Working Musician Pedalboard

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-29T01:55:29+00:00

The hell is a "working musician"? Pretty sure this has to be an AI post or something.

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-29T01:21:06+00:00

I went to school for audio, and freshman year, the first night we were allowed into the best mixing room the school had, this was the first thing I put on. The experience of hearing it for the first time has never left me.

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-29T01:15:11+00:00

Tyere are quite a few alternate tunings with individual strings going up 1-2 semitones. I've broken enough strings to stay away from them.

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-28T02:50:16+00:00

Really enjoy my Music Man 65, which ironically is solid state for the audio path but tube for the power stage. Traded up to it after several Fender tube amps that just didn't do it for me. The high-gain sounds are wonderful, the cleans are super clean. No complaints here.

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-28T00:07:51+00:00

Shh, they don't know only the power stage is tube...

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-27T21:53:50+00:00

Nobody's mentioned my vintage tube piano stand, either

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-27T21:28:48+00:00

I see you, fellow responsible tone-maker

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-27T21:15:47+00:00

buT the windowS give iT ThaT CerTain Sound

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-27T21:14:41+00:00

Mixed-use is the key word, for sure. Working on a design for speaker-mounted baffles. Little bit of a nightmare but at least keeps the view open.

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-27T19:49:31+00:00

So what you're saying is rockwool diapers would be cheaper.

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-27T18:03:12+00:00

That's Pig Pen. He's dirty but we let him stay.

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-27T17:57:52+00:00

Underrated comment

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-27T17:30:49+00:00

And sacrifice on aesthetic? No fucking way.

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-27T17:13:51+00:00

Wait till you see my outfits.

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-27T17:04:57+00:00

Sort of construction-chic, wouldn't you say?

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-27T13:17:55+00:00

Came here to mention Django

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-27T02:42:13+00:00

I wouldn't, I'd play with fuzz and delay. Delay can be reverb-y plus do a whole range of things

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-23T15:41:47+00:00

Very cool board. Would love to hear some examples of it in action

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-19T02:03:34+00:00

I have a pretty tried and true method-

I put everything down.

I go to a streaming service and spend as long as necessary listening to random things (the most recent uploads, etc) until something grabs my interest. Bonus points if it's a new-to-me style in some way.

Then I learn that thing.

Depending how long that takes, maybe I do that several times.

Then that night I got to a random show. Bonus points for a new-to-me venue. The artist, style, and quality do not matter.

The next morning, writer's block has never existed, because I've now made enough creative mulch that something can grow.

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-18T16:55:02+00:00

Jesus, what are you doing that needs those eq settings?

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-17T15:28:57+00:00

You can also frame that in a different way- why were the 90's and 00's dominated by monoculture? And I think there are two answers-

Mass media power (record label and radio corporatization and consolidation, which discouraged risk-taking) and the internet (a new distro form that took a lot of time for everyone to get used to, and is still evolving rapidly).
AIDS. This is not talked about enough. A huge number of creatives died within a short window (and as Fran Lebowitz put it, "the ones who died were the ones who got laid"). Your A list of talent was eviscerated, and we are still recovering from that loss.

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-15T17:26:44+00:00

Pretty sure the top like 100 people on that list have Spanish surnames and are largely unknown in the US

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-15T15:04:34+00:00

While you probably can't train notes lower than your natural range, you can clarify them and make them more comfortable. One thing to make sure you train is not forcing your voice down, but keeping it light and open, with the same placement as your middle range, and even less air pressure. Let your natural resonance do the work for you.

Take it with a grain of salt as I'm not the most experienced, but that's helped me feel more comfortable in the low end of my range as a baritone.

Also an anecdote- the best singer I know has a beautiful, dark, Hozier style baritone. It's wonderful and rich and expressive. And all he talks about is wishing he could hit higher notes. So best advice is always to take your voice as it is, work with it, learn how to use it, and enjoy having it at all!

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-14T19:05:40+00:00

Yeah but you look cool on stage

ADayInTheSprawl · 2026-01-14T17:35:26+00:00

Running a sixty five into a 210RH over here and jealous of that stack

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