[Moving Home, Moving Home Recording Studio]

I absolutely hate moving my studio. I did it in September 2021, again in January 2022, and will probably have to in another 8 - 12 months. I took pictures and documented everything (like you), so that I could do even basic things like reassembling the main desk. Hoping this one's permanent for you and that you can create good work there.

[First pass at business card]

Second pass.

[4.13.22]

Once I've finished part one, I'd like to do a video. Kind of an in-process thing that doubles as a teaser.

[4.13.22]

57 minutes ago, john said:

Good stuff Steve. I wasn’t sure of the string sound on those first notes. More correctly the attack sounded wrong. After it got going it was all working well. The first sporadic drum rhythm felt too predictable. Rhythmically to steady, single note-ish. Otherwise, awesome dude! Great sounds over all. Love the second half in particular.

 

I think the strings need more work. I've been trying to work on the viola. It needs more filtering, but I haven't dialed it in yet. This first drum segment needs some chains, but I haven't found the right sound yet. It still needs the lead, vocalization segments, and a few more sound design treatments.

 

Trying to do a doom vibe thing, you know?

[4.13.22]

Double f*ck me. I literally just resaved the exact same post without changing anything and now the player is showing a time. Does it work for you now?

[4.13.22]

What's f*cking weird is that the post shows the audio, displays the time and file size, but won't play the audio. The live page does not display time in the built in player. f*ck it, I'm going to update the piece for tonight's session on my Reelcrafter reel and post for NMF. I was really hoping Wordpress would be a great method of direct hi-res audio. Reelcrafter is good, it's 48khz 24-bit, but streams at the equivalent of Apple's streaming audio (good, but consumer grade).

 

I'll keep looking at this and delete the post later. Thanks for the awareness, my friend!

[4.2.22]

4 hours ago, VoiceEx said:

Don't just 'like' my comment, talk to me, bro 😅

 

I get that, bro! I'm f*cked up. I'm doing the best I can. We can talk privately. I can't always give you all the info you want, but I can assure you that I am safe (for the moment) and working.

[4.2.22]

19 minutes ago, GregB said:

Hi Steve. 

Without any relevant experience/knowledge myself, and depending on whether you're a writer, a performer, or a producer, I'd simply suggest you talk to someone who you believe is successful in that field, even if only to get names of people and services they use and recommend.  I think that most people, even if busy, are helpful if the questions are short and sharp.

But keep your bullsh*t detection meter turned to 11 as many people tend to inflate their 'success' for appearances and ego.

Greg

 

Oh, I'm well aware of that. I'm careful. I filed for a business LLC today, which is a necessary first step. The post you responded to originally was me talking out loud to myself. I appreciate your care.

[4.2.22]

5 hours ago, GregB said:

What's YOUR goal?  Specific $$/pa?  Number of YouTube views or Spotify listens? Press articles? Music reviews?

 

I'm not at that point yet. I have a million ideas and they are all time-consuming. I'm talking, right now, about a sounding board for ideas and pragmatic steps to take. There are a thousand people with ideas, advice, etc., etc. Articles, videos, friends of friends, methods, advice. I want to hire people for various professional tasks in establishing a viable presence. Right now, I specifically need someone to help me organize my thinking so that I can keep growing and paying for the right people to move forward. Enough to sustain a working creative model.

[4.2.22]

2 hours ago, john said:

What kind of creative consultant and for what purpose? (I almost wrote porpoise, channeling some previously unknown New Jersey part of my being?)

 

Someone to help me figure all this shit out. How I can create, go public, and not sell my soul. Someone to bounce ideas off, help me figure out courses of action, etc. Setting up a business. Who to hire for what purpose. Pragmatic steps to take. I've already hired a technical consultant for Bitwig, the DAW I'm migrating to. There's so much to consider, so many avenues. I don't want it to become a quagmire.

[3.25.22]

19 hours ago, GregB said:

Sorry for the obscurity ...

6% was the number of Catholic priests to have been 'moved on' due to nefarious activities with children when parish records were investigated by journalists (dramatised in the film "Spotlight") and later confirmed in several government-led investigations around the world.

 

The quick wry 'humour' is now hung out and blowing lifeless on the winds of turgid exposition

 

Greg 

PS. I was raised by rabid Catholics and schooled by Jesuits, 'priest' is just a trigger word for me.

Ha! I would never have gotten the reference otherwise.

 

Intercessor, perhaps? Doula? 

[3.25.22]

1 hour ago, GregB said:

 

!!!  Hopefully not one of the (at least) 6%?

 

? I don't undetstand?

[3.25.22]

31 minutes ago, Clay Anderson Johnson said:

Whichever direction you go, forming an LLC as well as having a business bank account is highly beneficial.  It means being able to take tax write offs for any business related purpose such as your website and Office subscription as well as adding legitimacy should you ever make a move such as seeking investors.

 

I use Blue Host myself.  I have found them to be very good overall.  I did have problems with the initial setup as they default to a Wordpress format.  My HTML5 pages appeared as code. This was easily fixed but I did have to contact Support more than once initially.

 

Their SSL certificates also expire and you have to get Support to update them.  If you do not use HTTPS rather than HTTP many browsers will flag your site as unsafe.  

 

Their certificates have expired twice within the last year.  They use a general certification not one specifically linked to your domain.  The counter balance is they are free (at least with my account).

 

I paid for three years of the basic level website. Yes, good points RE business. All I want, literally, is time & space to work. Everything else is just necessary capitalist bullshit. I'm not a star, nor do I care to be one. I have, variously, described my role in working with others as priest. I will do whatever it takes, suffer any ignoble obstacle as long as I can honestly and forthrightly explore my art. All I have is my soul. It is the one thing I refuse to relinquish.

[Another Side to My Experience]

Critiques, I've found, have diminishing returns, which is why people participate less and less without a few active drivers. It gets exhausting, though, and can feel fruitless after awhile.

 

I don't "expect" people to take my advice, but I do want people to know that I've given my best effort. As @john has mentioned countless times, critiquing ups the skillset of the person commenting. Trying to identify problems and possible solutions has a direct correlation to what you can accomplish in your own pieces. I hear the I'm not qualified comment a lot, and have been hearing it for decades. This is a psychological issue, not the truth. A technical response is not necessary. Engaging with music on a deep level is. Use common words then, gut feelings, hunches. The OP is in no way obligated to use any of comments or suggestions, but basic decency, such as thanks, addressing questions, engaging back, etc., is. I mean, it's not f*cking rocket science. Just basic decency and effort. Everyone is out time. Time given should be reciprocal.

[Do You Sing In The Shower?]

1 hour ago, Peggy said:

 But... you can sound sooo good in the shower.. 😄  

 

Ha ha ha! 

[Do You Sing In The Shower?]

I'm too self-conscious. I only sing in the car.