What can I tell ya?
It’s just been a full-on week yet again, and I have not had a chance to record ANY of my podcasts.
Two things stood in my way this past week.
1. I was recording yet another title for Lynda.com in the evenings, and
2. A cousin of mine from Perth (Western Australia) whom I hadn’t seen for 2.5 years flew into town on business and stayed with us for 4 nights. It was great to see him again.
And podcasting came a very tragic 3rd in that race, I’m sorry!
Let’s put this in perspective, shall we?
You all know how much of a geek I am, right?
Well, get this…
Sitting behind me, on the floor of my studio/office, is a cardboard box.
In that cardboard box is sitting an Asus motherboard, an AMD Phenom quad-core CPU, 2GB of RAM, and an Asus Lightscribe DVD writer.
Those components are waiting to become my next PC upgrade.
You know how long they’ve been sitting in that box on my floor?
TWO WEEKS!!
Two freakin’ weeks, people!
So, now you KNOW I’m not just yankin’ your chain about being busy.
If Bruce can’t find time to upgrade his PC, things must be outta control.
Believe me, I’m tryin’…
   Some recent listener feedbackShutters Inc Firstly let me start with reference to something that Bruce had mentioned, I think in episode 137. You were quite concerned with the audio quality that you were able to present to listeners from the portable recorder used at Echuca, the audio on that episode was fine. I have recently dabbled with other podcasts, and have since canceled all of the downloads except Shutters Inc. Bruce the quality of the audio delivered by you leaves all others far behind, keep up the good work. Thanks for the great pod casts not only in the information passed on but also the technical quality. Mark Chapman Sine Language Bruce, I can only say, in my opinion, that the services you are providing are greatly appreciated. J. R. Building the pod I've only recently decided to get back into music production after a prolonged absence. So, when it came to choosing a DAW, it came down to a choice between FL Studio and Audition. Dollar wise, quite similar although FL Studio does offer more in the way of virtual instruments for this price range. But I chose Audition for two clear reasons. 1. I really like the look and feel. The layout is just easy on the eye and made sense to me very quickly. 2. I knew I had a great teacher. I discovered Building the Pod through the Adobe web site and soon found Sine Language. I have to thank you sincerely for your weekly tuition. It has turned a somewhat severe learning curve into managable bite size pieces. I simply can't overstate how thankful I am of your weekly podcasts. Bye for now. Ross Huntley |
May 18, 20083 strikes…3 Responses to “3 strikes…” |
May 19th, 2008 at 12:03
I guess we will survive. PC upgrades really should take priority though. Your family will understand what is really important. =)
first priority : geek credibility
second priority : family
third priority: everything else
I am sure that a three weeks delayed shutters inc will be even better for the extra time in the oven…..
May 19th, 2008 at 17:08
3 strikes and definitely not out.
Bruce, I find such a wealth of information in your podcasts (especially sine language) that I don’t care how often they come out.
And if anyone’s really hanging out, just go back through the archives – this stuff doesn’t go out of date in a hurry – I guarantee there’s plenty of learning (and remembering) to be done even if you think you’ve heard them all.
Cheers Bruce and keep it up.
May 20th, 2008 at 10:32
Bruce:
Can I just copy and paste what Felix said?
I couldn’t agree more.
-Jim Weishorn