what an ass, I have a serious gear issue...

[Sjaak de Vos]

Get another hobby besides music, maybe join some kind of sport club.


James R. Coplin wrote:
> That's the problem.  I've tried all that.  I got married.  That certainly
> helped for a while.  My wife has an uncanny sense of smell.  One time, a
> year or so after we were married, I bought a new effect rack.  Nothing
> flashy, black, single space.  Easily fit into the 6' equipment rack without
> drawing any notice.  I threw the box, packing material, etc. away in a
> neighbor's trashcan.  In the alley.  On the other side of the street.
> Someone we don't even like.  My wife comes home and I'm in the studio
> working on some stuff so she comes to talk to me.  She's chatting away and
> then it happens. Sniff.  Hmmm, keeps talking, blah, blah blah. Pause. Sniff.
> "I smell new electronics."  She walks around a bit a quickly zeroes in on
> the rack.  Walks over scans down the stack of gear and points.  "That.
> That's new!"  Busted. 100% completely busted.  In grand style.  However,
> after 14 years, the wife effect wanes.
>
> I bought a house about the same time I got married.  That really didn't help
> because for the first time, I actually had room for my studio.
>
> I had a kid 4 years ago.  That really helped.  No money or time to do
> anything.  That's pretty much why I haven't gotten any music done in ages
> and am only slowly starting to restart.
>
> I even went back to grad school to work on my Phd.  This has really meant
> financial hardship and a total lack of time.  However, even that is evening
> out and I've bought a couple of pieces of gear this year and I still have
> one big one on the horizon.
>
> I think I'm out of options.  There aren't really any more standard fun
> limiting factors I can apply to help curb the gear.
>
> James R. Coplin
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