[ddots-l] Re: New member.
- From: "Mike Tyo" <mtyo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 01:13:23 -0400
Dave,
Yeah - it's fun to look back on things now and then; it sure puts everything
into perspective - huh? I often wonder how I ever got anything to sound
mediocre to fair; but it is what it is.
When I was contemplating getting out of it altogether, the greatest hassle
for me wasn't so much having to have assistance from sighted people; it was
the simple task of finding people who had the time to give me more than say
a half hour in the studio. Even my children weren't all that enthusiastic
about helping out dear old Dad with such matters. They learned early on
about being rather self-centered. Then again, all kids are that way at some
point in their development. I had friends who would give me a hand now and
then, but hey - everybody's busy with their own thing.
Even through all of that, I still had the desire to record and produce, but
not being able to interact properly with the technology was frustrating me
to the point where I was faced with making the decision to let it go and try
another angle in the music business. There was a change in venue for me as I
spent ten years as a Concert Artist/Product Specialist for Panasonic
Company. I was primarily working with the high-end Technics organs; but I
also wrote third-party software for these instruments that consisted of
styles of music that customers could buy to enhance their playing
experience. When Panasonic shut down the Artist program in March of 2000,
and ultimately the Technics division in 2003, I was hoping to get with
another musical instruments company; unfortunately that didn't pan out
largely due to the changes in the technology - mainly touch-screens and no
way to access it. That put the kibosh on my ability to perform effectively
as well as being able to work with dealers' sales staff and customers.
In the meantime, I hooked back up with some dear friends who I had played
with in a trio before the Panasonic gig came along. The drummer soon retired
from his job as a Department of Transportation engineer for New York State
and began making plans to spend the fall and winter months in Florida with
his wife, who's also the guitarist in the band. They became partners with me
in terms of investing in studio gear so I could produce tracks for them.
Consequently they've become a rather successful duo there.
The goal at that point was to set me up with useable recording equipment
that I could render topnotch material for them to use on their gigs. If I
hadn't been able to get into Sonar with CakeTalking, I don't think that I
would've been able to carry on behind the scenes for them and provide what
they need - much less be able to do my own stuff as well. I'm certainly glad
I didn't walk away from the recording end of it as I'm continually amazed at
what I can accomplish.
I'm glad that I had the experience using the recording gear that I had
before Sonar as it saved a lot of time in getting up and running with the
software. I had less of a learning curve as I had the basics down; so all I
had to do was get up to speed on how to do the same kinds of things
virtually. I still refer to the CakeTalking tutorials because I just can't
remember everything about operating all of the features.
I'm glad that you enjoyed my historical perspective on all of this. Who
knows what'll take place in the next chapters.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave "Farfar" Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 01:11
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: New member.
Mike,
Hey, I really appreciate your historical perspective and accomplishments
with technology over the years.
I have a brand-new Tascam 414 recorder that I grabbed while they were
still
being made. It's a lot of fun for those casual sessions where you can get
the performers to use separate mikes and/or play individually while others
remain quiet. Just hard to find those 30-minute or less tapes with good
quality oxide.
But for the serious recording, I use the Sonar Producer solution.
Dave Carlson
Soon-to-be Oregonian, retired, full-time Farfar, musician, and woodworker
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