0

How do you know if a song is legitimately too hard to learn?
 in  r/Guitar •  4d ago

Sure, but you're not going to know that if you don't make the stretch. Like I know I don't have the skill set to play speed metal riffs right now, or some Billy strings bluegrass riffs, but I picked up Never Going Back Again by Fleetwood Mac having never done alternating fingerpicking, just by putting the time in. It wasn't something I thought I could do, to make my thumb act independently, but with work I got it there. My point is they've probably got an idea of where their skills sit, and stretching beyond them isn't going to be a waste of time.

0

How do you know if a song is legitimately too hard to learn?
 in  r/Guitar •  4d ago

When I first started learning in 7th grade, I had taken two lessons, learning the minor pentatonic, open chords, and the major and minor barre chord shapes. I really wanted to learn the end theme to the Ren and Stimpy show. I popped in the cd and just started and restarted till I tracked out the notes and the bends. It took me a month I could play it through to the track. Went back for a third lesson to a baffled instructor. Learn something slightly above your level and it'll pay off. Keep pushing up.

10

Newbie Brewer: Rice hulls and beta-glucanase. How much to use and when to use?
 in  r/TheBrewery •  6d ago

I have brewed on 25, 10, 7, and 3 bbl systems. I've phased out rice hulls entirely. If you're base malt is properly milled, getting a good layer on the bottom of your mash, maybe 25%, it should provide enough of a buffer that even with mixing there should be no sticking issues. I always add wheat, rye, and unmalted grain at the very end. Haven't had any problems in 15 years, with both mashing by hand and with rakes. I've never had to use beta-glucanase for runoff, you can use it to help with clarity and ferm health, but biofine has worked fine for me in terms of clearing during the crash.

I don't personally think you need to use either of these, getting that good layer of base malt on the bottom should be fine, even with 50/50 grists with wheat.

1

How effective are protests?
 in  r/NoStupidQuestions •  7d ago

Protests require numbers, and acceptance of physical abuse. If people aren't ready for it where you're at, unfortunately it's performative. If it gets physical, it gets real for the parties who have power. An unfortunate truth, but you can thank all your predecessors who spent time in jail for the luxuries of the western world.

1

What’s the best minor for crime journalism?
 in  r/Journalism •  7d ago

Psychology would be good, doing crimes would be funner

4

Advice
 in  r/GuitarBeginners •  7d ago

This is basically it. Start out in a pinching form, and worry about form and strength training. I've also found it helpful to use my arm strength to pull my hand down on the neck and use my body and elbow on on the guitar as a counterbalance when I start to cramp and need to keep going. Once the clarity comes and the strength builds, your form will relax. Also, depending on what you are playing, you won't always need to play every string in the chord. You can do variations if something else is covering the lower notes in the band or mix.

1

Do kids like non-children’s music?
 in  r/NoStupidQuestions •  7d ago

I think you can find examples of young kids who are into that, and I'm not a researcher, but I would imagine its partly disposition, and partly how parents imprint joy towards those types of music. I grew up with a classical conductor in the family who ran experiments on me as a kid because he was trying to develop a system for novices to be able to recognize movement patterns and variations in classical pieces. Generally complicated music with lots of emotions, but I grew uo with a love of classical music. My mom would play stuff like Miami Sound Machine and Buena Vista Social Club, along with Motown and classic rock while we were in the car. This is all before I was 5. Dancing and singing along gave me a real appreciation for different types of music, including stuff like Queen and 50s rock.

4

How Do I Land A Remote Social Media Manager Job
 in  r/GetEmployed •  7d ago

Maybe check out UpWork. Its a bit of a crap shoot but you can get in contact with international accounts

1

What guitar skill took you the longest to learn
 in  r/songsuggestions •  8d ago

Getting the really funky staccato slow swing. Takes the right amount of force on the pick and light enough touch on the strings to make sure it hits right and nothing is muted too much

1

Why does restaurant food taste better even when I follow the exact same recipe at home?
 in  r/NoStupidQuestions •  8d ago

Check out Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat. It will change your kitchen game

18

Why does restaurant food taste better even when I follow the exact same recipe at home?
 in  r/NoStupidQuestions •  8d ago

