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  1. Well, the only life i'm planning on having outside of my job is band. Why do you say you don't think it would be a good job? Because car sales is commission based, and i'd be at a disadvantage for lack of experience? My singer is a finance manager at a car dealership. He's also worked sales, recently, at a Harley dealership. As sales, you have to judge a person quickly on what they're after, otherwise they can eat up your time. You also get straight commission, or a very basic salary, and have a quota to meet to get a bonus check. The Toyota dealership I bought our Camry, I talked to the sales guy at length due to my "inside" knowledge from my singer, and found out that he had to sell 10 cars before he would get a 3K bonus - if he sold 20 cars in a month he'd get a 10K bonus, and, if one sales guy talks to you first, then sends you to someone else - they split the sale - meaning the first guy really has to do nothing to get .5 sold...which counts towards the quota. As for my singer - working at the HD dealership, he didn't sell much. Try as he might, he wasn't the right personality for the clients...he knew it, they knew it, and so on. He'd been a finance manager for years before then, so he got used to having to be blunt with people... Now he's a finance manager again, and he works 5 days a week, from 9AM to 9PM. His only days off are Wednesday and Sunday. Even then, he feels it's better for him to be there on Wednesday, so he can keep up with all the paperwork, and get more deals done...which in turn does cut him a better check at the end of the month. Working in a band, plus doing what he does...is simply too much stress. If you want to make money at it...enough to live on...then you pretty much are required to not have a life...your job is the life.
  2. I went after M-Audio BX8a's - they are oversized for what I need, but they have good response and are pretty "tight" sounding. I have to remember this, because when I get bass sounding normal on the BX8a's, it'll be thunderous on "average" speakers. The best monitors are the ones you use all the time...I tend to do pretty well with my Creative-Labs 5.1 setup (which I'm only using 2.1) - I've had it for years and know their sound - but, when it comes to top end and hearing clarity (lack of, mostly), BX8a's are better for that...
  3. Anyone familiar with interfaces and DAWs that will work with Vista 64bit? Thanks! ~M Presonus Firestudio Project - though the driver is in very-recently-released=-to-the-public-but-has-been-promised-forever beta, I'm using it and it's works GREAT. I **finally** got a chance to record my entire kit (9 mics) - I'm daisy-chaining two of these units together...I'm incredibly thrilled this is working! ($2000 invested to be able to record myself, AND, have it work as you expect without having much prior knowledge....freaking awesome! )
  4. My house: Saturn: Back center bedroom. Got some complaints a while ago, but called the neighbor's bluff on noise complaints, threatening back that I'll file a harassment charge against them if they refuse to sign the complaint next time. Other kit's when I have them setup/home: Living Room - large open area. Drums sound PHENOMINAL... Band Practice: Originally, at bass players house. Cops showed up once, we moved to rented storage space. A year later, we finally move into a climate-controlled space, then a week later, decide to move out because they require airflow between units, meaning you can also hear everyone else...sucked - now, we're back at bass player's house, with emphasis on playing quieter - no complaints yet.
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