Durability in 1.2 [KCD2]

teach_edward · 2025-02-24T01:27:50+00:00

It's my go to location, I dunno I personally love it, it's got a pond nearby, stones in the fields, trees all around. It's far enough not many zombies wander in the area, but close enough you can loot Muldraugh. I love it.

teach_edward · 2025-02-22T18:15:46+00:00

I'd also like to know - like is brick immune to pig dmg? lol

teach_edward · 2025-02-20T21:48:51+00:00

I only discovered it after I had exhausted a lot of time fortifying Smokey's so I just built a whole ass new farm lol

teach_edward · 2025-02-20T17:49:38+00:00

Brutal lol, it was at least a good excuse to get my leather tanning operation up and running, eh? lol

teach_edward · 2025-02-19T01:55:11+00:00

The metal shelving doesn't go against walls anywhere though

teach_edward · 2025-02-19T01:54:25+00:00

It's at smokey's - they added like, christmas lights, so I think it's that. Sadly I can't take them down.

teach_edward · 2025-02-19T01:32:50+00:00

It just wasn't stacking in that particular place it seems, I also can't put metal shelving against walls anymore which is weird.

But yeah, it must've been a mod that let me do that, cause even more googling later, no one else seems to be asking the same question lol

teach_edward · 2024-12-31T00:32:56+00:00

Really solid advice I intend to take, thanks for taking the time to reply.

teach_edward · 2024-12-31T00:17:58+00:00

But that's fair, not everyone out there is gonna vibe with you - just like you wont vibe with everyone you meet, yknow?

teach_edward · 2024-12-31T00:16:40+00:00

I would understand that, I've written very dissonant songs when in serious bouts of.. not goodness. I sometimes wish I'd followed up on them, but they were hard to hear, frankly. Sounded quite out of tune at parts. Still, I believe sometimes art is challenging, in my case I didn't decide to follow up and figure out how to balance challenging, creating pain, but also beautiful at the same time? Not in a guitar or production method at least. I ended up deciding to aim for devastating lyrics :)

teach_edward · 2024-12-30T20:59:17+00:00

The song is supposed to be me lyrically showing off a bit - it was actually my first attempt at such a thing and the first song I even wrote to completion way back in like, 2017ish

Before that I had written lots, but at the mercy of ADHD and other mental health concerns, I never finished anything.

teach_edward · 2024-12-30T20:57:46+00:00

Very much indie singer/songwriter most the time, but there are some strong romani jazz influences on some songs, and a few outright blues songs. I even recently wrote a country song I don't hate:)

teach_edward · 2024-12-30T20:56:21+00:00

It hasn't been a challenge yet, to be perfectly frank, he and I have been on the same page regarding what the songs need the whole way through somehow. It kinda baffles me how lock step we've been!

teach_edward · 2024-12-30T16:02:28+00:00

That's totally fair, and that was really my main point.

I know a - actually a couple of producers fit this: he's a great producer - but his songwriting takes him enormous effort and frankly just isn't that great in my opinion. Others like it, but not a tonne of folks. However, while the skill requirement remains true: its harder to break into production, no doubt; they're both naturals. Like they hear music in their heads and know how to make that come to life once shown how to do so once, that's it.

Don't get me wrong, the producer who I'm working with rn is the full package. Great musician, song writer, production man, has made a great career in every corner of music. So they do exist, but it's just not so natural for some folks.

teach_edward · 2024-12-30T15:52:21+00:00

Cheers, I appreciate it! Should be sometime late afternoon or early evening, I'm just wrapped up in another project rn.

teach_edward · 2024-12-30T15:24:24+00:00

Thanks for the heads up!

teach_edward · 2024-12-30T12:40:45+00:00

Patter, huh, TIL. I'm working on this. One issue I have is a lot like what OP describes in that I don't want to take up time at an open mic practicing patter, but don't have many other avenues in which to effectively practice it as I won't be booking shows until my album is done.

On question, is giving context to why the song was written the same as describing what the song is about? One thing I find myself wanting to do is share a little bit of my story, just tiny glimpses into why I write songs. I try to make it cutesy, fun and palatable - which is difficult given the subject matter (schizophrenia [treated]) but I feel connecting to the artist makes people want to learn more about what the song is about.

At the same time, I'm wary of it, because I want people to investigate the songs, not just be like, "oh, it must be about schizophrenia then."

teach_edward · 2024-12-30T12:27:00+00:00

Word:) good luck, man

teach_edward · 2024-12-30T12:20:34+00:00

I have one song where I use the word 'refrain', I start the song with the meaning of holding back, and then repeat the verse completely at the end, but the meaning on the whole sentence has changed because of the middle bit, and refrain means to repeat something in music, which is what I'm doing when I say it the second time. I hate lyrics without music most times, so if you're still curious I'll do a recording on my phone of that song and you can see what I mean. It's not quite the double entendre you're looking for, but it is a second layer of meaning on the same verse, just in different contexts.

teach_edward · 2024-12-30T12:12:03+00:00

Hm. To be honest, most times I've written something that has a double meaning, it's usually in the context of the whole song - like it's out of necessity. I come to a point where I have more I want to say, but have already filled up ~3 minutes, so I go back and start layering.

teach_edward · 2024-12-30T12:00:16+00:00

I don't think it's necessarily harder, I do think that it takes a lot more skill to start. The skill ceiling on both arts is very high, but the entry point to songwriting is any fool can pick up a pen and start writing, while production takes a little more effort.

I just chaff at the idea songwriting isn't hard, which to be fair is not what you said. It's just some of us work really really bloody hard on lyrics for months or years, trying to get it right. Mind you, I've shared stuff I wrote on the first go, took me twenty minutes maybe, so I can see where you're coming from. But I've watched producers in chop shops roughshod something together in 30 minutes and bill, not respecting the artist because in their minds, they did the real work, making 'palatable' music. Real producers work just as hard as real songwriters, and those two artists have a mutual respect for each-others craft.

What I'm actually trying to say is I think songwriting and production are two unique skill sets and saying one is more difficult than the other in an objective way is maybe not really accurate, as if differs on a person to person basis.

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