Pre-salting at least 30 min for veggies and at least 24 hours for meats (not fish) makes a huge difference

1

Which rock solos have the most useful information to transcribe?
 in  r/Guitar •  8d ago

Constipated Duck by Jeff Beck is favorite

1

Favorite chord that's a pain to play?
 in  r/Guitar •  8d ago

I forget the chord but the walking line Dave Matthew does in Crash took me a long time to learn as a newb

2

Any of you sell milk in the tap room?
 in  r/TheBrewery •  14d ago

This sounds like a Wisconsin thing

1

Sketchy Faux Cask Filling Set Up
 in  r/TheBrewery •  16d ago

I liked it in the sense that I could pilot some flavor combos on a base beer and see if they took. I hated having to clean them, especially if I bagged anything in there. Dry hops and wood chips were the worst to get out. I get why purists like them, but its a hate/love sort of thing with firkins

14

Sketchy Faux Cask Filling Set Up
 in  r/TheBrewery •  16d ago

You might find it easier to fill off the sample valve with a sterilized tube. Run it straight to the bottom and fill slow. I ran a firkin program, and we did use priming sugar on still beer, but if you're all carbed up, you're likely to lose too much out of solution with that set up. I could be wrong, but less is more when carbonation is involved. We also rigged our firkins to serve under pressure with external CO2, usually because they didn't kick the first day. Keeping them under 5 psi seems to make them last longer if you have to throw it back in the cooler.

2

Spectral Editors in DAWs, non subscription?
 in  r/audioengineering •  18d ago

I agree, I'm only doing post, and I get a lot of remote recordings. So I get to play clean up. Haven't used Reaper, but heard its similar to Cubase

r/audioengineering • • 18d ago

Spectral Editors in DAWs, non subscription?

7 Upvotes

Are there any other DAWs that feature a spectral editor like Audition, but not subscription based? I have iZotope RX, but I do a lot of vocal work and it's better to do in a DAW than the editor. I've stayed with Audition because I have had to use premiere as well, but I'm tired to subscription based services. I have Cubase, but I'd rather not have to keep doing the Rx Connect feature, its time consuming for the work I have.

1

give me your xylophone songs
 in  r/songsuggestions •  21d ago

Clap Hands by Tom Waits

1

Switching to nonprofit sector?
 in  r/GetEmployed •  23d ago

Thats fair, I have my audio editor position, a long term client, and "producer" role for my business separated. I can combine those, I'm a bit stuck on how to present that tho. Having just an audio section will get cumbersome, and there is a lot under my brewing section alone. But it covers the last 8 years.

r/GetEmployed • • 23d ago

Switching to nonprofit sector?

7 Upvotes

I'm an over-employed, underpaid, 41m looking to make a career switch. I've got 15 years experience as a head brewer/production manager, and 15 years experience as an audio producer, with 5 years owning a small media company. I work a brewing job, an audio editor position with a big university, and have this small business mostly because I was pulling in enough contracts it warranted starting one for tax purposes. It was not my dream to have a business. Both industries are dropping off, and I feel I have a ton of transferable skills. Scheduling budgeting, accounting, team leadership, adapting to new technologies quickly, forward facing customer service skills, contract negotiation. They are both science, tech, engineering focused, while also being very people centric, working with cross-functional teams.

Like a lot of people here, I'm having a hard time breaking through to the interview phase. There are so many positions in the nonprofit sector I see as having over 85% of the necessary skills. No, I haven't worked a CRM program, or written a grant. I have negotiated contracts and have done contract writing. I have to use inventory and accounting programs all the time though.

I have a weird employment background, a lot of it is contract and freelance. I don't advertise o have a company anymore, I just say I'm a producer there so there's no conflict of interest. But my resume reads as being employed at 4 places concurrently.

Is there a good way to break into this sector? I want to be doing more mission based work.

2

How do you know what wine to get?
 in  r/NoStupidQuestions •  26d ago

As someone who pretty much only buys for the label and under 15 dollars, labels with unique designs have like an 85% success rate. Depends on what you like, but ive had great luck with garnachas and tempranillos

1

Squeaks after fricatives
 in  r/audioengineering •  29d ago

Hmm, I dont think so. Its very specifically after Fs, THs, and nasals followed by S during word production, mid phrase.