 2005, 09:42 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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7th September 2005, 11:42 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Long Island, New York
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   | www.myspace.com/arizonatheband is mine - it's definitely an invaluable tool |
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7th September 2005, 11:54 PM
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8th September 2005, 01:01 AM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: kansas city
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8th September 2005, 05:45 AM
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| Gear nut Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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8th September 2005, 08:13 AM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Jacksonville Beach, FL
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8th September 2005, 02:13 PM
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| Gear nut Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: London UK
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| well I thought it might be worth setting up a page for our music after increasing hype about myspace, not sure if it's been worth it yet, we get about 1 friend request a week! www.myspace.com/citiesoffoam |
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8th September 2005, 03:00 PM
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DAYUM SON!!!!! that is some hot ish.... awesome guitar!!!! luv those funky stacks.... KILLING!!!! check this out... | |
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8th September 2005, 03:07 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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| Cool stuff guys! Nice music all around. I like your stuff BattleAngel. I see you're playing with a show with Modena Vox. Ha ha, their bassisst grew up down the street from me. Say what's up to Thomas from Kevin in Columbus!! What a small world. |
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8th September 2005, 03:15 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Long Island, New York
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| Wow, that is truly bizzare. I will be sure to say hi to him for you. Thanks for the kind words re: the songs too. |
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8th September 2005, 05:00 PM
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| Damn... I'm sure there was a thread this morning about a gearslutz group on Myspace... Seems to have gone walkies. Anyways here's mine: protoangel
__________________ :: The Yardbirds http://www.theyardbirds.com :: myspace > http://www.myspace.com/andymitchellrock - I used Chameleon Labs 7602 and Mackie Satellite pres, PTLE, Shure beta 87A, Tech21 (Sansamp Bass Driver DI, TRi-AC) and Addictive Drums :: twitter > http://twitter.com/mitchellmusic - http://www.twitter.com/theyardbirds :: My guitars: Atkin OM (sitka spruce top walnut back: sweet mids):: Atkin Small Jumbo (cedar top, rosewood back: big bottom, sparkly top) |
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8th September 2005, 05:19 PM
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Jul 2005
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| whoa. Man, I've been trying to check out all of your bands...but I'm on dial-up....and it SUCKS! It's seems like you guys all got really good albums and songs. how are you guys doing this? By that, i mean the quality. All of our stuff sounds so fake and plasticky. I'm just glad i'm part of gearslutz...maybe you guys will drip some knowledge and help the sonically poor. i really liked cities of foam and arizona, but it's hard to listen w/ my connection. I should be getting cable soon, so i can listen to more after that. you gearslutz aren't playin around!!! good job. oh yeah...this other thread musta died...cuz i can't find it...here's our myspace: |
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8th September 2005, 05:27 PM
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| http://www.myspace.com/scinx I would reiterate for all to check Arizona (BattleAngel) & DimLights stuff. Dimlight - you had that track with the bird in the intro? Cant recall - Im not on my home comp but it seems like I heard some of your stuff a while ago and it was good stuff. Will check out the myspace pages later.
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8th September 2005, 05:38 PM
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| @Wagz: Actually.. I like the lofi electro sound of your band. The vocal sound is intimate and warm. The only suggestion I have is use samples of strings to make it more "natural" and maybe re-record the track thru some speakers in a room to get a "room sound" to blend back in. If you listen to Arizona ou can hear the sound of people and instruments in a room. Also cities of foam... very nice!
__________________ :: The Yardbirds http://www.theyardbirds.com :: myspace > http://www.myspace.com/andymitchellrock - I used Chameleon Labs 7602 and Mackie Satellite pres, PTLE, Shure beta 87A, Tech21 (Sansamp Bass Driver DI, TRi-AC) and Addictive Drums :: twitter > http://twitter.com/mitchellmusic - http://www.twitter.com/theyardbirds :: My guitars: Atkin OM (sitka spruce top walnut back: sweet mids):: Atkin Small Jumbo (cedar top, rosewood back: big bottom, sparkly top) |
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8th September 2005, 05:45 PM
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8th September 2005, 06:28 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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| Wagz, I think your stuff sounds pretty good. As far as the plastic thing, it seems like that's because you're using some of the keyboard settings without the overtones... maybe try running your synths through guitar pedals... |
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8th September 2005, 06:34 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: kansas city
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| I added you all if you'll have me
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8th September 2005, 06:51 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Long Island, New York
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| oh man, all this gearslutz love is making me grin like a perverted schoolboy in a Japanese cartoon. I think it's hilarious that we have two forums now. Someone on the myspace forum said we're all going to end up actually becoming plug-ins... I fear that I agree, lol. The nicest thing about this now is that I can finally hear the music you guys are doing... such a diverse body of good stuff. Anyone who hasn't joined up for the gearslutz myspace group should definitely do it. |
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8th September 2005, 07:03 PM
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They just took the name Gearslutz.com and started a myspace with it.... And promoted users from this site to go there. Gearslutz.com obviously belongs to Julian Standon...It just isn't right to take that name IMO. Maybe he meant well, maybe for personal gain? I don't know. Jules was FN' steamed as he should have been. Personally...I will refrain from that group for now... respect...
