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<div style="direction: ltr;">Andy,</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">It took me a while to stop being a collector (there’s nothing wrong with being that, but I choose not to be). I’ve also been adopting a more Buddhist view (though I’m definitely not a Buddhist) in that I’m avoiding attachment to
material things. I see them as tools and not fetish objects. </div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Also, just having all that gear was a lot of work. So much time was spent getting shit hooked up that I never did any writing. And when I did try, something was always breaking own or acting off. So I’d get distracted. I’d just
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<div style="direction: ltr;">So I started selling down to the current size. I think I may have over done it a bit, though, and I’ll probably add one really nice keyboard next year ( moog one, I hope). </div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">My focus now is on having a few top of the line tools rather than a collection of toys. Fewer things can go wrong in a smaller setup, and I don’t even need a mixer or patch bay (my moth 828x has everything routed through it).</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">I don’t have a lot of studio time these days, and I don’t have patience for putzing or troubleshooting problems. I want everything on and working as soon as I get 5 minutes to play. The setup I have gives me that.
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Let go of the thing you care for most but use the least. When you realize you don’t miss it, the other stuff will be easy.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Tony</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 3, 2018 4:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Music-bar<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Hello...
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Tony how do you sell so much stuff? It’s hard for me, even stuff I hardly use, because I don’t dislike, it’s more I don’t have to time to use all of it, and just having the stuff takes away from my focus. I need to pair down the studio a lot.
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On Dec 3, 2018, at 10:12 AM, Tony Scharf <<a href="mailto:tony.scharf@outlook.com">tony.scharf@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So, after…whatever happened that re-subscribed me to the list, I thought I’d stick around a while…</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For those not on my facebook/twitter, here’s the update in brief:</p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Still living in the sticks outside Chicago</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">The boy is 9 and smarter than I ever was. Likes drum machines and programming robots</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Divorce number 2 under the belt. It’s a long story, but it was for the best.
</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Still working at HDI, but now serve as CIO for North America.
</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Starting prep to work on my MBA.
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<p class="MsoNormal">That’s the boring life stuff. The music stuff:</p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Working on NoiseTheorem #2. After a long bout of writers block, I’ve been back at it again.
</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">The studio is much smaller than it’s ever been. Modular synth, MPC, TR-8s, Octatrack, iMac with a lot of software on it.
</li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">My workflow is chaos. I’ve embraced it. It works.</li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So..hello..again.</p>
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