Abstinence

[Gert van Santen]

punkdISCO schreef:
> Quite a few bar members have been on the move over the last 6 months so:

Haven't been moving, just working...

> 1)       What is the longest you have been without any musical equipment

I think I haven't been working on music 
fulltime for at least 18 mionths. I did 
do a lot of rehearsals, jamsessions and 
other stuff that cost me a couple of 
hours every time.

As a matter of fact, today I am working 
with my Spectralis on some new tracks. I 
haven't used it for about 6 months, so I 
sort of forgot how it works...

> 2)       Did you come back revitalised?

Nope. I hate it when I can't do music...

> 3)       What is the longest you have been without any listening music?

Must have been in the seventies, when 
there were no walkmans and mp3-players. 
I guess sometimes for 4-5 weeks when on 
vacation.

Now that definitely DID revitalize me! 
Although I LOVE music, I think there is 
way too much of it these days. The world 
is just infested with it. You can't go 
anywhere without being bombarded by music.

> Here?s my answers:
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> 1)       Now ?a couple of months plus 6 disruptive months (partial studio)
> 
> 2)       Don?t know yet but was definitely a good thing to have 60% of 
> studio package away

That's the famous Music-Bar Law of "Less 
is more" :-)

I sort of changed my studio a bit. Sold 
quite a lot of older stuff, made the 
leftover a lot more accessible (there's 
a mound of at least 35 cables!), I 
bought a couple of new boxes and I put 
together a new Fun Rack for my PC. So 
when my ageing Mac might stop working, I 
can at least use the PC.

I will upload some pics later today (to 
my own website), and if you like you can 
guess what it is ;-)

> 3)       Never really, apart from when on 2 week holidays and only 
> listening to local stuff. Still, these periods have been enough to 
> appreciate the Big Brother type euphoria you would experience if denied 
> all music for a while..

Very true...

> Suppose to be doing accounts, hence the shite post?

Ha! I've been doing that yesterday. I 
vehemently hate doing admin.

:-)

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