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what has em411 taught you?
StoreTags: knowledge, ponder, learned
Author: monty on December 11 2006 Viewed 6159 times. 34 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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I thought about a post i made recently (when drunk) where i said:
"i dont come here to "learn" anything"
but i thought about it and realised that Ive picked up much valuable knowledge without intentionally seeking it.
if you know what i mean.
i started thinking about what i have learned as a direct result of this site:
bass - i never used to think about it or explore it seriously in my tracks...my basslines were always random, accidental things. I now spend a lot of time thinking about how the bass sounds.
circuit bending - i hadn't even heard of the concept before. now my flat is filled with strange sounding audio weapons.
playing live - I used to think I needed a band or a laptop to play gigs until i started seeing blogs/photos of ordinary people from around the world doing gigs with essentially the same gear ive got.
the site also got me to stop trying to do IDM cos i realised too many people are churning that out. i think because i started making music with a 4track and some fx-pedals the quickness/slickness of computers dazzled/spoiled me slightly.
This site made me realise not all computer-music is good. So i started getting back to my more off-the-cuff, one-take vibe...rather than fiddling about putting reverb on every second snare hit etc etc...
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12/13/06
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jdg
this place tought me nothing!
YOU'RE ALL AMATURES.
12/13/06
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Squeal
I started coming here for the electronics discussion and know-how. Then I was totally inspired by the tracks I heard and began to focus on making good EM.
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prugelknaben
it has learned me much. but not for free. i have spent soooooooooooo many hours here. its embarrassing.
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electrodan
I learned how to mis-spell 'the'
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bodo
same as prugelknaben here, learned a lot, but it took me a while too
learned to listen more carefully and look for details more than before
also learned that I'm as shy and uncertain as in real life 
07/13/07
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crabster
em411 taught me the greatness of Samwell
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Also, how to make my music sound better in every way.
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Unknownforce
em411 taught me not to click crabsters links
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room
this place taught me how to really connect with people on the internet
well - at least i think it did....
anyone?
07/13/07
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mlbot
you contracted what from who now?
07/13/07
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djugel
"I acquired an encyclopedic knowledge of synthesizers and equipment that I now have no intention of ever owning."
and how is that helpful?... what have you even used? and what did you really learn?
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djugel
I learned that the more you try to express your genuine open-mindedness ... the more close-minded you appear.
I learned for the 2nd time not to give people too much credit. (co-worker syndrome) What you see is not what you get.
I learned it's easier to relate to people when you don't talk about electronic music ... but other genres.
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jdg
i learned to ask djugel first before buying a synth
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theflame
i learnt that spelling correctly online isnt important
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energygiant
jdg taught me how to spell amatuers
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