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Time to time I look over the memberlist just to see how many people on average register with the forums. By doing so [combined with your posts], I learn a little bit about each and every one of you. A perfect example is a website that you've made revolving around whatever you do.

Obviously, alot of this is music, spoken word, and recording entusiast related which sparks my interest -

What do you do? :happy:

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Besides helping you keep this forum from devouring your soul?

Hmm. Might have to think about that.

Oh. I love music. Love it to death. I don't even own a TV. I never watch TV. I'm always constantly listening to music. I'm into the listening thing, which is why Skyther endlessly pesters me to get an iPod. However I've given in to temptation and well, a pink iPod Mini shall be mine... one day. :sad:

Always been into MiniDisc from the first time I heard about it, I thought it was shweet. These were the days before MP3 players, too.

And honestly, I get a lot more attention over my DS8 than any of my friends do over their iPods. iPods are like Camaros... everyone's got one! But when I whip that DS8 out... man it's fun to show off. I even get a lot of people who say it sounds better than their iPod. :laugh:

Could be that they're using the stock buds... :happy:

I did do a bit of live recording in the past, nothing major, just making rush-job demo CDs for some local bands in good ol' B'ham. Fun stuff, and I got paid pretty decently.

That's about all I do with MD.

Otherwise, I write. Write, write, write. And play Final Fantasy XI. I do a lot of that. Probably too much. :grin:

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What do you do? :happy:

Hmm. What -do- I do?

Let's see.

I'm a writer of sorts. Bad poetry is pretty much all I show to the general public.

I'm a still photographer who still prefers film. My favourite subject is night photography, though I have done a lot of spontaneous portraiture over the years, as well as landscape photography. I shot a wedding for friends once, and plan never to do that again.

I'm a sound engineer. While I openly admit that I've never done this professionally, I have run the PA for enough small shows over the past 12 years to have a good handle on what I'm doing, be well-respected for it, and be able to run a small show all by myself without any difficulty. I've been complemented on my ability to run a front of house board with the mains sitting at -10dBVU with the sound clear and more than loud enough to please the crowd.

I'm also a recording engineer. I have recorded and mastered a small number of demo albums for local groups since 1996. Most recently I was engineer for an art gallery installation that featured a 5.1-surround "radio drama" which I engineered, mastered, and burned to DVD as AC3 right here in my living room.

I'm a sound recordist. I have done numerous small jobs that could be considered foley, field recording, location recording, or whatever you want to call it.

I'm a videographer. This is definitely in an amateur capacity, though I am fairly well-versed in the workings of professional equipment. For the most part I shoot shorts of family and community events, bring it home, edit it, and burn it to SVCD or DVD for friends and family members.

I'm a divorced father of one son.

I'm a computer [PC] technician with 13 years experience which followed several years of programming that started when I was about 11.

I'm a relative internet-fogey, having been on the net in one capacity or another since 1987 or 88.

I do desktop publishing/layout, though I do not consider myself a layout artist.

..And I am a cunning linguist.

I know I missed a bunch of things I do, but hey, that's enough for now. :wink:

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i work in a convenience store for my dad! and more fun than you would think it was. in my area the customers are always open so youre not dealing with ass's. its likeyour there friend for the time they are :happy: . no im just joking but the people are very nice. the only boring part is cleaning maintenance and stolks. which is mostly what i do now that my sister has learned to work the cash and lottery machine.

and im like cori too, i listen to music anytime im not behind the counter. while i ride my bike, lying around.... for some reasoin i have an urg to listen while watching t.v. blink.gif .......so yeah thats what i do

(i also dont get paid!! its family :sad: )

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hmm... i'm a reader.. they say readers are leaders..haha.. i'm partly that

i read a ton of self improvements/money making books and i'm soo lazy i hardly ever practice what i read or even preach. but i'm part of some uhh.. improvement groups and share my knowledge...oh and books like : Think and Grow Rich, The richest man in Babylon, Dare to win, Over the top, 17 keys of success etc etc.. my favorite author is Napolean Hill.

i also listen to a ton of hours of seminars by Anthony Robbins, Robert Kiyosaki, Bob Proctor, Jim Rohn... etc etc... i spend a lot of my time listening to them and taking notes...

