Welcome to my Lo-Fi Hip Hop Beat story….. Link to post here. NI Blog here. How it started….. So I read through our lo-fi hip hop beat a little bit, and the article recommends opening up Battery in Komplete Kontrol. I don’t have Battery currently, so this was the first challenge to overcome. For me, Read More …
Infrastructure Attacks Are Growing
A couple of news articles caught my eye this past week that are quite interesting IMO. Ukraine’s largest mobile operator Kyivstar downed by ‘powerful’ cyberattack & Attacks on Critical Infrastructure Attributed to Insidious Taurus You have to love the names that the security companies come up with for the other nation state actors. I am Read More …
Thoughts on the BMI Sale
Here are some thoughts on the proposed sale of BMI to venture capitalists. What every songwriter needs to know about the BMI sale [Chris Castle] – Hypebot Deal will close in 2024 – Variety This is a bit concerning. Yet another portion of the music industry is up for sale. As an artist, buying stock Read More …
Install Go Lang on Ubuntu
I decided as my computer hobby to start playing with some of the tools in the Project Discovery set. A good portion of these tools seem to be written in the Go language, so let’s also pursue that a little bit. These are my steps to install on my home server. OK, First let’s install Read More …
What is SEO Poisoning?
SEO Poisoning (or Search Engine Optimization Poisoning) is a type of social engineering attack that targets an unsuspecting user, or maybe someone who is in a hurry and not paying close attention. These are typically used by bad guys to fool unsuspecting users into clicking their links and going to the wrong website, or worse Read More …
The Native Instruments Producers Series
The blog at Native Instruments has been putting out quite a bit of content as part of a Producers Series focused on learning music production. I am going to use this post as a way to collect all of these together for others, and then you can pick through what you would like to read. Read More …
Time To Rebuild My Pedal Board
After a couple of years of neglect, I decided to sit down and finally rebuild my pedal board. Most rehearsals I had just been bringing my tuner pedal, and not much else. Only the Octave and Chorus pedal have been used in any show setting recently, but I have many more sound gizmos that I Read More …
Camp IT DR/BCP Conference Thoughts
Recently I attended a Camp IT Conference hosted at the Stephens Convention center in Rosemont Illinois. This particular conference was Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity – Resilient Infrastructure. While the Convention center in Rosemont is cavernous, our group was off to the side in the Executive areas. Next time I will remember to take photos! Read More …
Getting Started :: Other Computer Things to think about
Some other Computer Things to think about. Surge Protectors I have been super please with this one as of late. I do not get any $ for recommending things. Hopefully this site stays that way. Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) External Drive or Cloud Storage For this, it is important to have something where whatever you upload Read More …
Sleep Quote
A great quote on getting good sleep….. In order to do anything and be at your best you need great sleep. You need to take the time to get great sleep. No one’s going to give it to you, and time just doesn’t appear out of thin air. If you don’t make the time to Read More …