SoundsLikeJoe
@thewavlab.com
Self-employed music composer, sound designer, synthophile, and audio engineer. These posts have not been approved by my employer.
After owning a piano for a few weeks... I am certain about one thing.
Any human who can burn at stride piano is to be respected equally to the highest level of any physical achievement.
youtu.be/UiWNBpnJfr8?...
Any human who can burn at stride piano is to be respected equally to the highest level of any physical achievement.
youtu.be/UiWNBpnJfr8?...
Bram Wijnands: "Hallelujah" Amazing Stride Piano!!
YouTube video by Jeff Thomas
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December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
After owning a piano for a few weeks... I am certain about one thing.
Any human who can burn at stride piano is to be respected equally to the highest level of any physical achievement.
youtu.be/UiWNBpnJfr8?...
Any human who can burn at stride piano is to be respected equally to the highest level of any physical achievement.
youtu.be/UiWNBpnJfr8?...
The truth of Ai....
All the chatter. The chicken little comments AND the promise of future powers...
Its more Technocrat PR than reality.
All the chatter. The chicken little comments AND the promise of future powers...
Its more Technocrat PR than reality.
December 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The truth of Ai....
All the chatter. The chicken little comments AND the promise of future powers...
Its more Technocrat PR than reality.
All the chatter. The chicken little comments AND the promise of future powers...
Its more Technocrat PR than reality.
Tis the season for orchestra concert recordings, radio broadcasts, and live streaming concerts.
Here's the "small rig" for this weekend.
Here's the "small rig" for this weekend.
December 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Tis the season for orchestra concert recordings, radio broadcasts, and live streaming concerts.
Here's the "small rig" for this weekend.
Here's the "small rig" for this weekend.
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Look at this beauty! Been searching for the right piano for a couple years. Finally found it. Yamaha U3 from 1970. A few cabinet blemishes but it sounds fantastic!
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Look at this beauty! Been searching for the right piano for a couple years. Finally found it. Yamaha U3 from 1970. A few cabinet blemishes but it sounds fantastic!
Studio owner Alchemy is converting two Gelenec 1032a and a couple of guitar pedals into a 1970 Yamaha U3
November 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Studio owner Alchemy is converting two Gelenec 1032a and a couple of guitar pedals into a 1970 Yamaha U3
Running audio setup via Dante is NOT something I'd recommend. It's buggy in Windows Network sort of ways. Yes... "it works" ... most of the time. Stabilizing the network is very Window 98 workload. It should all be more solid and robust than it is.
November 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Running audio setup via Dante is NOT something I'd recommend. It's buggy in Windows Network sort of ways. Yes... "it works" ... most of the time. Stabilizing the network is very Window 98 workload. It should all be more solid and robust than it is.
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I happily quit Spotify two years ago. No regrets.
How to delete Spotify and transfer your playlists to Apple Music and others https://mashable.com/article/spotify-transfer-apple-music-ice-ads-ai-military
Why artists are leaving Spotify — and how you can, too
Artists and listeners are protesting Spotify's ties to military AI and ICE. If you’re switching platforms, this step-by-step guide will help you transfer your playlists.
mashable.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I happily quit Spotify two years ago. No regrets.
My personal advice on business? Don't do any deals/work/jobs for friends, family, or neighbors.
October 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My personal advice on business? Don't do any deals/work/jobs for friends, family, or neighbors.
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White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.
October 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.
And here I am. Needing the iPad to be a real tool with audio output via 3.5mm AND I need to charge the thing.
But.... at least Apple reduced cost and increased shareholder value.
But.... at least Apple reduced cost and increased shareholder value.
a close up of a door with a blurred background
ALT: a close up of a door with a blurred background
media.tenor.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
And here I am. Needing the iPad to be a real tool with audio output via 3.5mm AND I need to charge the thing.
But.... at least Apple reduced cost and increased shareholder value.
But.... at least Apple reduced cost and increased shareholder value.
Recording and live mixing full orchestra this weekend is a highlight reel thing for me. Tune in this Sat to WDAV for the hear the broadcast.
Geffel mains. Schoeps outriggers. Spot mics around as needed. Great sounding hall. Top talent musicianship.
wdav.org/program/char...
Geffel mains. Schoeps outriggers. Spot mics around as needed. Great sounding hall. Top talent musicianship.
wdav.org/program/char...
October 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Recording and live mixing full orchestra this weekend is a highlight reel thing for me. Tune in this Sat to WDAV for the hear the broadcast.
Geffel mains. Schoeps outriggers. Spot mics around as needed. Great sounding hall. Top talent musicianship.
wdav.org/program/char...
Geffel mains. Schoeps outriggers. Spot mics around as needed. Great sounding hall. Top talent musicianship.
wdav.org/program/char...
