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Anderton

07-25-2005, 12:57 AM

Well it isn't just SSS moving into new digs, so am I (hello New Mexico!). Right now I'm in Clovis with a U-Haul, and AT&T has said that I'll have phone service "Monday or Tuesday." WHADDYA MEAN, "Tuesday?"

Gotta get into that wi-fi stuff or something. I'll get here as soon as I can!! Meanwhile, I've started a few threads to get the ball rolling...not that you guys need it...:)

Japetus

07-25-2005, 03:51 AM

Sweet...welcome. What do you do for a living. What gear do you use?

Tedster

07-25-2005, 04:17 AM

Hey, brought you a forum-warming present...

http://www.cndcountrygifts.com/images/GOU-005.jpg http://www.virtualseeds.com/houseplant.jpg

Jotown

07-25-2005, 04:19 AM

MMMMMMmmmmmmmm...........................

Coffee.............:p

Jotown

07-25-2005, 04:24 AM

Have a muffin
http://www.vegfamily.com/images/product-reviews/our-daily-muffin.jpg

Ani

07-25-2005, 04:26 AM

http://www.cndcountrygifts.com/images/GOU-005.jpg http://www.virtualseeds.com/houseplant.jpg

Ted's virtual present ....

Whoa, the image insert isn't working

Jotown

07-25-2005, 04:28 AM

Whoa, the image insert isn't working

Thats ok.

Have a Muffin.:D

Jotown

07-25-2005, 04:32 AM

Originally posted by Japetus
Sweet...welcome. What do you do for a living. What gear do you use? Hey Japetus, I sell virtual muffins on the inernet and I cook them in Pro Tools.:D

Ani

07-25-2005, 04:47 AM

Why thank you for the muffins Jotown, and also thanks to Ted for the coffee. Allow me to offer some fresh fruit to accompany...

http://www.bartek.ca/images/fruitbowl_imagemap_02.gif

Tedster

07-25-2005, 04:47 AM

Why thanks, Jotown...I'll have one of those banana walnut ones...

:D

And thanks, Ani... mmmmm...grapes...

Danocoustic

07-25-2005, 04:50 AM

You're all a buncha weirdos.

I may fit right in ;)

Hey Jotown, I live not far from you.

Jotown

07-25-2005, 04:53 AM

Oh crap!

I dropped a nectarine into my coffee and now my muffin has gotten all wet!:o

Anybody got a napkin?

Jotown

07-25-2005, 04:54 AM

Originally posted by Danocoustic
Hey Jotown, I live not far from you.

Hey Dan, where do you call home?

Danocoustic

07-25-2005, 04:58 AM

Originally posted by Jotown

Hey Dan, where do you call home? North on I-75 about 45 miles from downtown Detroit, turn west on Grange Hall Road, and you're there.

Just outside Holly, MI.

EDIT: There are LOTS of HC folks in our area, and I've met a few of them.

We oughtta have a gathering before the summer's over!

Jotown

07-25-2005, 05:00 AM

Yep, you are right down the road.:cool:

Danocoustic

07-25-2005, 05:08 AM

Originally posted by Jotown
Yep, you are right down the road.:cool: What part of Detroit are you in?

Jotown

07-25-2005, 05:12 AM

Rochester Hills.

Danocoustic

07-25-2005, 05:13 AM

Originally posted by Jotown
Rochester Hills. Shee-it, we ARE close!

Did you enjoy yesterday's dawn thunderstorms?

Jotown

07-25-2005, 05:17 AM

That was some very freaky sounding thunder.

I have only heard that kind of thunder a couple of times in my life. I couldn't really tell if it was analog or digital though.

And the worst part is it got some of my muffins wet.:D

Phil O'Keefe

07-25-2005, 05:21 AM

Craig, PLEASE tell me that they're going to have a fast pipe available at your new house and that your phone modem days are over with - PLEASE! I can't bear the thought of you on <gasp!> dialup! :(

Danocoustic

07-25-2005, 05:22 AM

Originally posted by Jotown
That was some very freaky sounding thunder.

I have only heard that kind of thunder a couple of times in my life. I couldn't really tell if it was analog or digital though.

And the worst part is it got some of my muffins wet.:D You don't get that kind of warmth and resonance from digital. No, sir!

