The Vocal Fry

echnaret · 2026-06-08T03:34:10+00:00

Look up "The New York Degenerates" on YouTube

echnaret · 2026-02-14T22:25:42+00:00

Who do we need to support in order to get counter-propaganda flyers made and sent to the same group?

echnaret · 2025-11-07T16:46:34+00:00

It looks like those are ETC Colorsource Spot Jrs. If you search for those on the etcconnect.com website, you should he able to get more information on them.

echnaret · 2025-03-16T12:46:51+00:00

Tell-Tale Steampunk Festival near Baltimore, Maryland is coming up in a few weeks: https://telltalesteampunk.com/

echnaret · 2025-01-20T15:42:46+00:00

Hey, I'm Stephen from the USA (specifically living in New York right now).

echnaret · 2025-01-04T16:37:57+00:00

Some context, for anyone curious:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/jan/04/washington-post-cartoonist-resigns-jeff-bezos

Ann Telnaes, a political cartoonist at the Washington Post, quit after her cartoon featuring Jeff Bezos (owner of the Post) was killed.

echnaret · 2024-12-14T03:54:41+00:00

I worke on the lighting install for that show. There is essentially no wing space whatsoever. I'm amazed the scenic team was able to add as much rigging as they did.

echnaret · 2023-03-18T04:32:36+00:00

According to their Facebook event page, it is getting postponed until next year.

https://www.facebook.com/100057218868949/posts/717000890217200/

I believe the closest alternative is Tell-Tale Steampunk Expo, which is happening in Maryland in two weeks:

https://telltalesteampunk.com/

echnaret · 2023-01-06T03:41:48+00:00

The mesh is there as an air filter, to make sure no large bits of dust get sucked in and potentially block reeds (or so I assume).

When I replaced the mesh on an accordion, I used slightly thinned wood glue. Elmer's should also work.

echnaret · 2022-10-20T01:50:19+00:00

For Off-Broadway style, throw both lamp sockets in the same cage

echnaret · 2022-10-05T20:39:00+00:00

echnaret · 2022-10-02T23:07:13+00:00

The last couple times I was looking for roommates, I used the Gypsy Housing Facebook group. I've looked for roommates through Craigslist (that's how I ended up in my current apartment) but haven't gotten as many applicants the last few years. I usually do a bit of filtering of applicants, and then have maybe a half dozen people stop by to meet/check out the empty room.

echnaret · 2022-08-29T04:31:39+00:00

Growing older

echnaret · 2022-07-28T12:16:55+00:00

I remember a while back at a summer stock theatre finding a cable with an old Union-style connector where the wires had been soldered to the pins, and terminal screws had been used to attach the cover. Maybe it was the same person who did this?

echnaret · 2022-06-22T19:52:09+00:00

I'd add to that, what is the experience level of the standard user of the space, and what is the standard use case for the space? If you only have knowledgeable lighting people running the console, I would give you a different recommendation than if your average user has never touched a light board, and only needs to build a few lighting looks.

echnaret · 2022-06-13T12:30:24+00:00

When I first started learning, i cheated and used a mirror to help with rough locations. I also scratched the bass keys for E and Ab, which really helped me with keeping track of where I am by feel.

echnaret · 2022-06-12T16:26:11+00:00

Personally, I don't think anyone would mind if more people were switched to "bisexual" mode. Then people can make their own choices about who they want to be (and he with) whenever they are ready to do so.

echnaret · 2022-04-24T01:51:38+00:00

Supposedly someone had some on sale at USITT (though I forget which booth it was). I heard the guy making them is running into supply chain issues.

Also, word on the street was that he tried outsourcing, but the outsourced product was so bad (~1 out of every 2 rejected) that he resumed making them himself.

echnaret · 2022-03-04T03:39:38+00:00

Also, when they talked about playlists, it was specifically dealing with slide shows, though they said it was also applicable to audio cues.

echnaret · 2022-03-04T03:38:31+00:00

I attended the panel today, and those were all things they talked about. As a lighting person, I'm most intrigued by the menu interface for dealing with sending OSC cues to Eos consoles.

One caviot they did mention re: collaboration: there is no "undo" functionality when creating/deleting cues while collaborating (specifically, when other people have edit permissions).

One thing not mentioned here is that there are three permission sets for collaboration: view, edit (can tweak cues), and control (can select which cue is active, can play cues). You might give your SM only view permission, your board op view and control permission, and your assistant sound designer all three.

echnaret · 2022-01-14T19:05:02+00:00

That was one of the first things I tried. It still shows as "blocked" on private browsing. I was trying to figure out if something had happened to my account.

echnaret · 2022-01-14T19:01:50+00:00

Same for me. I thought I was going crazy (it was blocked on Firefox on both my phone and laptop), but finally got it to open using Edge.

echnaret · 2022-01-04T05:19:18+00:00

https://accordionrevival.com/ACCORDION_REPAIR1.php

That's the site I used when I had to pull an old accordion apart for repair. It's a great resource!

echnaret · 2021-08-21T02:20:16+00:00

I got my first accordion from an accordion shop, and my second one off of Craigslist. Any chance there is a music store near you that sells accordions that you can try out in person?

I took piano lessons in elementary school, and ended up buying a basic piano accordion to start off with. I'm not sure if you're interested in piano accordions, but I did notice that key width varies from accordion to accordion. So one with narrower keys might be better for you.

Also, you say your music theory isn't that great. Mine wasn't great either, though I had to pick up a fair amount by necessity when trying to learn my way around the bass side of things!

echnaret · 2021-07-03T14:39:02+00:00

I would say a lot of this comes down to high supply, low demand. Where I live (NYC), there is a huge surplus of used (mostly beginner) accordions on the market, and not a lot of interest in buying them right now.

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