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  1. jeffmaher

    music publisher/music supervisor websites

    Yes. Yes. Yes. One of my 'mentors' has six production music publishers that advert his with work, available for sampling on each or their sites. He does very well with income from licence fees and royalties....enough to buy a new luxury car every year. I have one publisher, 11 signed works...
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    Jazzy Blues

    you don't need a lot of tweeking if you can get it right at the source. ...and if it's not exactly right, y' most often can't improve it with voodoo. Yup. The lesson it has taken me the longest to understand and apply with discipline. A trail of lousy recordings, I have.....ruined by...
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    Cheap Alternative Sound Treatment Panels

    Not a joke. The diff between this and egg cartons is that , if you use 24oz cups, you'll have 6" deep of compacted fiberglas in each conical projection. The shape acts as a diffuser, the wads of encapsulated glass as an absorber..... Another nice thing is that the glas is encapsulated....no...
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    Jazzy Blues

    I'm recording direct to the board from the synth...which is triggered by a vintage Kerzweil K2000...which has some really neat sounds, too. My soundcard needs replacing...keeps shutting down, so I don't have the use of the sequencer. But that was a good accident! Part of the reason, I think...
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    Please give feedback.

    Maybe I can help a bit: I was shopping for a new computer. I wanted something with lots of real-time number-crunching ability. I was sort of settled on a 8 GB RAM commercial model at a little over a grand. I brought my old computer for service to a store-front tech guy...and started...
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    comments and thoughts please

    That wasn't so bad, soundwise. Mixwise, the drums and bass up. Punch 'em......way in the background, now. I listened for the first three or four minutes. That's the longest intro I ever heard. The only change I noticed was the drums in the groove after three minutes. And they weren't...
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    Jazzy Blues

    Not crazy about the finger snaps; at least not having them going through the whole song. I'd say bring them in and out as the song moves through the variations. Like keep them during the main riff, then as the song goes into improvisations, stop them That, sir, is a capital idea. Gonna do it...
  8. jeffmaher

    Autoharp Rock

    A joke, right? :^) It did actually induce sea-sickness. Had to shut it off after 6 bars. Not kidding.
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    Please give feedback.

    Kick gotta be big for the application. Dance. I thought it was pretty much where it oughtta be, compared to what I hear elsewhere of the type. It'll sure shake the doors of the pimped Honda it's being played in...and everybody elses doors and ears... for a block in all directions. I also...
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    Cheap Alternative Sound Treatment Panels

    1/4" presentation panels, 22"X28" Lots of 12oz to 24oz styro cups. Fiberglas batting. Grab a fistfull of glass, stuff it into the cup. Glue-up the rim, and stick it on the panel. Fill the space available on the panel with the cups, rim touching rim. About $4/panel, if you can't get free...
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    Please give feedback.

    That was a great listen. No mix issues. Great voices. Great groove. A winner. Only thing I'd suggest to put it over the top: The form is.... Intro/Verse/Verse/Chorus/Chorus/V/V/CCC/RapCycle [Bridge]/RC/RC/C/C/C.....If I remember right. The only weakness I hear is the lack of a change in...
  12. jeffmaher

    writing a jingle for a local firm.

    Go to the place of business. Look, listen. Something should start playing in your head. Go with your own thing. You're the creative guy. Don't try to make it sound like anything other than what inspiration assembles in your head. Think about it. Focus. Something will come. If it's...
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    Jazzy Blues

    That's 'general midi piano #1' loaded in an antique Roland XV50/80 rack synth. I'd live to have a real one. No room :^) [and too much room in my wallet] I apprenticed with a guy who does MIDI orchestras so well you can't tell they're fake. I was going that direction...until I realized I...
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    Jazzy Blues

    TX!! Trying not to suck.
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    Original by a friend, recorded by JM

    The artifacts are mouth noises. I like them. New master, including dobro and additional guitars L&R at the ending. No reason to add more..sounds finished. Cut a lot of lows, de-boxed the vox, more editing....I think it's done. About the best I can do with the mikes and instruments and...
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    Original by a friend, recorded by JM

    You're right...checked the mix mono....voice need a small level cut. A scoche more verb wouldn't hurt...she hates the cave. so I erred on the side of pleasing the artist. Funny...a couple comments on the midi/synth sound of the real instruments: I think if I had some $6000 Neumanns, I could...
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    A first original for ctitique

    New version at the link, Slim. the difference I heard between the guitar and the other instruments was who recorded it and on what. All the tracks were recorded with cheap dynamics. I have some mid-level condensers; but I don't like the way they print. I think that untill I can get a couple...
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    Original by a friend, recorded by JM

    Sonar 3.3 and Ozone mastering. I trying to be careful not to scoop any guts in her voice that are there...I rolled off the bass, and dripped the low mids only -1+ w/ a wide Q. Maybe needs more. The whole thing, with the exception of cymbals, is dark. The mando will help...and some bright in...
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    wishing my mixes didn't sound so weak

    I think there's plenty of sound-power. I'd say you're unsatisfied because there's no 'groove', for example: Sustaining the bass notes to the near-end of the available duration. Fill the rythmic gaps with other percussion. And try noodling with some other types of chords and...
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    80's TV Series remake (take a guess)

    That's a really big, nice recording.
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