music in your brain

the reptile part of us is still straining to get meaning from sound, because it thinks it's still surviving in the wild. any detail of sound for a wild animal could mean life or death.

this is one of the ways we are enslaved.

also..

sounds that have more cultural relevance to the listener are more enjoyable. conversely, sounds that have no cultural relevance to the listener tend to be boring or offensive.

if a sound is loud, and not culturally relevant to you in any way that you can latch onto, your dislike of it will be twofold... first, it's offending the reptilian remnants of your brain because it might prevent you from detecting food or enemies. second, you can't excuse or justify the sound covering up other sounds because it has no cultural appeal.

in the case of loud cacophonous music, we tend to gravitate towards it because the volume will tend to INCREASE the feeling of cultural relevance..

-special technique, 2010 :]

Special Technique at Conventions

Hi folks.. I'm hoping to attend the following conventions. I don't have details on any of them yet, I've been too busy in the machine shop. If you are interested in sharing a booth with me, let me know. Perhaps I'll hang a banner and tattoo all weekend with 1 or 2 people working for me, or perhaps I'll be leaving my jacket in the booth and mostly wandering around. It varies depending on who's traveling with me etc.

Vegas
Oct 1-3

San Jose
Oct 22-24

Richmond
Nov 19-21

DC
Jan 13-17th(really?)

People Who Drive Our Devices

These folks all own devices made by Special Technique.... in no particular order:

Brent Hefner
Aaron Della Vedova
Jacek Minkowski
Cooper Anderson
Nate Banuelos
Chris Vonbong
Terry Ribera
Heather Sinn
Ronan Harvey
Dave Hartman
Ron Earhart
Jojo Ackerman
Mike Rubendall
Chet Duvenci
Paul Faulk
Kenneth James
Justin Pittsley
Jonathan Cagle
Terry Ribera
Joseph Bowen
Josh Hood
Jimmy Whitlock
Hori Chuy
Chuy Quintanar
Ben Grillo
Jason Dunn
Wayne Lessard
Thomas Asher
Garrett Myers
Sylvain Liengme
James Woodford
Terry Ribera
Shawn Barber

As of this post, a few folks haven't received their machines yet, a rare few have put our devices on the nicknack shelf, but most of our clients tattoo with them every day. I know a few people are probably missing from this list..