how often do u controller guys play nights/get booked? I'm pretty much retired now.. but back in the day, I was playing NYC 3 -5 times per month as a 'controller guy'. I've also played London, Newcastle, Bristol, Montreal, Chicago, Dublin, Cork, Belfast, Paris, Berlin, Rotterdam, Den Haag, etc.. in...

Sorry - that was my bad for reading it with the wrong inflection....


I read it as Mastering FOR crappy speakers - MEANING WITH crappy speakers... all apologies due!

High Quality hi-fi speakers are difficult enough to mix on.

IN no way, shape or FUCK ALL... should bad speakers be used to master on.



It seems you don't really understand what "mastering" means.....

Ansswers have been given, yet the same q has been asked....


Soooooooooooooo....



one has writer's block.

...obv this deprives the WORLD of AMAZING music needed to hear.....

WHY WORK THROUGH IT? OBV there is an easy answer on on MSG BOARD!

and the answer is... work through it....
Soz.

There are two choices -

spend a long time trying to extract with mainly poor results...

or, find the acapella.


If you can't find the acapella - you have to ask yourself, do you REALLY need it?

I am a huge fan of cannibalizing tracks that can't stand on their own.... ..BUT I force myself to finish the track, or at least flesh out the idea first. Once I have the main gist of it, if it isn't great, but one element is (ie - some random KILLER hi hat pattern), then I bounce that bit out and us...

^^^^ YUPPPP^^^^

I think videos are worth it.... preferably something with a bit of narrative, as there have already been enough "abstract for the sake of being abstract" videos out there. The 2 fave videos I had done were: This one, featuring a gritty Panamanian breakin' crew (which I think fits perfectly...

I figure over the 14 years that I did electronic / hiphop / sound design.... I probably spent about £10,000 on a desktop and 2 laptops + midi controllers + software + extra bits, etc.... I certainly have earned much more than that sum in the same amount of time from those endeavors - and that isn't ...

First of all - as mentioned... the 10,000 hours thing is a myth. I can speak first hand, because not only as an artist, but also a teacher the past 8 years... I can tell you that - sure, more hours is better... BUT ONLY IF those are efficient, and productive hours. Most hours people spend on a craft...

pete bubonic wrote:

Mad EP wrote:Wow! Mighty impressive - that is about as spot-on of a remake as I have ever heard.

And nice use of the vinyl crackles! Glad they have been of use!

Can you provide a link to these?

Easy Pete!

http://www.mad-ep.com/MadEP_VinylNoises.zip

If you have a signed contract - take them to court. Simple as.

I am not saying there aren't plenty of shady labels out there... ...but it also important to realize that the game has changed in the way people make their money.. and from releases is REALLY not a big part of it for most ANYBODY anymore. I used to get advances from labels - but the scene was changi...

Wow! Mighty impressive - that is about as spot-on of a remake as I have ever heard.

And nice use of the vinyl crackles! Glad they have been of use!

I have rinsed the hell out of BOTH the free stuff as well as many of the paid sample sets.

It is true Goldbaby has a bit of a narrow parameter (vintage drum machines, run thru tape)... but for what they do, they are the BEST.


I recommend whole heartedly no matter what genre one does.......

Regarding tempo - Anyone who says it has to line up within strict bpm parameters either 1) doesn't know what they are talking about or 2) is a shit DJ. In my sets I often range from 70-180 (plus many non beat-matchable tracks)... and I've been on Sub.FM for almost 5 years now. A good DJ chooses what...

That said - the "Damn Son..." vocal sample is a bit annoying.....

twice per 1:21 is OK as it is assumed it is watermarking....

...but for a full track - no way a DJ wants to hear that every 45 seconds... unless you want you track re-edited.

btw - BPM-regulated DJs are suckas. Anyone who has game can play dope tracks no matter what the BPM.

I like that 160 version... and as much as I like playing shit slower than normal... I wouldn't go any slower than this. I really like it and it works nice. So yeah... just do what you do and stop begging for people's permission. Have a vision and go with it without begging for forgiveness. If you ca...