i wish someone would have told kanye west that
Just for the record. so as not to cause any confusion; I have SOMETHING. And the little something i DO have, im being told by people from here, to the "experts" at the stores and exclusive dealerships; and even from this exact site/forum, that i have some pretty good stuff. No doubt its not "top-flight", by a long shot, im sure. But so many are telling me, Oh. You should be able to get some damn good sound out of what you got. And others, like yourself tellin me i need to get this higher priced stuff that half the damn site can afford.
Without sounding conceited: I DO have "that" ear. Even though i rap. I have that ear. That's why *I* can hear this difference, and SOOO MANY OTHERS cant. From other rappers, to producers, to these engineers around here, that have been to school, and interned at huge, elaborate, professional facilities. Even some of these million dollar lables cand say they hear a difference in a Def Jam recording, and a successful independendent lables' recording. from the vocal procedure i speak so highly of; to the overall "togetherness" and quality of the mix, as every sound compliments the others.
And like i said in the beginning; I wish Kanye West was told that, (About if you're a rapper, rap.) before he wrote, produced, and arranged his successful, multi-platinum sophomore effort. I might have just thrown you a curve ball, if you have no idea who Kanye West might be, huh? Well how about Prince. If you know; How many times have you seen the "composed, produced, arranged, and performed by" on one of his many albums. He recorded Sign Of The Times, in under 2 months; i think something like 18 or 22 songs strong, ALL BY HIMSELF!!! (There goes that "100 hour per song theory") Granted, he had a few friends come in before the last takes, and help him out a little bit, but majority of that album was done from birth to release, by Prince. How about Elton John, or Babyface? P. Diddy (Puffy)? And the list could go on. Of artisits, who, from conception to final mixdown and mastering, did a song or a project by themselves. And if i may say, were pretty damn successful doing it. And it SOUNDED GOOD! Kanye=3 million and counting. Prince(Sign Of The Times)=26 million and counting!(STILL sellin'!) etc and so on.
Even Eminem feels more comfortable now behind the boards for his songs, than an engineer; since, NOW, he knows what they've been doing all this time. And as he said, "Its not hard to apply, once youve been shown how its done". And if i HAD thew money, and an experienced engineer that could give my vocals, and my final product, THAT pristine sound quality for todays hip-hop music; I would!!! Because this here is frustrating, and taking time away from the point of why im even ON this site in the first place. BECAUSE I WANT TO LEARN THIS STUFF!!! Hoping that the time and effort to BE on this site asking all these dumb-ass questions would weigh out in knowledge on the FINALIZING processes of making good music, that SOUNDS good.
Sillyhat said:
Just for the record. so as not to cause any confusion; I have SOMETHING. And the little something i DO have, im being told by people from here, to the "experts" at the stores and exclusive dealerships; and even from this exact site/forum, that i have some pretty good stuff. No doubt its not "top-flight", by a long shot, im sure. But so many are telling me, Oh. You should be able to get some damn good sound out of what you got. And others, like yourself tellin me i need to get this higher priced stuff that half the damn site can afford.
Without sounding conceited: I DO have "that" ear. Even though i rap. I have that ear. That's why *I* can hear this difference, and SOOO MANY OTHERS cant. From other rappers, to producers, to these engineers around here, that have been to school, and interned at huge, elaborate, professional facilities. Even some of these million dollar lables cand say they hear a difference in a Def Jam recording, and a successful independendent lables' recording. from the vocal procedure i speak so highly of; to the overall "togetherness" and quality of the mix, as every sound compliments the others.
And like i said in the beginning; I wish Kanye West was told that, (About if you're a rapper, rap.) before he wrote, produced, and arranged his successful, multi-platinum sophomore effort. I might have just thrown you a curve ball, if you have no idea who Kanye West might be, huh? Well how about Prince. If you know; How many times have you seen the "composed, produced, arranged, and performed by" on one of his many albums. He recorded Sign Of The Times, in under 2 months; i think something like 18 or 22 songs strong, ALL BY HIMSELF!!! (There goes that "100 hour per song theory") Granted, he had a few friends come in before the last takes, and help him out a little bit, but majority of that album was done from birth to release, by Prince. How about Elton John, or Babyface? P. Diddy (Puffy)? And the list could go on. Of artisits, who, from conception to final mixdown and mastering, did a song or a project by themselves. And if i may say, were pretty damn successful doing it. And it SOUNDED GOOD! Kanye=3 million and counting. Prince(Sign Of The Times)=26 million and counting!(STILL sellin'!) etc and so on.
Even Eminem feels more comfortable now behind the boards for his songs, than an engineer; since, NOW, he knows what they've been doing all this time. And as he said, "Its not hard to apply, once youve been shown how its done". And if i HAD thew money, and an experienced engineer that could give my vocals, and my final product, THAT pristine sound quality for todays hip-hop music; I would!!! Because this here is frustrating, and taking time away from the point of why im even ON this site in the first place. BECAUSE I WANT TO LEARN THIS STUFF!!! Hoping that the time and effort to BE on this site asking all these dumb-ass questions would weigh out in knowledge on the FINALIZING processes of making good music, that SOUNDS good.
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