Sorry about your muffins :(

Tedster

07-25-2005, 05:25 AM

If'n you Detroit folks have a gathering, let me know. I get up that way from time to time. I'm originally from Port Huron.

Danocoustic

07-25-2005, 05:28 AM

Originally posted by Tedster
If'n you Detroit folks have a gathering, let me know. I get up that way from time to time. I'm originally from Port Huron. Check ;)

Jotown

07-25-2005, 05:28 AM

Port Huron, really?

I do a pretty regular gig in St. Clair. I was up there this weekend for the Port Huron to Mackinac race.

Ani

07-25-2005, 05:31 AM

Originally posted by Jotown
That was some very freaky sounding thunder.

I have only heard that kind of thunder a couple of times in my life. I couldn't really tell if it was analog or digital though.

And the worst part is it got some of my muffins wet.:D

Move down here where I'm at and you'll hear hellacious thunder quite frequently. At least you do up where I'm located; don't know what it's like down in Tedsterville. ;) I live near an area that has a LOT of radio towers that tend to attract lighting; if that has anything to do with it at all. This is the only home that I've lived in where the thunder sounds like sonic booms. It took a while getting used to it and it will still make you jump when it happens.

Jotown

07-25-2005, 05:34 AM

We get a lot of thunder storms in Michigan, but this was a different kind of thunder, it had that long, low, electric, brittle sound. Like a big long cosmic belch.

It sounded pretty cool.

Tedster

07-25-2005, 05:42 AM

We could use some more thunder...at least some rain. Good grief...everything is drying up. The usual Kansas City summer drought.

Jotown, you play in St. Clair? The only places that used to be there in the old days were the St. Clair Inn (that place used to be a horrible drag to play...the golf shirt and "Please Release Me" crowd) or Burkhart's bar (that was the one on the corner just north of the drawbridge). That was a total cement floor redneck bar.

Ahhh...boat night. The best night in Port Huron. Haven't been up there in awhile for boat night. Were you gigging there? They've changed the names of all the clubs on the river, pretty much. But I've got a lot of gigging buddies in that town.

WFTurner

07-25-2005, 05:55 AM

Yum Yum. Smells like muffins in here.:cool:

boosh

07-25-2005, 06:39 AM

Gheez I missed you guys!!! Where were you?? I allmost cried.......:(

A String

07-25-2005, 06:59 AM

Hey, fancy looking new digs! I do miss the avatars but the regulars seem to be friendly.

fantasticsound

07-25-2005, 07:06 AM

I'm already late to the party.

Could someone pass me a blueberry muffin? Where's the milk? :confused:

Originally posted by Japetus
Sweet...welcome. What do you do for a living. What gear do you use?

I'm not going to pretend to be able to answer this question for Craig, but as he may not be here for a while, here's a short summary.

Craig's been writing for magazines aimed at musicians for several decades. His "Electronic projects for musicians" book is one of the only ubiquitous books in our little niche industry (Along with Dan Erlewine's guitar repair books and the Yamaha Sound Reinforcement book in Pro Audio Circles.)

He is, perhaps, the first call for equipment reviews of keyboard, music software, and other MI retail products because of his reputation for really fleshing out the features, pluses and negatives of a product.

In addition, he's written or edited manuals for the gear manufacturers.

And, he's a darn good musician, too. ;)

I'm sure Craig can fill in any details of what he uses. The list has shrunk lately as he had a moving sale that had to be perused to be believed. ;)

Super 8

07-25-2005, 09:04 AM

There's a new Mexico????

franknputer

07-25-2005, 09:08 AM

Congrats, Craig! New Mexico, eh? Beautiful place - I always liked visiting there. Stay cool!

MusicMedicine

07-25-2005, 10:01 AM

oops - double post

MusicMedicine

07-25-2005, 10:06 AM

Welcome to the neighborhood, Craig! Well, almost - I'm up in the musical hot bed of Lamy.

You just passing through New Mexico or are you planning on staying?

Jeff

valkyriesound

07-25-2005, 10:26 AM

Wait... did I read that correctly? Craig: You're moving to New Mexico??

Yah! Now you can come visit us in LA more often, right? :D

Ms. Valky

daklander

07-25-2005, 10:27 AM

Originally posted by valkyriesound
Wait... did I read that correctly? Craig: You're moving to New Mexico??

