I have a mega-backlog of reviews to give you. And it’s the holidays. So here’s some ones that stood out for me over the last few months. I’ll start with the comics, and do separate posts for different sorts of books.
It was bugging the crap out of me that I posted that ugly version of “October.” So here’s a much nicer version.
Someone asked about how I miked stuff last time… This one was recorded with the ATM41HE pointed at the 12th fret from around 4 inches away, and the AT4033a/SM standing around three feet away, then the two signals mixed and panned apart from each other. This was a bit of an experiment. It provided a lot more “air” space in the recording than in some of the other ones I have posted. Not sure if I like it that way or not — it’s not like the room where I record has a nice warm tone or anything. In fact, there’s a big ol’ double-wide mirrored closet door, so usually I get slapback.
While I was at it, I wrote a new piece in this tuning too, which you can hear me whistling a snatch of at the start. 🙂 But you’ll have to wait until Sunday for that one — called “November,” of course.
The Romantics sue ‘Guitar Hero’ maker – CNN.com
The band’s attorneys tell the Detroit Free Press for Thursday’s edition that Activision properly secured permission to use “What I Like About You,” allowing it to record a cover version.
But they say by creating an imitation so much like the Romantics’ original, the California-based company infringed on the group’s rights to its own likeness.
What I don’t like about you, Romantics, is that you seem to have missed the whole point.
And I have come to the following conclusions:
