If musicians are paying you to record them then you work for them. If they show up drunk or can't play their instruments and you think that somehow that makes their money spend less easily than somebody else's money, then give them their money back and tell them not to bother you anymore. This entire decades long rant is stupid. There is zero reason for it.
I keep a guitar in my bedroom, another on my living room, and several in my studio. As a retired audio engineering professor, the only students who ended up actually working in the industry are those who were already involved in their home studios prior to becoming students. They used the college platform merely to fine-tune the details with academic accuracy. There are a lot of self taught home studio operators who don’t really know what they’re doing technologically. But it is not as if those who went to college actually thereby have the ability to do creative money making audio. What good does it do to have an accurate understanding of the stages and steps of converting analog to digital if your ears are crap and you have no idea what sounds can be made commercially viable. Yes my school helped a few, even some became Grammy winners. But after teaching 15 years at the college I have become convinced that an apprenticeship is a far better way to learn audio recording.
Or things like: ” You only have a hit song, we need advice from people with a lot of hits” “Your hit song was a long time ago. You are living from the past” There is no way to win.
"I think a lot of us were the weird kid in the class." YUP! Graduating high school was one of the best things for my self confidence because I could finally get away from all of that bullshit.
Weird from birth, modern Metal lost its crazy and weird aspect from the 70s-90s. 2005 everything just turned to shit sans the Stoner Metal bands and the Folk Metal bands were still good til about 2012 and then got poppy. I am starting a UA-camr Channel for the Heavy and Weird musician. Gear, tip, humor, etc....
Yep, I was the short kid with glasses and braces and Napoleon Dynamite hair who played D&D and read and drew comic books. I'm still that guy 40 years later.
CD Baby blocked a video of a song I wrote and had full rights to. I now am a member of ASCAP as a writer and publisher so when they tried it again (which they did) I had a ASCAP Work ID number to squash them.
When you were talking about keeping a guitar handy, I’m a little less than 2 weeks away from total knee replacement & before surgery I’m going to rearrange my living room so that my guitars & basses are within arms reach!
I have a guitar and bass hanging on the wall next to my computer. Sometimes I'm editing something and I think, why am I messing around with this? Just play it again!
The artist can check if they want CD baby to claim music on UA-cam or not. It's not CD babys fault that a moronic artist clicks that claim button and then sends you the song to review on your UA-cam channel.
“But Glenn never made a hit record!!!!” My barber never cut a famous person’s hair, my auto mechanic has never worked on a land speed record car, and my girlfriend never did porn, but guess what?! They all are still very good at what they do.
Nice love when girlfriends have had lots of experience before me so I can get them nice and used and still producing great. Can’t stand my girlfriends kids though
As a jazz/fusion/funk bass player I find most of your advice applies very well to any genre... Especially the ones about practicing and working hard on your shit before recording. Also love your attitude! Thanks for your videos and keep up the good work!
3:43 yeah, I learned way too late about not 127ing everything in EZDrummer. I remember Nolly Getgood in particular recommending keeping basic drum patterns between 90-100. My earlier drums have no dynamics and sound like gunshots. And thanks to you, I use 127 as a verb. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I worked with a rapper once. He showed up stoned, sat down and started writing new lyrics on the spot. I guess he didn't like the ones he already had? Or maybe they never existed. Biggest waste of time I ever had in my studio. Also, love you Glenn ❤️❤️❤️
I've seen sessions where lighting up after a few hours allows the well of ideas to refresh a little bit. This quite a bit different from showing up shitfaced though.
It would be awesome to see what the next gen can come up with in their own bedroom. I definitely support the idea of them doing everything from playing their own instrument to mixing and mastering their tracks without having a 3rd party being involved. I started playing guitar again after a decade of not playing and it felt great writing and coming up with ideas and recording them onto my DAW. My latest release is a mixture of Metalcore Elements with Electronic Music.
1:04 had more than one music teacher suggest keeping your instrument out on a stand, ready to go, so you pick it up more. Think it's just the opposite of "out of site out of mind." They never said it couldn't be across the room though.
