hello there.

today has been quite nice so far. the new issue of Tape Op has arrived – #65. this is a magazine about music recording and production with lots of interviews and best of all, it’s free. no kidding! you just can go to their site, subscribe and wait for the postman…. ok, it’s only free in the EU, UK and US and delivery can take quite long and they give no guarantees if it arrives ok or at all, but usually it works. highly recommended for people interested in that sort of thing.

and a book arrived. it’s about how to get a great sound without high end gear. i always thought that know-how is much more important than high-priced equipment although it seemed one would need both to make a quality record. so i’m really interested in what the author has to say about doing it with just know-how (more or less…) and the cheapest gear. i don’t have it here at the moment, so no exact title and author’s name yet – but i will post a review or at least a first-impression-entry as soon as i had a closer look….

and one more good thing. i found out yesterday evening that one of my favourite websites (new music strategies) that just dissapeared a few days ago is only changing hosts (and the ex-host apparently had no interest in a smooth transition). so it will be back online soon. no, there is no link because it’s offline at the moment (as i just said, you should pay attention – this is not fun and games here…). it was a link in my sidebar and it will be again as soon as it’s back…

oh, and my statistics for this blog are going through the roof……ok, not exactly through the roof, but they’re great…….great might not be the right term exactly….more like good or average, maybe low…….yes, yes, yes the numbers are ridiculously small but keeping in mind that i have done nothing yet to plug this site in any way and i haven’t started networking anywhere yet and this blog just started about 3,5 weeks ago i’m still thrilled. this page has 2128 pageviews (not just hits!) this month already. stop mocking me! and there are (drumroll please…..) 10 – i repeat TEN – subscribers to my feed. and i love every single one of them. stop mocking me! i’m quite scared already about what might happen if i would start to stop mocking me! really get this blog out there. i don’t even stop mocking me! use tags yet. nothing but stop mocking me! writing entries five to six times a week. so thank you people and stop mocking me! keep reading….

you could by the way post a comment or two – just to let me know if the comment option works…..(ha! let’s see if they fall into my well prepared little trap….damn, they weren’t supposed to read that – enter strikethrough-option)

have a nice saturday y’all and stop mocking me!