I need major recording advice

[seanjohnson]

so...i am a BRAND NEW recording artist. i just bought a samson c03u usb microphone and i need some help. basically, i need some advice on how to get professional or close to professional recordings. some people said my song was great, but others said i need some mixing. some said i need to show more emotion, but dont know how that could happen. I am 15, just started recording 2 weeks ago. please search "D-Mynor" in myspace music, and it should be the only one.



please check it out and give advice, i really need it.

[santiu]

can you post a link?

[The REAL Jigsaw]

You're young man. Most likely you just need some time and practice. I wish I was that young when I started to record. Just keep pushing.

[seanjohnson]

i tried to post link, unfortunately the website would not allow it.

[NL5]

Professional results should be a piece of cake.......

[jaybriggs84]

Originally Posted by NL5

Professional results should be a piece of cake.......

I think we were all guilty of thinking that when we first wanted to record

[DavidK]

Originally Posted by seanjohnson

so...i am a BRAND NEW recording artist. I am 15, just started recording 2 weeks ago.

The word "artist" usually comes a bit after two weeks. Stick around and read, you'll get a lot of skoolin here.

[TerraMortim]

I started recording when I was around 11 =D

Just keep going is all... keep doing it and you can be as broke as me some day! lol

[Massive Master]

If you're still having problems getting professional sounding recordings after you've done this 40-50 hours a week for a decade, *then* worry about it.

Otherwise, you need to be more realistic.

[Dogbreath]

No kiddin Sean.
Give it some time.
Read. Take breaks. Read. Experiment with the gear you've got. Listen to bands you'd like to emulate. Read. Experiment and then read. Then start applying what you read as it starts to make more sense to you.

Then you can show me what I'm doing wrong in my stuff.

[SouthSIDE Glen]

Work on developing your ears. Practice listening to your favorite CD not for enjoyment, but for dissection. Move from, "man, that keyboard sounds really awsome there," to "what is it about that keyboard that makes it sound so awsome?" Is it how it fits in the arrangement? Is it a particular melodic hook? Is it that it fills a part of the sound spectrum that none of the other instruments quite touches, like an itch that none of them quite scratch? Does it sound particulary bass-heavy or treble-heavy compared to your average keyboard? Is it because it is completing the rhythmic groove? And so on.

The #1 key to this whole game is being able to get to the point where you don't have to ask others whether something sounds good or bad, right or wrong, but rather when your ears can analyze that for themselves. Then, when you have crested that hill and can instead ask questions about *how* to fix what you hear is wrong, you're on the downhill slope towards a professional sound.

Once you know yourself whether the problem is mixing or emotion (two ENTIRELY different things - you're getting scattershot advice) or something else, then you can climb that next hill of lerning the tools and techniques for getting from where you are to where you want to be.

G.

[legionserial]

I'm at work so I can't listen to anything right now, but you aren't likely to get a professional sound so soon. But you should be able to forge a very listenable sound. If the song itself is good and the performance is good, that will make it all the easier.

[WhiteStrat]

Originally Posted by seanjohnson

...please search "D-Mynor" in myspace music, and it should be the only one.

That search comes up empty...

[seanjohnson]

ok, for the song, you can click on my name and it has my myspace music page url on there. i forgot about that detail...and thanks for the feedback, all of you have a valid point. i will keep reading for more advice.

[DavidK]

http://www.myspace.com/deshawnsofficialpage

[TerraMortim]

Originally Posted by Massive Master

If you're still having problems getting professional sounding recordings after you've done this 40-50 hours a week for a decade, *then* worry about it.

Otherwise, you need to be more realistic.

yup yup... just give it time. Nothing comes right away, certainly not something you have to train your ears to do well. There's people who are naturally gifted at things like this, but still it requires years of honing their skills and constant improvement over their entire lives.

[rayc]

15? You ought to have been there & done that!
You could backtrack and read stuff, play stuff & record stuff then post stuff with a link & read stuff written as comment on your stuff and then stuff around with the stuff & nonsense to create some more stuff.
OR
get you hair namesaked & join a skin head band
OR
take the time to develop your writing talent, playing expertise, arsenal of instruments, gear, taste, LISTENING skills & patience.
& one last thing - STOP listening to MP3s & streamed media as much as possible - sounds silly but there's a VERY good reason - & you might suss it out if you try to do it.
&&&&&&&
Play TO real PEOPLE as often as possible (but don't use it as a form of torture - congress are finally getting their reptillian brain around that being naughty).