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[caption id="attachment_9642" align="alignnone" width="620"] By Florian Klauer[/caption] It's happened, at least once, to everyone: You're talking to someone, maybe at work, maybe at a social gathering, and you start to tell them a story. Then, about midway through, you realize you've made a terrible miscalculation.

Amplifier Modeling has come a long way in the last five-ish years. As manufactures have honed their algorithms and musicians and producers have begun to adopt sims as part of their normal live and studio setups, the possibilities have expanded enormously.

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[caption id="attachment_9554" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo: Björn Laczay[/caption] Where do good ideas come from? In his 2010 video on the subject, author Steven Johnson described the question as one that "all of us are intrinsically interested in.

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I was in Wausau, Wisconsin visiting mentor and friend Dave Junion while giving a lecture at a high school. We threw together a photo shoot after I remarked how incredible it would be to move a boat into the forest.

[caption id="attachment_9503" align="alignnone" width="620"] All photos courtesy of Brian Lemos[/caption] When Wu-Tang Clang used the acronym C. R.

[caption id="attachment_9477" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo via Flickr[/caption] Freelancing doesn't mean working for free. Of course, there are times when doing work for free can be justified, especially if you have a personal attachment to the project (designer Jessica Hische advises you always do work for your mother), or if you really do believe it's the best way to gain exposure that could lead to paying work later.