I skate..still amateur.. seems like i'm too busy for that nowadays..

i'm working on becoming a software and pc hardware engineer... do a lil programing in C++, Delphi and VB..blah blah.. i'm too lazy to stick to it.. :smile: ..

listen to new music all the way and old music half way ..

i used to be crazy.. :laugh: but i'm not that crazy now..

crazeybt1= crazy Bradley the first. :laugh: ...

you know i'm a gizmo uhh.. i just love gadgets... new technologies etc. .. etc..blah blah blah.. nothing really interesting..or spectacular probably when i turn 20 :grin: my life might kick off..

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Im Electrical Eng. working with traffic control systems.

I listen electronica, new age and sometimes radio.

I like 24.

I like to watch Formula one.

I just finished FFX and Im a Metal Gear Solid megafan.

My first cassette walkman 1990.

My first discman 1995.

My first MD walkman 2003.

I love Atrac3.

:cool:

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- IT manager for a marketing/ad agency... was formerly a programmer (PHP, Perl, MySQL, Linux stuff...). I still dabble when need arises.

- Not a doctor of anything, though I've seriously considered becoming a counselor.

- Occasional reader of books, though I wish I read more often.

- (former) writer of poetry, though those days are farther and fewer between.

- Frequent reader of tech/geeky info site (slashdot, howardforums, this forum)

- listener of mainly electronica/club/dance music, but have been known to own the random cranberries or dido album :rasp:

- Only person I know (other than my bro) who's 1/2 Chinese and 1/2 Czech

- MD user since 2001 (started with the R700)

- I actually frequent a gym usually twice a week, but get the random 3rd visit if I'm really motivated.

So, there you have it.

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-Student

-Listener of music

-Pretends to try and make music

-Own/operate a Blog

-Hopefully will be a Radio DJ come fall

-lives independant of my parents

-works at a nightclub, but hates the music

-enjoys staying up really really late (it's 6:15 am)

-strikes out with the girls

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Neat topic!

- My life changed in 1984 when I realized I could purchase the music I wanted instead of waiting for the radio to play it. Unfortunately, I was 11, with no steady source of income.

- I listen to everything except country and rap

- I'm a sucker for a really cool gadget (my Clie NR70 may be obsolete, but it's so COOL)

- currently live in the middle of nowhere with my girlfriend, cat, frog, python and no hot water

- draw sometimes

- write sometimes

- I'm one of the 27 people worldwide who actually enjoyed Titan A.E.

- favorite movie is "The Frighteners" director's cut

- I hate driving, unless I'm on my motorcycle.

- the sewing machine in the house actually belongs to me--and I use it, too

- MD is still my ideal method for recording/storing/playing music.

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17-year old student.

Future surgeon, because it pays well. Only time will tell.

MiniDisc user since 2003.

Knew the ins and outs of computers in another time, long, long ago.

Addicted to Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles, single player mode.

Loves mathematics, physics, and the study of Japanese/Chinese language, but not the study of literature and text, English or not.

An online wanderer.

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Me.... oh..... um

Mature Student (2 years to go) Computer Systems & Networks BSc Hons (started when I was 29. I feel OLD but mixing wth 18-21 year olds is....blink.gif :love: unsure.gifrolleyes.gif.... oh, better get back on track).

Currently doing my degree's placement for a year at a school helping with computer networking & server support.

X PC Repair Technician (8 years)

X TV Repair Technician (2 years)

X Studio Engineer & Bench Technician for the BBC (OUPC) (Audio & Video side) (2 years)

Hobbies

Computing, Electronics, Proving people wrong, Getting proved I was the one that was wrong :laugh: . Playing Eve Online.

