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You want to listen to some ska bands from Britain The specials,Madness,Bad manners, The beat 👍

Amazon is full of fake reviews and chinese garbage like that.

Eamon - F*ck it some kind of heavy metal version? :D Damn nice version you made.

Anyone who respects themselves must have been in that situation.

Very Goldfingery!

I think i csn sing now with your help. I got some great tunes in my head😅

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The backing is good....but the vocal melody/song constructed above this is very mundane/poor. I came up with a far stronger sing. This goes to prove that songwriting is an art/skill and not manufactured

Gracias Spencer, tus videos son excelentes!

Great Song Spencer. I like the story you are telling in that song - could also be a country song with that story telling lyrics. But I have on question: In your last video I was wondering (and this here too): What pick do you use while playing bass? Sounds like fingered, but I mean I see that you are using a pick. When I play / record bass with my standard "Dunlup Nylon 0.60" pick - you could here it is played with a pick.

Step 1: Master multiple instruments and vocals Nice job. I love really well-produce songs with goofy lyrics lol

HOLY SHIT THIS HITS!!

Just curious, I've the same kit, but I can't get cymbal chokes to work. Any ideas?

Sounds nothing like garage rock of the 60s, and doesn't really give me vibes of garage rock revival. More like generic rock with a modern rock break.

Jesus, what an absolute whopper of a track! Everything about it was great and currently adding to a couple of playlists of mine! Mega inspo from this one too. Much love boss!

Great as always!

Interesting to see that you're adding the reverb on each track. I've always been taught to use send/receive for reverb. Supposedly, it sounds more natural (it also saves on resources when you're using analog equipment)

Another good one would be "replacing all of my paid software with free alternatives". VSTs, DAWs, everything! So that people get a better idea of just how much the user, rather than the tool, matters.

Could you make a song using only EZ-Drummer's built-in grooves? For someone like me who doesn't play drums, it'd be pretty useful!

If a heavy guitar tone sounds GREAT by itself, usually, it's not the right tone for a full mix.

Passive/USB-powered DI box?

Have you ever done a gospel song?

Ah! I was expecting a 60s style garage band song, the kind recorded with the whole band on one microphone with out of tune instruments (challenge?). Love the story though, that's quite the ballad. Still feels like punkish?

killer singing here! really impressive

Thanks for sharing. About EQ(ing) the IN channel before recording, wouldn't it be better to EQ after recording each raw instrument? Doing it maintains the integrity of each instrument and gives you more freedom to equalize each instrument in the final MIX. You then could apply the same EQ you did before recording or maybe try something different. NOTE: Everything I've written so far loses context if your audio-FX are already being applied "post track recording".Stay safe.

Enjoyable. Death metal song next please.

EDIT: Dude, I loved the song and I added it to my library! The story got me laughing a lot. Good storytelling, IMO and pretty enjoyable song. Hey, Spencer! Thanks for the in-depth video. Those drums sound massive! I was wondering if there are benefits to putting the Space Designer in a separate Bus and send some signal from the tracks that need/want to be in the room 🤔 Will love to know your thoughts! Best regards!

I like the song a lot! But there are a lot of notes I want to make: - drums: they're kinda papery and also not unique at all. I'd highly suggest you blending different samples - even though the absolute best would be to make some of your own, but I know it's probably not possible most of the times. For garage rock I'd have added also way more room tone - either using the rooms in eazy drummer or using an artificial drum room with a reverb on an aux channel (I've said other times, don't use reverbs and delay on the channel use buses! It'll make your mixing easier and will provide a better result). The drums also need way more processing: EQ, compression, saturation and parallel; - guitars: I've never been a fan of fake double tracked guitars, you should have doubled the first part too! Also I don't like reverb on guitars - they become a little bit lacking of clarity - and I would have just used the second tone for both the takes since the first was quite harsh in the upper mids; - bass: it needs way more midrange to have it more prominent and really mashed with the guitars. What I would do is also take a DI, really distort it and tuck this crunchy tone with the clean to have more grit in the midrange; - organ: it's a little bit harsh, I'd HPF just the low end to 250 or something like that and also LPF to 8-10k. You don't need to carve the midrange out, just turn it down if it's conflicting to the other instruments! - vocals: need way more compression (with different compressors, try some of the Logic stock ones that are amazing!) and also a boost in the top end and the midrange. I'd also saturate them to give them more energy. And also: try to use a short stereo delay instead of a reverb: to me it sounds way cleaner with pushing the vocal back! Lastly: do some automation! The mix is too static! Don't just let the arrangement mark the sections, automate volumes, effects, EQ, compression, everything! Anyway those are my tips: try them out because I'm sure they will make your songs - that are already very good - go up to a new level. Let me know!

This is bloody awesome!! Great job once again Spencer! I’m loving the Spare Bedroom Studio course as well - rock solid 🤘

Dark theme, well presented. Cheers!

I'm curious why you run multiple instances of Room Designer, rather than just running one instance on an FX channel and using SENDS from each channel to decide how much wet you want? No wrong way just curious. I used to do it the way you do here all the time, but now I use sends and an FX channel. Would love to know your reasoning and thinking? Thanks Spencer!!!

Came in early to show my appreciation Also quick question, which app do you recommend for editing music? Preferably something free and available also on my phone

Love the Wolfmother 'Woman' riff reference. :) Another great video Spencer! Rock on!

I was doing some research on autotune and I came across your video. I watched your video where you recorded a song with the auto-tune but I was looking for a way to strip auto-tunes and identify how much real talent is out there. I don’t see anyone talking about how corrupted the music industry has become how anyone with money can do anything and how people with talent have been hurt.

Hey Spencer, fantastic video mate! I’m a noob multi-instrumentalist and just getting into recording my stuff and this video has helped me out enormously. When you recorded your drums, did you just connect the output of the drum module into the instrument input on the audio interface? I have a Roland TD-17KVX and it has a heap of amazing preset sounds, but just trying to work out how to get it into Logic Pro (iPad version) so I can do the quantising etc. Thanks heaps and keep up the amazing work!!

What the Internet thinks is Autotune: - Vocoder - Singing in harmony - Double tracking - Singing through phaser of flanger - Any singing done since 1997.

1- Catchy tune! 2- Melodyne seems easier to use.

Another great video : DD BTW, are any of your albums available somewhere???

Everything sounds pretty good! Bassline could use an actual bassist playing it tho, as it's overly simple. Lyrics are also pretty bad, but a super catchy song 🎵 . LOVE the horn lines and oooos

2:56 hold up….

Let’s not forget the fact that this chord progression is enchanting

i can't figure out how to get the first guitar to sound good. how do you get that "twangy" effect in the first part of the song?

Awesome work

Where can I listen to your music? Great tips btw :)

I have to say, one thing I kinda disagree with - at least for me personally - is the "nothing is permanent" bit. I mean, I understand what you're saying and one shouldn't be afraid to try something different if something isn't working, but I tend to find that this approach leads to option paralysis. I'd go so far as to say that I preach the opposite to myself and other people I record for: Commit! There are a billion synth plugins to choose from and at some point you have to make a decision and move on. Same with amp-sims, drum samples, etc.. There is a very real risk of ending up turning knobs in plugins or VI's rather than actually recording music. My rule of thumb is, if you end up endlessly tweaking to make it sound right, it's probably the part, not the sound.

Another banger of a video

How do you think AI will impact music production?

Really inspiring video. This makes it seem less intimidating. Thanks!

Dude, I'm loving your channel and learning a ton from your videos. I like to second on the first point: "Invest wisely". I did that very poorly when I started and wasted a lot of time and money. Right now, I think I'm in a better place now.