Dear fellow musicians,
The recording studio is not a place of pixie dust and miracles. You wont get magic on the first take and will be REQUIRED to work hard to create the perfect version of your music. This is not a Santa Clause process. It's not a money commitment. It's a workplace.
Do work.
The recording studio is not a place of pixie dust and miracles. You wont get magic on the first take and will be REQUIRED to work hard to create the perfect version of your music. This is not a Santa Clause process. It's not a money commitment. It's a workplace.
Do work.
October 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Dear fellow musicians,
The recording studio is not a place of pixie dust and miracles. You wont get magic on the first take and will be REQUIRED to work hard to create the perfect version of your music. This is not a Santa Clause process. It's not a money commitment. It's a workplace.
Do work.
The recording studio is not a place of pixie dust and miracles. You wont get magic on the first take and will be REQUIRED to work hard to create the perfect version of your music. This is not a Santa Clause process. It's not a money commitment. It's a workplace.
Do work.
"Collector's Edition" of a high priced studio tool says a lot about humans and the industry at large.
Symphony I/O Mk II Limited Anniversary Edition : Apogee releases the flagship interface in a collector's run of 100 units
Apogee releases the flagship interface in a collector's run of 100 units
Symphony I/O Mk II Limited Anniversary Edition : Apogee releases the flagship interface in a collector's run of 100 units
sonicstate.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"Collector's Edition" of a high priced studio tool says a lot about humans and the industry at large.
Perhaps releasing music doesn't matter?
YouTube video by mylarmelodies
youtu.be
September 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
September 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Every football fan should have the option to mute Chris Collinsworth commentary.
September 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Every football fan should have the option to mute Chris Collinsworth commentary.
I wonder what the collective studio billing hours were incurred while guiarists struggled to retune a Floyd Rose trem system? Globally for all time? My guess is 1000s of hours but it could be 10x or more.
Thank you Floyd Rose.
Thank you Floyd Rose.
September 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I wonder what the collective studio billing hours were incurred while guiarists struggled to retune a Floyd Rose trem system? Globally for all time? My guess is 1000s of hours but it could be 10x or more.
Thank you Floyd Rose.
Thank you Floyd Rose.
Premiere for a film we mixed/designed. Always fun to attend these screenings.
September 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Premiere for a film we mixed/designed. Always fun to attend these screenings.
Spitfire Symphonic Strings might be the worst string library I've ever purchased. Maybe worse still was the money spent on Kepler Strings... also by Spitfire.
Not surprising what happened with them. Started strong. Then went all Jony Ive with the grind of BIG KEYNOTES. A shame really.
Not surprising what happened with them. Started strong. Then went all Jony Ive with the grind of BIG KEYNOTES. A shame really.
September 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Spitfire Symphonic Strings might be the worst string library I've ever purchased. Maybe worse still was the money spent on Kepler Strings... also by Spitfire.
Not surprising what happened with them. Started strong. Then went all Jony Ive with the grind of BIG KEYNOTES. A shame really.
Not surprising what happened with them. Started strong. Then went all Jony Ive with the grind of BIG KEYNOTES. A shame really.
I think I qualify as a veteran mix engineer.... and a thing that has become REALLY clear to me in recent years is that compression is widely overused and quickly leads to a dead flat sound.
These are mistakes I made. Try to listen for it.
These are mistakes I made. Try to listen for it.
September 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I think I qualify as a veteran mix engineer.... and a thing that has become REALLY clear to me in recent years is that compression is widely overused and quickly leads to a dead flat sound.
These are mistakes I made. Try to listen for it.
These are mistakes I made. Try to listen for it.
NPR is... less and less serious journalism every year. Current drive home? A fluff feature about THE BACHELORETTE.
Its like People Magazine hour on NPR. Hard news checked out years ago.
Its like People Magazine hour on NPR. Hard news checked out years ago.
September 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
NPR is... less and less serious journalism every year. Current drive home? A fluff feature about THE BACHELORETTE.
Its like People Magazine hour on NPR. Hard news checked out years ago.
Its like People Magazine hour on NPR. Hard news checked out years ago.
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I just saw someone refer to the olive garden as italian dennys
and now you also need to change your lexicon so we can all live like this
and now you also need to change your lexicon so we can all live like this
September 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I just saw someone refer to the olive garden as italian dennys
and now you also need to change your lexicon so we can all live like this
and now you also need to change your lexicon so we can all live like this
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Some of y’all forget the reason we have food safety regulations is because companies used to do things like adding chalk to spoiled milk so it looked normal.
Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.
Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.
September 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Some of y’all forget the reason we have food safety regulations is because companies used to do things like adding chalk to spoiled milk so it looked normal.
Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.
Regulations don’t exist because governments enjoy them. They exist because pure unadulterated capitalism would kill us.