New Members: Introduce Yourself Here!

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My pleasure.
You've got a heck of a foundation to build upon, then. That's great.
Looking forward to your threads. (y)
 
Good morning (in the UK at least),

As a newbie to the forum - I really don't want to commit any faux pas' in my first post so I hope someone will correct me if I've done so with this post.

I'm Joe, a recording artist based in Wales. I've only been writing and recording since 2019 and I'm doing the thing I've been most scared to do since I started - sharing my music. I've had a read around for an hour or so and I was really pleased to see how supportive the forum is and I hoped to meet other people and to get/give feedback as best I can. Rather than start a new thread to share, I figured I'd post a catch up on the past 5 years here. I really only write in concept albums, due to a major influence being progressive rock, specifically Pink Floyd (not that the music is anywhere near that standard). So, I'll share the albums without the hope or expectation that anyone will listen to them all.

"A Single Shining Star" - (June 2023)

The album is based on insignificance with the title track based on the concept that none of us are more or less significant than any other person. From a production point of view, it definitely has its challenges for the listener. However, I like the starting point it represented in my learning journey.

A Single Shining Star (Spotify)

"Mobius Dysthmia" - (September 2023)

This album is based on a never-ending cycle of depression. The album itself is cyclical so the end is the same as the beginning, like a mobius strip. The songs all lead into the next song so it's 45 mins of unbroken music and I mixed the whole album in a single DAW project...something I definitely learned a few tricks from. I have actually lost that project as I bounced the whole album out one time and many hours later listened to it and in a fit of pique at how it sounded, I deleted the project and ended up having to master it from the bounced file. Anyway, this album is almost unmarketable as there are no singles on the album and the songs, to me at least, only make sense in the context of the album.

Mobius Dysthymia (Spotify)

"Race for the Warmth of the Sun" - (April 2024)

An album based on different types of love with the end goal being finding my now wife. It was based on a quote I had read which read "To love and be loved is to feel the warmth of the sun both sides". There are songs about old friends, lost loves, workplace spats and even finding love for my own music.

Race for the Warmth of the Sun (Spotify)

There are also a couple of singles (below) I've released and a lot of songs which are sat on my hard drive in a folder labelled "The Cutting Room Floor". In any case, thanks for allowing me to share my music and I hope I can be of help to anyone else.

The Singles (Spotify)

Best wishes,
Joe
 
Welcome Wubick.
I clicked on one of your links. Of course it didn't play anything, just invited me to sign up for Spotify.
I'm not paying a subscription.
 
Spotify can be used free with occasional adverts.
Fairly sure you still need an account, though.

It's not an unreasonable expectation in 2024 although I appreciate not everyone is going to have an account.
 
Good morning (in the UK at least),

As a newbie to the forum - I really don't want to commit any faux pas' in my first post so I hope someone will correct me if I've done so with this post.

I'm Joe, a recording artist based in Wales.
Welcome aboard, Joe!
Great to hear your experience as a guest was good.

Thanks for the introduction and sharing your work.
I'm not going to pretend I have time to do any substantial listening right now but I took a very quick tour.
Very impressive work!
I'll make a note and maybe listen through in full some day I have a lot of coding to do! (y)
 
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Welcome Wubick.
I clicked on one of your links. Of course it didn't play anything, just invited me to sign up for Spotify.
I'm not paying a subscription.
Thanks for the welcome.

My sincerest apologies for that experience - I also don't subscribe to Spotify after their royalty changes in Jan of this year. In hindsight, I could have considered sharing a link to Bandcamp.
 
This forum is amazing, all of the subjects I'm looking for!

Hi my name is Ray, I'm 60 now and almost retired. About 15 years ago I became motivated to build a recording studio for my retirement, and have since collected many things along the way, sadly now in 2024 much of it seen better days or simply harder to incorporate than need to be, for example my Tascam M-225 analog mixer, so I think I should start asking some questions. Thanks for doing what you guys do here.
 
Welcome Eclipse4449!
Another Raymond, the more the merrier. That's why I slouch so much.
I'm days from retirement age. It won't make much difference, as my house is full of music stuff.
 
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Hello! I'm novice here, 68 years old with some experience in Room acoustics, because Love good music by good acoustics. I know, that room acoustics is one of the base component and hope, that can get good advices to reach the best sound.
 
Hello! I'm novice here, 68 years old with some experience in Room acoustics, because Love good music by good acoustics. I know, that room acoustics is one of the base component and hope, that can get good advices to reach the best sound.
Hi Basscleaner and welcome. At the basics there are two rooms, one for mixing and one for tracking. Most of us here have to setup our room for mixing, therefore we are trying to make it neutral so that the mix translates across many listening environments. The other part, which few of us have that privilege, is a tracking room. The tracking room usually will have kind of character, to capture when recording through a mic.

Most of the time as a default, when folks here talk about room treatment, it is almost always for mixing. Just so you don't get confused when reading and getting advice.
 
Hello everyone! I am PCHZZZ! (peaches) I am finally deciding to do what I've always dreamed of doing and that's pursuing a music career. I've always found it easier to sing than to speak to people. They say great music comes from pain, and I have lived through a lot of painful moments in my life and I've written tons of songs that no one has ever heard I started writing when I was in middle school (about 2007) after my grandfather passed away. And I just thought that I wouldn't ever have a shot at being a singer/songwriter because I was overweight most of my life. Long story short fast forward to 2020 I lost weight got in shape and started gaining the confidence that I was able to do hard things because I had done one of the hardest things I had ever done in my life (and I mean harder than having kids). So here I am at 31 finally starting my music career and I have no idea where to start. I am attending LA Film School for music production, and it was suggested that we become part of a forum where we can work with like-minded individuals. So hello fellow artists! Help!
 
Hello. I have been involved in music for a long time. I wrote about 150 songs in the 70s and 80s. In the 2000s I recorded a bunch of stuff through a MOTU 2408 MKII into a Mac G3 into Audio Desk on OS9. I acquired some outboard gear (UA 610-2, RNC compressors, ART tube preamps, DBX tube preamps) and a pair of TLM 103s when they first came out when the Euro was weak ($1200 for the pair). I recorded the band my kids played in and they released an EP. Work took over my life and music has been on the back burner until recently. My 2011 Mac mini finally needed to be replaced, so last year I got an M2 studio and the Apollo X4 with a generous plug-in package. Revisiting the basic tracks in LUNA using only the UA plug-ins and have been happy with my results so far. Hope to provide and get some feedback from forum. Music is primarily singer-songwriter with some basic rock songs.
 
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