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tundra5 · Post by **tundra5** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:31 pm

wanted a new synth can be procrastination
wanting a new computer can be procrastonation
a new guitar can. e procrastination

if there’s nothing wrong with your old stuff
and you haven’t made a banging song with that stuff yet

does a beginner really need amazing speakers
a top of the range midi controller
a top class microphone
sick monitors

or could he just get started with an old
laptop or what he had lying around ?

ask yourself this question

is any paid synth better than the free synths probably not

is a £300 mic gonna make much different to your recordings than a £100 one?

i see adverts get the best gear possible before we have even pressed a key

it’s procrastination

get an old cheap keyboard dust off that computer get some basic ass software

too much time
and money wasted for this crap lol

sitting on this site procrastination

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:36 pm

tundra5 wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:31 pm wanted a new synth is procrastination
wanting a new computer is procrastonation
a new guitar is procrastination

except where its not, of course.

"i dont think that word means what you think it does."

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:37 pm

a new guitar would be telecrastination...

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:38 pm

tundra5 wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:31 pm wanted a new synth is procrastination
wanting a new computer is procrastonation
a new guitar is procrastination

if there’s nothing wrong with your old stuff
and you haven’t made a banging song with that stuff yet

does a beginner really need amazing speakers
a top of the range midi controller
a top class microphone
sick monitors

or could he just get started with an old
laptop or what he had lying around ?

ask yourself this question

is any paid synth better than the free synths probably not

is a £300 mic gonna make much different to your recordings than a £100 one?

i see adverts get the best gear possible before we have even pressed a key

it’s procrastination

get an old cheap keyboard dust off that computer get some basic ass software

too much time
and money wasted for this crap lol

sitting on this site procrastination

the chorus needs some work, but it's a hit!

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:46 pm

i suspect that mostly, this site is full of amateurcrastination.

lotus2035 · Post by **lotus2035** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:04 pm

I'll read this thread later.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:08 pm

tundra5 wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:31 pm wanting a new computer is procrastonation

Nope. Procrastonation is when you put off tuning your guitar.

funky lime · Post by **funky lime** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:21 pm

cryophonik wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:08 pm
tundra5 wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:31 pm wanting a new computer is procrastonation
Nope. Procrastonation is when you put off tuning your guitar.

how do i tune it if i haven't even strung it yet

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:23 pm

funky lime wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:21 pm
cryophonik wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:08 pm
tundra5 wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:31 pm wanting a new computer is procrastonation
Nope. Procrastonation is when you put off tuning your guitar.
how do i tune it if i haven't even strung it yet

wanting strings is procrastination.

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:44 pm

vurt wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:37 pm a new guitar would be telecrastination...

Or stratocastrination

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:52 pm

BertKoor wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:44 pm
vurt wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:37 pm a new guitar would be telecrastination...
Or stratocastrination

falling on to it with no trousers, could lead to stratocastration.

tundra5 · Post by **tundra5** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:53 pm

whyterabbyt wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:36 pm
tundra5 wrote: Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:31 pm wanted a new synth is procrastination
wanting a new computer is procrastonation
a new guitar is procrastination
except where its not, of course.

"i dont think that word means what you think it does."

it can mean putting off doing stuff with the gear u have rather than wanting new stuff

neverbefore · Post by **neverbefore** » Thu Aug 03, 2023 2:05 am

buying new gear can be a way of feeling like you are a musician, that you belong in the world of musicians, when it doesn't mean that at all, it is just consumerism. One of the features of consumerism is the replacement of doing and being with buying and owning.

JerGoertz · Post by **JerGoertz** » Thu Aug 03, 2023 3:55 am

neverbefore wrote: Thu Aug 03, 2023 2:05 am buying new gear can be a way of feeling like you are a musician, that you belong in the world of musicians, when it doesn't mean that at all, it is just consumerism. One of the features of consumerism is the replacement of doing and being with buying and owning.

Shhhhhh...

DrGonzo · Post by **DrGonzo** » Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:23 am

neverbefore wrote: Thu Aug 03, 2023 2:05 am buying new gear can be a way of feeling like you are a musician, that you belong in the world of musicians, when it doesn't mean that at all, it is just consumerism. One of the features of consumerism is the replacement of doing and being with buying and owning.

There is an element of consumerism to what we do here, but that's not the whole truth. Finding an instrument that really works with you is a damn trying experience and no demos on YT can help you with that process. You really need to sit down and work with something for weeks before you know. Example, I researched the Nord Lead 4 to bits before I bought it. Listened to demos, talked to lots of people. I found one in a store and played it for about an hour. It checked all my boxes. Two months later I found it to be one the most boring an uninspiring instrument I ever owned.

Finding stuff that you love takes time.

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