I'm here, home alone, and will be for a good portion of the day. I know lonely.

At least I got my computer...a link to the outside. :p

When's Tool going on tour!? :eek: I want to see them too...

I do too, but computer just doesn't cut it sometimes.

[QUOTE=Stormrider331]Hmm, does anyone know of an easy to use free program to record ?

I have this cheap mic, and I want to record some stuff sooner or later...[/QUOTE]

I use Audacity. It's really easy and free.

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]Now I am eternally better than you. :p

Only thing I'm kinda disappointed about is the setlist...hopefully, it changes a bit more before they get here (or where I'm going, CT).[/QUOTE]

Link?

I doubt my show's setlist will be the same, as my show is one of the chronological retrospective shows, but all the same.

Show's on Thursday. :cool:

EDIT: Forget Tool on tour, when is that band gonna release a new album? They only have three full-lengths in 12 years. :mad:

So I'm going to see Pelican and Mono :-D

The other shows I am thinking about are Isis and Mogwai.

[QUOTE=Slug]So I'm going to see Pelican and Mono :-D

The other shows I am thinking about are Isis and Mogwai.[/QUOTE]

I missed Sigur Ros at Madison Square Garden last week. I was really bummed. :(

I need to get my butt to more concerts. So far I've seen Les Paul twice, Rush once, and as of Thursday Opeth twice, and that's it.

But at the second Les Paul show, I also saw Joe Satriani, Kenny Wayne Shephard, Stanley Jordan, Neil Schon, the Steve Miller Band, Pat Martino and Pete Frampton, so that's kind of cheating.

Oh nice, you are going to see Opeth. Who are they playing with?

I go to tons of shows, that's why I am always broke :-/

[QUOTE=Slug]Oh nice, you are going to see Opeth. Who are they playing with?

I go to tons of shows, that's why I am always broke :-/[/QUOTE]

Nobody, the New York show is an "Evening With Opeth - Chronological Retrospective" show. They're playing stuff from Orchid to GR all night with no opening acts. Apparently there will be a number of songs that either have not been played by the band for years, or which have never been played on American soil period.

The trouble with all the good shows is that they cost you an arm and a leg and possibly an eye.

I envy you, man.

I don't think I could enjoy Opeth without an arm, leg, and eye.

Shows in the DC area are actually pretty cheap. The Pelican show is only 12 bucks.

[QUOTE=Cain]Link?

I doubt my show's setlist will be the same, as my show is one of the chronological retrospective shows, but all the same.

Show's on Thursday. :cool:

EDIT: Forget Tool on tour, when is that band gonna release a new album? They only have three full-lengths in 12 years. :mad:[/QUOTE]

It should be floating around somewhere in the Opeth/Dark Tranquillity thread...one of the later pages.

Hopefully, it changes a little bit.

I'm off for a week, no work or school 'til Saturday!
I will do absolutely Nothing, but sleep, post on the internet, eat and Play Games.

YES!!!!

Haha, Tool are almost as bad as Metallica when it comes to putting new albums out.

I wouldn't mind seeing Opeth, I missed them when they were over here recently.

Thuraday nights show, Opeth played the Amen Corner again and threw in The Leper Affinity, which means their is a chance for me to hear Harlequin or In Mist...i have faith!!

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]I'm off for a week, no work or school 'til Saturday!
I will do absolutely Nothing, but sleep, post on the internet, eat and Play Games.

YES!!!!

Haha, Tool are almost as bad as Metallica when it comes to putting new albums out.

I wouldn't mind seeing Opeth, [B]I missed them when they were over here recently[/B].[/QUOTE]

I missed them too last fall. And there not coming here this time...

My week off is not this week but the next.

Sorry to go off topic here, but I have a question for all of you mx'ers in college right now. I've been in an ongoing argument with my parents about selecting a school after high school and your insight could really help me. My dad keeps trying to tell me that when I get to school I'll be up to me eyes in work and won't have any time to see any people outside of school, and basically no time for anything non-school related. From what councelors have told me this doesn't sound right at all. How much free time do you usually have? I know that college will be a lot more work than high school, but I really can't imagine that it will be as time consuming as my dad says (which is basically every second of every day). So how much time to yourself would you say you usually get?

Thanks for the help, I really appreciate this.

Almost all my lectures/tutorials are on Monday and Tuesday. Over the remaining five days of the week I have one further lecture. I get quite a bit of time to myself.

EDIT: To be fair, this may be something to do with the subject. But even my med student flatmate last year had time off. I should know, I wasted it with her.

[QUOTE=Cain]
EDIT: Forget Tool on tour, when is that band gonna release a new album?[/QUOTE]

2nd May.

[QUOTE=ShadowsFallen]Sorry to go off topic here, but I have a question for all of you mx'ers in college right now. I've been in an ongoing argument with my parents about selecting a school after high school and your insight could really help me. My dad keeps trying to tell me that when I get to school I'll be up to me eyes in work and won't have any time to see any people outside of school, and basically no time for anything non-school related. From what councelors have told me this doesn't sound right at all. How much free time do you usually have? I know that college will be a lot more work than high school, but I really can't imagine that it will be as time consuming as my dad says (which is basically every second of every day). So how much time to yourself would you say you usually get?

