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Insights: Sample Modeling’s The Trumpet

By   /  April 23, 2013  /  Virtual Instruments  /  No Comments

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My focus here is showing ways to get The Trumpet to fit into the mix, which is a common concern expressed on the various forums.

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The Consumers Are Coming: Olympus Is Downloading

By   /  March 20, 2013  /  Marketing  /  No Comments

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That said, there’s no question that downloading is here to stay, especially as shipping prices, both domestically and international increase. But every good thing brings its own issues with it that need to be worked through and resolved.

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My “Real Wealth” Accumulation Program…

By   /  March 18, 2013  /  Diary of a Rogue Economist  /  No Comments

The family publishing business has offices all over the world. In most places, we rent our buildings. But when prices turn down in a major way we look for better space. Needless to say, this is especially interesting when we can finance the purchase at giveaway interest rates.

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Fracking The Family

By   /  March 15, 2013  /  Diary of a Rogue Economist  /  No Comments

I recently introduced a new idea to members of Bonner & Partners Private Wealth. I call it “family fracking.” It comes from the recognition that: (1) When your family finances fail it is usually your family that fails, not your finances. (2) You need to put your family under some pressure to toughen it up.

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A Wealth-Protection Lesson From the Old-Money Rich

By   /  March 14, 2013  /  Diary of a Rogue Economist  /  No Comments

Market bottoms occur when selling has been exhausted and the market can go no lower. That’s when you find real bargains. Of course, this is also when buying is highly unpopular… and the herd is stampeding in the other direction.

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A Lesson From My Grandfather

By   /  March 13, 2013  /  Diary of a Rogue Economist  /  No Comments

I got a lesson in the importance of macro thinking again last night. Exploring an old family desk, we came upon a cache of my grandfather’s letters. He had come back from World War I and begun a business supplying coal to the ships that used Baltimore’s harbor.

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Unscrew Your Kids, Part II

By   /  March 12, 2013  /  Diary of a Rogue Economist  /  No Comments

by Bill Bonner, Chairman, Bonner & Partners Thomas Jefferson was familiar with debt. He carried a substantial burden of it throughout his adult life. At the time, there were no bankruptcy protection laws. If you did not pay your debts, your creditors hounded you… could take everything from you… and get you sent to jail. [...]

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Unscrew Your Kids, Part I

By   /  March 11, 2013  /  Diary of a Rogue Economist  /  No Comments

by Will Bonner, Co-Publisher, Bonner & Partners Thomas Jefferson was opposed to a “national debt.” He thought it was immoral that one generation should spend on credit, forcing the next generation to pay the bill. Jefferson knew what a burden debt could be — especially when it is debt for spending he didn’t enjoy himself. [...]

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Insights: Vienna Dimension Strings – Part 1

By   /  March 7, 2013  /  Virtual Instruments  /  No Comments

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Recently, the Vienna Symphonic Library released their new Vienna Dimension Strings. In this first Insights, I’m looking at DS from a Professional Orchestration perspective and what it lets the arranger/composer do.

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Insights: Realivox -The Ladies

By   /  February 8, 2013  /  Virtual Instruments  /  No Comments

The Ladies

By Jose Herring Realivox-The Ladies is another tool in the scoring toolbox The human voice. In my opinion, the voice is the last frontier of sampling. It’s the most intimate of musical instruments, the one that 5 billion-plus people are most familiar. Instantly the human ear can tell if a voice is genuine or mechanical. [...]

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