Recent content by lykwydchykyn

I recently had the displeasure of listening to some of Butch Walker's productions. I swear my home recordings sound better. It's nothing but digital clipping the whole way through. Living Colour's first album sounds pretty bad in retrospect. Digital reverb city. The guitar sound reminds...

Let me clarify that I don't think there's anything wrong with calling a release and "ep" or "lp" or "album" for marketing purposes and to position in a certain way to the consumer. But feeling like you have to adhere to some strict definition of what an "ep" or "album" is makes no sense. Put...

Amen and I say Amen. There are some articles over at home recording connection that are helpful. The webmaster over there knows a ton about building sites that get good rankings, I learned a lot by getting my site critiqued (read: torn apart) over there. I've been getting a fair amount of...

The older I get the more I wonder why we independent musicians feel the need to mimic the forms of the record industry. I mean, EP? LP? The question is, how many good songs do you have recorded? Who says you can't slap 8 songs on a disc and sell it for whatever you want? Who says you have...

I'm not familiar with the Juno-D, but I know the Juno 106 sent sysex data with every patch change and slider change. There's a 3-position switch on the back to set the level of MIDI "verbosity".

I used to think there were direct correllations between certain scales and modes and certain emotions, but really it's not so close as all that. Actually, the character of most modes can't really adequately be summed up by any words I know. Everyone says stuff like "major is happy, minor is...

These threads amuse me. Where do you plan on acquiring a copy of windows 98? Last time I checked it's not even being sold. I don't even think win2k is available anymore. There is no OS out there that SOMEBODY hasn't had a bad experience with. Everyone's got some kind of anecdote about how...

Robert I know where you're coming from. I think it's one thing if you're playing a bar for 3 hours, but if you're doing more like 1 hour sets for a crowd that wants some originals, it's a little different. My band used to do all kinds of crazy stuff to entertain the crowd. We'd cover "she...

Just reminded me of "Everyday people" by Sly and the family stone. The entire bassline is eighth notes on a G. Never changes. But man it grooves.

Being a CIVIL and not a CRIMINAL issue, copyright gets complicated. Anyone can sue you for it any time they want. Whether they'll win, whether it's worth the trouble, how much money they'll get, etc. is all up in the air, really. The reality is, you probably won't get sued. But you probably...

Most people will tell you to charge by the hour, but I can't tell you how many more projects I've done on a per-song or per-project basis (on either end of the deal). Most home and project studio guys work on the per-song or per-project basis, because they have low costs and generally work with...

They're looking for "the next big thing". And no, they don't know what it is either. They just know it has to look good in tight jeans. Seriously, apart from some very ultra-indie web-only labels, you're not gonna find too many A&R guys hanging around here. Check the TAXI listings (though I'm...

They pitch shifted it. That's how sampled instruments work. It sounds authentic to you? Anyway, these two extra octaves you mention are precisely what you're describing in your original posts. Have at'em. They're all yours. Your question is like asking, "If we took the biggest number...

You record mono sources mono, stereo sources stereo. Which ones are which is up to you. For starters, I'd generally do vocals mono, and guitar stereo if it's by itself, or mono if it's in a mix. If you record a mono track and pan it center, it will come out both channels. Copying the track...

I once lived in a house with aluminum duct work, which was exposed in the basement. I pulled the vent cover off in my room, stuck a mic in the vent, then ran to the other end of the house with a drum stick and banged the crap out of the vent. Great sample. Still using that one. Similarly...