Permaculture Ray. Some may call it organic farming but I think permaculture is a step forward on organic farming.
Pointing fingers about what's wrong in our society we can read everywhere. Solutions are not so common and we should focus on solutions. Food prices will keep hike. Water, food and energy nobody can live without.
I would say that most of us can do a raised garden of some kind. Nothing too fancy; dont grow anything you arent prepared to eat. Let those who are prepared (and have the land/vertical space to go full-time aqua/hydroponic) do the heavy growing. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCmTJkZy0rM
Great topics! There are tons of materials out there that, as usual, contain several contradictions, which would leave plenty of room for discussion!
Waiting for someone to join the topic of farming (it will be inevitable to acquire some expertise for everyone as a surviving skill) soon, so I can open a room for discussion! The same applies to your other suggestions.
Practical solutions to the problems you mention would also make a popular discussion.
What you are saying would be possible, but it would need another author, because my experience is limited and I managed to share most of it in that single post about music. I shared 45 years of experience with listening to music, because I thought it could be useful for my readers.
In the last five months, I have experienced that fewer people read my articles, if they are either too long, too technical, or too abstract. Rightly so, because I have to write for my profile; after all, my readers have subscribed for that. Still, sometimes, I feel I have to stretch it in order to avoid idiosyncrasy and the ensuing boredom.
Think many of us feel that way. I think you have an interesting perspective on music and equipment. I rely on others to be the technical wizards. Doubt if I could be relied on to set up a stereo system or understand how it works. If pressed I can run a ProTools session or chose and set up microphones and lend a good ear but don’t venture beyond these limitations. The dazzling work I see others accomplish with the merging of the technical and musical is simply beyond me. I know people who record beautifully and are also capable of tearing apart their gear and putting it back together while running studios and putting up with the idiosyncratic nature of musicians and the business. It’s a very complex sort of magic.
The quality of your microphones, your arrangement, and your room setup determine much of the way a recording session works. Recording stereophonic further complicates everything and yes, your ears are better instruments most of the time than all the measurements you can combine. It also depends on your expectations. For me, a steady sound image and good upper harmonics usually suffice, mostly because I can't afford more and I wouldn't buy amps and speakers/headphones for tens of thousands of dollars.
Going full digital these days is actually better than analogue, but it's above most people's pay grade, which includes mine, because I would consider immoral, if I spent tens of thousands of dollars on music equipment, instead of helping out friends and family in need. Still, I have a pretty good setup (as usual, I went for the "cheapest good" options), but I usually buy things used, so for a $10k setup, I might spend $3k or so. Most of my stuff is older than 10 years, but I know what I'm doing.
Those, who can simply take apart and set up their equipment in various surroundings, usually use some form of digital manipulation that, eventually, compromises on a number of things. They still sound great for what they are!
Yes, it is possible to spend an inordinate amount of money on good stereo and/or recording equipment. In the digital age the best quality equipment has largely been collected by professionals who could afford to do so and write it off on their taxes. Once recorded on the great board at Sound City in Los Angeles before the place was gutted after a known musician bought the board. Like tape saturation best and always dissatisfied with digital. Fortunately we know an engineer in Nashville who has collected great quality equipment and instruments all available in his epic studio. We will see what transpires.
Beyond a certain level, there is no point in spending, even if one is a billionaire, because there are simply no recordings that would sound any better on a $30 million chain than on a $2-3 million one (that will soon be a lot cheaper, if the world survived).
Totally agree. Perfection is overrated, anyway. There's a reason Rudy Van Gelder's recordings (first from his parents' living room in Hackensack, and later in his modest studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ) are so appreciated and prized by jazz enthusiasts. His recordings had a signature sound. And although the unique piano, percussion and horn sounds he achieved don't appeal to everyone, they had a recognizable personality that defined the sound of the beloved Blue Note label.
As a side note, one of my favourite recordings for sound quality is Miles Davis's "Bags' Groove," which was not issued on the Blue Note label, but is an early recording made in Hackensack by RVG.
No the genius if it exists is always in the song or melody itself. Knowing great music when we hear it is fundamental. But actually when you’ve had the opportunity to work with top engineers on great equipment it makes a huge difference. The better the equipment and the better the engineers the easier it is for musicians to effect what they hear in their heads. The equipment may be expensive and hard to maintain and use but they are tools. Whether we survive to need music or not is yet another discussion.
Moving fast indeed, hurtling into the void, pull the emergency cord.
Thank you Ray. God bless you & readers .
Without you guys and gals, this site wouldn't exist! :)
It is I, who must thank YOU!
💌
It IS my honor! :)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/09/12/executive-order-on-advancing-biotechnology-and-biomanufacturing-innovation-for-a-sustainable-safe-and-secure-american-bioeconomy/
Say No to this agenda. God made us wonderfully- stop meddling, under the pretense of the economy.
That's definitely a decisive blow on freedom. What can be done is a good question.
Yes Rosalind. I mean I agree with your say No.
Don't "we" (the participants in this conversation) all? :)
Permaculture Ray. Some may call it organic farming but I think permaculture is a step forward on organic farming.
Pointing fingers about what's wrong in our society we can read everywhere. Solutions are not so common and we should focus on solutions. Food prices will keep hike. Water, food and energy nobody can live without.
Started up the topic:
https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/discussion-how-to-grow-food
The Greater Reset with Derrick Boze and a couple of others are discussing this very topic.
https://odysee.com/@TheGreaterReset:4
https://t.me/thegreaterreset
I would say that most of us can do a raised garden of some kind. Nothing too fancy; dont grow anything you arent prepared to eat. Let those who are prepared (and have the land/vertical space to go full-time aqua/hydroponic) do the heavy growing. Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCmTJkZy0rM
Example2: https://youtu.be/T15gXm6ha_I
More possible examples: https://www.google.com/search?q=california+urban+farm+youtube
Do i count as the 2nd person?
