Matthew Dear's HD stolen mid set

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Matthew Dear's HD stolen mid set

Post by 90's child » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:08 am


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Post by dancing Ray » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:13 am

8O :x I don´t want to believe.
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Post by maomao » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:36 am

sounds a lot like the calvin harris "Terminal 5" incident..

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Post by hambone1 » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:41 am

Sorry to be harsh, but no sympathy, really. Think of the type of people who frequent clubs. That’s what backups and Kensington security slots are for. It’s a no-brainer.

How many more of these stories do we need to hear?
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Post by dancing Ray » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:45 am

hambone1 wrote:Sorry to be harsh, but no sympathy, really. That's what backups and Kensington security slots are for.

How many more of these stories do we need to hear?
Man, this like you turn your around to turn up the amps volume and someone steals your efx pedals right from the stage.

This is why we need a big security crowd and fences in front of the stage. :roll:
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Post by maomao » Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:54 am

dancing Ray wrote:
This is why we need a big security crowd and fences in front of the stage. :roll:
you can also choose the "booth with closed curtains" like Moodymann 8)
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Post by stallos » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:05 am

thats seriously poor, especially as it ruined everyone elses night too
whats the world coming to

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Post by freshdrumma » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:45 am

That's what happen when you play mp3s :twisted:

He used to play vinyl, 3 years ago....

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Post by Angstrom » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:00 am

how the hell does someone steal a drive from right in front of you?

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Post by jasefos » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:15 am

Angstrom wrote:how the hell does someone steal a drive from right in front of you?
And furthermore without him immediately noticing since most likely he'd be streaming stuff from it at the time ...

Ouch !

Of course no backups is fucking stupidity if the data is has value to you.
Personally I can't sleep well at night unless I know my backups are up to date.

I've come close to losing **everything** on numerous occasions through not having backups but fortunately one of my best buddies happens to be a data recovery expert who can talk to hard drive controller boards in machine code!
; )

Data theft is another matter of course ...
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Post by nobbystylus » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:19 am

i've got sympathy for mr dear on this one...
i had someone steal a bag full of midi stuff from behind us in Croatia. It was one of those gigs where the VIP space is basically where you're playing so there were loads of munted lurkers asking us questions every two minutes while we're gigging. You never ever know what the security in a club is like and part of the fun of doing a live set is being a bit intimate with the crowd. We found the discarded bag lying in the carpark with nothing in it after the gig.

I have to say that i stopped using external drives for gigs when one died on me in Belgium and i had to recreate the set standing on stage on the internal drive (while my sidekick played)..

i think carrying a USB key with enough of a set to carry on in your pocket isn't a bad idea these days.. they're about £5 for 4 gb.
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Post by smartass303 » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:54 am

Brooklyns Hardcore, innit?

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Post by b0unce » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:03 am

"who's matthew dear?"
"some guy I heard about off the interweb who got his HD stolen"
"I think I'll look him up and maybe check out his tunes"
"far out"
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Post by TITBAG » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:12 pm

I FORMATTED IT TO NTFS AND FILLED IT WITH BABYGOTBOOBS AVIS. INFINITELY MORE SATISFYING

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Post by hambone1 » Fri Apr 11, 2008 12:18 pm

Two external drives in mirrored RAID here, all Kensingtoned along with the laptop to something solid.

Hard drives are dirt-cheap nowadays. There's really no excuse for such a non-professional attitude, especially if you're getting paid and have the potential to let people down.

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