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Top 30: You Know You are an Electronic Musician If...

You know your are an electronic musician if...

1. You know the type of sound wave for every police siren that you hear

 2. You know what MIDI, IDM, ICMA, and DAW stand for

 3. MAX is not a name

 4. When you think of Supercollider, you think about pages upon pages of computer code

 5. You know the frequency of your refrigerator hum


 6. You are constantly messing with the dials on your car radio to optimize EQ

 7. You hear a melody in wind chimes and immediately try to sample it

 8. You have ever purposely listened to noise static for long periods of time

 9. Your studio equipment costs more than your car

 10. You know the BPM of your car blinker

 11. You have a definite opinion: Sibelius vs. Finale

 12. In the MAC vs. PC debate, your answer is Logical


 13. The only Tools you use are PRO

 14. You have ever used the pick-up line, "Wanna check out my studio?"

 15. A fun Friday night is six hours uninterrupted in the studio

 16. You subconsciously judge every live performance that you hear for its lack of sonic quality

 17. If the power goes out during a concert, you are S.O.L.

 18. Your date has ever listened to your music and scratched their head in confusion

 19. Your parents say your music hurts their ears

 20. Any instrument that you play has to be plugged in

 21. Your violin looks straight out of Tron

 22. You have ever played in a laptop orchestra

 23. You have more cables than songs in your live set

 24. Your fans have never met you in person

 25. You spend more time with headphones on than sleeping in your bed

 26. Your "instrument" has crashed on you

 27. You know what a MIDI fart is

 28. You lost brain cells by accidently blowing out your ears with a 
feedback loop

 29. You had a concert end when someone tripped on an electrical cord

 30. You know what square, triangle, and sawtooth have in common

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