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Sat, Jan 5 2013, 10:10PM

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Sat, Jan 5 2013, 10:11PM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

I'll try again....

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Sat, Jan 5 2013, 10:16PM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

I'm having a major Ozric Tentacles session tonight and it's got me thinking about the sort of hi-fi that the artists might have at home to assess/enjoy their work once it's been been finished in the studio; could this be a magazine feature?

Currently listening to: Ozric Tentacles - Strangeitude

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Sat, Jan 5 2013, 10:17PM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

Why is a mouse when it spins?

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Sat, Jan 5 2013, 10:20PM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

What did Bela Bartok close?

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Sat, Jan 5 2013, 10:26PM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

Crossie wrote:

Why is a mouse when it spins?

How old do you have to be to know the answer, without googling it?

(I grew up with that question)

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Sat, Jan 5 2013, 11:11PM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

CnoEvil wrote:

How old do you have to be to know the answer, without googling it?

Seven year old Guardian reader?

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Sun, Jan 6 2013, 12:44AM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

Gusboll wrote:

I'm having a major Ozric Tentacles session tonight and it's got me thinking about the sort of hi-fi that the artists might have at home to assess/enjoy their work once it's been been finished in the studio; could this be a magazine feature?

I'm guessing many of them don't. Many of them are probably like some actors who never watch their own films. Why would they care what the end result sounds like? There are people who take care of how the album is mixed and presented to the public...

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Sun, Jan 6 2013, 5:05PM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

I have always wondered if artists and musicians care about the sound quality of their recordings and have often fantasized about how a musician would react to listening to a recording of their music on my system .

I think some artists do care about sound quality , I watched a documentary about Michael Jackson recently and he was ultra fussy about the sound of his recordings and would do them over and over until he was 100% happy .

It seems there are some other artists that do care and have decent HiFi systems too .

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13645_3-10145353-47.html

I suspect there are many more audiophile musicians than people would imagine but they are just reluctant to talk about it shifty

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Sun, Jan 6 2013, 5:32PM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

Electro wrote:

I...often fantasized about how a musician would react to listening to a recording of their music on my system .

Blimey your fantasies are tame compared to mine. My fantasies usually involve me and Drew Barrymore naked in a huge vat of strawberry jelly, and all you want is some musician to listen to their CD on your HiFi. One of us needs counseling.

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Sun, Jan 6 2013, 5:33PM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

I have read that Katie Melua is really into Hi Fi................

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Sun, Jan 6 2013, 6:59PM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

MajorFubar wrote:

Electro wrote:

I...often fantasized about how a musician would react to listening to a recording of their music on my system .

Blimey your fantasies are tame compared to mine. My fantasies usually involve me and Drew Barrymore naked in a huge vat of strawberry jelly, and all you want is some musician to listen to their CD on your HiFi. One of us needs counseling.

I do have other fantasies that would probably be considered to be more mainstream but I doubt that the moderators would allow me to post them here

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Sun, Jan 6 2013, 7:10PM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

MajorFubar wrote:

Electro wrote:

I...often fantasized about how a musician would react to listening to a recording of their music on my system .

Blimey your fantasies are tame compared to mine. My fantasies usually involve me and Drew Barrymore naked in a huge vat of strawberry jelly, and all you want is some musician to listen to their CD on your HiFi. One of us needs counseling.

Eeeeeew!

Strawberry?

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Sun, Jan 6 2013, 7:32PM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

MajorFubar wrote:

Electro wrote:

I...often fantasized about how a musician would react to listening to a recording of their music on my system .

Blimey your fantasies are tame compared to mine. My fantasies usually involve me and Drew Barrymore naked in a huge vat of strawberry jelly, and all you want is some musician to listen to their CD on your HiFi. One of us needs counseling.

Well your fantasies are pretty tame compared to mine.

My fantasy involves a jug of gravy and Susan Boyle wearing nothing but a pair of wellies and a shower cap. shifty

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Sun, Jan 6 2013, 7:38PM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

steve_1979 wrote:

MajorFubar wrote:

Electro wrote:

I...often fantasized about how a musician would react to listening to a recording of their music on my system .

Blimey your fantasies are tame compared to mine. My fantasies usually involve me and Drew Barrymore naked in a huge vat of strawberry jelly, and all you want is some musician to listen to their CD on your HiFi. One of us needs counseling.

Well your fantasies are pretty tame compared to mine.

My fantasy involves a jug of gravy and Susan Boyle wearing nothing but a pair of wellies and a shower cap. shifty

Blimey , and I thought I had problems

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Sun, Jan 6 2013, 7:40PM

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RE: What does the Artist think?

steve_1979 wrote:

MajorFubar wrote:

Electro wrote:

I...often fantasized about how a musician would react to listening to a recording of their music on my system .

Blimey your fantasies are tame compared to mine. My fantasies usually involve me and Drew Barrymore naked in a huge vat of strawberry jelly, and all you want is some musician to listen to their CD on your HiFi. One of us needs counseling.

Well your fantasies are pretty tame compared to mine.

My fantasy involves a jug of gravy and Susan Boyle wearing nothing but a pair of wellies and a shower cap. shifty

can a mod please lock this thread ASAP before any more twisted fantasies come out and ruin my day lol

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