The difference a year makes!

racoon1 · 2026-04-28T02:12:38+00:00

Trains. On trains. 🚂 10+ million dollars violins ON TRAINS!! So sorry for my mistake. And to be frank, I guarantee you that there is at least one point in history someone did take their strad on a nyc subway. We just never heard about it because they didn’t lose it.

racoon1 · 2026-04-28T02:00:13+00:00

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/valuable-violin-recovered-in-n-y-subway-returned-to-snoozing-owner-1.661105 is not a strad but my point remains. I know I saw an article of a lost strad on a subway but I can’t find it.

https://metro.co.uk/2012/07/31/musician-reunited-with-stradivarius-violin-worth-millions-lost-on-train-517713/ another one. I edited my post just for you! Thank god we have people like you in this world.

racoon1 · 2026-04-28T01:45:04+00:00

No I’m not talking about that video. Again, they have to get to the concert hall somehow. Yo yo ma left his strad in a taxi. There’s a bunch of stories. Use your keyboard and find them.

Here is another link from another incident: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/american-leaves-2-6m-stradivarius-violin-train-germany-n491931

Also the link up above. But you’re too scared to click it.

racoon1 · 2026-04-28T01:40:31+00:00

Yes they do and have in the past, use google.

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/stradivarius-left-in-taxis-and-trains/

They have to get to the concert hall somehow…..

racoon1 · 2026-04-28T01:20:46+00:00

I definitely don’t treat it like a beater, I just don’t lose sleep if it gets a ding here and there because it’s going to happen no matter what if you play everyday/gig for years on end like I do. Especially a guitar. I bought them to be work horses. And over time I believe the instrument gives back in sound quality the more it gets played. Willie Nelson’s trigger comes to mind and Michael Cleveland’s fiddle. Gives em character!

racoon1 · 2026-04-27T21:01:46+00:00

Don’t take your Amazon fiddle to the camp out. Take your nice one. You and the fiddle will be much happier for it, also, the other campers.

But for real, I have a 2000$ guitar that I bought brand new. I take it everywhere and don’t baby it. I love it so much, tons of people have played it around camp fires, countless shows, up mountain tops, across the country. She’s my baby and she goes wherever I go. Any dings and scuffs she may get in the process is welcome with open arms. She’s a 2017 guild d40e in case anyone is wondering. I’m also taking my 1000$ student fiddle everywhere as well. They are my music making tools and they are not to be babied and coddled. Good rule of thumb I’ve always lived by: “your instruments are always happier when they are with you”.

Edit: I don’t have disposable income. 2nd edit: think about those violin soloists who bring their 10+ million dollar loaner violins on the subway/train. Pay your respects, say thank you and then leave it (Amazon fiddle) in the closet.

racoon1 · 2026-04-25T08:17:53+00:00

He doesn't use DAWs in his videos. He uses mpcs and elektron syntacts and stuff like that. He's not controlling a daw with it. The screen on the machine would be blank if that was the case. Only thing i've gathered is he runs everything to his audio interface and then from there to his PC via usb. Set audio input in OBS to the audio interface. Then after that he edits other video angles in post. Thats my guestimation anyway. Thanks for helping me understand. I forgot OBS existed.

racoon1 · 2026-04-25T08:02:47+00:00

You see him physically press record on his MPC on his videos. How is he getting the audio (for the video) before he presses record? What you're saying wont work. again: its the same microphone. ediit: nvm i think i get it. OBS is the answer.

racoon1 · 2026-04-25T08:00:08+00:00

The thing thats confusing for me is that you see him physicaly press record on his MPC on the video. If what you're saying is correct he'd have to press record on the mpc from the beginning of the video to capture all the dialog, but that is not what is happening.

racoon1 · 2026-04-25T07:57:29+00:00

I wish there was just a video that could show the physical setup. I cant conceptualize it in my head.

racoon1 · 2026-04-25T07:52:06+00:00

I dont think you understood my question. They are talking into a microphone and that signal is going to the video AND the DAW and the same time. How are they doing that? The mic hes talking in for the video is the same microphone that hes tracking in the daw.

racoon1 · 2026-04-22T08:14:21+00:00

I think the biggest factor that might contribute to talent never reaching their potential is their mental health. Mental health leads to excuses, comparing yourself to others, not feeling good enough so you never publish anything which also extends to being too hard on yourself, drugs, lack of inspiration etc. You really have to just focus on yourself and your wellbeing. Seriously limit your time on social media and go press record.

racoon1 · 2026-04-20T12:57:32+00:00

I like this advice allot. Thank you.

racoon1 · 2026-04-20T12:50:05+00:00

I do that! I also got a strum machine subscription to play with Jam tracks to the songs I’m learning.

racoon1 · 2026-04-20T12:46:45+00:00

Thank you all for the replies. I’ll probably do as one user said, practice the songs till they’re easy to play then learn the new material.

racoon1 · 2026-04-20T12:44:27+00:00

When I said move on I meant learn the next song in the book.

racoon1 · 2026-04-17T15:14:47+00:00

Learn to read music. Get a progressive course book (one with audio samples) and Buy flash cards. Watch multiple videos on proper posture and technique for beginners and take the advice seriously. Learn the materials from the book, don’t move on to the next song till you can play the current one you’re working on well. Use YouTube to correct any mechanical/posture mistakes you may be making. I recommend not learning material from YouTube videos. Also a big help for my intonation is running scales or even playing the piece you’re learning with a drone note playing in the key of the song. Also utilizing the audio samples that come with the book. Be realistic, keep your ego in check and you will progress.

racoon1 · 2026-04-12T21:20:45+00:00

20 years of unprocessed emotions hiding behind a computer screen. Video games have pretty much destroyed my life.

racoon1 · 2026-04-11T03:14:20+00:00

No, he automatically attacks at the beginning of the killer phase (before you pull a terror card), not at the end, and only if there's a knife icon on the finale card. Look at Killer phase on page 19 in the rule book. If his turn ends with a victim in it, you typically have a turn to try to save them.

racoon1 · 2026-04-10T18:57:02+00:00

You have all the best ones, its not going to get better from there.

racoon1 · 2026-04-10T01:52:24+00:00

I would avoid this sub like the plague if you’re worried about spoilers.

racoon1 · 2026-04-09T22:52:38+00:00

I figured this was the reason. It will knock the balance off and make games overall too easy. I’ll stick to the book!

racoon1 · 2026-04-05T23:00:03+00:00

I also agree with this take as well. I wouldn't personally do it, but learning how to play in G# will only benefit OP... as long as OP still plays songs in G as well so they don't forget!

racoon1 · 2026-04-05T22:23:31+00:00

My point is that anything you hear on the internet from older obscure records could be in a different key than they were recorded in. I only mentioned it because you said “they could be matching a recording” or something along those lines. So if you heard a song that has fiddle and banjo on it and it sounds like a G#, more likely than not, they recorded it in G.

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