I think many of us know each other because of time spent on site. We've been here a while and as you too have been here for a bit longer, you'll get what it is that makes each of us tick. One thing you can do is to click on a users name and check out their profiles. For example, if I were to click on _refugee_'s profile I would quickly learn that she blogs, writes poetry and uses certain tags etc. I think you will dig the #pubski post which is made every Wednesday, it's a great place to get to know one another. I appreciate your enthusiasm though and therefore, I'll play along: -Musician -started the #hubskioriginalmusicclub -Father of two kids, a girl that is 4 and a boy that is 9 months old -Co-founder of the most amazing online community in the world -I love to cook, see #grubski -and by all means participate -I enjoy running, tennis and baseball (though it's been years since I've played baseball) -I dig #bitcoin -I make the #tngpodcasts and with steve produce the content/videos -I have a dog named Harrison and I'm a huge #thebeatles fan -I collect vinyl -I have a ton of energy and sleep much less than the average human
Tng I recently got my dad's old record player in shape and have borrowed some of my parents' records as well as bought a few of my own. Quick question - how do you store your 45s? I've got a huge stack of them (no sleeves) and they don't fit on my shelf the way the LPs do. I was told that their label raises them a bit so the actual records don't touch each other when stacked, I don't know how true that is though. Any tips?
I use two "book ends" to stack them up in a large drawer. Nothing fancy and frankly, I don't have enough of them at this point to warrant anything else. My dad has a kick has 45 collection and I hope to thumb through it and borrow some the next time I'm home. Have fun with the new set-up and the new records. That's fun stuff. I need to start spending more time actively listening to my collection as opposed to passively listening when friends are over etc. Late night and with headphones, alone. Tomorrow night I'm listening. We should start hosting Hubski vinyl parties where we all post the album we are going to actively listen to that night and then do it. I digress. Enjoy! sorry I couldn't be of more help. bgood79, any suggestions for how to store 45s?
Are they in sleeves or just loose records? And I'm guessing you're stacking them on their sides as opposed to lying flat? I don't know anything about vinyl, really. But I thought you aren't supposed to keep them out of sleeves or they'll get scratched, and you aren't supposed to stack vertically or they'll get warped. Vinyl listening party sounds like a great idea. I ordered a used copy of Todd Rundgren's Something / Anything and it should be here soon.
They are in sleeves, they are side by side and not stacked. Let me know when that Rundgren album arrives, I'll try and pick something new up too. I've been wanting to pick up some bossa nova but don't know where to start....
No. No time yet. I need to buy my bro in law some records for Xmas this week though, I'll pick something up then. Enjoy that listen.
Hey thenewgreen, Thanks for the response. If you don't mind me asking, how did you end up co-founding Hubski? I am a musician myself, and I really can't stand any kind of coding. Did you contribute code wise? Idea wise?
mk had Hubski up and running for a couple of months and per his prodding, I created an account. We were friends, still are and he asked for suggestions on the site and I started giving them. You have to realize that Hubski basically looked exactly like hacker news but with little +'s next to each post instead of up or down arrows. He then asked me to come on board and be a part of it. I contribute in many ways. In fact, it would be easier to say what I don't do to help with the site. I don't program or code in any way. I couldn't imagine any other person that I could work better with than mk. His strengths are my weaknesses and I would wager that he would say the same. I think we both feel like Hubski is our baby, we care about this place immensely and do all that we can to make it a special place and all that we can to ensure that we don't fuck it up. If you are a musician, chances are you are a pretty creative person. There are any number of ways that you could channel that creativity into creating something of your own outside of music. Whether this be a "start up" etc. is up to you. For the record, we always refer to Hubski as a project and not as a "start up." The connotations with the latter just don't fit. Good luck!