Karyn

I'm currently unbecaned, is that close enough? 

I'd rather be un-homed than un-becaned. Nomimsayin?

Spacey, (Michael is it?),

I went to your music page and listened. First off, I read your rant, I feel that way a lot :). I wasn't born here in the US, I was in the UK and emmigrated to Australia in 1965. I believe generally when it comes to my opinion I give, I am unbiased, I certainly don't suffer from the US PC mentality I have run into a LOT! over the 10 yrs of my life I have spent off and on here.

I have been making music 42 yrs this year, and I turn 52 next month. In that time I have spent a lot of time playing live and being priviledged enough to have worked with some of the greats of the music industry, and recorded with a few of them. When it comes to my own music, I ALWAYS have difficulty, when I try to do it on my own, of a) being objective and b) knowing when it's done. 

First thing I learnt when recording was to listen to real stuff. Imagine what the band sounds like on stage, emulate that placement etc. Second, if you can, get hold of raw tracks of someone elses song, and mix it, knowing how it goes. Truly, ears are trained over time, and you learn what is right. Some have more natural affinity than others, and we all interpret what we hear differently.

Ok, lecture over, sorry If I have stepped out of bounds. Personally, I think what I heard, and I did listen to about 5 of your tunes, was perfectly capable, to the right market. Is that market there?, who bloody knows frankly. We all suffer from it, my wife has stood by me and poured well north of 6 figures of various world currencies over the last 25 yrs into my songs. I am truly lucky she is my soul mate, and fellow lyricist.

At the end of the day, we all love music, it's why we make it. It's what fuels our souls, and burdens us on our emotions.

Tony

Hi Tony and yes I'm Michael.

You did not cross any bounds and I appreciate people sharing their insights and
experiences.

Tony I'm 57- started gigging at 13 and quit playing in '86. I picked a guitar up again when
I got interested in computer recording, as a hobby.
There are only two tunes posted there that I did for myself. "Long Road Home" and "Chasing Falling Stars". Everything else was for a friend, Jeff. He was good enough to relay what he wanted so I tried to satisfy. It was fun.

I can't listen to your music Tony while I'm at work but I'll sure try to find time this evening.

I'm just an old grump Tony...that's why I rant. These nice folks just laugh and offer me becan and stuff.....and bad jokes.

spacey

.....and bad jokes. 

bad jokes?


This is my A-List material.

bapu

spacey

.....and bad jokes. 

bad jokes?


This is my A-List material.

Geeze....sorry...how was I to know?
You should hang around with Daryl....now he is a funny guy.....I think he
must live on the same street as Steve. ( I hear some eggman has a hit out on him LOL)
Man it would be tuff to have that pneumonia on that street..that could kill a guy.

spacey

bapu

spacey

.....and bad jokes. 

bad jokes?


This is my A-List material.

Geeze....sorry...how was I to know?
You should hang around with Daryl....now he is a funny guy.....I think he
must live on the same street as Steve. ( I hear some eggman has a hit out on him LOL)
Man it would be tuff to have that pneumonia on that street..that could kill a guy.

:)
 
funny looking, maybe

bapu

:) tart

Rubbing makes me feel dirty...

that I could send a project to a real pro and he could tell me just how out in left field I was.

 
None of us are true sound-recording engineers. I sometimes wonder if they even exist anymore in the digital DAW age. I'm sure we'd all like to have our own sound-recording engineer on tap to "revise" our inconsistancys to the "science". But truthfully, I fully beleive that the "science" and equipment have progressed so far, so fast, that even the best are still catching up and revising the current systems.
I look at the diversity of music today and I have huge problem finding where left feild is in relation to sound. Something fresh tomorrow? Science is notorious for pushing the envelope and then falling back to a point and starting over with a new... direction?-avenue of math?- set of denominators for a system? It's what we're all caught up in and working on.