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Going to college to upload good music sounds like an expensive route to take. Do you plan to go into music as a full time career?

Hi CG, you're in good company because there are a few knowledgeable folks here that also use Reaper. You should post some of your stuff in the show off area of the forum

I've been using Sony mdrv6 for many years and they are very comfortably and sound good. I replaced the earpad covers with the velvety beyerdynamic ones and they are great.

I sing off axis to the mic to help with sibilance and plosives and I vary distance to the mic to control harshness to some degree. The rest I do with EQ.

There's a lot of good suggestions that I agree with and use including: Change the angle of the pick Use a lighter pick or one with different material Find the offending frequency and reduce with EQ Try coated strings

Drums are not my primary instrument but I play drums and my brother is a drummer. When I record i like to play the drum parts because it's fun and because I have a style that would be hard for me to program. I have access to acoustic and electric but I use e-drums for convenience. To make the...

I mix in stereo but I do listen to my mixes in mono to check for phase cancellation, comb filtering or any other issues. I mix in stereo because I generally will have stereo effects happening while I'm tracking and I need to hear them. It's just what works for me.

Hi LouThang, Well you are one step ahead of me because I do not have good ideas for lyrics and writing lyrics does not come easy for me. That said I have written many songs over the years so I always manage to get it done and pleased with the final result. One question I have is, do you have...

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I agree with @Farview. Distorted or overdriven guitars have natural compression that causes the attack to be less and the sustain to be more. Plus the sound of a distorted signal generally cuts through a mix more than a cleaner one.

I personally use individual overdrive and distortion pedals but I have used a Zoom Multistomp that has a bunch of pedal simulations that sound pretty good. IMO they don't sound very close to the pedals they simulate but sound good in their own way.

Joseph, that's quite an endorsement and well stated. Like I said, I could be wrong and I probably am :-)

It's definitely interesting and might be fun to use if a person became blocked but an advanced song writer wouldn't need it and for a beginner it would be a crutch and possibly hinder advancement. I could be wrong but it's not something I will use.

I have never been a big fan of Elixers. They are ok but IMO not worth the cost because Like @TalismanRich said, I have also had the coating flake off. My Taylor came with Elixers and when it needed strings I switched to my typical D'Addario EJ16 for acoustic and EJ17 for acoustic lap steel. I'm...

My music room is in a basement and I stuffed R9 insulation between all of the upstairs floor joists and then installed zero clearance insulated ceiling panels. I also insulated the heat ducts that run through the joists. Those three items definitely reduced the amount of sound going upstairs. If...

Welcome, Joshua. Yes, recording can be as simple or complex as you want or need it to be. I've been a home recordist since I bought my first 4-track reel to reel in 1978 and I have been learning ever since. Good luck with your studies.

When I saw the thread title I thought Dylan would be mentioned first. He's not my fav but he is like a god to many. For me I draw inspiration from Tom Petty and Sheryl Crow. Next in line are Neil Young and Jackson Brown. Those four seem to resonate with me more than anyone else.

Yes, and it took me about a week which is about typical for me.

I pretty much agree with what you're saying because lyric writing does not come easy for me and I have found nothing that makes it much easier. Yeah, I will use Rhymezone and other tools to help with finding a particular word to fit into a verse but nothing that I have ever found that will help...

A link to the files is a big nope from me.