this post ended up being about microphones

my plan was to use this last week of freedom to finish recording "what the future holds".... but it's pretty slow. actually i'm just feeling very uninspired. imminent doom (i.e. school starting next week) tends to do that. that and my source of inspiration might stop being a part of my life in the next few days. that was pretty vague.... but it was supposed to be. lee knows what i'm talking about. aren't the rest of u just dying with envy? if u want to know i'll tell you, but i don't feel like going into it right now. this school year is going to be different from last year. er, i hope so anyway. maybe this year i won't fail three classes. :P it'll be different for a number of reasons. but i hope and pray that most of the changes will have good results.

i'm thinking of buying a microphone. i've wanted ever since the beginning of summer, but never got around to it. thanks to my job on campus (audio/visual techie) i'm just a tad knowledgeable when it comes to mics. and i did quite a bit of research earlier this summer. i would use my mic mostly to record my voice (i still haven't figured out why i do this). but i'd also use it to record piano (now that i found out i can actually play very simple things), and acoustic drums (the school's, and later my own when i get a set.... hopefully next summer). i could just keep recording my electronic drumset and my brother's keyboard, they're certainly more convenient to record than acoustic instruments. but i really like the sound of acoustic instruments much better. sooo, since i don't want to buy a voice mic, a piano mic, and a drum mic kit, i will have to get something very versatile. i did some research and drew from my vast knowledge of all three mics that we use at school. and decided upon the Shure SM-57. (see first picture). cute isn't it? it's a very versatile microphone. it's ideal for instruments (drums especially, yay!) but can also be used for vocals. the second picture shows it being used on a snare drum. anyway, this mic costs about $75 at music store here in town, and about $50-$60 on ebay. not bad as far as mics go, and considering it's professional grade. i'd also get a stand and a windscreen (eliminates popping and hissing sounds from saying p's and s's). so in all i think it would cost me about $100 is i got the mic on ebay. which isn't bad.

now that i've wasted 5 minutes of ur life i think i'll go to bed.