Do You Share Your Recordings with Others?

[Erockrazor]

I actually do have a Radioshack mic. (one of those christmas presents from distant relatives) I actually like it, and it's actually good for my vocals.

Now thats real talk! haha

Sorry for my rant again.

I use this old microphone that came with one of my reel to reels. Its a cool effect for vocals but I like to put it in the room for drums sometimes. It is a midrangy AM radioish sound. I got it for 5 dollars at a flea market.

 

[jeffchastain]

Jeff,

Part of my hobby is Radio shack mics. Which one do you like? I might have it.

Thanks,

Hairy Larry

Hey Larry. I've got the Radioshack 33-3042.

 

[jeffchastain]

Now thats real talk! haha

Sorry for my rant again.

I use this old microphone that came with one of my reel to reels. Its a cool effect for vocals but I like to put it in the room for drums sometimes. It is a midrangy AM radioish sound. I got it for 5 dollars at a flea market.

haha. Hey Erock. That's kindof neat. Sounds like that mic would be neat for some kind of weird intro or something.

 

[hairylarry]

33-3042

Hey Larry. I've got the Radioshack 33-3042.

Jeff,

I did a little research. That's a current product. Available in store only which probably means they are selling out. It's a forty dollar mic, new.

Intended as a vocals mic but it's a super cardiod with extended frequency response and would probably be good on cabs too.

When I look at a Realistic mic I figure if it has an XLR connector it might be ok. If not, probably not too good but this isn't necessarily the case with older mics.

Anyway if it has an XLR I can plug it into my stuff so at least I can try it.

I will keep my eye out for that mic. It looks good.

Thanks,

Hairy Larry

 

[Shadow_7]

If by sharing you mean with those whom I am recording, then yes. But it's generally not for redistribution or the general public. As the group is recording someone elses work and hasn't gotten the rights/permissions squared away quite yet at the time of the recording.

But I'm generally recording practices so the group knows what their recorded self sounds like. And the arranger can work out any changes to the charts to make them work in the context of said group.

 

[Shadow_7]

I also have a radio shack microphone.

33-3014

Optimus Omnidirectional PC style electret mic. It takes 1 AAA battery. It does alright, but the gain is fairly low. It's too thin/distant/hollow to use for anything other than a poor mans mic to record a rehearsal. Bought in the mid 90's for $50-ish, maybe less. The plastic battery cover long since broke, but it is still useable. It still has the wind screen a decade plus later. It stopped working at one point, but literally started working again after I banged it around considerably.

I'd rather use my more modern giant squid mini-mono with a battery box running through my M-Audio Mobile Pre. Even though I have an AT4033a, the smaller electret / lavalier style mics are just better suited for my needs. At least now that I have a battery box so I can use it on my higher end gear with significantly less background hiss.

 

[lpdeluxe]

It's not music until someone hears it.

Sharing keeps you honest. It's easy to think you're great if you only listen to your recordings on your studio monitors. When they get out into the big world, that's when you know whether you'd doing OK or not.

 

[bigtom]

They don't take to kindly to torture around here, so I don't let to many listen my music.

 

[Ben Logan]

It's not music until someone hears it.

Sharing keeps you honest. It's easy to think you're great if you only listen to your recordings on your studio monitors. When they get out into the big world, that's when you know whether you'd doing OK or not.

Yes, true. But can the artist also be the "someone who hears it?" Even if I knew for a fact that no one else would ever check my rock, I'd still go on making it.

I agree that sharing keeps you honest. Sometimes I wonder if I'm even able to really hear my own piece as it's represented on the recording. I suspect the "idealized" version that I initially wrote (before recording) comes between the speakers and my ears upon playback, giving me a false interpretation of what I'm hearing.

You've given me something to consider lpdeluxe: making peace with the fact that the listener does you a genuine favor.

 

[Adam P]

Since I don't record my own music (which would require writing my own music), I'd say yes, I share it with others.

 

[Creep]

Only to other band members really... they're not good enough yet for the public.

 

[Ben Logan]

Creep,

Do you mean you share your music with the other members of your band, or that you share your music with people who play in any band (as opposed to yours only).

I ask because I'm much more inclined to share one of my humble offerings with a fellow musician. Other musicians seem to understand what's involved with cranking out a decent sounding recording. More of a sympathetic audience!

 

[TyphoidHippo]

I think my clients would be quite upset if I didn't share my recordings with at least them (since all my recordings are.....of them).

 

[talontsiawd]

I share a majority of my music to others. I pass out cd's to friends, classmates, or others who show interest. I like to get critique from people on the net. I don't know if i would find music rewarding if i didn't hear compliments/complaints from people and i don't know if i ever would have grown.

 

[huitzlopochtli]

Of course... criticism/applause is nice.

 

[thajeremy]

why would anyone waste the time to record something if they weren't going to share it???

 

[Ben Logan]

why would anyone waste the time to record something if they weren't going to share it???

Hmmmm. Have you ever sat around on a rainy day and worked on a jigsaw puzzle? Mixing puts my in that same pleasant frame of mind. I don't necessarily have to show a finished jigsaw puzzle to a friend. Although it is a sort of bonus to have a friend say, "Hey - nice job putting that thing together."

 

[antichef]

Some of my recordings suck so much that it's even obvious to *me* that they suck - I don't share those with others. But maybe someday, when I get more antisocial, I will.

 

[Creep]

Hmmmm. Have you ever sat around on a rainy day and worked on a jigsaw puzzle? Mixing puts my in that same pleasant frame of mind. I don't necessarily have to show a finished jigsaw puzzle to a friend. Although it is a sort of bonus to have a friend say, "Hey - nice job putting that thing together."

Great example

And do they have RadioShack's in Australia?

 

[danw]

I voted 'sometimes.' Most of it gets sent to a few friends. Some of the stuff I make is just too horrible for words. The other stuff gets posted on a website that almost nobody goes to, so I don't know if that counts as 'sharing.'

It's terrific and encouraging, though, to see that other people are using cheap stuff and getting good sounds with it. I've always believed in this ethic. I use a radio shack mixer for a preamp, and I've never had a guitar where the rosette wasn't just a sticker. One of my favorite fuzz sounds is actually just a direct-run guitar overdriving that little mixer, with a little delay on it to help counteract the buzz-saw effect. I know it should be horrifying, but there's something I like about the sound.