NewYorkRoark Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 (edited) Below is a link to my band's myspace website: CITIES So far, we've opened up for The Walkmen and Bling Kong. These are all drafts and very much unfinished. We have a lot more songs but all of them are generally mid-production like these. Enjoy. Edited December 14, 2005 by NewYorkRoark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravane Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 So. Do you play, mix, or sing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewYorkRoark Posted December 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 So. Do you play, mix, or sing? Play, Music Creation, Mix, Sing in that order. My friend Sings, Lyric Creation, Music Creation, Plays and Mixes in that order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravane Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 I'm really impressed. Your friend has a beautiful voice, and I really like the beat and style of your music. What did you use to record it, and what program did you use for the effects? I record my singing with a cheap computer microphone but it's really...really bad quality. The only instruments I play are flute, clarinet and piano, but they always come out really badly in recordings as well. Will you be doing any public performances over the holidays? A friend of mine is visiting New York in about a week, and I'm sure she'd like to see you perform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unconquered Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 I record my singing with a cheap computer microphone but it's really...really bad quality. I've found that a "professional quality" microphone at the low end gives far better results than the crappy computer mikes. You can get the better ones at a music store and they're not terribly expensive - starting at $30+. My Soundblaster Audigy has an input for the plug used on the bigger mikes, but the store probably has an adapter that would make it work with the typical computer input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravane Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 I've found that a "professional quality" microphone at the low end gives far better results than the crappy computer mikes. You can get the better ones at a music store and they're not terribly expensive - starting at $30+. My Soundblaster Audigy has an input for the plug used on the bigger mikes, but the store probably has an adapter that would make it work with the typical computer input. You sing too? Wow, this is awesome. I'm an artist but my favorite thing is singing and music. So a music store? Hn. I'm going to check computer stores first as I'd prefer to have something I can use on my computer.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unconquered Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 You sing too? Wow, this is awesome. I'm an artist but my favorite thing is singing and music. No ... well, certainly not professionally anyway! Actually it was for a more mundane usage, just general purpose recording of my normal voice and other sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravane Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 No ... well, certainly not professionally anyway! Actually it was for a more mundane usage, just general purpose recording of my normal voice and other sounds. Oh, okay. Thank you for the mic advice, I found a good one online. Roark- where did you get that photo that's on your myspace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thales Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Roark- where did you get that photo that's on your myspace? That is a famous picture of men working on the Chrysler Building decades ago. I'm guessing in the 1930s or 1940s. Don't know, though. Here is a long link to a poster of it: Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewYorkRoark Posted December 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 Oh, okay. Thank you for the mic advice, I found a good one online. Roark- where did you get that photo that's on your myspace? We use a shure sm57 for instruments ($80-90) and a shure sm58 ($80-90) for vocals (now we've upgraded to a low-end compressor microphone, which is much, much better - I highly recommend compressor microphones for vocals, at least). For recording, editing, effects, and production we use ProTools and the basic plug-ins that come with it. For drums, we listen to a variety of music (mostly electronic/rap - Ghostface Killah is good) and find isolated drum beats, record the individual hit into ProTools, crop the area around the drum beat, save it, and then upload and paste it over and over when and wherever we want to use that kind of drum in a song. No traditional samples or loops. For a good selection and good service: Sweetwater We don't have any concerts scheduled yet as we 1.) have very demanding, professional jobs and 2.) haven't completed our demo yet / finished our rough drafts but by the summer we should be out and about on weekends / Thursday nights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Hey that's pretty good stuff. I like 80's style music though. Love it. While Sweetwater is a great store with a good selection. www.rmcaudio.com is actually quite a bit less on price but still has good service. I could be a bit biased though since I work there. I am going to add you to my myspace friends if thats cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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