Comments on: Silencing the Lies That Separate You From Your Music

By: Chaze Lounge

Chaze Lounge — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:05:53 +0000

What kind of lies are you telling yourself?
Take an honest look at your strengths and weaknesses as a songwriter. If you’re a musical genius, but lack the intricacies of wordplay, find a lyricist. If you’re a poet without a melody, find a singer with the inspiration to breathe music into your words..
Music is the art above craft.. Love you all…
Chaze Lounge

By: Matt Truman

Matt Truman — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 02:06:29 +0000

I have been urging an engineer friend of mine to follow most of what you’ve written here without even knowing it. He has some of the best equipment & state of the art hardware/software you can get but we aren’t getting the results you’d expect.
My amateur “prognosis” has always been that his monitors are sub-par & his room treatments aren’t working. it’s evident when I pop the CD of roughs into the car stereo (the true test) that we aren’t getting quality mixes due to those facts.
I am usually dismissed with a wave of one hand while his other hand goes for more plug-ins.
Now I will simply show him this article & keep my big mouth shut.
Thanks

By: Emelie Guidry

Emelie Guidry — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:42:33 +0000

Dear Simon,
Thank you for the great advice! Although it’s true that “who you know is what gets you there,” it’s also true that we hold the power ourselves, and what we know and the time we put in is ultimately going to reap the rewards. I’ve been recording my first album for a year now. My boyfriend is an aspiring sound engineer, working on his Master’s degree, so we have access to lots of great equipment at the school, some of which you mentioned here. The longer the project takes, the more we learn, the more determined we are to make it great, the more excited we get. I guess I’m just confirming what you said, to let other aspiring artists and engineers know, get help from the “little people” around you. Friends and family are more than willing to help and baby steps will lead you to bigger ones, maybe even the “big people.” Even nonmusical talent helps, like artists to make posters, friends to be promoters, and people who know a lot of people to introduce you and start networking. Like you said, “While one detail may not make a noticeable change, one hundred small details added together will make a huge difference in the quality of your recordings”.
Even though I’m not behind the board, I know what you’re saying, and it applies to the whole process of creating an album or even just starting a career. Thanks again for the great advice.