I got a X-Box 360, finally, and now realize that I should not have access to a console whenever I want. I've gotten NOTHING done in 5 days... [media] "I rack a dish-a-prin!" ... Oh well... maybe I'll hear some melodies soon. Get something done.

Here in sunny wonderful California we have cell phone usage laws while in operation of a vehicle. The law basically says no using handheld devices while driving, talking, texting, browsing etc. At first I was 100% for these laws, I thought they would be great legislation and get people to pay attention to the road. Well recently this theory was put to the test. I had a road trip from SD to Sacramento (Vacaville) and back again. This is approximately an 8 hour drive though OC, LA, and the most barren parts of interstate 5 freeway. On my return trip I decided to observe other drivers and see who was texting / using a handheld. I started when we left on the return trip but decided to STOP because before we were at the grape vine (2/3 done marker on the way home) I had already reached over 100 in count of either gender while in operation of a vehicle. This is NOT talking on the phone, this is strait out TEXTING or BROWSING. So I scrubbed the count and decided to see how bad it was from LA to OC to SD. Sadly almost every other car was interacting with their cell phone, 37 different females, 18 different males. Then we very slowly passed a highway cop (CHP) and SHE WAS TEXTING TOO!!! Still in LA I stopped counting AGAIN! These cell phone laws are completely unenforceable and if you actually have gotten a ticket for it then good for you, douche. I have no qualms with anyone TALKING on the phone because how is talking on the phone any different than talking to your passenger(s)? So how could/would we solve the problem? Well from the digging I've done around the internet, this does NOT mean I know what I am talking about, cell phones (now-a-days on a G3+ network) are in constant communication with receiver towers, and most phones have a GPS chip. How fast does a human walk or run even? Guaranty it is NOT in the 55mph area. So couldn't cell phone companies get some sort of tax credit or incentive to alter their service so that if you are moving faster than a certain speed only certain functions work on your phone (preferably only voice would work)? Argument: Why should the passengers suffer just because we are along for the ride. We should be able to text and stream video etc. long rides are boring (and I don't want to talk to anyone in person). Retort: Dude, seriously? If you are the one making this argument then you are the kind of person who doesn't unplug and shouldn't be out of your house anyway! The internet will still be there when you are done with your trip. Argument: What about long trips, why limit everyone? Retort: We are only talking about California. Like I said, California is a 12-13 hour state North South, and a 2 hour state East West. Argument: What about people who are in time trades (stock brokers, auctioneers, TV producers, you know, deadline jobs) we should be able to use are devices while in travel. Retort: NO ONE is that important and if you ARE you are not bound to PUBLIC streets, you'd use helicopters and jets AND you probably have people who make the calls for you so you are N/A. This is for the average douche who uses the freeway and is the American icon, the people who think that everything should be right now / at their finger-tips. Final Retort: Anyone arguing with finding a way to enforce responsibility and save lives by enforcing law is a nut-job-cell-phone-user and part of the problem in this new century of technology. IT WILL BE OKAY WITHOUT USAGE FOR YOUR TRIP... IT IS SAD THAT YOU WON'T. Conclusion: Talk , text, browse, stream video and watch it on your dashboard, but listen here; if anyone hits me I'm taking your info AND your cell phone number AND your service provider. Then when I go to claim I'm gonna make sure my people look up your cell phone activity. Guaranty if you have any activity at the time of incident I'll win the claim.

Found this site (www.ocremix.org) thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. The concept for the site; take any theme from a video game and "remix" it into a new track. Seems simple enough; I know how to mix and engineer (at least a little) I'll make a few remixes, send them in... see what sort of feedback I'll get. I created a profile (Rig1015) just for the remixes I'd be submitting, so I could host and stream them. Take a listen and judge if you want, but here is how it played out: 1st Submission: Destine (a #1 song here at soundclick.com) - NO (Resubmit) Reasons; I did not modify the source enough and the mix was too long (6:30 min+). Arrangement felt draggy. 2nd Submission: Oathbreaker - NO Reasons; song was to short and suddenly ended, and one said "not enough source" ... really? it is an 8 bar diddle... how could you not have enough source? I guess using the sources chords doesn't count as using source because the melody isn't on top of it- derr! 3rd Submission: D-Corrupted - NO (Resubmit) Reasons; drums were a "4-on-floor dance-hall beat" and they just didn't hear that with my mix. Apparently Metroid mixes can only be "industrial tech" drums done in Reason. 4th Submission: O.D. Alley - NO (Resubmit) Reasons; they wanted me, once again, to do more melodic inversions and harmonic ad-libs with the source. But thought the rest of the track killed. -DERR!!! Well... All your notes to me were telling me to make MY remixes more the way YOU heard them, and that is just not what your site should be about. "Resub... make it more to our liking artistically..." I wouldn't have a problem if you flat out said NO because it sucks, but you what was relayed instead was "Awesome, but make it more the way I hear it for my site." NO!!! You didn't even offer technical pointers/critiques you didn't say anything about mix levels, spacing, or balance. Sooo.... I thought this sight was cool, then I realized that they only wanted a standardized "OCRemix" of the track, not just a "remix." I also realized that the judges have douched out their ears and need to be cycled out; seriously boys I think you've heard so many remixes of the same source tune that you are turning your nose up to everything good.. and that's not cool. OCR.org - Cycle your judges, stop being a clich'y collective, and start yes'ing good remixes, not just unique ones (seriously that "glass bottle remix" of a Zelda theme was the gayer that 11 dudes being fucked by 12 dudes; like that wasn't a unique clich tune getting yes'ed) Sorry OCRemix I guess I can't color within your lines

Yay! So I decided to step away from hollywood because it was getting... well, out of control for me (S,D,R&R). I came back to Diego to really just chill. I wanted to engineer for a radio station and just live my life. I realized I was still composing music and serveral friends said "share your shit" so I decided to. I made a MySpace artist profile, made a YouTube sight, and later found this site (SoundClick). As I browsed the community I thought "Cool a place for indi electro artists and what not." I go throught the day long process of making your profile for a new site and towards the end I start poking around on the forums. Like I said I use to engineer up in Hollywood, worked for NBC Broadcasting, did a couple of Proposition ad commercials, even got to intern on a few post productions porjects with Warner Bros, I tought at technical institute specifying in DAW, Hard Disk recording, and Post Production. So here I am posting some theroies ideas and practices in the Home & Studio Recording when some older "Guru's" started coming down on the practices. ... really? What ever happened to pioneering in audio? What ever happened to happy accidents? What ever happened to trying weird and outragious things to "get a sound?" Are people in the industry really that head strong and angry at the way it has all played out (with the MP3 revolution) that any unorthodox proceedures are seen as "stupid, amatuer, and ridiculous?" I don't care if you are a mastering, mix or recording engineer, I was raised that you chase the desired sound and you use your "guidelines" to help you get there. It is just sad... and that is why no one wants an engineer to fuck with their stuff... why the real names go out and learn how to engineer themselves. That is why AE is dying you old turds, stop being so set in your ways. If someone says "I did it like this," don't call them an idiot before you've tried it to see how it affects your sound, that makes YOU the idiot. I know DJ's who use compressors as faders, is it right according to our "guidelines" NO! but they get a desired sound! And that is all that matters! If it sounds right, it is right.