Monday 7 October 2013

Technology & Money

Welcome back to the writings of my dysfunctional thought patterns. Again, this post is a day late as I've had a lot of things to do.
This post is an update on musical happenings and also a request for feedback.

My laptop has started to blue screen a lot when using my recording software. Updating the drivers usually is a temporary fix, but it's made me consider getting a desktop computer. Don't get me wrong, the idea of mega processing power and general smoothness had appealed to me a lot before, but now I can justify it a bit more. A bit. Now what I'm actually considering is building a tower myself by buying individual parts, so if there are any sites anyone can recommend for comparison, hit me up in the comments section.

Doing a bit of research on this already also caused me to rage a bit at how expensive Apple products are, as Macs are good for media etc. But, considering I could buy the parts for a pretty powerful desktop for         ~£600, whereas the cheapest Mac laptop is around £700, I decided I wasn't prepared for this. Not to mention the iPhone being around the same price, for whatever reason. I also met the same problem with Alienware, with the price being disproportionate to the usefulness.

As far as music is concerned, I've been tweaking and fiddling with tones and have just about recorded 2 tracks for my album, with a great deal more still to write. Some kind of teaser might be uploaded soon so I can get feedback from everyone. I'm also considering entering the Toontrack Metal Guitar God 2013 competition, so be prepared for some plugging when I start submitting and please get involved!

As always, comment with anything you want to say, ever. I'm very approachable and usually can reply straight away! Thanks for reading.