Thanks for the help, I really appreciate this.[/QUOTE]

If I wasn't working full-time I would have lots of free time.

The fact that I still spend as much time here as I do proves that college isn't nearly as grinding as some make it out to be.

So I'll most likely have a lot of time outside of class? He keeps saying that I'll be working 24/7 on various things for class but I was sure that wasn't true. I can't imagine spending [I]that[/I] much time.

Thanks a lot guys, you've been a big help. :)

Well it'll depend a lot on what course you take. A med student, or engineering student, will generally have a lot more work to do than many others, for example.

In English universities, anyway. I suppose I can't say I know about your crazy country.

I'll be a music major. I know I'll have a lot of practicing and rehearsing to do, but I spend hours a day doing that now. My brother had tons of work to do when he was an engineering major, but he was also involved in a co-op program, which was basically a fulltime job.

Every thing is all dependant on the course you take, I would say.

NP-Helloween-Mr Torture (love this song)

You'll spend alot of time practicing as a music major, but usually you'll look forward to your practice.

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]Every thing is all dependant on the course you take, I would say.

NP-Helloween-Mr Torture (love this song)[/QUOTE]

Good song.

Yea, I'd say that you'd have SOME time off. My dad was a music major, and I know he had time off...

There's a lot of grinding work involved in being a music major, but since it's so creative the hope is that your passion for the art would assist you in learning because you'll be enthusiastic. Unlike what is the case with academic courses involving essays and tests, there is little subjectivity and open-endedness when it comes to definitively saying whether or not you've learned what the teacher is trying to teach: you either grasp the concept or the skill or you don't and end up wasting the teacher's time. But it's a lot of fun, I get really excited when I learn new things like that.

As for work, it honestly depends on your area of study and a range of factors like the leniency of your teacher, your required courseload, and your extra-curricular activities. Nevertheless, there is MUCH more time for free time because classes are so spread out over the week and because they are ostensibly not as mindless as the typical day in high school. This is why it's very important to take care of yourself, because the additional free time will sometimes make you too liberal in the amount of time you'll give yourself, and since class isn't nearly as demanding, you'll have no excuse for not doing what is asked of you. Just stay on top of work--which isn't hard in the slightest--and you'll have loads of time to pursue what you want.

I figured that there would be a lot of time spent practicing if I went into music, but since I genuinely love music, that isn't a terrible hardship. I'm always excited whenever I start something new in music.

Procrastinating on work I have is a terrible plague of mine, so I'll definitely have to change that. But aside from that it sounds like I won't be as overwhelmed as my parents seem to think I will be.

Thanks a lot Cain, you've been a huge help. :) And everyone else too, I really appreciate this.

I'd tell you that it depends on these three factors:

1. How many credits you take per semester
2. Your major (as pointed out already)
3. External factors (living arrangements, eating arrangements, etc.)

1. Credits: if you only take 12 credits/semester, you're going to have no more than four classes. If you take 16 credits, you're going to have around six classes. Whatever number of credits you need to graduate, divide that by your number of credits per semester (i.e. 120 credits @ 24 credits/year = five years, compared to 120 credits @ 32 credits/year = about four years [assuming it takes 120 credits to graduate]). The more credits you take, the more busy you will be.

2. Your major: as pointed out, pre-med, pre-law, engineering, etc. students have more work than, say, a liberal studies major. The requirements your major has also play a significant role: many courses are considered "weeder" courses to weed out the weak. If you tank on a weeder course, you might want to think about a new profession.

3. External factors: you know my story with previous roommates, the uni's atmosphere, and the like. When you get stressed out, you need to know how to handle it or else you'll boil over. Things like that. How will you eat? Where will you stay? Are you good with change? How easily distracted are you? Do you manage your time wisely? Are you organized? Will you have extracurricular activities? And so on and so forth. Lots of questions, really, that you need to be able to answer on your own.

Man, this is one serious thread.

If anything is overwhelming it'll be learning to do things that you absolutely have to do without parents to nudge you or do it for you. You gain a much more advanced sense of actual requirement and responsibility when you go out on your own, because everything you do for yourself directly correlates to how you feel about your life. You will not have work ready for class and feel bad about it, because you've wasted time that could be spent preparing for your eventual career, and you won't turn in a form on time and won't be able to go on a study abroad trip and be kicking yourself that you missed the opportunity. But within the responsibility is an inherent, ironic freedom: YOU are responsible in the most literal sense for what you make of yourself and your aspirations. I strongly advise against partying all the time, there's too much potential for severe derailment of these things if you do. But by all means, have fun, there will be plenty of opportunities.

EDIT: Jom's point #3 is extremely important. Keeping yourself healthy mentally, physically, and socially is your primary consideration. If you're not handling yourself well, external stress creators like work will bore you down into the ground. If you're prepared to handle it you'll have a much easier time.

[QUOTE=Slug]Man, this is one serious thread.[/QUOTE]
Boobies.