Yah! Now you can come visit us in LA more often, right? :D

Ms. Valky

That and he probably won't see another Hurricane blowing his neighborhood apart.

Phil O'Keefe

07-25-2005, 02:53 PM

After last year (being at ground zero for at least two hurricanes), I'd be worried that the hurricanes are going to follow me to NM if I was you Craig... I think they like you or something. ;)

Seriously, congrats on the new digs Craig - virtual and physical. :cool:

And Valky's right - now that you're closer, you'll have to come out for the annual west coast BBQ's. :D

Dendy Jarrett

07-25-2005, 03:38 PM

Phil, why should Craig change now? He has been using dial up for years, Unless something changed while I was gone?

He was always a test ground for us for dial up users! <G>

Craig, I hear NM is great! I hope you get settled in fast.
DJ

Jeff da Weasel

07-25-2005, 03:52 PM

Originally posted by valkyriesound
Wait... did I read that correctly? Craig: You're moving to New Mexico??

Past tense... has moved.

Out of the wet and into the dry. And nearly into our time zone, too!

- Jeff

felix

07-25-2005, 04:19 PM

<sip> mmmm... now that's some good coffee! Great to have you here, Craig!

SweetSound

07-26-2005, 12:12 AM

Originally posted by Tedster
If'n you Detroit folks have a gathering, let me know. I get up that way from time to time. I'm originally from Port Huron.

I used to play in Port Huron area all the time back in the 70's. Always stayed at the Blue Water Bridge Motel! Played Viking Lanes in Marysville a lot and also Lee's Garage in Port Huron until it burnt down.
many, many years ago....

BLAblablah

07-26-2005, 11:13 AM

New Mexico...No Hurricanes...sigh...
Barry

BLAblablah

07-26-2005, 11:16 AM

By the way, pass a couple of the Bran Muffins please...I want to be one of the "Regulars"
Barry

Anderton

07-27-2005, 01:17 AM

Thanks for the coffee, muffins, and fruit. Yup, I got here late Monday, the place is a disaster, the movers broke just about everything EXCEPT for my studio...I had the presence of mind to schlep it myself in a U Haul. Probably the best decision I ever made :)

To answer misc. questions...

Yes, New Mexico -- Santa Fe and staying here for a least a while. Didn't come here to avoid the hurricanes, it's more like coming home I lived here for a while just before my daughter was born. It's a special place and a great cultural vibe. My house is backed up against the Sangre de Cristo mountains with a beautiful view of the sunset !!

Phil, I'm on temp dial up but broadband is forthcoming.

For anyone who wants an excruciatingly long and boring bio to find out all the stuff I've done over the years, surf on over to http://www.craiganderton.com. And yes, it IS true that I once played a bit part in an Italian detective movie, as well as played Carnegie Hall...

As to the gear I use, it's a whole bunch o' stuff that will become obvious as I post more. I'm a huge fan of Paul Reed Smith guitars, the Peavey DPM-3 keyboard, Panasonic DA7 mixer, Sonar, Reason, Creamware's SCOPE system, homemade computers, Windows XP and Mac OS X, hardware controllers...the list goes on.

Tedster

07-27-2005, 01:36 AM

Originally posted by SweetSound

I used to play in Port Huron area all the time back in the 70's. Always stayed at the Blue Water Bridge Motel! Played Viking Lanes in Marysville a lot and also Lee's Garage in Port Huron until it burnt down.
many, many years ago....

Dude! What band were you in? I remember Toby Redd being one of the main draws at Lee's Garage...but there were others, AirTight (whose bassist, Dave Kiswiney, played with Nugent for a bit) as well as others. I played there in that building which was after the Garage closed...they turned it into an arcade. Are you sure it was the Garage that burned (can't remember)? Boardwalk did, as did the Reef (they had bands there for awhile). When the Reef burned it took all of some friends of mine's equipment with it. :(

I've played Viking Lanes a few times. They always were switching formats in those days...they'd get a couple rock bands that didn't draw, so they'd switch to country...by that time the rock fans heard the word and showed up, only to find a country band playing...so they'd leave...and on and on.

Base

07-27-2005, 01:49 AM

I've brought cake! Well, actually it's more of a pudding. Black pudding (I need an evil maniacal laugh smiley, I really do)...

http://www.jackscaife.co.uk/images/Jack-images/blackpuddingl.jpg

Go on, try some... :D

TRY IT!!!!! :mad: :D

steadyb

07-27-2005, 02:01 AM

Hey, is anyone gonna finish that Sausage Mc Muffin???

