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Mixwell

11 May 2010, 12:15

"Let me know when you'll need me and I'll be there faster than the transient on a snare drum"

This is the attitude that will take you far as an engineer. I praised this person for this comment, and thus becasue of his attitude I will be helping this young padawan towards Jedi status.

Tomasz

13 May 2010, 11:34

thus becasue of his attitude I will be helping this young padawan towards Jedi status.
He is to be commended for this attitude and efforts.. Well done!!
Train him well you will...
But does he clean the toilets?
I've been the only "intern" who does it at the studio proper I've been at for months, and to no avail.. Hmmm. Head engineer at my studio, or intern at the studio proper? decisions await. and probably a new thread to ask fellow engine ears some opinions
Peace
Tomasz

Mixwell

13 May 2010, 11:44

He is to be commended for this attitude and efforts.. Well done!!
Train him well you will...
But does he clean the toilets?
I've been the only "intern" who does it at the studio proper I've been at for months, and to no avail.. Hmmm. Head engineer at my studio, or intern at the studio proper? decisions await. and probably a new thread to ask fellow engine ears some opinions
Peace
Tomasz

NOPE, Chris will be hitting patches and moving mics once I am sure he understands our room well enough. He is also a client of mine and I will not let him do any bitch work around Mercenary [unless we pay him for bitch work] except maybe making coffee. That will BENEFIT BOTH OF US.

Anyway, I totally understand the frustration T.

Believe me, I've been there. You've gotta ask yourself if the place it worth all the cleaning in the LONG HAUL. Maybe it is, Maybe its not. I think as long as us "young padawans" feel there is something benefiting our learning journey, there is no reason to spend your life being a custodian.

Tomasz

13 May 2010, 13:05

Adam... multiple PMs inbound..

Mixwell

13 May 2010, 13:11

Holy Moly T. Give me some time to give you some helpful food for thought.

Fredo

16 May 2010, 01:55

So that was the magic phrase. Sonofabitch.

Mixwell

16 May 2010, 09:38

Fredo, don't worry I could tell you were motivated to learn dude. You put up with torture!

Tomasz

17 May 2010, 08:20

So that was the magic phrase. Sonofabitch.

Ha .. I thought the magic phrase is: "that sounds like shit, here let me show you how it's done";)

Fredo

17 May 2010, 22:23

Ha .. I thought the magic phrase is: "that sounds like shit, here let me show you how it's done";)

Oh man, I don't even want to think of what would have happened if I said that, haha.

Mixwell

17 May 2010, 22:29

Fredo, How many hours did you clock in at the studio with me? Had to be a few.

How much stuff did you see me do, that you'll never do in a million years?

Tomasz

19 May 2010, 09:03

Fredo, How many hours did you clock in at the studio with me? Had to be a few.

How much stuff did you see me do, that you'll never do in a million years?

Careful Fredo.. sounds like a loaded question..ha!
Go ahead fire away Fredo... Is Adam granting diplomatic immunity?;)

never do in amillion years?.. like letting that MC77 go?:p

Mixwell

19 May 2010, 10:52

Go ahead fire away Fredo... Is Adam granting diplomatic immunity?;)

Yes.

Fredo

22 May 2010, 17:05

I don't think I can say I would never do any of it in a million years, because it all has a place and time. Will I recognize what and when to do it, I certainly hope so. Thats what separates the good from the great. Knowing when to do what. Simple in concept but far more complex in execution. The whole reason for being at Mercenary was to experience things I would never have in a million years. To start filling the gap in between my ears with concepts and experiences that have some benefit to a person of my nature. I feel I can safely say I began the eradication of my ignorance while assisting Roc Mixwell and Frustrado in the Meth Lab. A million years is a long time, and in my career of a million years, these situations are bound to pop up, and when they do, I can say "Hey, I did this a million years ago and it worked for that, let's try it now."

The only thing I hope I will never have to do again in a million years is eat that much shit with a smile. But I have a feeling that it will be served to me on a plate at some point in my million years.

Mixwell

23 May 2010, 11:02

Sorry for handing you a plate of unsanitary material. I guess it rolls down hill, cause you haven't eaten probably until you've hung out with the Shadow and/or Fletcher, and the Technician who shall remain nameless, for 2 week's straight - doing custom modifications to a live guy desk. I just about tattooed EVERLAST to my forehead. My job included running into punches, getting food, making coffee, taking metaphysical beatings, soldering butt loads of mojamy to ya-ma-ma-ha channel boards. All jokes aside, I took PUNISHMENT doing this with these guys, but it was WORTH IT, BECAUSE I LEARNED SOMETHING ABOUT AUDIO.

Seriously, these fellows are from the old school, and they are only having a laugh with us young guys for fun. Its a seniority gig. Guess the levels are different for everyone. It helps to not take yourself so god damn seriously at times I find. Anyway, I am sure you learned some stuff from ME being FRUSTRATED PISSED OFF and TRYING to make it work. Chances are, if I am not FRUSTRATED, than I don't have any problems in a session. Its probably GOOD to HAVE PROBLEMS IN YOUR SESSIONS, or you PROBABLY wouldn't care that much about them.

burnthair donethat

23 May 2010, 19:08

i wish i could intern at mercenary.

Dylansdad

28 May 2010, 22:21

Mixwell

29 May 2010, 08:39

Halfway Competent

01 Jun 2010, 03:37

Adam teach him how to make cables, use a mulitimeter, and how to find a problem through elimination. Those stupid basics man, nobody learns them anymore. Some day I'll send you some tracks the last Jedi I played yoda did with Afars and a Tascam console kid made me proud !

When I was at my local community college and participating in their audio engineering program, I saw one of my classmates soldering up a guitar cable. Given his technique, nobody ever taught him how to solder properly.

Each lead of the plug had a big, rough glob of solder on it, which was dull and blobby -- very much a cold joint. It wasn't hard to see why, the way he dabbed at it with the soldering iron, instead of applying constant heat.

After watching him do this for over a minute, and waiting for him to start doing it right, I finally asked, "Can I show you a better way to do that?" He said, "No, because this way works for me," or something to that effect. I then told him why I wanted to show him a better way: the cold solder joints were sloppy and probably would fail over time. I didn't mention that doing it right would have been a lot quicker, too.

A few months down the road, he came up to me and said, "Hey, that cable is still working!" Ooog. "I did a shitty job, but I came out OK!" Yeah, that's something to brag about. LOL.

Mixwell

01 Jun 2010, 19:35

When I was at my local community college and participating in their audio engineering program, I saw one of my classmates soldering up a guitar cable. Given his technique, nobody ever taught him how to solder properly.

Each lead of the plug had a big, rough glob of solder on it, which was dull and blobby -- very much a cold joint. It wasn't hard to see why, the way he dabbed at it with the soldering iron, instead of applying constant heat.

After watching him do this for over a minute, and waiting for him to start doing it right, I finally asked, "Can I show you a better way to do that?" He said, "No, because this way works for me," or something to that effect. I then told him why I wanted to show him a better way: the cold solder joints were sloppy and probably would fail over time. I didn't mention that doing it right would have been a lot quicker, too.

A few months down the road, he came up to me and said, "Hey, that cable is still working!" Ooog. "I did a shitty job, but I came out OK!" Yeah, that's something to brag about. LOL.

Good for you, helping a peer find a better way and learn the proper way.

I'm getting sick at making cables. I made 12 cables today within a 2 hour window.

Heat the work, not the solder!

Halfway Competent

01 Jun 2010, 20:35

I learned to solder when I was 10 or so... always been competent at it, but after assembling 8 SCA modules, I'd say I'm pretty damn good at it now. :D