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Do an A/B and compare it. Typically direct from an amp will sound worse than a mic'd amp or even an amp modeler. Just make sure your direct out is not a "speaker out". You'll damage your recording equipment if you go through the speaker out jack.

Just this last year I discovered this: that you can really screw up tracks by slowing down your creativity. When you work on a new song, the more you try to perfect it, the more you get bored with it and the more stale the recording becomes. At least from a self-production standpoint, your...

When I first met my wife, she wasn't all that impressed when I told her I was a musician with a home studio because she thought I was either one of those guys who thinks he can play because he can play "Axle F" on his casio keyboard, or a guy that actually could play a song on an instrument, but...

One of the things I did when I first signed up here was do some search on the equipment I had, which was basically just an ADAT XT and a Studiomaster 16x2 channel analog mixer. I was pretty happy to discover that my mixer is a damn good piece of gear and at that time, the biggest problem people...

No. Bottom line is that whether you use analog or DAW, the most important parts of the recording are the songwriting, performance, and what kind of room it was recorded with along with the mics that were used to pick up those sounds. Those things have a learning curve that is far steeper than...

Typically I will start working on a song on the weekend when the overall concept of the tune has spent some time developing in the back of my mind. Once the music is structured then I work on lyrics, usually during lunchtime at work. Then I track and mix it as quickly as possible, which for me...

Okay, sorry about that. Does the new term also apply if I am smuggling alcohol and cuban cigars into the US?

If you think a die-hard Doors fan would not want to get his hands on an unauthorized recording of a show at the Whiskey, especially for free, then your definition is different than most. This is especially true with groups long gone who were known in their heyday for their live performances...

Not really. If an artist puts out an official release of a performance that has been circulated in tape trading among fans, the official release will be a much better recording of the live performance, most often because the recording is straight from the soundboard, has better sound...

To reiterate what's already been said, the whole process has to rest on a strong foundation-songwriting and performance-in order for it to be successful. If you've ever seen someone recording a performance of an orchestra, you'll notice that they will typically just set up some mics and hit...

I'm fucked. My old chevy has no cd player and its speakers are shot to hell. My wife's car was newer with a stock cd player, but we had to sell it a couple months ago. All I can do is go through my monitors, then my tracking headphones, my mp3 headphones, and then through the headphones of this...

if you dont have a singr than why r you playing dog eat dog i mean afteral what is use of playing dog eat dog with just guitar and bass no one will care it will sound like u r warming up so if i r u i would just play the next song or just at least start the song and if noone is behind the kit to...

When you seamlessly play through your first song.

You have to be a real tight player in order to do a panned solo correctly. Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page did this often when they played live. It's usually done best when the solo isn't flashy and has a lot of bends (but you have to also be proficient in bending strings to the right pitch). I...

See my previous post. Tremelo picking requires a change in technique which involves locking the wrist and using the rapid up and down strokes to pivot the movement of your arm. I once thought it was the building up of speed in your wrist until I saw an old 80's video of Roth-era Van Halen where...

Steve Harris of Iron Maiden must not have got the memo. Do you warm up before playing? I would venture to say that 99% of all hand injuries from guitar playing come from either not warming up or bad technique. At least that's what I see all the time: guys just pick up their guitar and wail...

Not only that, but Metallica initially claimed "Am I Evil", "Sucking My Love", and other Diamond Head covers as their own songs until they were called on by a fan who knew the songs beforehand. In fact, it says so point blank in the Garage Inc. liner notes. The band hired the guy as a roadie...

Apparently you are, because you just spouted your ignorance as fact. :rolleyes:

Where did you get the idea that Corey is Danny's son? According to Danny's bio on IMDB, Danny has a (divorced) spouse and one child-a daughter. On the all-music version of the IMDB, there is no mention of a connection whatsoever. No mention is made on Corey's website or the wikipedia entries of...

I had "Sold My Fortune" in my head since it hit underground radio in the mid-nineties. I missed the original "buy" window and it wasn't until ten years later that I was able to track down a copy of the album in a used cd bin. Excellent album.