And what happened to the grapes I put down right over there???

VH5150

07-27-2005, 08:36 AM

fantasticsound

07-27-2005, 08:42 AM

Originally posted by steadyb
Hey, is anyone gonna finish that Sausage Mc Muffin???

And what happened to the grapes I put down right over there???

Thanks for the reminder! Er.. no, I didn't take your grapes. But I did bring my own to work and almost forgot about 'em! (Grapes taste much better to me when they're cool or cold.)

doug osborne

07-27-2005, 09:50 AM

Originally posted by Base
I've brought cake! Well, actually it's more of a pudding. Black pudding (I need an evil maniacal laugh smiley, I really do)...

http://www.jackscaife.co.uk/images/Jack-images/blackpuddingl.jpg

Go on, try some... :D

TRY IT!!!!! :mad: :D

Why don't you just offer us your Spotted Dick?

How about some Blancmange?

http://www.deliaonline.com/picturelibrary/jpeg230/bl/blancmange-thing.jpg

jackpine

07-27-2005, 11:34 AM

Originally posted by steadyb

And what happened to the grapes I put down right over there???

I made (hic) wine....:D

Mr. Botch

07-27-2005, 11:50 AM

Craig, I envy you. I lived in Albuquerque for five years and spent many a weekend up in Santa Fe. You're correct, the cultural vibe there is excellent; got your 7,000-ft lungs back yet? ;)
My favorite restaurant there was La Casa Sena, hope they're still open (I still cherish a cookbook they published years ago). Since that's home for you, are you a fellow chile-head? Didn't know that about you!
The Sweetie and I are planning a ski trip next winter to Albuquerque/Sandia, Pajarito/Los Alamos, possibly Taos and the Santa Fe ski area, might try to hook up for a drink (if you're in town!).
You scared me a minute, from your first post I thought you were moving to Clovis! (although, with the base on the BRAC list, you probably coulda picked up a house... cheep!).
Enjoy the culture, the chile, the lightning storms (hope you've got some good arrestors for your studio :eek: ) and the snow; really, I envy you a lot!

techristian

07-27-2005, 07:57 PM

http://etnot.com/sauceranim.gif

Are you going to be near Roswell Craig? I missed you at NAMM.

Dan

Jeebus

07-28-2005, 01:10 AM

Originally posted by Anderton
I'm a huge fan of Paul Reed Smith guitars

Really? I had you pegged as a Parker Fly or LP guy. :)

SweetSound

07-28-2005, 05:53 AM

Originally posted by Tedster

Dude! What band were you in? I remember Toby Redd being one of the main draws at Lee's Garage...but there were others, AirTight (whose bassist, Dave Kiswiney, played with Nugent for a bit) as well as others. I played there in that building which was after the Garage closed...they turned it into an arcade. Are you sure it was the Garage that burned (can't remember)? Boardwalk did, as did the Reef (they had bands there for awhile). When the Reef burned it took all of some friends of mine's equipment with it. :(

I've played Viking Lanes a few times. They always were switching formats in those days...they'd get a couple rock bands that didn't draw, so they'd switch to country...by that time the rock fans heard the word and showed up, only to find a country band playing...so they'd leave...and on and on.

Wow it depends what year :)
In the early-mid 70's it was a band called Vancoot pretty much a straight ahead rock n roll band, mid - late 70's it was Morning Star Rock, Prog Rock, hell even some disco! early 80's Zooster, Rock n Roll.
There was also a place in the early 80's across the bridge in Sarnia called Spangles we used to play.

When Lee's burnt down a friend of mine's band was playing there they were called Moriah (sp?) they lost just about everything except the guitars they had with them at home.
Coming from the west side suburbs of Detroit it was a long ride but we played up that way quite often, back in the day.

Spencer Crewe

07-28-2005, 06:22 AM

Heh heh heh....

It's like going on vacation and returning to a new house! :D

I'm back from my cross-island road trip and still all in one piece (thankfully). I'm a bit late for the house-warming myself, but I don't think anyone missed me that badly, right? :p

Alas, it's time to go check out the new neighborhood. I'll be around later, I'm sure.

Cheers!
a road-weary Spencer