The official Frontiers Softcock Shit thread

[jjrock88]

 

[jingle.boy]

If only Tim was a dentist.

[TAC]

[jjrock88]

hmm, impressive

[TAC]

[jjrock88]

hmm, more impressive

[TAC]

[jjrock88]

Tim's back baby, pulp can move!

[TAC]

 

[jingle.boy]

Too funny... that episode was on just the other night.

".... not to mention the Jews and the Blacks". 

[wolfking]

Oh wow, this is very impressive Tim......very impressive.

[Lowdz]

http://bravewords.com/news/coheed-and-cambria-share-jessie-s-girl-2-feat-rick-springfield-music-video

Not sure how many of you visit the Coheed & Cambria page but this was posted there, but it deserves to be here due to the nature of the original.

I liked it. Damn, Rick must bathe in virgins' blood or something. The man never ages. I'd be interested in the concept of "sequels", depending on the songs of course.

[bl5150]

Supposedly H.E.A.T. and Crazy Lixx are touring OZ together in April/May - timing might be a bit ambitious but hopefully it comes off.  Reckon I would make an effort to see this one.

[wolfking]

Supposedly H.E.A.T. and Crazy Lixx are touring OZ together in April/May - timing might be a bit ambitious but hopefully it comes off.  Reckon I would make an effort to see this one.

Would be a good show.  Doubt they come up here though.

[bl5150]

Supposedly H.E.A.T. and Crazy Lixx are touring OZ together in April/May - timing might be a bit ambitious but hopefully it comes off.  Reckon I would make an effort to see this one.

Would be a good show.  Doubt they come up here though.

I always look for Brisbane now to see if you'll be      and you're fine with this one.   Syd,Mel,Bris,Adel.

Question is whether any of them happen that early in 2021.

[wolfking]

Supposedly H.E.A.T. and Crazy Lixx are touring OZ together in April/May - timing might be a bit ambitious but hopefully it comes off.  Reckon I would make an effort to see this one.

Would be a good show.  Doubt they come up here though.

I always look for Brisbane now to see if you'll be      and you're fine with this one.   Syd,Mel,Bris,Adel.

Question is whether any of them happen that early in 2021.

At least things are starting to ease slightly down there for you mate.  April isn't too far away but jeez you'd hope we'd be relatively back to some sort of normality again.

[bl5150]

Yeah our curfew just went from 8pm to 9pm and allowed 2 hrs outdoors for exercise with one other person        All the substantial easing is in country Victoria.....   My business likely won't re-open til December (people in the same room) , so that'll be around 10 months     

I am sure things will be far better by April - if we don't have it smashed by then we'll just be like everyone else as it won't be economically possible.  Open (with distancing guidelines) and hoping for the best.

What that means for having crowds in small clubs I dunno though - I reckon that sort of thing will be one of the very last , even after large outdoor sports arenas as it's so much more contagious indoors.

[wolfking]

Yeah our curfew just went from 8pm to 9pm and allowed 2 hrs outdoors for exercise with one other person        All the substantial easing is in country Victoria.....   My business likely won't re-open til December (people in the same room) , so that'll be around 10 months     

I am sure things will be far better by April - if we don't have it smashed by then we'll just be like everyone else as it won't be economically possible.  Open (with distancing guidelines) and hoping for the best.

What that means for having crowds in small clubs I dunno though - I reckon that sort of thing will be one of the very last , even after large outdoor sports arenas as it's so much more contagious indoors.

Yeah, that would definitely be very last on the list. DT just postponed again as expected.  Don't see them coming anytime soon truthfully.   

I'm not keeping that close track but thought things were easing a little more than that.  Why even bother extending a curfew by an hour for fucks sake.  Talk about taking the piss.  You would think your sort of business would be able to start ealier than most as there would only be you, the student and maybe a parent?

[bl5150]

Yeah our curfew just went from 8pm to 9pm and allowed 2 hrs outdoors for exercise with one other person        All the substantial easing is in country Victoria.....   My business likely won't re-open til December (people in the same room) , so that'll be around 10 months     

I am sure things will be far better by April - if we don't have it smashed by then we'll just be like everyone else as it won't be economically possible.  Open (with distancing guidelines) and hoping for the best.

What that means for having crowds in small clubs I dunno though - I reckon that sort of thing will be one of the very last , even after large outdoor sports arenas as it's so much more contagious indoors.

Yeah, that would definitely be very last on the list. DT just postponed again as expected.  Don't see them coming anytime soon truthfully.   

I'm not keeping that close track but thought things were easing a little more than that.  Why even bother extending a curfew by an hour for fucks sake.  Talk about taking the piss.  You would think your sort of business would be able to start ealier than most as there would only be you, the student and maybe a parent?

Yes, you would think..............  where they get me is with the underlying rule that if you can continue to work from home you must.  So they can say "Well you've been running it online , so you must continue to do so."   Doesn't account for the fact that , far more so than in the US (from speaking to teachers over there) , people around here place a super high value on face to face , which means my numbers are down 50%.

