wes480
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well, the first thing that came to my head when I heard "Future Junk" was actually not the most obvious...but, to me it was..becuase I respect you so much.
I took it as "Hey - this is the music that people will realize was this shit...in like 20 years!" Like...that you are so ahead of your time, or something. That was what I meant by "could be egotistical, depending on how it is taken).
Of course, the other way of looking at it...this music will be shit/junk in 20 years. Which is probably what you meant by it...
As far as A&R, I definately hope to be. I mean, that is my real eventual goal in all of this...is to get my production/engineering /musician skills to a decent level...build some kind of a reputation for myself....and then start an indie label.
Hopefully an indie that could convince potentially "big acts" that there is a better way than the majors, and that they shouldn't neccessarily jump ship when Capitol comes knocking on the door.
I dunno, I just believe in indie arts in general. i think film is making great headway...and before too long we're going to see the indie bands that can sell out a 25,000 person venue - maybe without even having their records in Best Buy.
I took it as "Hey - this is the music that people will realize was this shit...in like 20 years!" Like...that you are so ahead of your time, or something. That was what I meant by "could be egotistical, depending on how it is taken).
Of course, the other way of looking at it...this music will be shit/junk in 20 years. Which is probably what you meant by it...
As far as A&R, I definately hope to be. I mean, that is my real eventual goal in all of this...is to get my production/engineering /musician skills to a decent level...build some kind of a reputation for myself....and then start an indie label.
Hopefully an indie that could convince potentially "big acts" that there is a better way than the majors, and that they shouldn't neccessarily jump ship when Capitol comes knocking on the door.
I dunno, I just believe in indie arts in general. i think film is making great headway...and before too long we're going to see the indie bands that can sell out a 25,000 person venue - maybe without even having their records in Best Buy.
Just to be clear, I never said that I never use Autotune *gasp* (Kramer leaves to go delete his illegal Macle sites. 
) I've admitted it here before, so it's no big news. But, I don't think this is what WATYF is hearing because he would be hearing it on Despair as well. I'm not saying I like Autotune, and it's better to not have to use it, but it comes in handy when something's out of tune 
, so I'm not gonna not use it just to be a purist. In that case, no multiple takes, no punching, no comping, no layering, no editing, no EQ, no reverb, no delay, no compression, no nothing, which would eliminate pretty much all the great pop records as well as the shitty ones. I think there are a lot worse things then using Autotune, and in trying to compete with "real" recordings. in which they've got every advantage and then some, I'm gonna do what I can recording at home. WATYF, you could very well be right that this artificialness you're hearing is something that shouldn't be there or could be improved by a pro who knew what they were doing, but I have to say that I hear a lot of pro songs that sound really artificial, from obvious vocal tuning to just an all around artificial sound. I appreciate your feedback on this, as well as others who mentioned it. So, anyway, I hope you don't think I'm a whore, but if I am, I am a stupid one, cuz I keep giving it away for free. 
