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This is one of my favorite recent discoveries, though it came out in 2020. Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians played by one guy (overdubbed of course):



I enjoyed this one as well (music is much older but was released in 2020 also):



Apparently he played a Moog set during the PA setup at the infamous Altamont concert - I've heard stories about the day from Ron Wickersham of Alembic, I'll have to ask him about this if I ever get to meet him again! It won't let me link to it for some reason on YT (though I can still watch it) - maybe try searching "1969-12-06 - Part 5: Moog Synthesizer - Altamont Speedway Free Festival"
 
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hieronymous said:
Apparently he played a Moog set during the PA setup at the infamous Altamont concert - I've heard stories about the day from Ron Wickersham of Alembic, I'll have to ask him about this if I ever get to meet him again! It won't let me link to it for some reason on YT (though I can still watch it) - maybe try searching "1969-12-06 - Part 5: Moog Synthesizer - Altamont Speedway Free Festival"
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I found it that way on YouTube. I never knew about this...thanks! Also, from the comments:

"Well this is the sunrise performance I did before too many came to Altamont. Pretty much just the crew and some early birds. Delighted that it was recorded. I thought it was lost."
 
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lucas303 said:
I found it that way on YouTube. I never knew about this...thanks! Also, from the comments:

"Well this is the sunrise performance I did before too many came to Altamont. Pretty much just the crew and some early birds. Delighted that it was recorded. I thought it was lost."
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Must be a setting on the video - glad it’s findable! Pretty cool huh?
 
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lucas303 said:
Inspired by a thread over on Modwiggler, and because I bought a LOT of new gear in 2022, I'm going to impose limits on gear purchases in 2023. Less buying, more creating.
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lucas303 said:
Inspired by a thread over on Modwiggler, and because I bought a LOT of new gear in 2022, I'm going to impose limits on gear purchases in 2023. Less buying, more creating.
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If you want to see how hard it is, check out the 2022 No Gear New Year thread on Elektronauts. Ooof! But it’s a noble desire.

I am certain I will acquire less gear in 2023 simply because I am out of space. And it’s hard to top a piano (shared with my wife who’s been busy acquiring sheet music), two polysynths and an Implexus. And as of today, a Xaoc Drezno which I’m excited to start patching.

In other synth news, I had my second all synth jam with the guitarist in my post rock band while the drummer was away. It is promising.

On the self-improvement front, I decided to sort of do Jamuary. I’m not worried about posting every day but I’d like to record almost every day.

Excited to check out some others’ favourite records and will post mine soon.
 
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Buying a house and learning about property tax after the fact helped curb my spending! Thirteen years & two extra jobs later I finally started feeling like I was getting a little bit ahead, and then needed to replace my roof. But I can't complain, the job is done, now I can get my gear back out and start creating again. (I had packed it away in case any debris came in, which it did, but fortunately not in the music room. And I really can't complain since I do have a music room!)
 
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JES said:
If you want to see how hard it is, check out the 2022 No Gear New Year thread on Elektronauts. Ooof! But it’s a noble desire.
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I'm not going entirely "no gear." The rules I've set for myself seem pretty doable. Through the first half of 2023:

* No more than two module purchases.
* No more than one pedal purchase.
* No new basses, unless I either: fund the purchase by selling a bass, or sell two basses (regardless of how much the two sell for).
* I do "need" (in the first world sense of the word) new studio monitors and have already picked them out but I'll at least try to wait for a sale...but that's not going to be a strict requirement.
 
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Spectrum said:
Lack of space is one way to reduce gear acquisition, for my part lack of interest in spending tons of time learning how to use new gear also slows me down. I still have lots of things to learn about the devices in my setup as it is, and it can take weeks to learn how to use a new piece of gear. Ain't nobody got time for that.
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I try to remind myself that new gear=new learning curves. I already own too much gear that I only ‘sort of’ understand fully.
To avoid temptation, I sold my Make Noise skiff that was going to be used for a percussion case. I also sold all my modular (dedicated) percussion modules. I mainly use the rack for analog synth voices now and enjoying that. The only module I’ve purchased in quite some time is the Bastl Pizza, which is supposed to arrive today. Not analog, but super interesting and relatively cheap to buy.

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I'm not going entirely "no gear." The rules I've set for myself seem pretty doable. Through the first half of 2023:

* No more than two module purchases.
* No more than one pedal purchase.
* No new basses, unless I either: fund the purchase by selling a bass, or sell two basses (regardless of how much the two sell for).
* I do "need" (in the first world sense of the word) new studio monitors and have already picked them out but I'll at least try to wait for a sale...but that's not going to be a strict requirement.
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Which monitors are you considering?
 
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ugly_bassplayer said:
I’m in a sell everything burn everything mood lately.

Just bass and Metronome for the last few weeks/month.
Alternating 60/40 with fretless being the 60%. Always incorporating pick exercises on both
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I often find that too much practice starts to interfere with my drinking
 
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