Alt: I took the next logical step after completing my bullshit stupid HND in music technology and sold bathrooms before moving to the more dynamic, lucrative and fascinating world of central heating replacement parts and controls.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:00, 3 replies, latest was 10 years ago)

Our valve thingy is a bit sticky, can you get us a new one?

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:03, Reply)

No, trade supplies only fucko.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:14, Reply)

Thanx xx.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:16, Reply)

I did a shit HND once. After a year of shit temp jobs I went back to uni and topped it up to a shit degree and was employed within days of graduating.

( Peej, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:04, Reply)

Fucking hell, qualification snap!
Do you know anyone who did that and has had any sort of career in music?

Everyone I've ever known who actually got anywhere did it through year upon year of making tea for pompous arseholes in recording studios and getting the occassional bit of on the job tuition.
( Muns, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:06, Reply)

I know someone who has a reasonably successful career in music who did a course like that
Although, I don't think he finished the course.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:08, Reply)

i don't think a monthly slot at the local Mecca and hand pressing your record counts as a career, friend

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:10, Reply)

He was actually the one who put me onto the chap who mastered our record

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:11, Reply)

He put you onto Dean? What a guy.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:19, Reply)

Totes
They were in a pop band together, did totp and everything
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:21, Reply)

Google doesn't tell me who this pop band were :(

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:25, Reply)

N Sync

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:26, Reply)

What did you search for?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:27, Reply)

Dean surname music

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:32, Reply)

The top result then
Or did you spell it wrong?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:34, Reply)

A Facebook page?

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:34, Reply)

Are you using a different google from me?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:36, Reply)

No I spelt it wrong.....
Cor that's quite interesting, I have even heard of this music
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:37, Reply)

It's from your era, isn't it?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:44, Reply)

Bit late, but I know some of the tracks. Wow you're like famous or something.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:46, Reply)

Reflected glory, mate.
Perhaps you'll show me a bit more respect now, eh?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:48, Reply)

Yes, yes sir I will

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:49, Reply)

Shaved fannies

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:32, Reply)

In my security work, I've met hundreds of audio engineers.
Hardly any of them has ever obtained any formal qualification. Most got into it by coming in as an assistant to do the shit jobs, then developed from there.
( Muns, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:12, Reply)

Guy I know did a performing art course, he' successful through it. Drum tuition, session muso, and online stuff, also filmscores. Most musos just do it howevet, rather than college.

(DBT became a fruitarian on, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:15, Reply)

The only chap I am still in contact with from then has his own sound engineering company, and does live PA stuff too
Everyone on the course was a 'bedroom dj' so I would guess they all work in IT now
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:17, Reply)

haha, so fucking true.
We had four guys who didn't fall into that category.

One was a sixty year old rock musician, who always wore a denim patch jacket and a single ear hoop.

The other was a forty year old punk who had never had a job in his life, done way too many drugs over the years and didn't know how to blink.

The other was a classically trained pianist who was hugely interested in the production and recording side of things.

Finally there was a signed drum and bass artist, who was fed up of paying engineers and wanted to learn how to do it himself.
( Muns, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:29, Reply)

Ours was a real mix proper geeks who probably run their own internet radio stations and fringe of society drop outs who probably still just cane weed and skag

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 14:33, Reply)

That's a fair representation of everyone else.

( Muns, Wed 10 Sep 2014, 15:00, Reply)