bboy2388
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when i say professional, i mean they sound like professional musicians. Recording professionally takes alot of money and commitment, and it's not easy. My band did it because we figured it would be a good investment and everyone shared the cost and we haven't regretted it. There are some bad recordings of professional sounding bands and the band still sounds good, whereas i've heard good professional recordings of bands that are shit, and the bands still sound like crap.
I won't comment on the finalists, but i've heard some crap bands with good recordings in the initial batch of contestants, and i've heard some good bands that should have gotten in but who've had no opportunity to do professional recordings. It's not about the money, honestly. If, like most bands out there, you can afford your own instruments, your own effects and other equipment like that, it should just take a little discipline to save up money and go for the recording. If you're ever planning to get a recording deal, you also don't want to show up at a recording studio to speak with the people that matter, while realising that you have absolutely no relevant experience in the recording process. So it's a learning experience to record, and the fact that you're paying through your nose also forces you to be disciplined in your practice. I don't think many bands practice to a metronome, and that's why they take a hell of a long time to record in the studios because so many instrumentalists can't even understand how a click track works.
And frankly speaking, having a good recording will take your music to the next level if it's already good, and make it sound palatable if it's not so good. If you have an opportunity to make your music sound better, would you, as a musician, refuse? Recording at a studio is within everyone's means. My band did our track in a total of 4 hours including mixing if you don't count the time leonard was talking cock with bang from ronin but he was nice and basically didn't overcharge us. That's 280 dollars, meaning 56 dollars a person for my band. That's alot of money, but recording isn't an everyday thing, and you have the ability to put yourself within the means to afford it. Get a job, work your ass off, get some money, blow it on recording, and repeat the same process.
I'm far from an experienced musician, but i think i know that you're just going to have to make a hell of a lot of sacrifices that may fizzle and come to nothing if you're going to ever have a chance to even smell success.
Musicians are all in the same boat. We're all making music together, and we should support each other, and I will never discriminate against a fellow musician unless it's for issues of my doubt of his/her commitment, or musical elitism on the part of the abovementioned musician, a disturbing trend that i see making its rounds in singapore in recent years, even when there's nothing to be arrogant about.
We'll see you on Saturday, Knightsfall, your band is Punk'd My Ride, right? I won't give you feedback on your music unless it's solicited, since i'm aware this forum is really just too fond of flaming the moment someone makes his opinions heard. Even our respected members do it, and that's a shame. But we'll see you on Saturday, practice hard, we wish you the best of luck, and hope you'll do the same with regards to us. Keep the music alive.
I won't comment on the finalists, but i've heard some crap bands with good recordings in the initial batch of contestants, and i've heard some good bands that should have gotten in but who've had no opportunity to do professional recordings. It's not about the money, honestly. If, like most bands out there, you can afford your own instruments, your own effects and other equipment like that, it should just take a little discipline to save up money and go for the recording. If you're ever planning to get a recording deal, you also don't want to show up at a recording studio to speak with the people that matter, while realising that you have absolutely no relevant experience in the recording process. So it's a learning experience to record, and the fact that you're paying through your nose also forces you to be disciplined in your practice. I don't think many bands practice to a metronome, and that's why they take a hell of a long time to record in the studios because so many instrumentalists can't even understand how a click track works.
And frankly speaking, having a good recording will take your music to the next level if it's already good, and make it sound palatable if it's not so good. If you have an opportunity to make your music sound better, would you, as a musician, refuse? Recording at a studio is within everyone's means. My band did our track in a total of 4 hours including mixing if you don't count the time leonard was talking cock with bang from ronin but he was nice and basically didn't overcharge us. That's 280 dollars, meaning 56 dollars a person for my band. That's alot of money, but recording isn't an everyday thing, and you have the ability to put yourself within the means to afford it. Get a job, work your ass off, get some money, blow it on recording, and repeat the same process.
I'm far from an experienced musician, but i think i know that you're just going to have to make a hell of a lot of sacrifices that may fizzle and come to nothing if you're going to ever have a chance to even smell success.
Musicians are all in the same boat. We're all making music together, and we should support each other, and I will never discriminate against a fellow musician unless it's for issues of my doubt of his/her commitment, or musical elitism on the part of the abovementioned musician, a disturbing trend that i see making its rounds in singapore in recent years, even when there's nothing to be arrogant about.
We'll see you on Saturday, Knightsfall, your band is Punk'd My Ride, right? I won't give you feedback on your music unless it's solicited, since i'm aware this forum is really just too fond of flaming the moment someone makes his opinions heard. Even our respected members do it, and that's a shame. But we'll see you on Saturday, practice hard, we wish you the best of luck, and hope you'll do the same with regards to us. Keep the music alive.
but dun expect too much teeheehee.
