My 3 rules for buying instruments and studio equipment

In which I detail the guiding principles by which I make my gear acquisition choices. My music: Support my work and get stuff: Looking good: Connections to like-minded humans: SOFTWARE: LOOPER WIRE RECORDER TEST EQUIPMENT SYNTH General gearlist (some Amazon affiliate links, I get paid a little if you order through these) AUDIO: RME Babyface Pro SHURE SM7B GEFELL 670 M70 RAMSA WRS 4424 mixing desk SONY PCM-D100 recorder Telefunken M15 reel-to-reel Ableton Live 10 HEDD HEDDPHONES HEDD 20 Monitors MEZE Audio Classic 99 VIDEO Panasonic GH5 12-35 Lumix Blackmagicdesign Pocket Cinema 4K Panasonic 12-60 Lumix Blackmagicdesign Atem mini Manfrotto 055 Stands Aputure Amaran lighting Phillips Hue lighting BenQ ScreenBar plus Final Cut Pro X