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by Sober
Wed Aug 23, 2023 8:51 am
Forum: Song Fight! Live
Topic: Song Fight Live Online 2023
Replies: 56
Views: 11143

Re: Song Fight Live Online 2023

I've been thinking SFL 2023: Online and Ongoing for this year's title, but I'm open to other suggestions. Love it. Also, I'm happy to lend a hand as cohost/guest etc. - I'm set up for live casting, or I could record everyone else's individual audio/video sources to edit together after the fact. I e...
by Sober
Sun Aug 20, 2023 6:35 pm
Forum: Song Fight! Live
Topic: Song Fight Live Online 2023
Replies: 56
Views: 11143

Re: Song Fight Live Online 2023

In! First time doing a proper "live" video for one of these. One shot, no overdubbing or retakes. Just 4 mics and a lot of sweat 🥵
by Sober
Wed May 03, 2023 3:49 pm
Forum: SpinTunes
Topic: SpinTunes 20 Round 4 Challenge
Replies: 2
Views: 208

Re: SpinTunes 20 Round 4 Challenge

Notes! The Pannacotta Army: It would be so easy to make a low-effort gesture in the direction of this genre and fail terribly. As I said in the listening party though, you clearly studied! The little percussion details, the incredible sense of space - this is a master class in doing your homework an...
by Sober
Fri Apr 21, 2023 5:42 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Four minutes plus for "Hey Jude" (The Long Fade Out reviews)
Replies: 6
Views: 384

Re: Four minutes plus for "Hey Jude" (The Long Fade Out reviews)

My SpinTunes song was inspired by this title, but I feel it didn’t adhere to it closely enough to justify submitting it. Rock on, my friends.
by Sober
Sat Apr 08, 2023 3:11 pm
Forum: Fight Discussions and Reviews
Topic: Holy microtonality, Batman! (New Modality reviews)
Replies: 16
Views: 737

Re: Holy microtonality, Batman! (New Modality reviews)

What's with the impressionist OK Computer album art? Am I the only one who sees it? I like it!

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by Sober
Sat Apr 08, 2023 2:59 pm
Forum: SpinTunes
Topic: ST20 Round 2 Challenge - 'May I Have a Word?'
Replies: 20
Views: 1057

Re: ST20 Round 2 Challenge - 'May I Have a Word?'

Got to these late. Thanks to the folks who have reviewed already. Berni Armstrong: That guitar sound is super brittle. There's some resonance in the like 10khz region that's a bit painful. The accent on the line "There must be something essential" feels like it should be on "must"...
by Sober
Sat Mar 25, 2023 4:32 pm
Forum: SpinTunes
Topic: Spin Tunes 20 R1- Opportunity Knocks
Replies: 17
Views: 1140

Re: Spin Tunes 20 R1- Opportunity Knocks

Here we go! Listening on the same headphones I mix with. All told, I think I spent about 7 hours writing these up, which is probably something I should see a therapist about. Berni Armstrong: Upon first listen, I was put off by the low-string-tension-induced wonky tuning. By the end of that first li...
by Sober
Wed Jan 04, 2023 9:41 am
Forum: Song Fight! Live
Topic: Song Fight! Live IRL 2023
Replies: 27
Views: 1139

Re: Song Fight! Live IRL 2023

Love the idea of getting back to live shows. Now that I'm an east coaster though, I might have to sit this one out. Would love to see y'all 💕
by Sober
Fri Oct 14, 2022 8:35 am
Forum: Help and How To
Topic: New Video Camera
Replies: 10
Views: 524

Re: New Video Camera

I've been using a Canon 80D to shoot almost all my video for the past five years. I use a 50mm prime to photograph artwork, but the lens I use most for video is a little flat pancake 24mm lens . It's great. My current lighting situation is incredibly poor, but even pushing the camera much harder th...
by Sober
Wed Aug 10, 2022 7:34 am
Forum: Help and How To
Topic: New Video Camera
Replies: 10
Views: 524

Re: New Video Camera

Budget? That’s the biggest factor. I’m probably the most overkill here, in that I use a Canon 5D III with a 16-35 2.8L as my “webcam.” A used dslr that’s just modern enough to be able to live monitor in that way (my 5D II can’t, for example) is a good way to go. Something in canon’s rebel or double ...
by Sober
Sun Jul 24, 2022 8:19 am
Forum: Song Fight! Live
Topic: SF Live! Online Edition 2022
Replies: 84
Views: 15648

Re: SF Live! Online Edition 2022

My studio setup should be functional if not complete by then, so I can probably do some presenting etc. I think the night jb and I hosted went alright.
by Sober
Wed May 04, 2022 12:59 am
Forum: SpinTunes
Topic: SpinTunes 19 Round 4 'What Was That Noise?' Challenge, reviews and comments
Replies: 5
Views: 897

