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"My
Emails Are Written With Good Humour And Should Be
Read With A Smile"
[-The
views of any contributor to 'One Minute with Dec' are not necessarily the views
of Dec Cluskey-]
"Peter
Smith is the father of child A. If you do catch up with
him, can you ask him what he did with my AC/DC CDs? Child B who was
also borned at the same time....well I don't have a clue."
[Support Agency forms in the section for listing the father's details.]
Visual Laugh? [ Is it real? ]
I was incredibly honoured last Friday to be invited to the 84th birthday party of Jim Marshall ... the man who invented LOUD.
The room was full of Show Biz. You know the sort of deal? See under for pics.
Jim has had a fearful year. A long stay in hospital ... my Goodness, I don't know how he got through it. He swore to me that he would make his birthday party... and he did. With dignity, warmth, strength and charm. Still with a glass of his favourite, expensive malt whiskey, a mammoth cigar ... eating like a Trojan ... maybe that is his secret? A great appetite? For food, enjoyment and for life.
Why would the UK law require a frail, elderly man to go to the entrance door to smoke his cigar? I am not a smoker ... but dear, oh dear, what an insult to such a giant of a man. An inspiration to all who were there.
We chatted a lot, his enthusiasm for his Marshall products is undiminished. Steve Dawson [ex Animals and now head of R&D at Marshall] told me of the thrilling new line of Marshall Amps combining the best of old, valve technology with the latest innovations in amp. design ... called the Vintage/Modern series ... I can't wait.
I bought a fantastic short sleeve shirt in Estapona [Spain] last week and, after checking Jim's size, I promised to bring him back an identical one ... he was thrilled.
And I would have to say, he had a stunning suit on. Expensive or what?
The Bravest Man I know - the legend Jim Marshall
Just a few of the gang at the party
Michael Black [the most infamous agent in the Business!, Rick Wakeman, Terry Marshall, Dec, Con, Nico McBrain [Iron Maiden]
Check list in your site make-over? [follow the revamp of our sites week by week]
We are now in the third week of a massive make over of our sites and I invite you to look at the methods we are using and perhaps use them for yourself. You can check out http://www.makehits.com/products090707/index.html to see how we are progressing .... but the main pages are under wraps at the moment.
The latest addition is a fabulous tool for displaying your product ... that may be a CD, a DVD, a book, brochure, software package .. whatever.
The software is simple to use. All you need is a Jpeg or Gif or PNG of the item. The software will recreate the item in 3D ... giving the appearance of a jewel cased CD or book or whatever you want to present.
You can add fabulous lighting effects ... including 5 types of shadow from individual lights ... you can position the viewing angle and also add flash glare, if you want to be really clever. Quite a phenomenal piece of kit, the best I have seen. Check out a few of the finished effects at http://www.makehits.com/mach1guitar.htm . Look at the images of the books.
To learn more and order this knock-out 'Cover Factory' software [it's dirt cheap!] go to http://www.ebookcompiler.com/a_cf.php?n=dec040507
http://www.makehits.com/peelindex.htm will give you the peel down advert at the top right hand of our front pages .... and you can have that [again dirt cheap]. I wonder what it will do for your site? How much will it increase your sales? Your credibility? http://www.makehits.com/peelindex.htm
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[Support Agency forms in the section for listing the father's details.]
Les Paul and Mary Ford live [I have always been fascinated with their music]
Since I was a tiny kid I have always had a fascination for the multi tracking techniques of Les Paul and Mary Ford. So they are mighty relevant to today's music scene.
They say that Kaye Starr was the very first artist to double track a vocal [they also say that Les produced it] ... but Les Paul showed the world how to do it for real. And how many tracks did he use? And how did he keep the recordings so clean? Precious little tape hiss?
There is fascinating footage [posted at Utube] .... showing both the multi tracking techniques live on TV and also just the two of them absolutely live .... stunning stuff when you think how old it is. Did you know that Les invented the solid electric guitar? A 'Gibson Les Paul' is probably the most drooled over guitar around, to this day.
Check out the hilarious pic. of Les and my pal Jim Marshall taken last year ... in "So You Wanna Record Guitar?" http://www.makehits.com/recordingguitar.htm
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=63Df09Sodpk&mode=related&search
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ezw_4YTIa8M
"I am unsure as to the identity of the father of my child as I
A Kick in the teeth from Gordon Brown for UK Record makers
Quite "A shocking failure to listen": UK government supports Gowers copyright review .
A number of prominent industry figures have expressed their anger at the UK government's decision last week to support the Gowers Review on copyright terms. Despite widespread pressure to make the case to the European Commission for an extension to copyright term on sound recordings to 70 years, Gordon Brown's administration has elected to back the Gowers recommendation that the present 50-year term be retained ..... David Davies.
Amazing?
"I
have never had sex with a man. I am still a Virginian. I am
awaiting a letter from the Pope confirming that my son's conception
was immaculate and that he is Christ risen again."
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"Regarding the identity of the father of my twins, child A was
fathered by Jim Munson. I am unsure as to the identity of the father
of child B, but I believe that he was conceived on the same night."
