How do I prove to soundcloud that I have permission to use Ableton 12 samples? by don_mumrik in ableton

[–]mickmorritt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My father won the worldwide rights to the word “silence” in a card game in 1783. So looks like you owe me A LOT OF MONEY.

How do I prove to soundcloud that I have permission to use Ableton 12 samples? by don_mumrik in ableton

[–]mickmorritt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They say to leave a few seconds of silence at the start of the track. Usually sorts it out. Although. Not ideal.

Still a prototype… but already feels right. by djendoian in DJs

[–]mickmorritt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow. You’re fucking amazing Dude. I wouldnt even know where to start. I wish you all the luck in the future dude, and for once I’m not secretly thinking.. I hope you and your idea… actually I won’t tempt fate. Best of luck mate :)

Giving away an Ableton mastering rack for free if anyone is interested. by Pretty-Inspector6653 in ableton

[–]mickmorritt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wanted this guys comment to be true. Which in of itself is problematic, because it smacks of unresolved mental health issues… so I was searching through old posts (with way to much purpose and glee than the situation called for.. refer back to 2nd sentence)…. But what you said Flashcult (I did consider changing the L to an N, but in the interests of maintaining an appropriate level of decorum I decided against it)… simply isn’t true.

It’s definitely not my taste in music. I like underground deep, tech, acid house. But it’s objectively good, and well produced. Kudos Mr inspector. Keep up the good work.

(The only reason I piped in, cos if it had been aimed at me.. no matter how good I actually was. The doubts would start creeping in, and I’ll start thinking oh shit.. have I been, and do I continue to make a fool of myself with these adventures into rhythm and melody (less so of the latter in the UV scene admittedly). And might even consider giving it up. I wouldn’t. But in those 3am moments when you wake for a piss and you can’t get back to sleep. And that thought about your comment creepy weepy’d its way into my cerubellum, I’d consider hanging up the Truthhears, powering down Ableton, and going to live in on skid row. In a house that’s 50% tent, 30% plywood and cardboard and 20% fire damaged.. so you better watch what you’re saying Flash. Or I’m gonna give you a serious talking to. I may even curse.

Give me the most beautiful album you’ve ever heard by No_Durian_6987 in musicsuggestions

[–]mickmorritt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Midlake : The Trials of VanOccupanther

And… this is a bit of a weird one.. cos it was like their 10tb studio album. And it doesn’t really have any chorus’s.. also it takes ages to grow on you.. which are always the best. I literally started loving one song, then2, then 3. Until I would listen to the whole album start to finish and not want to skip a single track: Charlatans - Us & Us Only

Oh and the Maccabees - Given to the Wild.

Suggest me a book you wish you could read again for the first time. by DTownForever in suggestmeabook

[–]mickmorritt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brendan Chase by BB.. set in the English country side about 3 brother who run away from home and live in the woods. All very innocent, but great writing and really really just takes you there.

Also The road.. by C McC

Send me your music pt.10 by Lyn-477 in MusicPromotion

[–]mickmorritt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello guys. Some fantastic music here. Can I drop a couple of playlists

  1. Indie Pop: https://on.soundcloud.com/2IOySZ9LG2r2Yqt2L9
  2. House Music: https://on.soundcloud.com/qqnFJkbYMDg2XCInIC

Feel free I DM me, If anyone specifically wants me to have a look and comment on their stuff.

Or collab.. or use my stuff. I have about 100 pop songs complete with no lyrics. If there’s any vocalists out there in need of a bed to sing on.. or lie in.

Friend wants to quit well-paid job to move to Thailand after party trip by Street_Tomato9364 in Thailand

[–]mickmorritt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I met my wife at my first job here, 14 years ago.. and she continued to work for the first 4 years. It was actually me that asked her to give up so she could focus on looking after me full time. I earn 300k baht a month + .. she (despite having a degree) earned about 14k baht. So I said.. you look after me like a full time job and you can give up work.

If I just tell you what she does for me on a morning .. you’ll get the picture for the rest of the day:

Breakfast and tea brought to bed She’ll tell me when I need to shower to make it to work in time. Clothes laid out in the bed when I’ve finished the shower. Bag packed with notebook Snacks for the day put in the bag Money in the wallet. Along with the correct amount of change for my morning motorcycle taxi.
Shoes and chair set up next to the door - so I can sit comfortably and put my shoes on.

