654 Forum Posts by "JonH2O"
Whatever audio you make put in tags in the description..So when a flash artist is looking for a certain kind of audio they can find it easier in the search.
lol just search for Terrence Mckenna sound bites.
I believe that our economy faces a bleak future, particularly if the latest $700 billion bailout plan ends up passing. We risk committing the same errors that prolonged the misery of the Great Depression, namely keeping prices from falling. Instead of allowing overvalued financial assets to take a hit and trade on the market at a more realistic value, the government seeks to purchase overvalued or worthless assets and hold them in the unrealistic hope that at some point in the next few decades, someone might be willing to purchase them.
One of the perverse effects of this bailout proposal is that the worst-performing firms, and those who interjected themselves most deeply into mortgage-backed securities, credit default swaps, and special investment vehicles will be those who benefit the most from this bailout. As with the bailout of airlines in the aftermath of 9/11, those businesses who were the least efficient, least productive, and least concerned with serving consumers are those who will be rewarded for their mismanagement with a government handout, rather than the failure of their company that is proper to the market. This creates a dangerous moral hazard, as the precedent of bailing out reckless lending will lead to even more reckless lending and irresponsible behavior on the part of financial firms in the future.
This bailout is a slipshod proposal, slapped together haphazardly and forced on an unwilling Congress with the threat that not passing it will lead to the collapse of the financial system. Some of the proposed alternatives are no better, for instance those which propose a government equity share in bailed-out companies. That we have come to a point where outright purchases of private sector companies is not only proposed but accepted by many who claim to be defenders of free markets bodes ill for the future of American society.
As with many other government proposals, the opportunity cost of this bailout goes unmentioned. $700 billion tied up in illiquid assets is $700 billion that is not put to productive use. That amount of money in the private sector could be used to research new technologies, start small business that create thousands of jobs, or upgrade vital infrastructure. Instead, that money will be siphoned off into unproductive assets which may burden the government for years to come. The great French economist Frederic Bastiat is famous for explaining the difference between what is seen and what is unseen. In this case the bailouts proponents see the alleged benefits, while they fail to see the jobs, businesses, and technologies not created due to this utter waste of money.
The housing bubble has burst, unemployment is on the rise, and the dollar weakens every day. Unfortunately our leaders have failed to learn from the mistakes of previous generations and continue to lead us down the road toward economic ruin.
I'm too busy playing Spore to make music.
To record, first...get a microhphone. :D
Then, get a mixer. :D
Then, get multitrack software.
If you want anything good you're going to have to pay for it. The audio industry is one of this: You get what you pay for.
You can't convert audio to an mp3 because you have a demo version?
Always convert audio files to 16 or 24 bit .wav format. MP3 uses compression and distorts the audio.
Whenever a songwriter writes a song, he should get it copyrighted. He can copyright this unpublished version of a song with a cassette tape containing only lead vocals & piano (or lead vocals & guitar). To do this he should file a copyright Form PA, along with the cassette tape and lyric sheet, with the Library of Congress Copyright Office in Washington, DC. There are 3 copyright forms: PA, CA, and SR. These forms are free and can be found at public libraries or by calling the Copyright Office. Copyright forms come with submission instructions and the filing fee is currently $30.00 per form.
If the same songwriter writes a group of songs, he can copyright his whole unpublished collection (instead of an individual song) for only $30.00. Let's suppose he has written 5 of 12 songs for your artist's new CD. These first 5-songs can be copyrighted under a "Collective Name" with a form PA and the other 7 songs can be copyrighted at a later date when he has finished them. He can give this first group of 5-songs a collective name (such as: My First Songs) and file copyright Form PA for a $30.00 fee. Make sure to include the cassette demo tape or CD containing these songs with music and all the lyric sheets. These songs are protected as soon as they are dropped into the mailbox.
The Copyright Office will mail back the Form PA within a few weeks with a copyright number assigned. When the additional 7-songs are finished, he will need to mail another copyright Form CA, along with another demo cassette or CD containing the additional 7-songs with lyric sheets. There will be another fee, but be will have copyrighted all 12 of his unpublished songs and paid 2-fees instead of 12.
If you use different songs from several songwriters then each songwriter should file his own PA copyright form. To save yourself legal hassles make sure that your artist records songs that your songwriters have copyrighted and and assigned to the label's publishing companypublishing wing (a label's publishing company). See an Entertainment Attorney for further details.
Before releasing songs on CDs, tapes, or records, a record label should file a copyright Form SR (sound recording) to protect their label's recorded version of the songs. This way no one will be able to use recorded samples of these songs or it's music tracks without the copyright owner's permission (without compensating him). Rap artists as well as some alternative artists use samples frequently. The record label must submit (2) finished CDs, cassettes, or records with the copyright Form SR. Afterwards a ircle "P" followed by the year and the record label name should be printed on the CD, the CD inserts, and any other printed materials. This represents the year that this recorded version was published by the label.
