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August 8, 2008

A number of music-related threads I have bookmarked over at Ask Metafilter. Some are a few years old but still informative:

Controlling your peaks. I always wondered why my mixes didn’t distort at levels over 0db. Here’s why.

Help me let the muse in! Suggestions on coping with your inner critic.

Simple home studio. Suggestions for bare-bones home setups.

How to reduce/eliminate RF noise in my home studio? This question was mine. My studio is still noisy, but less so these days.

Feeding the starving artists – effective ways to monetarily support your favorite bands.

Come join the Youth and Beauty Brigade Tips on band promotion and booking. See also here and here.

Major laymen meet major label. Band gets approached by a major label, should they talk or walk?

And Suzanne did speak thusly:

Thanks for these! I read the “Help me let the muse in” posts with greed in my chest. More days that not, the feeling of being a great big faker totally drowns out every musical writing attempt I make. Reading about others with the same issue was soothing, to say the least. It felt like drinking water when you’re thirsty. :)