Re: SpinTunes 19 Round 4 'What Was That Noise?' Challenge, reviews and comments

Another SpinTunes done, and likely the last music I ever write in Texas. See-Man-Ski - Super Natural Way : The boopy farfisa or whatever organ is fun, and your understated approach with it is tasty and generally perfect. Good sense of space. Have you ever tried putting like a 3% swing on your drums?...
by Sober
Tue Apr 26, 2022 12:24 pm
Forum: Quality Control
Topic: 500 Internal Server Error triggered by specific text string
Replies: 21
Views: 1236

Re: 500 Internal Server Error triggered by specific text string

Lunkhead wrote:
Tue Apr 26, 2022 8:25 am
"Yes, that's it; more or less."

I was wondering how you got away with that part, but when I quoted it I saw what you did. :lol: That's a good hack. Sober, you can also work around by putting an empty tag (e.g. ) inside the word after the semicolon.
This is awesome to know!
by Sober
Sun Apr 24, 2022 7:56 pm
Forum: Quality Control
Topic: 500 Internal Server Error triggered by specific text string
Replies: 21
Views: 1236

Re: 500 Internal Server Error triggered by specific text string

But I like semicolons; even if I don't always use them correctly; they're neat!
by Sober
Sun Apr 24, 2022 6:33 pm
Forum: Quality Control
Topic: 500 Internal Server Error triggered by specific text string
Replies: 21
Views: 1236

500 Internal Server Error triggered by specific text string

I posted this in discord, but I'll post it here and clean up the discord mess. When posting a long set of reviews, I kept getting the 500 Internal Server Error whenever I'd hit preview or submit. By trial and error, I trimmed down the post to find that a text string that consistently gives the error...
by Sober
Sun Apr 24, 2022 6:07 pm
Forum: SpinTunes
Topic: SpinTunes 19 Round 3 'Let's Circle Back to That' Challenge, reviews and comments
Replies: 9
Views: 1167

Re: SpinTunes 19 Round 3 'Let's Circle Back to That' Challenge, reviews and comments

Unfortunately I didn't get to these reviews until after results were in. I still feel the exercise is worthwhile for me, though. Also In Blue - Howling at the Moon : As fun as it is, and as good as it feels to have that leslie spinning right up front and hard panned, it's good to put a bit of room t...
by Sober
Fri Apr 22, 2022 1:36 pm
Forum: SpinTunes
Topic: SpinTunes 19 Round 3 'Let's Circle Back to That' Challenge, reviews and comments
Replies: 9
Views: 1167

Re: SpinTunes 19 Round 3 'Let's Circle Back to That' Challenge, reviews and comments

Thanks for writing reviews, seemanski! [...] At first I thought this song was about recovering from addiction. I saw the six month chip as being the chip you get when you have abstained for six months from something. I'm guessing it is more in reference to going on tour at war. [...] You're right on...
by Sober
Mon Apr 18, 2022 6:30 am
Forum: Ye Olde Lyric Archive
Topic: Spintunes 19 R3 - Let's Circle Back to That
Replies: 5
Views: 429

Re: Spintunes 19 R3 - Let's Circle Back to That

It'll Be Ok by Sober Just turned in my  six month chip A load of Copenhagen in my bottom lip And I shake out a fresh one and take a drag 24 days to recuperate One for every week that I was away That’s a lot of time to kill and it’s killin me And if I were French I could have had a half a glass a da...
by Sober
Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:41 pm
Forum: Song Fight! Live
Topic: Songfight Live 2022 IRL Interest Poll
Replies: 57
Views: 3972

Re: Songfight Live 2022 IRL Interest Poll

I'm interested in a live show because putting my dumb videos together is a ton of effort. On the other hand, a live show strips me of all of my post-production tricks that make me sound less like shit. A real conundrum.
by Sober
Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:11 am
Forum: Song Fight! Live
Topic: Songfight Live 2022 IRL Interest Poll
Replies: 57
Views: 3972

Re: Songfight Live 2022 IRL Interest Poll

Very in, with the understanding that travelling from my new home in Maine will be a potential hurdle.
by Sober
Wed Apr 06, 2022 3:34 pm
Forum: SpinTunes
Topic: SpinTunes 19 Round 2 'Anachronism' Challenge, reviews and comments
Replies: 13
Views: 1454

Re: SpinTunes 19 Round 2 'Anachronism' Challenge, reviews and comments

Bummed we get no With Joe or Fluke Wilson this week. That's ok though, as we have a lovely batch of songs here. *** Melody Klein - Etude No. 15 - Virtual : Seems like you're often right on the threshold of whatever gate you're using or is built into the vocoder. Not sure if it adds or is distracting...