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Gearslutz Has Decided to Change Its Name

ChromeCrescendo said:
Well, it's official:

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www.gearspace.com
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who doesnt want more space for their gear? bravo.
 
Now we just need someone to spin off an OnlyGears website where vendors can show teases of their transistors and algorithms for those willing to pay to see under the hood of their favorites boxes and plugins.
 
Trash Panda said:
Now we just need someone to spin off an OnlyGears website where vendors can show teases of their transistors and algorithms for those willing to pay to see under the hood of their favorites boxes and plugins.
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I'd be down for that. A lot of manufacturers cloak their piecesparts.

The Chandler TG-2 has hefty transistors with their identifying marks ground out. And the Klon Centaur guitar pedal board was encapsulated in black goop. (Not the Gwineth Paltrow type! 🤮 )

Aww, custard. I'm posting too much.
 
Heeeheee.. What more to say? It's gonna be better without the 'slutz, people who aren't in a class sensitive to that word have no idea how it hurts, other groups have claimed it and wield it carelessly, the world is a bonfire. The majority have no feckin' clue what all the fuss is about.

The U87 is the best mic. The U87 Ai is trash.
What kind of acoustic foam should I buy at Guitar Center?
I want to start reading audiobooks. How can I make my closet or bathroom sound better?
Should I buy a Blue Yeti or a Snowball?
I got (N) and it doesn't sound good. What am I doing wrong? I'm not sounding epic.
You need to stop purchasing gear and meditate.
Meditation is stupid; it'll do nothing for your signal chain.
I don't read music or play any instruments. How do I break into this business?
Free sample libraries will never sound good. You need N.

If I could trade all the "snake oil" for qualified instruction, I wouldn't. Or would I? Not sure. It's about the journey, isn't it? Moooore than a feeeeeelinggggg... Every supermarket and restaurant bathroom.

An electret capacitor mic is flat. Modern integrated circuit preamplifiers are a few dollars, and electronically-balanced inputs are easy to implement. Why the fuss? Flat, like a pancake. Add harmonic distortion in post. It's still a game, and I like to play.

Gearspace. A nice place to hang out and chew buckets of time.
 
Polkasound said:
Not to change the subject of the thread, but if you like that kind of thing, I gotta put this music sample up. The Alanis Morissette songs I recorded 25 years ago, and the others 7 years ago. (This music is not licensed for digital distribution, so I'll be yanking the audio clip down shortly.)
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Okay, that's freaking awesome.
 
For all the fun that's made of accordion, in the 90s, our little acoustic act opened for these guys. We weren't any good, and I broke a string.

Hearing this again has sort of changed the tenor of the evening. I like the accordion.

 
Polkasound said:
Not to change the subject of the thread, but if you like that kind of thing, I gotta put this music sample up. The Alanis Morissette songs I recorded 25 years ago, and the others 7 years ago. (This music is not licensed for digital distribution, so I'll be yanking the audio clip down shortly.)
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Polka tends to lend itself so well to comedy, which I guess could be unfortunate; that is, unless one embraces it head-on, as in these examples. There were some real LOL moments in this little demo-reel, but also some really inventive ideas.

What was your involvement in these, if that's ok to ask?
 
el-bo said:
Polka tends to lend itself so well to comedy, which I guess could be unfortunate; that is, unless one embraces it head-on, as in these examples.
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You're absolutely right. The biggest problem that has always plagued polka music is that the general public only knows it as hokey (i.e. Schmenge Brothers) because that's the only form in which it is ever presented in mainstream media. One needs to get away from mainstream media and actually dive into the genre to find the other 99% of it.

Because I actually come from the polka music circuit and market my music to polka fans, my humor is harmlessly self-deprecating and satirical. My lyrics don't polka fun at polka music from the perspective of a comedian or outsider musician like Weird Al, but as bona fide polka musician.


el-bo said:
What was your involvement in these, if that's ok to ask?
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Everything you hear except for the vocals (Nichal Kelsch, Matt Newton) and the accordion accompaniment in the second half of the clip (David Austin).
 
Polkasound said:
You're absolutely right. The biggest problem that has always plagued polka music is that the general public only knows it as hokey (i.e. Schmenge Brothers) because that's the only form in which it is ever presented in mainstream media. One needs to get away from mainstream media and actually dive into the genre to find the other 99% of it.

Because I actually come from the polka music circuit and market my music to polka fans, my humor is harmlessly self-deprecating and satirical. My lyrics don't polka fun at polka music from the perspective of a comedian or outsider musician like Weird Al, but as bona fide polka musician.
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:grin:

It's not that i can't appreciate it for what it is. Perhaps I've been to too many Bar Mitzvahs (A similar music tradition, no?). It certainlu works well when flinging people around the dance-floor to 'Hava Nagila'. But I still have a little bit of an instinctive recoil from the 'oompah-ness' of it all. No offence intended.

No doubt you could point me to a better curated entry-point, but I reckon i'd still have to proceed with at least a little caution ;)

Edited, to add: I bet it's an absolute riot to play it live.

Polkasound said:
Everything you hear except for the vocals (Nichal Kelsch, Matt Newton) and the accordion accompaniment in the second half of the clip (David Austin).
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Really good, man :elephant:
 
el-bo said:
But I still have a little bit of an instinctive recoil from the 'oompah-ness' of it all. No offence intended.
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No offence taken. Very few people discover polka music at a later age and begin following it. It just doesn't work that way. You have to be born into the music to have the oompah in your blood.

el-bo said:
Edited, to add: I bet it's an absolute riot to play it live.
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It can be. It's a common misconception, though, that polka music prioritizes fun over finesse. That's because of the schtick stigma attached to it. There are some polka bands out there that push the schtick, because the schtick is what sells to the general public. But when catering to true polka aficionados like those you'd find attending a polka fest, schtick doesn't get a lot of love. Finesse does. So in that respect, playing polka music live is very enjoyable, but no more or less enjoyable than when blues, rock, or country musicians get together to play.

el-bo said:
Really good, man
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Thank you! :)


I feel bad that this thread got hi-jacked (my fault) so if anyone wants a little more polka music insight, feel free to PM me.

Congratulations to GearSpace for coming up with an innocuous yet perfectly appropriate new name.
 
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