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'Embrace the darkness, let it lead the way' Indeedy do. Best tune I've heard in weeks. Ten years ago, I'd've said rein in that big guitar a touch, but I love it. No suggestions on an earbud listen. I'm looking forward to listening to this one on the big speakers when I get back home in two...

Well, that pretty much wraps up *that* discussion. 🤣 I'm going the disclosure route from now on in this forum, by which I mean posting enough production notes so that people get an idea of how the project was assembled and how it came to sound the way it does. I think it'll make things more...

It comes across as an echo/repeat of what came in about 1.04 and again at 1.20 but with a different sound (and at the end as well). Change ups, right? I think the arp bits give the song more character than the singing, good even as it is.

1 When the band's full on, the mando sort of disappears just a b-i-t. That's okay. But would it be better if it maintained a better presence? 2 The mando's panned right and fiddle left, but it's opposite in the video. 3 Really, really good work. 4 I've never miked something like that, with...

I'm thinking more of an 'ingredient list' than journal entries. Something like this: Recorded all tracks. Vocal mic: AT 4050 BV mic: SM7B Bass: DI Guitar: amp sim Scuffham S- Gear (Tweed emulation) Drums: Fiverr hire (not sure about mics) Keys: Komplete Berlin Grand And if you want to go...

Or you can sit or stand in the same place and sing into the same mic and then fiddle with the track position in the DAW. I like your idea of getting far from the mic so that you pick up crappy room sound though. You ever see those pictures of Sinatra singing three or four feet from a mic? He had...

That's two of us, then. One more gets on board, and we're a movement.

The focus of this discussion started out as something like 'should we ask people to declare the mp3s they post here as AI-generated or AI-free'? I'd like to shift that topic slightly to 'If we're going to do that, let's broaden the request to include, not just AI, but all significant aspects of...

Look, I put a *lot* of time and effort and heart into making recorded music, and I'm interested in doing it better. That's one reason I'm interested in what other people do as well, and how they get there - I can learn from it. And I can do that better if people say how they assembled their...

You can layer vocals and mess their phase up.

Me too lol.

Packaged food items are required to list their ingredients/contents so that the consumer can make an informed choice. Should we do the same in this forum?

I guess it's a conversation to have. I'm wondering if it's a pattern for all sorts of production now. "Completely original. No AI." But if we go that route, maybe full disclosure for every production is the way to go, the way you have credits in a movie. For instance, I'd be really interested...

In that case, why don't you ask an open question like: 'How did you put these tracks together?' instead of the kind of questions you've been asking: "Is the music here "canned"?" [Which suggests that you think it sounds canned.] "Please forgive me for asking - we live in at a time when it's a...

I think maybe the vocal needs to be a bit more upfront. Some syllables are getting a bit lost ('bay'). Clip gain, compression, parallel compression? Just turn it up? Really nice version of a really nice song. 👍

Ah - so that's what was behind your question to Manslick about his track in this forum? So, what do you think of what Meter did on his track when he posted a list of what went into the arrangement?

Good tuneage. The refrain is delicious. How'd you get that sound on the vocals?

Has Gary Brun mastered your stuff before? What effect does his mastering have on your stuff? (I've tried mastering my own stuff in Ozone and I can't come close to what Jimistudios does.)

Really, really nice. Seems like it's got more clarity now. It could support more bottom if you wanted more heft. Really, really nice. I said that. (y)

I've stopped doing DI too. It's messy and noisy with mics, but in the end it sounds better.