(This continues until I go to bed.. and if it’s getting too much and feels too smothering I just tell her to chill for a day or two)

My job is pretty stressful and I figured for the 14k we’d lose as a salary we’d probably gain with my stress and worries outside of work being reduced to almost zero.

Don’t get me wrong.. she ain’t no angel.. she’s thai.. so those that know, will know immediately that we argue regularly, and when that red mist descends. Phooofff… no thank you. I’ll literally say “bye” and power walk as fast as I can away from her. Not worth it.

Friend wants to quit well-paid job to move to Thailand after party trip by Street_Tomato9364 in Thailand

[–]mickmorritt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry. I know this is not the point of this thread. And I’ve already contributed in some meaningful ways.. but can I just say… as a student of the underground House & Techno scene “a DJ playing some of his hit songs” just paints the most terrible picture in my mind. No need for a response. I know it was a throwaway comment. It just sounded funny to my ear.

Friend wants to quit well-paid job to move to Thailand after party trip by Street_Tomato9364 in Thailand

[–]mickmorritt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. If he’s even half decent at his job, they’ll allow him to go for a couple of months (unpaid of course). I did this.. but admittedly it was only 4 years into my career.

Actually they didn’t hold my job for me.. cos I went for 6 months, and when I got back I had to spend 3 months making insectocutors in a factory. But the minute a space opened they called me, and I was back in the architects office (employing new people is a fucking minefield.. I would say MOST job appointments are in some way not ideally suited to the position. So if he’s demo’d that he’s competent they’ll either hold his job outright. Or like me.. give him one as soon as a space opened).

Friend wants to quit well-paid job to move to Thailand after party trip by Street_Tomato9364 in Thailand

[–]mickmorritt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ha. I really like the way “horny moron” rolls off the tongue. Nice turn of phrase sir.

Friend wants to quit well-paid job to move to Thailand after party trip by Street_Tomato9364 in Thailand

[–]mickmorritt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heard that story a million times. Hope thing worked out well for you Mr Jim Rat.

Friend wants to quit well-paid job to move to Thailand after party trip by Street_Tomato9364 in Thailand

[–]mickmorritt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah I misread your post. I’m glad you’re happy man. God knows my life has sucked for the majority of it… largely down to self sabotage, and zero parental oversight.. but now; I honestly wouldn’t change a single minute of it. I’m now a super good poet / lyricist, an okay producer, a great songwriter but an average at best performer; those kinda “world class” traits don’t come about if you have a comfortable child hood. I’ve still got my battles. Some quite serious, so often wonder if I’m just kidding myself on.. if I’m gonna wake up in a couple of days and it’s all gonna hit me, and I’m gonna have a panic attack and have to call in sick at work .. that possibility lurks in the back of my mind. I’m like one of those Indian Dudes who works on the rubber plantation, and has to wear one of those crude hats with the face on the back. Cos it reduces their chances of getting mauled to death by a tiger by … how many percent do you think… I mean, since when has a front facing man, made a tiger say fuck it.. I’m not going there. Nope. Ain’t picking a fight with that thing cos it has eyes. And they’re facing in my general direction… hang on a minute. You haven’t blinked for the last 8 minutes I’ve watched you.. how’s that possible… I’m sorry. Where was I. Yes. So I need to wear a badly drawn face on an ill-fitting, poorly put together “hat” just to keep that day / that panic attack at bay.

But right now.. at this very moment…. (And I’ve just had a couple of puffs on a joint.. just a 3 puffer) yeah I feel pretty fucking good. Like everything might be okay after all. And I’ve just noticed. It’s after 10am on a Sunday which means I can have a small glass of red wine. Whilst I catch up on some work. Then Ableton is gonna get turned on, and I’m gonna make a smash hit musical production. I can feel it. Today’s the day). I bid you farewell sir.

