Mark Hahn

I'm on a shoestring budget so I mix with GC sale AT cans... but I then listen to my mixes in my car. I read most music is still listened to in cars.

Something doesn't seem right here. Maybe you've upped your bit rate or something? I don't know exactly what you're doing, but for collaboration, if the tracks are all just mixed later, you could share mp3's to listen to while recording everything in lossless wav files? Maybe this helps a little (scavenged from a Reaper forum somewhere): If you know the bitrate, you can estimate file size with the following formula: File Size in MB = (Bitrate in kbps x Playing Time in minutes) / 140 The bitrate for CD audio (44.1kHz, 16-bit, stereo) is 1411 kbps, which you can easily calculate (44.1 x 16 x 2). The bitrate for lossy compression (MP3, AAC, etc.) depends on the compression setting, but you can reduce the bitrate (and file size) to about 1/5th of the original with excellent quality. With a high-quality MP3 or AAC file, most music will sound identical to the original in blind listening tests. (If you compress too much, the quality loss becomes more noticeable.) With lossless compression (FLAC or ALAC), you can compress the file to about 60% of it's original size with no quality loss. (When uncompressed, the bytes are identical to the original... like a ZIP file for audio.)

Thanks, Lisa! I just stumbled on this forum and liked what I saw so thought I'd try socializing with other songwriters!

Search up the Circle of Fifths! Can also substitute in minor chords! (for example, can play C over: C, F and Dm... or Dm, Am and Em, etc...)

Hi there. I am a new member and singer-songwriter from Tucson, AZ! My songs are mostly recitation songs in the Indie/Alt-Country/Alt-Folk tradition (à la Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits). I've self produced 6 full length CDs and have had been played on some public and college radio stations. Here's and "about me" from my music blog (Guitar vs. Meds): https://markhahnguitar.wordpress.com/about/ Thanks! mark