I run a few websites from a home system (cant provide details as they are for personal use by friends from around the world), but use the space for posting pictures etc in forums I subscride to.

I have a habbit of picking a subject I want to know about and reading about it until I cant find any more info on it.

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HI.....i'd like to introduce myself officialy aswell, seeing as how ive been posting here and watching these forums for a few months now

im 19 going on 20, a graduate of highschool

and incredibly interested in music and even more so in computers

im a nerd when it comes to computers, but im still learning (i hate typing though, incase you notice my spelling mistakes made frequently)

my favorite music is rap and hip hop--dont worry im no wannabee of anyone im just a white dude that listens to the music lol

but i really will listen to every kind of music out there and enjoy it except for country music....

ive been interstead in minidisc since probly 1995-96....i was pretty young but.....i still was intersted

im hopping to go through college and get some sort of computer buisness going with my freind and partner....time will tell how it works out..

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my life in a nutshell:

-University Student

-18 years young

-no time left to practice the guitar

-find me in vancouver (no, not vancouver, washington)

-breakfast at tiffany's is my favorite movie

-occasional skateboarder

-unemployed

-still believes that a trip to South Korea summer 2005 can still happen

-misses NHL hockey sad.gif

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hmmm.

i'm from melbourne australia

25

5'11

blond

was a student currently on a disabled pension

so not doing all that much

like reading classic lit & hard sci-fi

don't like sci-fi on tele tho

read slashdot for the non-linux articles

have a blog

drive a '97 camry v6

live with my parents & g/f

previously been a cocktail barman, report writer, gofer at cadbury schweppes, tech support guy

i mostly listen to hip-hop & international news stations [bbc, npr &c]

i also cook a lot

this is me posing

user posted image

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Bilingual customer serv rep. And proud of the excellent service I provide.

29. Wannabee writer. Addicted only to one thing: videogames.

Fell in love with MD since I first saw the MZ1 in a pamphlet. Got my first unit, an R37, in 2000.

Speak with a very thick, sometimes hard-to-understand, pseudo-european accent. (WTF?)

Single, like german shepherds and huskies as you can see from my profile.

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I'm always interested in who does what on these internet/international forums. So I'll play along...

33.

Elementary school music teacher

Professional drummer/percussionist and private teacher

Father of 3 yr old twin girls and a 1 yr old boy (at time of posting)

Makes me wonder how the fook I even have time to even type a WORD on this thing!!

First time I ever operated any MD equipment (listed below) was August, 2004. I've only done live recording so far. Thoroughly impressed!

One of two drummers in the Progressive Rock band, IZZ.

Check out www.izznet.com to see what's in my CD player, if you care.

Long time passion: Brazilian Samba music. More recent passion: BeBop.

Plenty more to tell, but do you REALLY care?...... That's OK

GREG

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my name is randy,im 23, and i'm a cna. i love electronics of all sorts. thats how i got into minidisc in 2001. i dont do much posting, but im here reading alot. i plan on going to school sometime in the future. not sure for what, either mechanical engineering, computer programming, or to be a psychiatrist. dont know about the psychiatrist crap, too much school. i used to be in to videogames, mostly fighting games. not much offered in that genre recently. i listen to everything except country and reggae, i listen mostly to metal, industrial, and elctronic. i go out dringking with friends often, and i'm single.

god, i wrote that like it's a f___cking dating service. anyways thats me, kind of.

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Who am I ? I've been looking for an answer to that question for 42 years, haven't found it yet.

I can tell you what I've been and what I do now, but not who I am.

I was a student, dishwasher, janitor, drywaller, treeman( the longest ) now due to lifes little gotchas, I'm a helpdesk tech for a cable ISP

I love to drink a few beers now and then, with a shot of Jack Black and drive around listening to my music, not in my car. I know enough now days not to drink and drive in my car.

I've met some good people the past couple of years and if they're any indication, I guess they make me a good person too.

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