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What’s the professional consensus on going by something other than your legal name? Like if I go by Hit Boy and not Jack Antonoff?

Does it make it harder to get paid / get credits / get royalties? Any other challenges? What if the name is already being used by someone?

What do people call you behind the scenes? Do you introduce yourself as that name? What does your mom call you? What will my Grammy say?

I got an invite from I guess the creator or Mod with no explanation and there are not enough posts to make a guess.

Is there like a mission statement, a goal, a purpose, a reason for this to exsist?

Looking for some inspiration in the vein of Lorde, Tove Lo, Charlie XCX, Lana Del Ray, etc. and I can't seem to think of any male equivalents. Is there anyone in this lane? Seems like all the men either go squeaky clean pop heartthrob, Trap / Hip Hop (the Weeknd), Edm producer, or more traditional rock band.

Are there any men in the "Pop production but edgier and less formulaic" realm?

So I have played music for most of my life, starting with band in school then punk and pop punk bands in teens to 20's. After the economy crashed several times and a couple other once in a lifetime events I had sold all of my equipment barring a single acoustic guitar. And that just turned in to decor after a couple years.

Covid hits and its a perfect storm of I'm old enough now to have disposable income but young enough I am still able to pick things up quickly, and technology has advanced enough where people are winning grammys from their bedroom. So I just dive back in head first and I have never been more motivated or a better musician.

I am going to school at night for Music Productio

I'm taking a production class and we can't use anything but stock Ableton (Suite) for the final.

What are your favorite stock instruments?

Its a couple weeks out so I don't have ideas yet but I know I will be doing an arpeggiated chord sequence so a piano or something plucky might be nice, I will also be doing a pad of some sort, and I need a Drum rack. I also need a melody and a regular chord sequence but I may cover those with recorded vocals and an acoustic guitar.

Basically with out doxxing myself too much we had a big meeting in our company and several people spoke but it was mostly bad news about the company not having enough money and we need to really “focus” on what our mission is and make more money. The HR person got up and told us they are real sorry (eye roll) that they can’t give us raises or promotions this year. They then said that they like to joke that our employees have ADHD and get distracted by shiny things and we need to “focus” on a singular goal.

Well I’m not too fond of my disability being used as the butt of a joke and the example of what we shouldn’t be doing. Obviously I can’t report this to HR as that was who made the “joke”

I’m sorry Bank, but I don’t remember my first college roommate’s last name. My favorite restaurant changes on an hourly basis. I have no recollection of my first grade teacher. My moms second cousin could walk up to me tomorrow and I would introduce myself like we’ve never met before. I don’t remember what I did yesterday let alone where I was on New Years 1999. You would have to ask my parents the name of the street I grew up on. My first pet had four legs (I think) and may or may not have had fur. Either that or it was a snake, who can remember…

Great, looks like I’m calling customer service AGAIN.

Anybody got a trick or know someone?

They seems to sell out like the instant reservations open. People on yelp seem to have the same experience.

So I’m sitting here on my couch, cat at my side, windows open, birds chirping outside, swiping away a bumble (something that normally makes me feel really bad about myself) and I felt a wave of something?

Like, I’ve been happy before right? When something good happens, or I get something I want, achieve something I’ve been working for, I get that momentary hit of relief from the flat, dull, egg shell prison I usually live in.

But this time was different. I’m not doing anything, in fact I haven’t matched with anyone on bumble in ages. I’m screaming into the void and no one is listening. But I don’t feel bad about myself? My mind can’t find any wounds to pick at. I’m content for no reason o

Samsung is running Black Friday deals and I’m considering getting a S95B tv and the Q990B sound bar package.

The only issue is it looks like the sound bar doesn’t support hdmi 2.1 pass through. Which means my PC and PS5 can’t use Variable refresh rates or 120 fps which is a big reason I’m buying a new tv.

Is there a way to get around this? Would I lose any functionality like Q symphony?

Do you have to use the pass through? Can I just have the hdmi go into the tv and use the optical out to the sound bar? Or Can I just run an hdmi out with eArc to the sound bar?

My neighbor is a sweet old man and he used to be a professor of botany. So he knows everything there is to know about plants. He noticed that i have a pretty good selection of houseplants and we talk about what we are growing sometimes.

Fast forward to yesterday he brings me a watermelon plant to put in my front yard. I’m like cool, that sounds like a fun project. Then I ask him how often to water it.

He tells me it needs to be watered every morning, sometimes at night too if it gets really hot. 😳

I have no idea what to do. All my plants are succulents, they thrive if I forget to water them for a few weeks. They live for being ignored.

There is no way I’m going to be able to keep a wate

I'm doing sublingual at home treatments and with Covid it makes it difficult to have someone over safely. The doctor I am going through is suggesting having a sitter with you.

For those doing at home do you have someone watching you every time?

Would having someone check on you via text or phone be enough?