OK, count me in. I went over the 50 word limit, too. Whoops...
May I please have a comp entry to TapeOpCon 2004?As a jack-of-all-trades & master-of-none, I yearn for the opportunity to bow at the feet of the Masters of Audio Recording and Engineering at TapeOpCon 2004 because I'm not a complete moron. But, I will always have a desire to learn, improve and share.
I've been from art school to engineering and business school and back again. I've been a line-cook, a print shop clerk, a neon sign maker and a few other things, too. One of the only true constants in my life is music (the other has been change). I borrowed a friend's guitar over thirty years ago and yes, I returned it but I haven't looked back. I've been playing, writing, recording ever since.
The recording process is truly magical to me, capturing invisible vibrations created by moving pressure gradients as they pass through thin air, preserving and making palpable the power and emotions of something that is conceptually so incredibly nebulous and fleeting. The feeling is second to none. It's my drug of choice and I need some more!
I've never had any formal training in any area of music or the recording arts. But, music is in my head always, constantly, an inseparable part of me. Sometimes it temporarily escapes me, or I lose it because I'm in the wrong place at the right time. Sometimes I get it down and it sounds great. Sometimes it doesn't sound so great. That hasn't stopped me. Nothing will.
I learn and improve by doing. I'm not motivated by the record industry or the far away, faint, unrealistic promise of fame. I get immense satisfaction from the creative process itself, transforming ideas into reality, crafting something with spirit, animation and feeling from a bunch of inanimate objects (drums & wires), helping others and myself to express and communicate in ways that go beyond the abilities of words. That's my motivation, my desire. And, the only thing that could make that process more rewarding for me would be the chance to get together with a bunch of folks who share these same passions, to share what we know and, collectively, further develop our technical and creative understanding and capabilities together at TapeOpCon 2004!
Woooo hooooo!!!
Charlie Barth