Like many I have been working my ass off learning new tech/software and investigating ways to improve the online experience because long term I think people are gonna hate being in a room with masks on even more.

Why even bother extending a curfew by an hour for fucks sake.  Talk about taking the piss.

yep 

[wolfking]

Yeah our curfew just went from 8pm to 9pm and allowed 2 hrs outdoors for exercise with one other person        All the substantial easing is in country Victoria.....   My business likely won't re-open til December (people in the same room) , so that'll be around 10 months     

I am sure things will be far better by April - if we don't have it smashed by then we'll just be like everyone else as it won't be economically possible.  Open (with distancing guidelines) and hoping for the best.

What that means for having crowds in small clubs I dunno though - I reckon that sort of thing will be one of the very last , even after large outdoor sports arenas as it's so much more contagious indoors.

Yeah, that would definitely be very last on the list. DT just postponed again as expected.  Don't see them coming anytime soon truthfully.   

I'm not keeping that close track but thought things were easing a little more than that.  Why even bother extending a curfew by an hour for fucks sake.  Talk about taking the piss.  You would think your sort of business would be able to start ealier than most as there would only be you, the student and maybe a parent?

Yes, you would think..............  where they get me is with the underlying rule that if you can continue to work from home you must.  So they can say "Well you've been running it online , so you must continue to do so."   Doesn't account for the fact that , far more so than in the US (from speaking to teachers over there) , people around here place a super high value on face to face , which means my numbers are down 50%.

Like many I have been working my ass off learning new tech/software and investigating ways to improve the online experience because long term I think people are gonna hate being in a room with masks on even more.

Why even bother extending a curfew by an hour for fucks sake.  Talk about taking the piss.

yep

True.  The face to face experience would be so undervalued in what you are doing, I'm not surprised it's down by that much.

I think in general people are getting more and more adverse to the whole contact thing.  Regardless, even up here where the risk is so low, the fear and habit has been engrained in a lot of us that people are avoiding contact where they can.  I get it though, it makes sense but you wonder if after all this is over if we are looking at a new way of life.  I can see people opting more for online stuff mate over face to face, but who knows.  If you were able to get the percentage of business you had before by going online it would be more cost beneficial for you anyway.  But you are in a tricky situation, feel for you.

[bl5150]

Yeah - I think this has fast tracked people's acceptance of online schooling and I have had a a few newbies join online this week . I know one very large school in the US has just decided they can't deal with the whole on/off thing and have gone 100% online permanently.  So it will become a thing - you just need to be ahead of the pack , which is why I have been slowly turning my teaching room at home into a mini video recording studio with switchers etc......to reduce the editing load and streamline things. This is all very new to me and the learning curve is immense.   One benefit I have is that most of my students are adults and they tend to be more able to pivot more quickly than the kids.   I have a longer term vision that involved online and this has all just fast tracked everything.......the real challenge is just to survive so it can be done.

Anyway...........hopefully I get to see H.E.A.T. in April 

[wolfking]

Sounds like getting ahead of the pack mate will be key.  Getting it right could even get other people interested that normally wouldn't take the plunge in going out and doing face to face lessons.

Share your setup when your done if you don't mind.  I want to get back into recording and maybe some more youtube vibs but haven't even looked into advances in equipment and whatnot yet.  Good luck to you.

[bl5150]

No worries..............if I produce something decent I will let you know the detail     At the moment it's very early days with half the equipment (ordered weeks, if not months ago) still floating around out there in Australia Post land somewhere. 

[wolfking]

No worries..............if I produce something decent I will let you know the detail     At the moment it's very early days with half the equipment (ordered weeks, if not months ago) still floating around out there in Australia Post land somewhere. 

lol yeah Australia Post.  Good luck mate, we're all backing you through this period.

[jingle.boy]

No worries..............if I produce something decent I will let you know the detail     At the moment it's very early days with half the equipment (ordered weeks, if not months ago) still floating around out there in Australia Post land somewhere. 

lol yeah Australia Post.  Good luck mate, we're all backing you through this period.

^ This.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Yeah - I think this has fast tracked people's acceptance of online schooling and I have had a a few newbies join online this week . I know one very large school in the US has just decided they can't deal with the whole on/off thing and have gone 100% online permanently.  So it will become a thing - you just need to be ahead of the pack , which is why I have been slowly turning my teaching room at home into a mini video recording studio with switchers etc......to reduce the editing load and streamline things. This is all very new to me and the learning curve is immense.   One benefit I have is that most of my students are adults and they tend to be more able to pivot more quickly than the kids.   I have a longer term vision that involved online and this has all just fast tracked everything.......the real challenge is just to survive so it can be done.