Yes, you do count as the second person. Please, the two of you, instruct me of the specific topic. I don't want to mess it up. :)
Yes João.
Great topics! There are tons of materials out there that, as usual, contain several contradictions, which would leave plenty of room for discussion!
Waiting for someone to join the topic of farming (it will be inevitable to acquire some expertise for everyone as a surviving skill) soon, so I can open a room for discussion! The same applies to your other suggestions.
Practical solutions to the problems you mention would also make a popular discussion.
Sally Pipes https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/republicans-offer-a-real-healthcare-alternative/ar-AA12zk4j?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=aba42538e7104322c1f86db0eedcc0eb
Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Sought Medical Care After COVID-19 Vaccination: CDC Data
https://www.theepochtimes.com/hundreds-of-thousands-of-americans-sought-medical-care-after-covid-19-vaccination-cdc-data_4772435.html?utm_source=morningbriefnoe-ai&src_src=morningbriefnoe-ai&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mb-2022-10-04-ai-28&src_cmp=mb-2022-10-04-ai-28&est=M55JG%2BDENjyCBuS5fVFUbDaMKC7gLyZi3Oel8cIcnXfF5GIs2U4O8jBTE2k%3D
Fauci Gives NEW $653K Grant to Company behind Wuhan’s COVID Leak
'This evidence is not dispositive, but were the lab leak hypothesis incorrect, it would represent a staggering set of coincidences... '
https://headlineusa.com/fauci-gives-new-653k-grant-to-company-behind-wuhans-covid-leak/?utm_source=HUSAemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HUSAemail
Lots of great ideas that are probably easier to address in separate discussions.
I hope, someone joins in soon for one or more of them, and I'll be able to open a discussion room!
Propose you write more about music, technology (gear, tubes, wires, etc) and the role of music in the dark gulag years of 2020-22.
Thank you for the idea.
What you are saying would be possible, but it would need another author, because my experience is limited and I managed to share most of it in that single post about music. I shared 45 years of experience with listening to music, because I thought it could be useful for my readers.
In the last five months, I have experienced that fewer people read my articles, if they are either too long, too technical, or too abstract. Rightly so, because I have to write for my profile; after all, my readers have subscribed for that. Still, sometimes, I feel I have to stretch it in order to avoid idiosyncrasy and the ensuing boredom.
Think many of us feel that way. I think you have an interesting perspective on music and equipment. I rely on others to be the technical wizards. Doubt if I could be relied on to set up a stereo system or understand how it works. If pressed I can run a ProTools session or chose and set up microphones and lend a good ear but don’t venture beyond these limitations. The dazzling work I see others accomplish with the merging of the technical and musical is simply beyond me. I know people who record beautifully and are also capable of tearing apart their gear and putting it back together while running studios and putting up with the idiosyncratic nature of musicians and the business. It’s a very complex sort of magic.
The quality of your microphones, your arrangement, and your room setup determine much of the way a recording session works. Recording stereophonic further complicates everything and yes, your ears are better instruments most of the time than all the measurements you can combine. It also depends on your expectations. For me, a steady sound image and good upper harmonics usually suffice, mostly because I can't afford more and I wouldn't buy amps and speakers/headphones for tens of thousands of dollars.
Going full digital these days is actually better than analogue, but it's above most people's pay grade, which includes mine, because I would consider immoral, if I spent tens of thousands of dollars on music equipment, instead of helping out friends and family in need. Still, I have a pretty good setup (as usual, I went for the "cheapest good" options), but I usually buy things used, so for a $10k setup, I might spend $3k or so. Most of my stuff is older than 10 years, but I know what I'm doing.
Those, who can simply take apart and set up their equipment in various surroundings, usually use some form of digital manipulation that, eventually, compromises on a number of things. They still sound great for what they are!
Yes, it is possible to spend an inordinate amount of money on good stereo and/or recording equipment. In the digital age the best quality equipment has largely been collected by professionals who could afford to do so and write it off on their taxes. Once recorded on the great board at Sound City in Los Angeles before the place was gutted after a known musician bought the board. Like tape saturation best and always dissatisfied with digital. Fortunately we know an engineer in Nashville who has collected great quality equipment and instruments all available in his epic studio. We will see what transpires.
Beyond a certain level, there is no point in spending, even if one is a billionaire, because there are simply no recordings that would sound any better on a $30 million chain than on a $2-3 million one (that will soon be a lot cheaper, if the world survived).
Totally agree. Perfection is overrated, anyway. There's a reason Rudy Van Gelder's recordings (first from his parents' living room in Hackensack, and later in his modest studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ) are so appreciated and prized by jazz enthusiasts. His recordings had a signature sound. And although the unique piano, percussion and horn sounds he achieved don't appeal to everyone, they had a recognizable personality that defined the sound of the beloved Blue Note label.
As a side note, one of my favourite recordings for sound quality is Miles Davis's "Bags' Groove," which was not issued on the Blue Note label, but is an early recording made in Hackensack by RVG.
No the genius if it exists is always in the song or melody itself. Knowing great music when we hear it is fundamental. But actually when you’ve had the opportunity to work with top engineers on great equipment it makes a huge difference. The better the equipment and the better the engineers the easier it is for musicians to effect what they hear in their heads. The equipment may be expensive and hard to maintain and use but they are tools. Whether we survive to need music or not is yet another discussion.