Success Story:
"Today I have been able to read "The Serious Writers Guild....Teaching Material....Probationer" I have been able to read about 15 pages of 27 but it's awesome.
Your words have amused me a lot and I promise I will continue reading it slowly by slowly to get the clear view of the music industry. I have adopted your saying of Zig Ziglar. I am proud of being part of you guys.
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Visual Laughs? [ Is it for real? ]
http://www.makehits.com/funpee.wmv
"From
the dates it seems that my daughter was conceived at
Disney World, maybe it really is the Magic Kingdom."
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Charts:
USA
[my thanks to Charles in the
1) Sean Kingston ... Beautiful Girls .... Beluga Heights | DIGITAL | Epic/Koch
2) Plain White T's ... Hey There Delilah ... Hollywood | DIGITAL
3
) Fergie ... Big Girls Don't Cry ... will.i.am/A&M | DIGITAL | InterscopeUK [Shop bought + official downloads]
1) Timbaland
Ft Keri Hilson .... The Way I Are .... (Interscope) .... http://www.timbalandmusic.com/
2)
Kate Nash .... Foundations
.... (Fiction) ... http://katenash.co.uk/
3) Fergie ... Big Girls Don't Cry ... (A&M) ... http://fergie.blackeyedpeas.com/
Download
Chart [now the most important chart in the
1) Kate Nash .... Foundations .... (Fiction)
2)
Timbaland Ft Keri Hilson .... The Way I Are .... (Interscope)
.... http://www.timbalandmusic.com/
3) Rihanna
ft Jay-Z ... Umbrella
..Def Jam) ... http://www.defjam.com/site/artist_home.php?artist_id=586
Dec
Just wondered if anyone could advise me on how to loom my leads together - I have 7 drum mic leads I want to loom. Don't want to use any messy tape or anything that will make them sticky - any ideas?
Kind regards ... J****
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J****
Looming wires together will always be messy, there are many tape products on the market [try Maplin or Radio Shack] but they are not for heavy duty use and will always fall apart. Jiffy Ties are good but when tailored and cut to size will rip your hands when coiling the loom.
Consider a proper loom? Or snake as some call it? There is a lot to take into account before making a choice.
1) For Live Work or for Recording? Or
both?
2) Hi Impedance, or Lo Impedance?
3) Length of loom required.?
4) Permanent installation or fly leads one end with stage box at other end?
5) How much Cash available?
1) For Live Work or for Recording? Or
both?
For Live work it is essential to have the best quality, heavy duty loom on a
drum .... this has to withstand heavy usage and also withstand clumsy use by
roadies. Best quality cable and Neutrik plugs, well manufactured, will mean
trouble free use night after night.
For recording work, you can get away with installation quality plugs, but the loom Multicore cable, though heavy duty is not necessary, the quality has to be the best. Installation cable is usually much lighter and thinner than cable for road use. .
2) Hi Impedance, or Lo Impedance?
If the requirement is for Hi Impedance, then you simply need good quality core
and shield cable - but
Lo Impedance will require two core and shield. Bear in mind that long runs
of Hi Impedance can pick up a lot of spurious noise - especially in a live
situation.
3) Length of loom required.?
If you require a very long run, then it may be best to buy a drum of cable and
find a friend with knowledge to make up the loom, buying the components
separately.
4) Permanent installation or fly leads one
end with stage box at other end?
A permanent installation in a studio would usually have a stage box [a box with
many XLR [mic.] and jack, earphone and even midi sockets] screwed to the wall or
left as a movable box to facilitate differing drum positions. It would be
semi permanently plugged into the mixing desk in the control room. This is
the best arrangement, particularly in a live situation with a multi plug and
socket at the mixing desk end. Saves oodles of time at set up ... it is a
nightmare trying to plug in 20/30 fly leads and get them all right ... with a
multi plug you just plug it in, end of story -
grab a coffee.
5) How much Cash available?
Get the Studiospares catalogue or similar and see what is available in ready made or custom made form.
If you have a decent amount put by, then you can get all the questions above answered and simply go to a company like VDC or HHB or Studiospares [all in UK but similar exist in the USA and Europe, Aussie ] and ask them to quote a price for make up and delivery.
If you are boot strapping, then go to a good music shop such as Guitar Amp and Keyboard Centre in Brighton [again similar shops are everywhere] and see what they have at an affordable level .... you may be able to adapt an existing commercial design - although they usually have permanent moulded plugs and sockets.
A shop like this will have looms from four wire patch leads up to 32 channel stage box designs in stock for you to look at and figure how you can use it.
REMEMBER: Our sound jockey for our concert rig always says as he reels in the 75 metre 48 way loom: "careful - that is the most important piece of kit in the rig" ... expensive, well bought, well thought out ... and highly dependable. And then, easy to sell on should he wish for a bigger or different format.
Regards
DEC [Cluskey]
mailto:dec@makehits.com
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Make it a Great Week ......
Dec
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The gags: ..... A
new contributor [ true, funny, but not
if you are The Queen? ]
Her car isn't taxed or insured, and doesn't even have a number plate, but the
police still do nothing.
They are out of control. ..........
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