"Do You Listen to the Movielife?" - Chat Thread [ARCHIVED] • Page 348

thank you!!! that was a fun one to work on, i got to do some writing and playing on it as well. mikey is great

 

my band teacher ended up becoming one of my best friends and we still talk to this day. we would always jam together after school. I think I have a video somewhere on youtube of us covering Thrice.

He did kick me out of jazz band because I was a class clown with one of my best buddies. no hard feelings though, I would have kicked me out too

 

See, my teacher was just a straight up ass, even if i was a clown.

That sounds super cool though. I secretly can’t wait to have kids so i can indoctrinate them in the ways of good music.

 

Good to know you do both mixing and mastering. I really want to do a solo project outside of my band at some point so good to know people that do it. I have like a ton of material it’s just finding the time to actually record it.

 

well once you do ill be right here, im currently working on an album for another chorus memeber right now (mixing and mastering), about to start mastering and maybe mixing another soon as of this morning, and then yet another is on the horizon in a month or two. i will gladly be the resident chorus mix/master engineer

 

I’m going to self produce an EP in the next 3 months if you wanna mix/master

 

dont gotta ask me twice or even once, im in always

 

I really need to get a good recording setup

 

dont know where to start? ask away! i currently work in my budget home set up (which is still real nice) and ive interned at a ridiculously nice studio and my university's studio where i was chief engineer was professional grade as well. i gotchu for any questions on getting started

 

chorus.fm is literally where my freelance career is taking off and its sick as hell i love having talented friends, so many people letting me work on their shit and so many more who plan on letting me once they get to that stage. love my chorus family for having faith in me, i worked hard as shit to get here and so many people really believe in me. all that time making dumb beats so i could practice mixing and mastering paid off, my shits sounding fresh these days

 

I will probably be asking you about this once I'm settled in up in LA. I tried recording on my phone like used to back in the day and my bedroom up there is actually pretty quiet, so it would just be a matter of getting a good setup. Right now though I'm more worried about just getting a job up there lol

 

for fucks sake at 8 am this song wasnt even a project. hammered it out and its my favorite thing ive done fucking ever.


also shout out my fucking amazing girlfriend for finally blessing me with her voice, which i altered a bit, and giving me a legit producer tag.

 

I’m honestly at the point where some of my solo songs i just wanna record on my iPhone and have that be part of its charm but i don’t know maybe it’ll just be shitty instead of charming haha

 

ahhh phone recording. tried it once. wanted to die. the apogee interface for guitar that works on phones and ipads is cool tho. i just need a computer. a big one.

 

dont do it. trust me. get an audio interface for under 100 bucks. get an sm57 or sm58 for under 100 bucks. both sound good on vocals and guitar. learn how to record yourself, write your songs get em laid out and let me make em pop.

 

I actually like a lot of the stuff I recorded on my phone before, like some of the covers for the Chorus compilations. But when I tried it this time it sounded really underwhelming so I gave up haha

 

My band actually built a studio in my drummers basement. I’ll post some pictures later and tag you in it, it’s pretty sick. I’m mostly being lazy / i live in a tiny apartment and don’t want to have to leave. I just need to suck it up though instead of half assing something

 

for being a phone you can get surprisingly competent results. but competent is as far as i go. a computer with a proper interface, mic, and digital audio workstation will go so far even if your equipment is cheap.

 

im moving to canada and becoming the in house engineer, i only demand to be paid in food and free healthcare

 

You're the man!

 

Well played. Very depressing though. I think you, and a few others from this thread would be very good in-person friends if given the opportunity!

 

Absolutely! It'll happen one day man, one way or another.

Ian, if you see this and reference the Blondie song, I will end you

 

Haha done and done. Hope you like tacos.

 

My bass player is actually a really talented sound engineer he just hates doing it haha

 

Never trust someone who doesn't LOVE tacos