First..you might have noticed that I slipped the name of my new record out there. If not it's called "The Ups and Downs of Sunset". I posted a song from the new record just to promote some interest. It's an acoustic tune called "who wants to be a vampire?(nobody)" It also shows some album art.
Tonight I have been building a drum track for a song on the upcoming album called "The Furnace". Since I'm doing everything myself and my apartment complex isn't too hip to drums at 2am I'm using loops and samples. I use Beta Monkey Drum Loops. They are top notch.
Building drum tracks is tricky and tedious...I set in front of my computer with my acoustic guitar and bang out a rhythm to "the furnace" and then try to match it up with a decent loop fro that part of the song. Usually I have to mix a couple loops together to make the drum track sound natural like a real drummer. It can't be too repetitive. Once I get that part of the song done I move on to the next part...usually a bridge or a chorus. I then have to adjust the tempo if that’s needed, and the process starts over with the new part. Eventually you will have a decent drum track for your tune.
After I get this done I dump it onto my DP01 8-track and I start recording guitars and bass. Now I only have 8 tracks so I fill them up and then dump them onto the computer to mix in with my drum track in ACID pro.
After that I mix all that into one rough mix track and dump it onto my 8 track again. Now I have 7 tracks to record vox on. sweet.
It takes a little while to do all this. Especially when your doing it a few hours here and a few hours there.
It's funny when you start out in this business/hobby/scene whatever you want to call it...your full of ambition and dreams..years go by and you tell yourself this is my thing, this is what I want to be successful at...in the end though you really have no viable reasons why...only this...you just love it. You crave the ritual.
The old model for the music business is almost dead. I mean the one where artists sell cd's and make money. The new business model is based on material merchandise that cannot be uploaded and downloaded on the internet (i.e. t-shirts, books, stickers, buttons, coffee mugs, licensing, ect,ect,ect.)
Although this is the way it is and it is possible to make money and be successful with this new business model, I do find it more than a little sad that the actual music has been so devalued.
One of my favorite bands "Coheed and Cambria" will be releasing a new record next month. High anticipation right? wrong. This record is leaked all over the place. You can have it right now in less than 5 minutes if you have a high speed internet connection and a 5th graders understanding of Google.
That’s funny and scary at the same time. Those guys probably spent allot of time and money on that record and put allot of heart and feeling into it. As an artist I can appreciate that fact and the monetary value of this music gets reduced to almost zero if the masses can download it at will a month before it's release date.
Kind of makes me think...um wow I'm pouring time and effort and heart and blood sweat and tears into my record...if Coheeds record has a value of 0 (free) a month before it's even released then what does that make my record worth in dollars and cents? LOL
Now you see why I give my music away. I'm lucky though. I do this because I love it on so many levels, I never earned much from it to begin with. Life is funny. I guess if I ever get to a position where people are leaking my record a month before it comes out...I shouldn’t have too many problems selling t-shirts because you have arrived at that point for certain bro.
That’s my word
Tonight I have been building a drum track for a song on the upcoming album called "The Furnace". Since I'm doing everything myself and my apartment complex isn't too hip to drums at 2am I'm using loops and samples. I use Beta Monkey Drum Loops. They are top notch.
Building drum tracks is tricky and tedious...I set in front of my computer with my acoustic guitar and bang out a rhythm to "the furnace" and then try to match it up with a decent loop fro that part of the song. Usually I have to mix a couple loops together to make the drum track sound natural like a real drummer. It can't be too repetitive. Once I get that part of the song done I move on to the next part...usually a bridge or a chorus. I then have to adjust the tempo if that’s needed, and the process starts over with the new part. Eventually you will have a decent drum track for your tune.
After I get this done I dump it onto my DP01 8-track and I start recording guitars and bass. Now I only have 8 tracks so I fill them up and then dump them onto the computer to mix in with my drum track in ACID pro.
After that I mix all that into one rough mix track and dump it onto my 8 track again. Now I have 7 tracks to record vox on. sweet.
It takes a little while to do all this. Especially when your doing it a few hours here and a few hours there.
It's funny when you start out in this business/hobby/scene whatever you want to call it...your full of ambition and dreams..years go by and you tell yourself this is my thing, this is what I want to be successful at...in the end though you really have no viable reasons why...only this...you just love it. You crave the ritual.
The old model for the music business is almost dead. I mean the one where artists sell cd's and make money. The new business model is based on material merchandise that cannot be uploaded and downloaded on the internet (i.e. t-shirts, books, stickers, buttons, coffee mugs, licensing, ect,ect,ect.)
Although this is the way it is and it is possible to make money and be successful with this new business model, I do find it more than a little sad that the actual music has been so devalued.
One of my favorite bands "Coheed and Cambria" will be releasing a new record next month. High anticipation right? wrong. This record is leaked all over the place. You can have it right now in less than 5 minutes if you have a high speed internet connection and a 5th graders understanding of Google.
That’s funny and scary at the same time. Those guys probably spent allot of time and money on that record and put allot of heart and feeling into it. As an artist I can appreciate that fact and the monetary value of this music gets reduced to almost zero if the masses can download it at will a month before it's release date.
Kind of makes me think...um wow I'm pouring time and effort and heart and blood sweat and tears into my record...if Coheeds record has a value of 0 (free) a month before it's even released then what does that make my record worth in dollars and cents? LOL
Now you see why I give my music away. I'm lucky though. I do this because I love it on so many levels, I never earned much from it to begin with. Life is funny. I guess if I ever get to a position where people are leaking my record a month before it comes out...I shouldn’t have too many problems selling t-shirts because you have arrived at that point for certain bro.
That’s my word
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