I have over 40 years in information technology - much of that in security - and it still amazed me just how stupid some businesses are when it comes to their infrastructure and marketing.

I recently joined the Audio Engineering Society - AES.

I chose to move to Linux on this older 8-core AMD FX processor machine as Microsoft is slowly killing windows 10. Anyone else running Linux-based

Lately I've been playing with Ubuntu Studio and Ardour DAW. It seems very capable and pretty well thought out. At the moment I'm using a Focusrite 2i4 with it, but will probably hook up one of my Presonus StudioLive 32R's - at least for testing. ?

Even though I learned years ago that pricing your services low leads to low-level clients, I've made the same mistake in my retirement with my recording studio prices. So as of January 1, 2025 I'm increasing my rates to a more mid-level tier (for this area) to bring in better quality clients.