This totally works. I have a banjo on a stand right by me at my work desk, I get plenty of practice in while sitting muted in meetings. The violin nicely cleaned and packed in it's case after each use... I just remembered I had it.
I have to admit your channel has opened up a lot different thought processes since subscribing. I’m probably close to your age and found you when I was starting to search for a new sound after getting back into the band game from a hiatus. I saw you did a lot of videos on amp sims but figured that just wasn’t something I needed to know about. I’m a Gen Xer and it’s always been about high gain half stacks, stomp effects and multiple guitars to get through a rehearsal or a show. I love technology but I feel I turned a blind eye to it because of how I came up with music in the 80’s and 90’s. You will be the catalyst to me trying to expand into the amp sim world as well as opening me up to notion that you really can get a quality recording at home with these programs. I feel like the other caveman that just discovered that someone else discovered fire and I should try it. I want to figuratively and musically burn everything now. Lol. Thanks for your videos bro. Brutally honest, funny, and most importantly very informative.
Honestly I never understood the whole "Oh, Glen has never produced a hit album" because a lot of people haven't. But if you take a minute to actually pay attention to his mixes and tones he gets just in these videos, frankly I think the results speak for themselves. He always gets some pretty awesome results.
Yeah and mixing a hit record is about a hell of a lot more than skills… lots of being in the right place at the right time. Sure, it takes skill, but if that’s all it took, a lot of us would be mixing hits too.
Exactly. I mean go listen to that new Avril Lavigne song Bite Me for instance. Sure it has millions of views plays but the mixing and mastering are s***... Glenn certainly has the recording and mixing chops to deliver a great sound.
AND he has produced one hit UA-cam channel, thanks in big part to his mixing and producing skills (added to his personality and delivery, and so on)… In this day an age, that could be considered the equivalent to a hit record back in the pre-streaming age!!… Even Tim Pierce said it in a recent interview: he doesn’t plan to make a new Solo record, his “Solo record” is the sum of musical bits at the beginning of his videos, and that way he reaches a much wider audience than he would do by releasing a solo record old style :)
I think it would be cool to see an episode that looks at the sonic differences between dynamic, ribbon and condenser microphones. Might be helpful to clarify what mics are best for various sources and how the various polar patterns change their frequency and dynamic responses. I've noticed that there are a lot of ribbon mics around that are becoming affordable these days; maybe check out a few ribbons like Cascade, Beyerdynamic, Royer or even some Coles. Yeah, I know; 4038s still aren't exactly cheap, but they have come down a bit in price recently and...damn they sound good! (You really should get a pair; they'll change your life!)
I remember the day the concept of busing detonated for me. It must be what the person who discovered fire felt. Drums, strings, vox buses. Once you get the respective bus set. Then mix the buses to taste with each other. What a serious break through in workflow ease.
I can't enough say how thankfull I am for your honest opinions and the videos you make. I create music in Cubase in my bedroom and have progressed learning day by day. The first thing I learned from you is how to use compression, that's how I got interested in to your channel. Keep up the good work!
I also have something to say about CD Baby. So my fans can’t find my first record, as it’s under an old name (Changed my gender in 2012, and I changed my name). I emailed them and asked how I could fix this. They straight up told me that I couldn’t. That I would lose my international distribution (That I paid for), and they gave me some pretty serious attitude just for asking if I COULD have the album show up under my proper name. They’ve also withheld royalties for me. I’m a SOCAN member (Every artist should know how important that is) Tracks off that album have been in film and TV, I’ve had people sell it on EBay for 150-300 bucks as it is “Limited” I don’t how these people obtained copies?! I have all of the unsold copies, so I though? The copies they had in their warehouse, have magically disappeared since it’s 2011 release. CBC radio bought a couple copies from them, I saw that in the notes. But the others just. Disappeared. 0/10. Would not recommend them to my worst enemy! I don’t feel like I own my music from that record (“Fighting Kids For Swings”). Which is wrong on so many levels. I chose to self publish for a reason. To KEEP my music. Bunch. Of. D*cks.
