I am not good at these things but feel like this is the proper place to grieve with all of you, some strangers who would be instant friends.

I was a kid in Kankakee who loved recording and had to borrow much of the equipment I used to record house shows. I had heard or read an interview with Steve ...

(Cycling nerd and friend of Tar) Brad Wood seems to be all about it. He was tweaking his studio to get it set up. I have no experience, but I'm supposed to go check it out sometime. Will report back if that ever happens.


The reason that Brad Wood, Andrew Scheps, Sylvia Massey, and Greg Wells ...

I suppose I'm asking: which way of running a semi-private project studio will have the lowest risk of me ever getting yelled at? I know probably no one is going to notice or care about my setup in the first place, I just like to take precautions against getting yelled at.


I run a pro-level ...

I'm a mastering engineer and I do work on stuff like this all the time.

My last ITB Mastering Chain went as follows:

Parametric EQ boosted a little low end 60hz @ 2dB, then boosted the sides at 750hz @ 2dB. Performed a slight notch cut at 160hz because of odd bass guitar fundamentals.

Then Ozone ...

A lot of people shit on them but I've gotten a lot of mileage out of a Carvin 1608MX 16 channel mixer from the early 80s. I got it for about $350 and I regularly use it to track drums or other funky things. Its the same as those Tascam M series mixers - it sounds good as long as you don't push it ...

The only suggestion I have is as you get better at making and editing videos, the coloring options in DaVinci Resolve are very fun and much better than the options in FCP. Watch a few YT videos to see why and when you make your next msuic video - let the art flow.

"Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order.
"I Want Her" by Keith Sweat.
Theres some awful ones in "The Unforgettable Fire" by U2 as well.

I've been trying to learn more basslines from 60s and 70s soul/rnb/motown.
Last song I learned was today "Its a Shame" by the Spinners.
I just love that thumpy, bumpy, brown bass sound.

I always felt like the snare on the first Promise Ring sounded piccolo-ish, but listened back today and might just suck. It's weird how much I dislike it and also couldn't imagine that album (which I have great fondness for) without it.


That being a reference the whole "Frankiewelfareboyage5 ...