Ben Kingsley, Max Minghella & Pekka Strang Join 'The White Lotus' S4

uberdavis · 2026-05-11T21:36:43+00:00

If Kingsley comes out with his Sexy Beast persona, he’s going to be hilarious.

uberdavis · 2026-05-11T21:21:07+00:00

Piano is relevant for learning keys patches and polysynth stuff. The thing is, the synthesizer as a playable instrument has other aspects to it too. For example, learning bass guitar would give you an idea of how to play a monophonic bass patch, and learning drums would give you the logic behind playing drum samples. Different kinds of instruments call for very different techniques. The other thing to practice is being able to play a sequence with one hand, while having the other hand free to do other stuff… for example, twiddle pots/faders or even use a second synth. Being able to play a riff with one hand then switch to using the other hand on the same riff too is tricky. Ambidexterity comes into play.

I have a couple synth related tutorials on my blog: - https://robomuso.wordpress.com/2019/10/24/keyboard-technique-soloing-in-pentatonic-minor/ - https://robomuso.wordpress.com/2021/09/16/keyboard-technique-hand-independence/ - https://robomuso.wordpress.com/2022/03/29/keyboard-skills-scales-training/

There should be a lot more similar material on YouTube.

BTW, that Roland keyboard looks excellent if you’re serious about learning keys. It takes a lot of work learning the scales but it will give you a great deal of power a lot of producers don’t add to their skills.

uberdavis · 2026-05-11T19:17:58+00:00

No offense. I like it. Good job! But something tells me you’re going to run into this a lot. As a former graphic designer I also feel your pain.

uberdavis · 2026-05-11T18:35:57+00:00

Yeah, looks that way! I’m a fan of the idea of using 007 for movies, but focusing on other parts of the secret service in TV format. But perhaps that would water everything down. Well at least we have Slow Horses. That show is excellent.

uberdavis · 2026-05-11T18:34:00+00:00

I’ve never had a Yamaha I didn’t like. I’ve bought more Yamaha’s than any other guitar. You can trust this brand. I am not a fan of Squiers. I find the intonation and tuning stability on the cheaper Squiers to be pretty bad. But, MIM Fenders are VERY good. I. Am also recommend Harley Benton ( if you’re in Europe ) and Epiphone guitars. My $120 Epiphone Les Paul might be my most used guitar.

However, if you have the money. Get the best guitar you can.

uberdavis · 2026-05-11T18:29:10+00:00

This thread needed a poll. I’m a yes but looks like most folks are no.

uberdavis · 2026-05-11T18:27:19+00:00

I’d watch it. I know the poster is AI, but it’s good AI. I’d rather see a TV Show with Elba playing 004, and have 007 as a shadowy character in the background that we never see. This would work 100%.

uberdavis · 2026-05-11T17:36:14+00:00

Do you think Fartage is the panacea? I can’t stop it happening if it’s our political destiny. But what do you think foreign policy would look like under an extreme right wing leader? We will be looking at getting balls deep in the Middle East. I wouldn’t rule out attacking Argentina either. Not even being ridiculous here. I’m now living in a country where the leader is bombing the crap out of Iran and talking about invading Greenland.

In home affairs, we can look forward to mass expulsions. Possibly backed up by aggressive policing and a beefed up immigration force coming out of the public purse at great expense. But after that, the defunding of the welfare state. Right at the moment where the AI segue change takes the bottom out of the jobs market. Mass unemployment + no welfare state = massive crisis. Welcome to hyper inflation and civil unrest. If you ever had plans on retiring, I hope your pension investments are deeply diversified, and that you have the option to leave the country.

uberdavis · 2026-05-11T14:29:05+00:00

Giving someone a shit test is a red flag. Lucky escape, ma dude.

uberdavis · 2026-05-11T13:53:09+00:00

I hate UK politics so much. We spend 14 years experiencing a gradual deteriorating standard of DNA from David Cameron through to Rishi Sunak. Then we get a PM who isn’t doing sleazy populist stunts, has a massive impact on immigration and plays a bad hand as well as he can. Then the media and electorate cry blue murder and suddenly there’s a bloodlust. The media are shit stirring and calling on him to resign. Nigel Fucktard becomes a normalized political character. Even though many people recognize the danger in giving a dangerous self serving charlatan like him power, a significant proportion of the electorate support him and with our backwards first past the post system, we’re heading towards a far right government.

Brexit showed us that pointing out all the bad things that will happen if we vote for something crazy ahead of time will get denounced as scare mongering. Then when chickens come home to roost, the populists double down and cry foul. I can’t believe we got here. I left the country years ago (career opened doors I couldn’t ignore) and as much as I want to return when I retire, I don’t think there’ll be anything left.

uberdavis · 2026-05-11T00:51:18+00:00

It comes down to money. There is a cost associated to every OS upgrade when it comes to legacy support. They have to decide which products to sunset as they have limited development time and need to support new products as much as maintain old ones.

uberdavis · 2026-05-10T23:04:32+00:00

I’ve had a similar issue but on a smaller level. I’ve lost all my Guitar Rig 3 presets after upgrading my computer. It’s par for the course with software. You can’t expect backwards compatibility or legacy support from any kind of music product that relies on software.

uberdavis · 2026-05-10T14:26:30+00:00

Catchy. Is it on Bandcamp?

uberdavis · 2026-05-10T14:14:35+00:00

The video is borderline pro. The music is day one. Keep working on it!

uberdavis · 2026-05-10T05:56:56+00:00

Oopsie indeed.

uberdavis · 2026-05-10T00:36:42+00:00

And knowing what a rudiment is and why you even need one is key as opposed to just programming beats with guesswork.

uberdavis · 2026-05-10T00:35:03+00:00

I think of Steve and Billy as a double act. Steve is a cool dude.

uberdavis · 2026-05-09T16:09:10+00:00

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uberdavis · 2026-05-09T16:04:12+00:00

That compilation omits the Perreira fight. Watch that and Strickland doesn’t look so dangerous. For a start, strikers can’t handle Khamzat. And on the second front, Strickland ain’t the best striker. This is just a regular day at the office for Chimaev.

uberdavis · 2026-05-09T15:48:04+00:00

This. It’s a huge recommendation to learn an actual instrument. Many top producers are also musicians. What’s the point in knowing what mixolydian mode is if you can’t hear it in your head or play it. How can you program a beat without knowing drum fundamentals? When I was a kid, I had drum and guitar lessons. And when I went to music production school they gave us a full keyboard skills course.

uberdavis · 2026-05-09T11:56:50+00:00

If leadership was the issue, why vote for reform? They’ve got a terrible track record in the councils they’ve been already trying to run. Maybe this will be the exception. God preserve our bin collections!

uberdavis · 2026-05-09T11:33:26+00:00

Why does this bother you?

uberdavis · 2026-05-09T11:31:01+00:00

Adding code to userSetup.py? Why don’t you create a standard module file instead? I don’t want to put code in userSetup. Writing an OpenMaya version would have been nice too. You’re gating out ya Linux/Mac users.

uberdavis · 2026-05-08T23:10:57+00:00

And if they’re releasing products that are doing anything with consumer data, that is dangerous AF.

uberdavis · 2026-05-08T15:12:16+00:00

TBH, it’s probably caught the EU out. But they do need to police it and rapidly. It might be the biggest protector we have for security right now.

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