@@380stroker They had valid reasons to change their gender. Gender change isn't just "oh I am going to be this gender today." The process likely took a very long time for Parker, and multiple people are involved. if the people along the way went "yup, you are trans, and this is how to fix it." their opinion trumps yours.
I had a passion for photography in the 80's, and found that being a darkroom tech or studio assistant was the way to curb-stomp it to death, and push it down a storm drain. Doing sound and production for other people is the same. It's turd-polishing and ego-stroking. I aim to get good enough at production to do MY stuff, and stuff I care about personally, but I hope to keep the fun up, and the bouncing off other people's unreasonable expectations down.
Great show, superb mentor wisdom about the process! Excellent that U are no longer screaming the info but dialling it down to a 7 on the Richter scale. Your love, experience and technical craftsmanship for music has never been in question, but at last we can actually hear clearly the smarts you are imparting. Thanx for guiding the next generation
Holy shit! Just realised you're now producing your videos in 21:9, you really have hit that cinema style level you were talking about in previous videos, and there's finally a youtuber that fills the screen on my Sony Xperia 1's 4k 21:9 screen 🤣🤣 Thank fuck!
Hey I just checked and his video aspect ratio fills up my Samsung Galaxy S9 as well. It looks a little funky on my HDTV but cool when I'm looking on the phone it's the entire screen!
The new aspect ratio looks classy! Also I got me a used Panasonic GH2 after you recommended it in one of your video and I love that camera. Pictures look great and the video quality is definitely good enough for my needs!
@@SpectreSoundStudios Yes it is! And you can hack the firmware to get better video quality as well! Maybe something you could do a video on if you still have your GH2.
CD Baby really needs to get sued. They're one of the worst offenders for bogus copyright claims. Such a lawsuit might even help reign in those scummy music "promoters" who do nothing but spam out spurious content ID claims.
I know this is a really minor thing but I really like the videos you play off to the side when reading comments. (especially the rocket related ones) (space nerd here). I don’t know, it just adds that little bit of interesting background movement to what otherwise would be a blank white screen with text.
That would be interesting because Steve is an Analog Purist. And if the conversation started lagging, Glenn could always bring up Steve's work on "In Utero" or "Surfer Rosa." Good fun there, lol!
@@KelticKabukiGirl Ya man even better!! She is such a talented and beautiful person! Always such a great attitude and love her ways of experimenting during recording. Definitely a top notch engineer/producer/mixer!
Damn Glenn, you’ve got a bus for guitars, a bus for bass, and a bus for drums? Being an engineer must pay well to be able to afford 3 buses to transport all that gear.
There is an option on the CD Baby web site to NOT let them enforce UA-cam copyright. By default it is turned on, but artists CAN turn it off (As I have done). I would rather control my own UA-cam channel. That being said, there are channels that will steal EVERY song you have (and everyone else within a million miles) and post it to their channel. With the volume of songs they steal, they are guaranteed to get a UA-cam income. I have turned a blind eye, because my material is not making any money on my site... but on principle it kind of sucks.
I loved, and still love, practicing and learning. I know that within the next hour or two a new piece of knowledge or skill will be unlocked within me. I have to be pressured into putting my guitar and other instruments down in order to socialize. Can't have people thinking I was some behaviorally odd homeschooled dude that never learned to act normal around other people.
On the BUS thing. From expirience, dont forget to turn off the master send on the individual tracks so they arent weirdly doubling. Hopefully i explained that right
I was one of the people that got inspired to pick up an instrument because of guitar hero and rock band. Picked up drums when I was little and then switched to guitar. Got my first guitar about 9 years ago and still playing to this day. Self taught and has never put the guitar down. And I even still play guitar hero cause it was the first game I ever played.
I'm not sure what the anamorphic thing is all about, but I have a galaxy s20 and with the old ratio I had way more unused screen space. With this new look it looks a lot better and actually fills the screen.