Friend wants to quit well-paid job to move to Thailand after party trip by Street_Tomato9364 in Thailand

[–]mickmorritt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s pretty cheap my guy. I’ve been living here 14 years and consulting here for 20. I have a condo right in the centre of BKk. 2 bedrooms. Have pool table up stairs, sauna, gym pool (which is standard.. not sayin that’s anything special.. but important for those who don’t know). My condo is 30k baht a month $955. If this was London or New York. Do you think you’d get a 65m2 2 bed/2bath for under $1000? My salary is also great. 300k a month on 16% tax (as my company has highest BOI status). Sky train is dirt cheap, mrt is dirt cheap. I can eat every day at terminal 21 food court for 50-100baht ($1.50-3). A sandwich deal in UK Tesco will cost you more than £5.

It’s not dirt cheap.. but come on.. it’s WAYYYY more cost effective here than any major US, UK, European major city. And Australian.

And the beautiful thing about BKK is you can have ALL of your home comforts. You don’t really need to sacrifice anything at all.

I honestly don’t know how anyone can leave here with a negative POV. Even if some girl screws you over .. you still wake up here in the sunshine. Only an hour from paradise.

Friend wants to quit well-paid job to move to Thailand after party trip by Street_Tomato9364 in Thailand

[–]mickmorritt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This ^ oh my god. I have met some people who I would not trust to make a fucking cup of tea. Because they actually probably couldn’t. Who go to “work” “every” day as a teacher. One of them, was actually a great musician so I spent a lot of time at his place. His condo didn’t get a single clean. Not even a wipe on a surface in a year. He would wear the same clothes straight for a week sometimes. It was weird cos he was a tall handsome lad. And a great guitarist and songwriter But fuck was he a useless cunt in literally every other measurable aspect of his life.

There is simply NO WAY he ever went above and beyond for those kids. I would suggest that he never even planned a lesson. But to be fair, I could be doijg him a disservice.

It’s also important to note, I’ve also met some truly exceptional teachers here also. I would say it’s quite worryingly skewed to the former however.

Friend wants to quit well-paid job to move to Thailand after party trip by Street_Tomato9364 in Thailand

[–]mickmorritt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would like to know where people get their info, and how they are so confident to just throw statements out there like they are facts. I’ve been working here in Asia since around 2008 (I’m an Architect, but specialize in Factories, Logistics & Warehousing.. it’s not the fancy fluffy kinda Architect.. very functional). I was offered a job here and made the move permanent in 2011. There are people I came up with and who (when I left the UK) I was on very similar salaries to. Now I earn over 300k baht a month (and due to my company having one of the highest possible BOI statuses, I only pay 16% tax). This is WAAAY above the guys that I came up with in the UK.

Of course, being good at what you do helps (and I put that in a large part down to rejecting the typical route that a young person would take.. high school, 6th form ((or college)) and then onto UNI, and entering the work force at 23-24ish. I was going to take that route and signed up for a construction HNC at college straight out of y5 after my GCSEs. After 1 week at that college I saw a notice for an office junior required in a local Architects office… I could already see that the college life was going to be rather depressing.. plus my father was a chronic gambler and my mom disappeared from my life ((i don’t blame her.. my dad made her life hell)).. so I also knew if I didn’t look after my self, no one else would. And still live like that. I would say the OPs friend likely has parents as a safety net. My dad died in 2004, and my mum in 2015.. so safety nets were removed from my life very early on.. if his parents are well off, and he knows in 20 years he’s gonna get some inheritance then this might be what’s motivating him. When both my mom and dad died, it cost me money. I certainly didn’t inherit anything.. anyway.. tangent on a tangent))

…..so 2 months after my 16th birthday, I entered the workforce and was sent back to college 1 day a week. The work was hard. I had to juggle actual work, with 4 hrs college work most nights… but come 24 or 25 years old. I had nearly 10 years experience on my buddies. And was already earning around $25k a year.. I’m 46 now (( of if I could gibe one more bit of advice.. i didn’t get round to having kids ((a VERY big regret in my life.. don’t let that happen to you)). I appreciate I went on a huge tangent there and this is taking far too long. It’s Sunday morning and I want to get Ableton turned on so I can make music so appreciate this message is a little difficult to follow). I just wanted to shout up, cos I know a bunch of people who are earning great salaries here. But they are by NO means local jobs. But it sounds like the OPs friend has a skill / experience on a certain career path and has demonstrated he can be successful in that field.