A copyrighted song legally belongs to the writer, whose name appears on the copyright. No one can use or reproduce his song in ANY MANNER (Recorded, Written, or in a live performance) without the writer's authorization. This keeps others from making profits from the songwriter's song without the songwriter getting paid (receiving royalties). Afterwards, the songwriter should use his copyright information (such as: © 2008 Jon Waters) on all unpublished demo tapes and lyric sheets that he submits to others.
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This information was learned by me from the book "In The Right Direction" by Samuel D. Gilleylen. Instead of writing this in a notepad and archived on my computer I thought I'd just post it here for more to access. Hope it helps answer some questions. :D
Feel free to post experiences, concerns, unanswered questions, or the like, regarding copyrights here.
You may also contact the U.S. Copyright Office with questions
The screaming he's talking about is the numerous crazy loud & spectral crowded high frequency synths all over the place.
At 5/27/08 12:42 AM, Mabeph wrote: situation:
you've just uploaded a song onto newgrounds. it has no ratings on it.
do you rate it 4, or 5?
or 0, if you're just that hardcore
It depends on how much I like my song. If it was utter shit I'd 0 it every day, lol.
MIDI is not audible...MIDI is just note date. You need some sort of machine to have the note data sent to. What you're hearing when you simply open up a MIDI file is like, default sounds from the computer. There's a standard for all that, in some form.
To convert it to an MP3...I guess you could change your windows audio settings to record the audio output.
Whatever sounds good, I don't care what you do.
hy not have the best of both worlds and genre bend trance? O_O
At 5/4/08 09:53 PM, POIZIN wrote: umm what do you mean, what i do is create the drum machine from the mixer and then create the Malstrom then create from malstrom the matrix machine.
So...what are you asking? You are trying to record the modulation of a matrix?
I don't know what you're asking us. O_O
At 5/4/08 09:28 PM, POIZIN wrote: Okay i figured everything out. But i have Reason 4.0 and for some stupid reason when i record it just shows a empty box. Am i doing something wrong?
Empty box, eh? Is it white or black?
At 5/5/08 01:44 AM, pr0de wrote:yay, wait what?
i will start making tunes... now. i've just acquired LSDJ, and will start pumpin' out da tunes in no time.
LSDJ. Never heard of it until now. It reminds me a lot of ReNoise!
ReNoise is...Well...I don't understand how to use it. I always wanted to try making something like Venetian Snares or Mouse On Mars.
I did a fake advertisement for Big Bob Bassets Used Car Lot.
If you think I did a good job ask me to help you with some voice acting.
I've got a Blue Snowball.
I see alot of acoustic songs claiming they were not all improv.
Do you think they fit better in the Miscellaneous genre, or improv acoustic acts deserve their own genre? Improv/Freestyle
I don't clearly understand your assignment in the way you described it, but i can say this:
Any sort of audio file that you attempt to mangle through more processing and converterting should be at the best quality possible. If at all possible (goto a library or something), get the original CD and convert the song to a 24-bit .WAV audio file.
Something about equalizing the guitar part to make it sound louder? Guitars live in the 400Hz - 2kHz range of the audio spectrum. Its the box factor. cutting 400Hz-500hz will tamper with the toms. EQing in the 400 - 2k range will also affect vocals.
hey remember me?!
I'm NOT DEAD!
Been freestyling with K.Sampson.
Check it out! It's GOOOOOOD
I'm gonna curl up in a ball for 10 years.
Goodbye.
I'm trying to find a game I saw on the front page a while back.
You have 10 lives with a mouse cursor, and every time the time limit runs out you have to work together with what you did in the last life..
I couldn't find it in the puzzle games, and I don't remember what it's called.
Does anyone know what game I'm talking about?
At 1/29/08 04:58 PM, Sp1r1T wrote: Omg...
My songs at 4.49.. so close to getting on that top 5! Ive been craving it since october when my other song got on there XD
Good luck!
Which song? I'll take a listen.
What keeps newly submitted songs with 1 vote of 5 from being on the Best Tracks Ever?
How old does a song have to be? Is there a minimum amount of votes as well?
Just wondering how it works.
-Jon
Ah, everyone's brain hurts, eh?
Allot and alot would be psuedo-homonyms because alot isn't a word...right?
At 1/24/08 03:43 PM, Bertn wrote: OMG! My brains are exploding !
LOL.
No, I have these lyrics and I'm trying to make them accurate.
It goes:
I'll shoot you in the back of the back
you call it your chest
I'll murder the rest
you better rest
on the ground while you bleed to death. Don't stand! you don't understand?
I'm the champion of the homonym and the ___-homonym at the end, were you listenin'?
What would stand and understand, be considered?
For example:
"I'll shoot you in the back of the back".
Back would be considered a homonym, right?
But what about STAND and UNDERSTAND?
Would that be considered a pseudo-homonym?
Pseudo means "having the appearance of", so not really...
Is there a word that means "having the sound of" or "sounding similar"?
At 1/10/08 04:02 AM, DragonsGrief wrote: Anything interesting happen here?
To those involved.
What does a pause in music notation look like?
I forget..
BEHOLD! THE LOBSTERMAN SPEAKS TO POSE A QUESTION!
did you fall in a well? again