Anyway...........hopefully I get to see H.E.A.T. in April 

I work as a percussion teacher and in april-july we closed down and only did teaching online. I mean trying to hear what my drum students where playing through their mobile or laptop mic was just... 
We bought in a mic but that didn't help me hearing them better, it just didn't work so I pretty much gave them homework and recorded a bunch of video lessons instead and used the video call to talk to them. It worked alright in the end but damn, you really start to appreciate the human interaction in teaching.
After the summer we opened up again and it's such a relief, hopefully it stays that way.

[Lowdz]

I hope they bring that package to the UK. I'd be up for that.

Covid rules can't be any more confusing down there than in the UK. If you want people to obey stuff it has to be simple and clear and over here it's anything but. Boris is a complete prick.

Latest one is no gatherings of more than 6 people. Unless you go shooting grouse (a toff "sport") that's ok. And you can go to a pub or restaurant where there can be ten groups of six all together. madness.

The local music bar where I've seen Geoff Tate, Alcatrazz, Uli Roth before lockdown has reopened for gigs with seats at tables only. I can't see this being financially viable for bigger gigs. So far it's just been local bands.

[wolfking]

Yeah - I think this has fast tracked people's acceptance of online schooling and I have had a a few newbies join online this week . I know one very large school in the US has just decided they can't deal with the whole on/off thing and have gone 100% online permanently.  So it will become a thing - you just need to be ahead of the pack , which is why I have been slowly turning my teaching room at home into a mini video recording studio with switchers etc......to reduce the editing load and streamline things. This is all very new to me and the learning curve is immense.   One benefit I have is that most of my students are adults and they tend to be more able to pivot more quickly than the kids.   I have a longer term vision that involved online and this has all just fast tracked everything.......the real challenge is just to survive so it can be done.

Anyway...........hopefully I get to see H.E.A.T. in April 

I work as a percussion teacher and in april-july we closed down and only did teaching online. I mean trying to hear what my drum students where playing through their mobile or laptop mic was just... 
We bought in a mic but that didn't help me hearing them better, it just didn't work so I pretty much gave them homework and recorded a bunch of video lessons instead and used the video call to talk to them. It worked alright in the end but damn, you really start to appreciate the human interaction in teaching.
After the summer we opened up again and it's such a relief, hopefully it stays that way.

That would be frustrating.  When I was teaching slightly more advanced students, I found it beneficial to jam together in the same room and break down licks to show them and help the student with their improvising as they learn.  Would be hard to get that connection over the net.  It seems Brent has his techniques down though and sure he can counter those things the best way possible.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

Yeah - I think this has fast tracked people's acceptance of online schooling and I have had a a few newbies join online this week . I know one very large school in the US has just decided they can't deal with the whole on/off thing and have gone 100% online permanently.  So it will become a thing - you just need to be ahead of the pack , which is why I have been slowly turning my teaching room at home into a mini video recording studio with switchers etc......to reduce the editing load and streamline things. This is all very new to me and the learning curve is immense.   One benefit I have is that most of my students are adults and they tend to be more able to pivot more quickly than the kids.   I have a longer term vision that involved online and this has all just fast tracked everything.......the real challenge is just to survive so it can be done.

Anyway...........hopefully I get to see H.E.A.T. in April 

I work as a percussion teacher and in april-july we closed down and only did teaching online. I mean trying to hear what my drum students where playing through their mobile or laptop mic was just... 
We bought in a mic but that didn't help me hearing them better, it just didn't work so I pretty much gave them homework and recorded a bunch of video lessons instead and used the video call to talk to them. It worked alright in the end but damn, you really start to appreciate the human interaction in teaching.
After the summer we opened up again and it's such a relief, hopefully it stays that way.

That would be frustrating.  When I was teaching slightly more advanced students, I found it beneficial to jam together in the same room and break down licks to show them and help the student with their improvising as they learn.  Would be hard to get that connection over the net.  It seems Brent has his techniques down though and sure he can counter those things the best way possible.

The human interaction is definitely a big thing I missed doing online but if I had a studio setup for the drums with a big screen infront of me the digital interaction from my POV would've been better but that wasn't possible financially. I'm not sure what's the solution to get better sound from the students POV without them paying alot of money for extra gear. It's not like you can demand a 10yo to buy a bunch of studio gear. Sure a better mic might help but even that is a big investment for some families. Then there's latency, we tried rehearsing with one of our orchestras on Zoom, yeaaa that didn't work. 
Digital schooling is nice but if it's gonna be equivalent to let's say an ordinary instrument lesson then there's alot of things that has to be improved.

[Lowdz]

I must admit that the lockdown hasn't affected me much at all. I'm not a particularly social person and am quite happy at home.  A bit of a hermit really 😀

[jingle.boy]

I must admit that the lockdown hasn't affected me much at all. I'm not a particularly social person and am quite happy at home.  A bit of a hermit really 😀

Im with ya, brother.

[wolfking]

Fuck people.  Just not DTF people.

[Podaar]

I was social distancing before it was cool.

[wolfking]

I was social distancing before it was cool.

We had a cool thing going, now it's mainstream.

[jjrock88]

 

I think we also might be the last group of people on earth who still listen to cds lol