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I'm a big Yes fan, but their earlier recordings through Relayer all had glaring production issues. Have you heard the Steven Wilson remixes (and surround mixes)? He really cleaned things up, in particular the easily audible tape hiss anytime the music came down to near the noise floor. But...

No.

There was a meme recently that went something like "Top Gun is in the theaters, Tears For Fears on the radio, and we're at war again with the Russians". It's the 80s all over again.

No.

My primary uses for cassette were mixed tapes, garage band distribution, and 4 track recording. It served these needs fine at a time when there were no economical alternatives. But no one ever had any illusions about how god awful cassettes were. It was cheap, like a bag of Doritos or...

Compact Discs are much more viable (at least some computers still have the ability to play them as well as any bluray/dvd player, whereas nearly no one owns a cassette deck anymore), and through services like Kunaki cds can be made for under $2 each. I'm basically a 'local internet band' and...

Short answer: Yes. Also, the name of the band I last bought on cassette. The album title was a zip code.

I don't, never did. Not even sure 'surround sound' and 2 speakers belongs in the same sentence. Is this an effect the makes things *seem* like they're projecting from a spot in the sound field?

There was never a specific budget amount listed, 'cheap' is all relative to one's financial situation.

He's a nobody looking for exposure, it's not really important other than retaining rights. It's likely scammers anyway, so definitely not worth putting any extra effort into. In my naivety, I would assume 'somebodies' in the biz would have all this worked out, or worked out for them [by an...

The odds, if looking at this realistically and taking measure of say the success expected from those 75,000 songs, is exceptionally small. Most musicians do it for the love of it, and the few who are bred/willed into becoming famous (think child prodigies or marketed kiddie pop bands) becoming...

You can set the price to whatever you want (at least on Pond5 that's true, since I've used it). Mitigates risk, and if they're serious and want more he can always negotiate with them after this initial use case.

Eventually time moves on from old software and hardware alike. I would use the hardware upgrade as an opportunity to also transition to Windows 10 (or 11). This will, after all the bugs and quirks are worked out, futureproof you for a bit like your current Windows 7 setup had. I did a major...

Sounds like you could just start doing that on Bandcamp instead?

Just put the music they want on Pond5 or Songtradr, then tell them to buy the rights through the service. That way you have things done properly/legally. If they balk they were just trying to scam you.

You don't need a domain lock, you just need to turn off domain transfer in your settings. There's plenty of hosting companies to choose from that allow you to upload your files and point your domain name to the files. Some like GoDaddy and Dreamhost will allow you to register the domain name...

You'd need a midi pedal controller and select that as your control/automation for the virtual wah. I looked into this a while ago, also for a volume pedal for swells, and opted to get new dedicated volume and wah pedals instead. At the time doing this with a midi controller pedal relied too...

My primary collaborator tends to have a lot of breathing between sections. If he's singing loudly I can use a gate to remove, since the vocals are louder than the breathing and easily removed by setting the threshold low. But if it's a softer song with quieter vocal passages, the gate is often...

Sample would be helpful. Mic placement in front of the cabinet is very important (the SM58 should be fine for your use). Having good monitors (preferably studio monitors) and/or good headphones are critical to mixing. I'm familiar with the Logitech and Klipsch 2.1 offerings, and even started...

Tiktok is mostly a dead end, but the 'success' stories are interesting fodder. There's no silver bullet to getting views, listens, likes, subs, or reviews (or recognition, or a genuine sense of worth, or money, or orgies). My best advice is to network with other musicians, maybe do some...