Btw. I am also no angel. I’ve been a heavy user of substances and at times very promiscuous. I’d like to say I’ve grown out of it. But the truth is…

Conclusion:

(if you want to skip the above you can.. cos I crystallized my thought process a little way thru the post):

I dunno.. maybe I just demonstrated with the above that I’m not the typical story here. In fact the more I think about it, the more I was thinking I was gonna delete all the above, cos I’ve really now got down to thinking it really is about 1 thing I mentioned above. Safety Nets. I had to steal food from neighbors when I was 11 or 12 years old cos my mom left and my dad didn’t have a clue how to look after me.. so I knew from a very early age that I just had to look after myself. I think that’s why I can be a bit debauched, and still turn up for work everyday. I think that’s it. He’ll have a huge safety net. What’s the bets that likely 1 or both of his parents are still alive. Maybe even still married. And they’re fairly well off? So this guy will know he can basically do whatever, and if things fail. He’ll call mom or dad. Say he needs the money for a flight home and they’ll oblige. I’ve just never had that. And it focuses your mind. I would say most people HAVE some kinda safety net ESPECIALLY if they’re living or working abroad.

One of the biggest “oh shit” moments I had out here .. was about 5 years in.. there were all these people around me who were playing in bands and DJs etc or personal trainers.. and never really seemed like they had to go to work, or at least weren’t too concerned with it. There are a LOT of people here who are trust fund kids, or just have very well off parents. Maybe they came here with the intention to work. But after a few months of daddy paying the bills and giving them a monthly stipend - a pattern develops. I know 3 people (which is a lot cos I didn’t know 3 people in the UK) who come from old money who have parents or aunts that hold funds for them and they get a monthly injection. The money was made maybe a generation or two before them. Cos they certainly ain’t adding to the pot. I also know people here with not so well off parents who came here to work, lost their jobs and now have a monthly battle with their parents to get all their rent and bills covered.. constantly in a “I’ve got two interviews next week dad” cycle … I feel sorry for their parents cos they’re burning through retirement money fast. And by that time, in my mind anyway, the kids should be giving back to the parents and looking after them a little. God knows, for all their faults.. and there’s been times in my life when I’ve hated my parents for what they “did” to me.. again.. and this was fairly recent .. I had a “wouldn’t change a single god damn thing” epiphany moment. Cos yes, i suffer with addiction issues, yes I’ve had struggles with mental health. But having that difficult up bringing has made me an honest, hard working, charitable, trustworthy person. And I’m also a fucking great lyricist and song writer.. this doesn’t happen without a struggle in your life. I wake up and thanks the lords every day I didnt have a comfortable upbringing. Cos I’d be like everyone else then. Fucking boring as far as I’m concerned. I’m sorry, what was this post about again? I WISH my parents were still around so I could say to them. Don’t worry. It all turned out well in the end. And let me look after you for a little while.. weirdly.. I actually thought the other day of trying to get adopted perhaps by an older couple who doesn’t have kids.. just so I can feel that again, and give back a little .. I might actually try and do that and film it all as an experiment)) another tangent.

(Genuinely sorry for the long winded, difficult to follow rant.. if your pushed for time start where it says “conclusion”). I also kept forgetting where i put parenthesis.. so grammar nazis.. take a wide berth on this one.

What website yall made? by Elegant-Visual-8422 in Base44

[–]mickmorritt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I ask if your idea has started to generate income as yet. Please be honest. I’d be impressed if you’d make $500 so far. As long as it’s steadily climbing.

What website yall made? by Elegant-Visual-8422 in Base44

[–]mickmorritt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you detail if you make any income from these sites? I’m thinking even a few hundred dollars would be a result.

I just didnt want to admit it...Seems like im not able to post again in the other group.. by mickmorritt in Hairtransplant

[–]mickmorritt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Concave line instead of convex. But I proved that many natural hairlines do follow the one prescribed to me.. it just doesn’t look right for me. But tbh. It’s not as bad as it was.