what this clinic's good at

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how do you listen in this clinic?

  • I often listen to a song posted here just the once

    Votes: 3 10.0%
  • I often listen to a song more than once, but just on the one occasion

    Votes: 3 10.0%
  • I often to stuff posted here on more than one occasion

    Votes: 5 16.7%
  • I often listen to stuff posted here on many occasions - I've got favorites that are a regular part o

    Votes: 19 63.3%

  • Total voters
    30
Well, that list explains a lot to me, LOL. I couldn't disagree more.


1. anything but real drums is going to sound short of real drums - Most of the time, when people take the time to mic a kit, most of the comments I've seen are negative to the effect of "sounds too 'live,' etc. We're all becoming spoiled by samples, and my ONLY decent drum comments have been when I've used looped samples.

2. autotune = bad - I think we all know where I stand on this life-changing technology. It's the greatest invention since the anal-stimulator. If you don't use it, I ain't listenin'

3. too much reverb gets people digging in their heels on either side of the argument. - I have an automatic filter on my browser for the phrases "too much reverb" and "too much delay" and all variants thereof, so I wouldn't know. If anybody's ever told me that, I didn't see it.

4. doubled guitars are very acceptable - Wrong again; they're mandatory.

5. doubled vocal singing the same melody is very hard to pull off without negative feedback. - since the day Kramer told me how to do this, I've never gotten any complaints, but that's probably because I'm uniquely gifted. Or maybe it's the autotune. Either way, no. 5 is totally off base again.

6. vocals usually need to be more up front than you think. - Nobody in my history here has EVER told me to turn my vocal up. That's probably because of the unique and perfect limiting characteristics of autotune.

7. everyone wants to own a taylor guitar - I own one, and my daughter owns one, and I hate them both. thin sounding mushy fluff guitars. Gimme' Martin or gimme' death.

8. i still don't know what 'shredding' means but it's either good or bad. - shredding is good, unless you do it in the middle of one of Jamal's songs...then it just sounds oddly out of place. :D

9. everyone winds up owning a piece of studio projects gear at some point in their stay here. [/QUOTE] [/b] - Well, you finally got one right. I've tracked vocals with a demo'd "C-1" for my last couple of tunes, and the freaking sibilance is taking my head off, and I cannot believe nobody has mentioned it. And my last post has like 40 replies, but the song has only been spun 3 times according to my NWR stats.


Somebody's cheating.

:eek:

It's no wonder I hate all of you.










(just in case somebody reads this that doesn't "know" me, LOL...it's a joke.




'cept for the stuff about the anal stimulator. VERY serious there
 
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The most important thing I've learned here is

I don't know shit

This place keeps you humble. There's always someone better at something than you are; you're never the best at anything. It's good to mistakenly guess that 1) A Fender cab guitar sound was a Marshall 2) A Mesa amp sound was a VOX AC30 3) a strat was a Les... I could go on and on, or just have SLuiCe fill in the rest.

Honestly, I love good music -- so I try to make some. I get plenty of downloads, and all I gotta do is give people my 97% wrong opinion. :D

God love this place :)
 
participant said:
The most important thing I've learned here is

It's good to mistakenly guess that 1) A Fender cab guitar sound was a Marshall 2) A Mesa amp sound was a VOX AC30 3) a strat was a Les... I could go on and on, or just have SLuiCe fill in the rest.

Okay, but I'll say this. When 95% of what you record is acoustic, it TOTALLY SUCKS to mistake a synth patch for an acoustic guitar...lol. Suice will fill you in on the rest.

:D
 
participant said:
The most important thing I've learned here is

I don't know shit


That about sum's it up for me, period. I think i have damn near 400 or more song's i keep in music match!!! :eek: but not all get a spin much, but other's i spin all the time!!!!! these songs are my reference, i try to remember the responses to each song(and if i can't remember, i'll do a search) great way for me to learn!!!

but mostly i listen, because i love good music!! I've prolly been labled "king of lame responses" :D But that's ok, Because my reason for being here, is mainly a selfish one. :rolleyes:


And i have only recently learned how to use the "quote button"
so please forgive me!!!!!!!!:D
 
fenderlikingood said:
I've prolly been labled "king of lame responses" :D But that's ok, Because my reason for being here, is mainly a selfish one.
I'm in a disagreeable mood tonight...so I'm gonna' disagree with you Rick. You've got my vote for clinic mascot, and I mean that in a totally cool and complimentary way.
 
participant said:
The most important thing I've learned here is

I don't know shit


Participant,
I beg to differ. You've been a huge help to several of my mixes......

