From skkatter Sent Sat, Jul 14th 2018, 09:52
From skkatter Sent Sat, Jul 14th 2018, 09:52
"the average musician in Texas wants to either sound like Metallica or country music" Stephen that post is quite ignorant. Stereotypes are lazy. -Stephen (not the Stephen stereotyping people) On 14 July 2018 at 01:10, stephen watson via analogue <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > I beg to differ...all Texas stereotypes are true.King Of The Hill, Walker > Texas Ranger etc. East Coast stereotypes are also true, I'm not picking o= n > Texas. I remember walking into the Half Priced Books off LBJ while it was > getting robbed at gunpoint. Reason being they carry cash. I'm not saying = all > of Texas is like Detroit or Camden, NJ but it's the shootem' up state, gu= n > shows etc. All Pawn Shops in Texas the person behind the counter has a gu= n > and they also sell guns. Consignment stores, used music gear places peopl= e > see it as a pawn shop. They sell mostly guitars and drums. the average > musician in Texas wants to either sound like Metallica or country music. > African Americans make the trap music using FL studio these days. The 199= 0s > were a nice time because rap or new wave club music from the drum machine > era would turn up in pawn shops. So it was a nice time for used drum > machines and synths, mostly lower end stuff. I never saw like a Jupiter 8= or > Memorymoog, TR-808 or anything like that, more like a Korg PolySix. > > Friday, July 13, 2018 2:11 PM -04:00 from annika morgan > <xxxxxx.x.xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>: > > > I was robbed at gunpoint in Dallas in the mid 1990's. It was kind of a sh= it > place back then. > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 1:03 PM, Sam Mims <xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > =E2=80=98...there would probably be a gunpoint robbery which is typical o= f Texas=E2=80=A6' > > Really? This is based on your own personal experiences of getting robbed= at > gunpoint in Texas so many times that it is an obvious trend, or have you > just watched too many episodes of =E2=80=98Walker, Texas Ranger=E2=80=99?= I must have a > guardian angel, because in almost 25 years of living in Texas, I=E2=80=99= ve never > been robbed at gunpoint a single time! In fact, I=E2=80=99ve never been = robbed a > single time, nor been held at gunpoint for any other reason. > > Sam Mims > Syntaur > > > > On Jul 13, 2018, at 2:25 AM, stephen watson via analogue > <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > The Octave Cat and Kitten, as well as the Moog Prodigy brings back memori= es > of seeing my first analog synthesizers. It was the year 1994 or 1995, or > could have been 1993, anywho, I was a teenager and my heart was really se= t > on a Technics 1200, there was a place called Spinmasters DJ supplies that > sold DJ equipment in Garland, Texas, anywho, there was a mom & pop store > called Zoo Music which I see is still around after all these years -> > http://zoomusictx.com/ that sold mostly guitars and drums. Then pilled on > the floor toward the back was a was a stack on Octave Cat and Octave Kitt= en > synths covered in dust, maybe four or five stacked on top of each other a= s > well as a Moog Prodigy. The store employee hooked one up and I was really > impressed with the filter, though that's about all I heard, since I was n= ot > familiar with synthesis and then he hooked up the Moog Prodigy to a bass > cabinet and I could hear the drums ratting to the bass, I asked how much > they cost and the store employee wanted $300 for each. I only had like $5= .00 > on me, since I was just a dumb teen. Then I went back some years later an= d > there were no more analog synths. Analog synths were now trendy and worth > lots of money. The prices seemed high for what little was there. > > My other 90s analog synth story is going to Musicians Headquarters which = I > see is still around or maybe not, dead web site-> > http://www.musiciansheadquarters.com/ in Balch Springs, Texas and seeing = a > Seil synthesizer at the Pawn Shop next door, the store owner told me a ma= n > used to sell Seil synthesizers out of his van during the 1980s. The store > had an assortment of cheap analog if I recall AX-80s, Multitrack. A frien= d > in Texas some years ago said there isn't much now because of ebay. I gues= s > these type of mom and pop stores get by selling guitars. > > Recently on a trip to Texas, well a year and a half ago, it was like the > good old days of finding synths in Pawn Shops/consignment stores to my > surprise I saw an TG33, CZ-1000, MC-303 and even an AX-60 reasonably pric= ed. > I was like, I should start my own used synth consignment store next to th= e > Egg Roll Inn, Pawn Shop, Topless Bar, old shopping center but I just don'= t > see it making any money, then there would probably be a gunpoint robbery > which is typical of Texas, so I was like naahhh... > > Sincewhendidyoufart, > Stephen Watson > xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xx > > > > > > Sincerely, > Stephen Watson > xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xx