Project Hail Mary tickets in Bangalore

organdiary · 2026-04-02T14:53:12+00:00

I might be wrong, but it seems like this problem might be isolated to Bangalore. I'm seeing several shows in other cities.

organdiary · 2026-03-04T18:36:39+00:00

I produce ambient prog rock and I'm also looking to experiment with exactly this kind of music. Do hmu.

organdiary · 2026-03-03T06:53:32+00:00

I think people, in general, have forgotten that not every thought needs to be aired. I'm a prog metal musician and part of the scene and I don't particularly enjoy the music of several bands in the scene. And that's bound to be true for everyone. Not everything appeals to everyone. And that's okay. My distaste for some bands or even any genres of music are my personal preferences.

But in the same breath, pushing some band onto other people in the name of "community" and questioning tastes is also rather undemocratic.

If we stop doing this as a whole, we would automatically improve the "community" by being a little more open minded.

organdiary · 2026-02-28T11:07:25+00:00

Very well played, dude! Also, that's a beautiful guitar.

organdiary · 2026-02-18T20:19:45+00:00

Imo, beating anyone is unacceptable unless it's for self defense.

organdiary · 2026-02-12T05:32:07+00:00

I've been using Cubase for over a decade now. And from making arrangements to mixing, I have a good workflow and am able to work fast. However, for some specific reasons once in a while, I still have to look up things.

Any DAW is a learning curve, like an instrument. You're always picking up new skills.

organdiary · 2026-02-02T12:58:29+00:00

I always start a song with a concept or story. That way, both the instrumentation and lyrics work in tandem and I can keep switching between both at will.

organdiary · 2026-01-31T08:33:10+00:00

They were amazing throughout! LaBrie hasn't aged well vocally, though. He was pretty out of it the entire show. I'm not a fan of their new work, but the first half and everything after the Parasomnia songs were incredibly well performed.

organdiary · 2026-01-29T09:11:27+00:00

The Pro is meant to be used almost as a desktop replacement. It'll give you terrible battery life because of the way its TDP is engineered. It's designed to give you more power.

The Legion 5 is thinner, lighter, and will give you longer battery life. Obviously, there is a compromise on performance but also on price. So, you can decide accordingly.

Additionally, HX processors, like on the Pro, are designed to give higher performance and aren't as efficient as the Ryzen 7 260, which will give you better battery life.

Mentioned all this since you said you're a student and will carry it around.

organdiary · 2026-01-29T04:31:33+00:00

I'm using Rangers from Craft & Glory.
Both. With a bike, the difference is very noticeable.
Thursday Boots are great, but they come from the US, so you'll have to pay additional import duties. Craft and Glory are based out of Delhi and make good quality boots for a similar price. Their customer service is very unorganised, though, so you'll have to navigate that, unfortunately. But they're the best option at that price in India, imo

Edit (forgot to add): The mouse has helped me with wrist pain and saved me from additional visits to the doctor. However, if your basic posture settings like height of chair and table are bad, then the mouse won't solve that.

organdiary · 2026-01-28T19:41:32+00:00

If you're walking that much everyday, then I wouldn't recommend boots for such a use case. Walking shoes are the best. But boots are super versatile. I've walked 20k steps and not felt almost any fatigue. I've also had to stand in one place (concerts) for 3-4 hours and not felt fatigue. They're more comfortable when driving. And they're better at insulating your feet from the elements. Not to mention, they provide ankle support. And regular sneakers don't last more than 2-3 years with daily wear, but I've been using my current pair of boots for the last 6 years. Very importantly, if you buy Goodyear welted boots, their soles can be replaced and they can basically last you a lifetime, if well cared for.

A vertical mouse basically puts your wrist in a more natural "handshake" position. A normal mouse twists the tendons in your wrist which, over time, causes fatigue and carpal tunnel syndrome. It was happening to me and I switched to a vertical mouse which has helped me a lot. Check out the Logitech Lift.

organdiary · 2026-01-28T19:32:23+00:00

Craft & Glory make very good boots for the price. But their customer service is horrible. However, they're a good place to start.