When 95% of the people just say 'good song' or something of that nature.....I always seem to get feedback from you that incredibly helps my mix..............if you don't know shit, then I don't belong here....you need to point me to the 'amateur hour recording bbs' :D
 
Mascot eh??? LMAO!!!!! FRom you , chris, Thats way cool!!!!
What would my costume look like???:D

Keep being diagreeable!!!!!!!! thank's man.
 

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chrisharris said:
it TOTALLY SUCKS to mistake a synth patch for an acoustic guitar...
Yes... and I believe this is the same person who said that Taylors are "thin sounding mushy fluff guitars"..







hhhhhmmmm.... kinda makes ya think, don't it.


:p












and you can keep your lousy Martins. (and that anal stimulator too... :p)









Hey... come to think of it... maybe it's that Martin that makes all your recordings sound so "brittle"....




WATYF


:D
 
powderfinger said:
Participant,
I beg to differ. You've been a huge help to several of my mixes......

When 95% of the people just say 'good song' or something of that nature.....I always seem to get feedback from you that incredibly helps my mix..............if you don't know shit, then I don't belong here....you need to point me to the 'amateur hour recording bbs' :D
No shit. I don't want this to turn into some kind of a love fest on my "pissed off at the world" day, but some of the stuff I've seen in this thread just confounds me. First Guernica, now Chad...and the thing about both of them is that I BELIEVE they're totally serious.

Where's the damned exit? LOL.

All the coolest and most talented peeps are cool because they don't seem to know it.

I, on the other hand, am great...and you should all be kissing my ass for even bothering.

Nice pic, Rick. :D
 
chrisharris said:
No shit. I don't want this to turn into some kind of a love fest on my "pissed off at the world" day, but some of the stuff I've seen in this thread just confounds me. First Guernica, now Chad...and the thing about both of them is that I BELIEVE they're totally serious.

Sounds like it's time to write a song :eek:

I, on the other hand, am great...and you should all be kissing my ass for even bothering.

Damn straight :D Where do we line up? :eek:

I'm cool w/it. Keep questioning yourself and never be satisfied. It's what makes us better (hmmm... sounds like something at the end of a Star Trek episode :rolleyes: )


c
 
I just like to hear GOOD music for a change and to pick some invaluable tips!
 
There are so many reasons I love the clinic.

First of all, I honestly enjoy a lot of the music I hear here more than most of what's in the charts. It's less over-produced, less predictable, less comercial. These are all good things.

I listen to loads of stuff I'd never normally hear because it's "not my kind of stuff" - it's really refreshing to listen to a genre you don't enjoy, just to comment on the recording, the performance and the writing. It helps me focus away from just "I don't like this".

I learn so much just from listening to what other folk do.

I've had absolutely fantastic help from folk responding to my own stuff - everything from just "I like your tune" (which is so nice to hear) to pointing out really obvious things that I really should have noticed myself (like the bass is FAR TOO LOUD) to really detailed mix comments, many of which I need a glossary to even understand.

I think it's such a privilege to have somewhere folk will not just listen to your music, but will take the time to post comments on how to improve it.

I always do several mixes, and I try to use as many suggestions as possible. I'm still amazed by what a difference small changes can make.

There's no point in naming all the cool folk on the board - there really are so many.

I have about 200 MP3's from the clinic that I keep and listen to more or less frequently. Some stuff I listen to *a lot* (Erland, Macle, chrisharris, Monkeyfeet!).

This is just such a brilliant place. I don't spend as much time as I'd like to here (what with real life and all that) but every time I pop in I totally love it. I'm getting all mushy now, so I'd better stop. :)

Cheers

AB
 
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