analog31

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by analog31 4d ago
I know, it's a different world. I'm 62. As a kid, my friends and I chased one another around the neighborhood with toy guns for hours, raising a racket. My kids are 24 and 26 now, but it would have been unthinkable to let them hav
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by analog31 4d ago
>>> What if Waymo thought the guns were real, called the cops, and the cops screwed up and shot one of the kids? These sorts of escalations aren't imaginary; they happen, and they end in tragedy. I take this seriously, but I t
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by analog31 5d ago
I wonder about bakeries too. When traveling in France and elsewhere in Europe, the uniformity of bakery bread has suggested to me that a lot of it is made from a mix.
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by analog31 5d ago
That's a fair point, but I think real learning is still worthwhile, and employers have always had to vet candidates beyond just the credential by itself.
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by analog31 5d ago
The cheaters are supporting the students who choose to learn. In the past, this was the role of the rich kids who only needed a "gentleman's C"
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by analog31 5d ago
The above post mentions big band on double bass, which is precisely my main bag. This is just to clarify. The sheet music consists of portions that are fully notated (i.e., dots on the staff) and lengthy sections with nothing but chord symb
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by analog31 6d ago
Indeed, the musical traditions of western Europe and Africa, forged together in the Americas, dominate world culture. Turn on the radio anywhere in the world and you will hear the influences of jazz, rock, funk, samba, hip-hop, etc.
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by analog31 6d ago
Indeed, in the typical progression, a music student is a fluent reader by the time they take a theory course. Reading was probably part of their entrance audition. Maybe their needs to be a “music theory for engineers” like we have “physics
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by analog31 6d ago
Depends on your stats class. The one I took in college started from first principles, and was focused on proofs.
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by analog31 6d ago
I’m a jazz player but not a theory expert. A lot of what jazz is about is rhythmic, and the elevation of improvisation to a very high level.
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by analog31 6d ago
I know a lot of people with music degrees. This is a widely acknowledged problem. It doesn't have a simple answer, especially as academic music programs are shrinking. You can't teach everything except at a survey level. You hav
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by analog31 6d ago
No. The New Yorker never gets to the point. — Long time subscriber.
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by analog31 6d ago
As an aside, learn to properly care for cables. There are several YouTube videos on this topic, typically from musicians. Most importantly for small molded cables, avoid sharp bends and stress on the wire near the ends. Just a loose coil is
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by analog31 7d ago
Even in the past a lot of “aristocrats” had to earn a living. Among scholars, many worked as teachers or had sinecures that paid the bills, or held clergy posts with minimal responsibilities. Aristocrats were a dime a dozen.
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by analog31 7d ago
Falling below subsistence means people starve and cease to exist until supply and demand equalize or “something else” happens. That’s what Smith was getting at. Thus subsistence is a price floor for human labor. Something else could mean de
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by analog31 7d ago
Raw material cost of labor is subsistence. Adam Smith pointed this out.
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by analog31 9d ago
Possibly more competitive. I got my degree in the early 90s. Good point.
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by analog31 10d ago
A friend of mine who was a paramedic told me that getting people out of a building is actually heavy, dangerous work. "They always die on the crapper, up 3 flights of stairs." Also, in my town, the firefighters are also paramedics
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by analog31 10d ago
>>> Elite soloists, maybe — but that is actually a pretty expensive life to live. I would be surprised if many of them risked a life where they had no other job. Yes, they really did. Getting to that level requires training at an i
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by analog31 10d ago
One thing I've observed is that a subset of that weird and interesting music is only possible due to the availability of musicians who have gone through the classical training. Having access to players who are capable of doing anything
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by analog31 10d ago
Oddly enough I'm one of those parents. Yes, I cringed, but at the same time I would also have cringed at watching them go into something they hate just for the money. I've seen that too. An observation I made is that the tournamen
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by analog31 10d ago
It's way more than that. They are just more fluent at creating things like melodies and harmonies that "work" without essentially starting from scratch on every composition. I know music notation and can write things down, bu
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by analog31 11d ago
The only people I know who are productive as composers or arrangers are familiar with theory.
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by analog31 11d ago
Retiring from music due to RSI suggests practical experience. Disclosure: Musician
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by analog31 11d ago
The ones who are vetting these articles have PhDs. Disclosure: PhD
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by analog31 11d ago
My suggestion is, don't start with difficult soldering jobs. Instead, start with something easy, such as a kit that's intended to teach old school electronic assembly. For instance, something like a guitar pedal. Or, solder to the
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by analog31 11d ago
You only have to get it right once, or copy another guitar. Today, people buy a pre-made gauge. A viola da gamba still has tied frets, made from the same material as the strings -- cattle or sheep intestines. Among other things, movable fre
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by analog31 11d ago
I use the cheap cutters such as Hakko 170's. They're sharp and convenient but essentially consumable. They're made from a relatively soft steel, and wear out, usually because you cut things that aren't copper. Some compo
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by analog31 12d ago
Indeed, I'm the designated family surgeon. I've removed more splinters from people than I can count.
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by analog31 12d ago
True but you can do actual work under a stereoscopic microscope. It has a vaunted place on my workbench. Disclosure: Old person. ;-)

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