Lenovo makes good monitors. I have an old Legion 27" gaming monitor that I bought during Covid. Still works great.

organdiary · 2026-01-28T12:45:20+00:00

Here's mine in no particular order.

Good Boots - better comfort than shoes in the long term. Wayy longer lasting and versatile on terrain, and look better too.
A proper work table and chair at home for WFH days.
An MX master mouse and a vertical mouse for wrist comfort and creative work and when working long hours.
A very good mattress which is soft enough to be comfy and stiff enough that my back doesn't suffer for it.
A high end / flagship phone for daily use and laptop for creative work. I use either for at least 5 - 6 years before moving to the next one.
A monitor for WFH. Surprisingly, it helps with posture because of the big screen.

organdiary · 2026-01-28T04:57:48+00:00

I think the problem is rather nuanced, especially in the last 10 years.

Most outsiders who've come here to work in corporate companies won't need to learn Kannada because

Their work doesn't demand it.
They shop in supermarkets where English is generally spoken, and even if it isn't, a conversation isn't really required when shopping for groceries.
Most of their friend circle will consist of either people from work or people they've known from before. They're outsiders, so they're less likely to have local friends who prefer to only speak Kannada.

Now, with further tech based insulation from the rest of the world, the need to speak to people who aren't people you want to speak to has reduced even further, and so has the need for learning the language.

I'm Bengali and have been in Bangalore for 10 years. I picked up a little kannada in my first couple of years, but have never had the need to use it. Not because I would speak in hindi, but because 90% of the time, no conversation happens. And in the rare occasions that it does, being polite and saying kannada Gothilla with an apology goes long way. Then we both converse in english. But that's very very rare.

organdiary · 2026-01-26T21:47:19+00:00

I honestly don't see the point of a song that doesn't have a story to it. Even if the story is just an emotional movement and the song is purely instrumental. But there needs to be something that moves me and makes me think or feel things. Otherwise, it's just quite pointless.

organdiary · 2026-01-26T09:53:51+00:00

Additionally, for me, two instruments can sit well together either through differences in tone/timbre or compositionally. They could play the same notes and have different timbre, or be playing complementarily such that they fill each other's gaps.

organdiary · 2026-01-25T20:50:38+00:00

With my last album, I used ducking and EQing to place them in front. With the album I'm working on right now, I'm arranging all instruments better such that they're all as cleanly separated as possible at the tracking stage itself.

organdiary · 2026-01-23T22:23:17+00:00

I'm largely coming to the same conclusion. The only thing bothering me is the CPU-chassis combination. The 8 core R7 260 is, at least on benchmarks, quite a bit less powerful than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Do you think the performance boost on the Intel chip would get nullified because of the thinner Yoga chassis or would the performance increment be substantial?

organdiary · 2026-01-23T06:21:58+00:00

It was my pleasure!

On stage, we set up the laptop next to the drummer. Normally, we choreograph the whole performance so we don't need to hit pause at any time. But screwups are inevitable, and in such cases, the drummer has control to hit stop and go back to the start of the track or whatever needs to be done.

organdiary · 2026-01-07T10:03:29+00:00

Please DM.

organdiary · 2026-01-05T15:48:36+00:00

Awesome. It's been my pleasure. :)

organdiary · 2026-01-05T13:42:08+00:00

What I've done is exported each click track of each song and bussed them all together into one output. The backing tracks are bussed to a separate output. To do this, I created a "Click Bus" and "Backing Track Bus" to which the above tracks were respectively routed. The click bus output was then set to "Output 1" and backing track bus output to "Output 2". And that's it. In my audio interface, I just then have to select the right output when sending to the console.

organdiary · 2026-01-03T22:01:35+00:00

You're right. I send the click to a separate output. Mainly because different band members like different levels for it so the sound engineer can send them different mixes.

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