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8th September 2005, 07:07 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Long Island, New York
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| really, you think so? I just see it as a way for us to list our music for fellow gearslutz... I'd be shocked and amazed if we started discussing gear or engineering on there. But it's nice to have a listing of all the Slutz with MySpace pages so that we can spam our music/concerts/products to eachother without having to clog up Jules' board. Was Jules really pissed? That surprises me, considering the completely benign nature of the MySpace appendix to this site. |
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8th September 2005, 07:08 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: kansas city
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| no kidding? it was just a guy on here trying to get everyone together, I wont speak for him but I am sure no disrespect or infringement was intended
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8th September 2005, 07:10 PM
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| I see your point... however... A lot of posters have already had a profile on that site for a while... I guess its just a way of saying 'ello over there... Maybe we should all put a link to gearslutz on our profiles over there. From what I've seen, the gruops are a passing fad which tail off quite quickly... And the "add friend" thing is a bit gimmicky... I mean, does anyone actually write to all their contacts, let alone know them on any meaningful level... Doubt it meself
__________________ :: The Yardbirds http://www.theyardbirds.com :: myspace > http://www.myspace.com/andymitchellrock - I used Chameleon Labs 7602 and Mackie Satellite pres, PTLE, Shure beta 87A, Tech21 (Sansamp Bass Driver DI, TRi-AC) and Addictive Drums :: twitter > http://twitter.com/mitchellmusic - http://www.twitter.com/theyardbirds :: My guitars: Atkin OM (sitka spruce top walnut back: sweet mids):: Atkin Small Jumbo (cedar top, rosewood back: big bottom, sparkly top) |
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8th September 2005, 07:12 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Long Island, New York
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| well... I try to have contact w/ all of the important people on my list. Unfortunately, my god damned bass player sat up late one night and added like 300 chicks from California to our list, so now I'll never know who those people are, haha. And we do have a link to gearslutz.com - on arizonatheband.com |
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8th September 2005, 07:16 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: kansas city
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| I literally am friends with nearly (99%) of my friends on there. I generally shy away from having 200 *****s on there. Now I dont really know you guys but I figure if we can spread our music among us and our friends then it's a pretty cool thing. and if that really bothers Jules then I will resign from that group, of course it would be cooler if Jules joined in
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8th September 2005, 07:21 PM
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|  Welll... I'm more likely to keep in touch with fellow slutz anyway, as I've had a connection with this site forevah.I'm glad you guys can keep up with your friends on there! Theres a few exhibitionists out there who just add hunderds of "friends" as poss... And they don't alread t have a connection with anyone,,, Maybe I'm just jealous
__________________ :: The Yardbirds http://www.theyardbirds.com :: myspace > http://www.myspace.com/andymitchellrock - I used Chameleon Labs 7602 and Mackie Satellite pres, PTLE, Shure beta 87A, Tech21 (Sansamp Bass Driver DI, TRi-AC) and Addictive Drums :: twitter > http://twitter.com/mitchellmusic - http://www.twitter.com/theyardbirds :: My guitars: Atkin OM (sitka spruce top walnut back: sweet mids):: Atkin Small Jumbo (cedar top, rosewood back: big bottom, sparkly top) |
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8th September 2005, 07:24 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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| Sometimes I add strangers, and sometimes strangers add me, but at one point all my friends were strangers, you know? I've met at least 100 new people in the last few months on myspace,and I've come to know some of those random people better through that site. It's a great tool for networking. |
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8th September 2005, 07:28 PM
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| Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: London
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| Too true... Its like a huge alcohol-free pub!
__________________ :: The Yardbirds http://www.theyardbirds.com :: myspace > http://www.myspace.com/andymitchellrock - I used Chameleon Labs 7602 and Mackie Satellite pres, PTLE, Shure beta 87A, Tech21 (Sansamp Bass Driver DI, TRi-AC) and Addictive Drums :: twitter > http://twitter.com/mitchellmusic - http://www.twitter.com/theyardbirds :: My guitars: Atkin OM (sitka spruce top walnut back: sweet mids):: Atkin Small Jumbo (cedar top, rosewood back: big bottom, sparkly top) |
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8th September 2005, 07:31 PM
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| Lives for gear Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Long Island, New York
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| I actually had a girl who 'knew me' from myspace come to our last concert... which was a drunken mess, by the way, but still fun... and she ended up following me home after the show- but then following me around in person for the next week. I ended up having to use every single rejection line in the book before she got the hint, and it made me feel like quite the assbag. But that's what you get when you merge the online world with the off, sometimes. BTW- best meeting of online personalities I've ever had? No question about it, the Gearslutz NYC meeting when Jules came to town. I'm dying to have another one! |
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