There’s a podcast that only does 1 on 1 RP games called Party of One. It might give you two some ideas!

I mean there’s that, but also it’s well known to Australians that their government has sold them out to be a client state of the US. On trade, allowing American military bases on the continent, and more.

Haven’t there been like 10 Septembers of funding? Lmao

Still jogging twice per week. Getting back on my sleep schedule.

I need to put my bed away during the day so it’s not an option to lay down instead of doing shit.

If you already have a psvr2 there is a Sony-made adapter for PC connection. Not sure if that makes 3d Blurays work though.

Thanks! Here is that article link in case anyone wants it: https://unherd.com/2022/01/johann-haris-stolen-ideas/

Pretty good except for the Anti-anti-Capitalist jabs.

This is what American Exceptionalism will do to a motherfucker. Choose one of the several long hikes with actual infrastructure, dumbass!

You would want to choose your start date very carefully for any hike this long.

This really should not be your first hike, though. Maybe that goes without saying.

I really benefitted from reading that book, but Johann Hari has been extremely controversial in his field (actually, he has no credentials, so (pop) psychology is not his field at all). He is a journalist, not a Doctor.

So if any one thing is helpful, fine, just know his conclusions are drawn far more from his own anecdotal experience and his empirical sources really don’t support his conclusions.

He is also a serial plaigarist and his book on depression is absolute dog-water.

Another takedown that specifically talks about Stolen Focus here

I’m never getting flu + covid vax on the same day again. Last time I had terrible symptoms.

Beanie never once annoyed me but this one is just… Annoying.

If you did a full bag of non saline water it wouldn’t be great for you. One heroin sized syringe is much less than that.

Yeah it’s called an IV drip. Usually it’s a saline solution.

Motorola has had extremely good value in the budget android market (at times) for the last 10 years. Nowadays they have competition though.

The zed10fx seems to have aux levels in addition to the gain and fx knobs. This can be useful because the aux send can be used as a monitor mix which can differ from the main speaker mix (if you have a monitor). Seems a bit more versatile in that sense.

If it’s all DIY, a mixer will be good to have. If you are performing at a venue with a sound person, they will handle it and you can just plug your mic cable into their system and tell them what you want (typically just a bit of reverb).

That stuff is for a DAW program (or a larger, more complex mixer), if you don’t have internal sends you can’t do it live. In-channel fx are fine for live and there is typically a separate FX knob anyway, which won’t change the volume of the dry signal. On that mixer, you won’t experience the problem I was describing because there isn’t a wet/dry knob, there is a gain knob and a fx knob that don’t affect one another. Sorry, I wrote that before understanding this was a DIY live situation.

If you felt the need for off-board FX, you could use the FX send with a patch cable, then after the pedal put it back into another channel. You won’t need to do that in most situations.

I adjust eq for every venue… And I have a nice mic and good technique. Different rooms absorb different frequencies and have different resonances.

Even with basic “low mid high”, you can improve your sound a lot with eq.

I do agree that one should learn mic technique though… Eq can’t fix bad technique. It can kinda fix a subpar mic.

Somebody once told me “air is the best mixer.” What that means is if you’re practicing in a small room, it’s gonna sound shittier than a real venue, in terms of sound quality.

Oh, another pitfall is oversinging. If you can’t hear yourself singing, the instinct is to sing louder. But this can make you sound shitty and lowers your stamina. Ideally you have a vocal monitor, but if not, position yourself so you can hear a little of what is coming from the amp. Without letting the mic feedback.

Your keyboard amp has eq already, I assume. If you haven’t, I would adjust that, prioritizing the vocal quality over other instruments if all channels share the same eq. One benefit of a “real” mixer/PA is that each channel gets its own EQ. Reverb is the second most important effect, I’d say. And delay is optional, depending on the genre.

If your mic sucks, that also might contribute to “sounding bad.” Does everyone agree the singer sounds bad on your system? If you aren’t used to hearing your own voice objectively, you might be thinking it sounds worse than it actually does.

Look into mic technique. The basic idea is you have to actually sing directly into the mic (NOT over the top, and don’t hold it like a comic facing straight upwards; it should point into your mouth), making sure you are following the polar pattern of the mic.

With a dynamic mic, there is something called the “proximity effect.” The closer the mic is to the singer’s mouth, the warmer the sound is gonna be, while farther away makes the sound thinner. But you have to pull the mic an inch or three away when you sing especially loudly or high pitch or you will break everyone’s eardrums.

A good baseline distance is a finger’s width or two between your mouth and the mic. If you sing very loud in general, 3 fingers might be appropriate.

And during mic check, don’t just talk. Actually sing like you’re actually planning to sing. Seems obvious but many singers just say check 1 2 but that’s usually quieter and less melodious than singing.