compasspnt wrote on Tue, 01 March 2005 03:15 |
Actually, I am overwhelmed by what has happened here. I had never really paid much attention to forums, until just a couple of months ago, when I almost accidentally was lead to REP by a Google search about something or other...
But I see now that, in a strange way, we all have a new set of friends. I believe that forums such as these are bringing people together; information is shared, stories are told, in a way previously impossible. There were many years of working as a Producer and/or Engineer in which I had absolutely no idea how "most people" did the very job which I was doing. Everyone who "did this" was just so busy working 12-16 hours a day, one rarely got to "hang out" with your peers. Now all of that has changed.
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Terry,
When my brothers and I were kids crowded into our little bedroom in our parents house with nothing but a record player and a couple of guitars to occupy ourselves with, we spent endless hours listening to records you worked on, jamming with them, and talking about the sounds on those records to the point of picking out some of the finer nuances. So I have to tell you: It is with a truly poignant delight I feel in seeing you discuss these works, and your work today, here on this forum.
Recently both of my brothers stopped by my studio, one on a break from a tour with Godsmack and Metallica, and the other on a break from a tour with Greenday. I showed them the thread "About Vocal Production" and said with immense pride, "Look! I'm talking with TERRY MANNING!" They were like "Wha???" and the three of us sat down and read the thread together. The three of us hadn't been alone in a room together in over a decade, but it suddenly felt like we were back in that place when we were kids again, thrilled with what we do in music. It gave me goosebumps.
I hope you establish a permanent presense here at REP as a moderator. But it's not simply because of your experience, or because I love the recordings you worked on. It's your positivity. Your spirit is refreshing and inspiring...and needed, especially now, in the midst of the turmoil our industry is currently going through. Your passion and your LOVE of music combined with your sense of humor and perspective towards the work of getting things done, sets an example we all benefit from.
Like I said on the Vocal thread, I was really glad to see you begin posting here, and immediately sensed your presence here as a source of balance and sanity in what can be a somewhat unbalanced and insane calling. Everyone here obviously appreciates it, this special happening you've established here. Such special happenings are rare, and must be savored once established, because we have no idea how sorely they will be missed once gone.
As you said: "We all have a new set of friends." How invaluable is that?
Most.