Re:So, you wanna know how GarageBand has affected my life, e
Friday, July 02 2010 @ 03:47 PM CDT

Quote by: Catalina22 Quote by: drakonis Quote by: jgurner Quote by: magnatone welcome to MJ - you're doomed! I think Dante said it best: Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I endure. All hope abandon ye who enter here. And of course... the more popular: "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" -- The Eagles - Macjams California But on the other hand, now that you have found this oasis, and start finding out how fun and helpful these new friends are, and how much you are about to learn about making music and collaborating and listening and having fun (I won't even mention the wacky-fun chat conversations)... well, it is quite worth the IV-hookup :-) ttfn, Drakonis Indeed! On just my second day here at MJ, I can't believe how over Facebook I am. I used to be a once-every-two-hours status updater. I don't think I've hardly looked at it since I got my invite to MJ. This is a ball!

yeah but ..... shouldn't you be studying?

Re:So, you wanna know how GarageBand has affected my life, e
Friday, July 02 2010 @ 04:05 PM CDT

Quote by: magnatone Quote by: Catalina22 Quote by: drakonis Quote by: jgurner Quote by: magnatone welcome to MJ - you're doomed! I think Dante said it best: Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I endure. All hope abandon ye who enter here. And of course... the more popular: "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" -- The Eagles - Macjams California But on the other hand, now that you have found this oasis, and start finding out how fun and helpful these new friends are, and how much you are about to learn about making music and collaborating and listening and having fun (I won't even mention the wacky-fun chat conversations)... well, it is quite worth the IV-hookup :-) ttfn, Drakonis Indeed! On just my second day here at MJ, I can't believe how over Facebook I am. I used to be a once-every-two-hours status updater. I don't think I've hardly looked at it since I got my invite to MJ. This is a ball! yeah but ..... shouldn't you be studying?

SERIOUSLY!!! Yes!!! But do you know how awful it is to go from making music to reading about Corporations? Bleckity-blech-blech However, I did just finish a little temporary farewell-to-Garage-Band tune. That's it! No mas GarageBand until August.

Re:So, you wanna know how GarageBand has affected my life, e
Friday, July 02 2010 @ 04:06 PM CDT

Well, there`s only ONE way out!
Go and check out LOGIC, hehe...

Oh, sorry,
I`m a bit late to point on Logic.
But so what? It`s definitely the only way out, so....

Re:So, you wanna know how GarageBand has affected my life, e
Saturday, July 03 2010 @ 07:14 AM CDT

Quote by: I.G.M. Well, there`s only ONE way out! Go and check out LOGIC, hehe... Oh, sorry, I`m a bit late to point on Logic. But so what? It`s definitely the only way out, so....

Yeah! I can't WAIT til I have Logic! I should be a full-blown recluse by then.

Re:So, you wanna know how GarageBand has affected my life, e
Wednesday, July 07 2010 @ 05:18 PM CDT

HOW GARAGE BAND HAS AFFECTED MY LIFE, PART II

GarageBand turned my world upside-down. Everything unraveled for me pretty quickly after I discovered this music-making tool. I am not planning on trying to become a rock star, or even a musician. I am not hapless and silly enough to drop everything to think I could make it in the music business. However, here is what happened as a result of GarageBand: I discovered something that gave me joy. This discovery of joy brought into very sharp, stark, painful relief the misery I have felt every step of the way in law. I knew within the first two weeks of law school that I was making a mistake, but I bulldozed my way forward and got the degree anyway. So, anyhow, GarageBand, strange and trite though it may seem, has literally changed the course of my life. It just became clear that I could not go any further down the wrong path. Life is too, too, too short to do something that is making you miserable.

So, I really don't know what the next step is. There has got to be a job out there that's a good fit for me and doesn't make me want to stick forks in my eyes like law does.

Wow, GarageBand literally made me realize that it is possible to do some things that are worth doing for the sheer joy of it. I actually know some folks who feel this way about law, too--to each his own.

Po Branson's book, "What Should I Do With My Life?" is a great read. It just shows how many of us grapple with this existential dilemma--"What am I supposed to be DOING with my life?"