One of the first bands I ever recorded was, um, an experience to say the least. The bassist had to tune their guitarist’s guitar to start. Worst of all tho, middle of a song, I lose all the drums. I’m panicking looking for something unplugged or a piece of gear that failed. Nope. There is a balcony off the drum room and the drummer decided to step out, look at nature and get some fresh air 🤦♂️
Regarding going to trade school: definitive yes from me. I'm learning to be an event technician and not a traditional trade. For most of the week, I'm working in the theatre and learning stuff there and for one day, I go to trade school where we learn more of the theory behind it and the officially right way to do it. Also, lighting and audio are huge parts of this apprenticeship, so I'm learning stuff that's useful to my hobby as well. The pay is also really good for me being an apprentice because as I work for a public theater, it's a union job. It also seems to me that in this industry, the people looking to hire you value practical experience far more than a piece of paper from a university.
On the job with a little bit of theory I think is the best way to learn! When I went to college they definitely screwed me by teaching more theory and getting less hands-on.
Now the CCTV cameras have gotten amazing and still cheaper than DSLR. You can get an 8 cam set for less than buying a single DSLR. You can set up to shoot a studio so inexpensively. You can mount cameras in all the right places. Place a couple of PTZ cameras in the front corners. Then a couple of portable ones and a battery model. All plugged into the same PC running windows or linux. I set a custom system up for a friend on his house as a favor i owed him. They would work so well for a filming room to always be catching all angles. If you are sick of missing shots because you forgot to hit record. It's always going to be on the CCTV from a different angle. I don't understand why creators don't use a system like this in their home studios.
@@Roger-qh2zp That’s what I said. You can’t quad track by copying and pasting, you have to play the parts, otherwise it’s not quad tracking, it’s copying and pasting.
On the Butthurt: This show has always been about using your ears. When I watch videos on my phone I'm usually doing something else cooking, laundry, cleanup you get it, while listening intently. If you point something to look at out I'll rewind and take a closer look. Usually though I watch your show on my computer though. WHICH HAS A SCREEN LARGE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE MUSIC ON. AS MOST OF US PROBABLY DO. I doubt the average screensize of this community is anywhere below 24", if not above or around 27" honestly. So yeah, I clicked on the video and started grinning right away because this looks fucking stellar. Good job Dude.
Wait, Glenn making a metal studio out of a church is a beautiful bit of irony. I'm Christian, and I would have LOVED to see that! Glenn, you fucking rock man and our difference in views on God don't matter to me. You're right about the ceilings and possibilities...and the excuse for kids (eh, I turn 40 next week?) like me saying "I'm going to Church!!" would be just epic.
When I was a teenager we used to practice in a church, the urge to get behind the pulpit and sing "in the beginning, back in 1955...." was just too hard to resist! Highway to Hell was the first song we recorded, in the church! 😁
Hey Glenn! What do you think is the best way to find bandmates to play with when you're an introvert such as me? I know most people just play with people they go to school with or work with, but I don't know anyone at my job who plays. Would definitely like to hear your thoughts on establishing a network with musicians so I can get in a room and jam with people. Also; Loving this anamorphic format, definitely the perfect way to experience this show in my opinion. Thanks!
I've literally been sitting here this morning swearing at my computer because I spent 21 minutes uploading our album to our UA-cam page only to find out I have copyright issues with every song thanks to fucking CD Baby! What a pain in the ass! We're releasing another album soon and I know who's not going to be distributing it. SCREW THOSE GUYS! Thanks Glen love your channel.
i have a 65 inch screen... It took me 5 seconds to understand you were shooting wide screen cus I had to push my desk chair back and look above and below and go ".... oh yeah..." Once you go 65 you stop noticing the letterbox effects.
In regards to the don’t go to recording school, true. Don’t. It seems very… suboptimal for almost every person now a days. You can learn basically everything you need to know about recording, at least in regards to techniques and how to do most things, at a tiny fraction of the cost (UA-cam, low cost programs like a Produce Like A Pro Membership, etc). Then, almost anywhere you go to college you will be sufficiently close to a studio that you can work there and get actual experience. I went to the University of Kansas for undergrad and there were multiple studios in KC (about an hour from Lawrence) where a student can work. I’ve gone to the University of Wisconsin for law school. There are multiple studios in and around Madison where one can get experience. And this is before considering Milwaukee (which is a bit far but there are people travel more for work). Then you can use your education for something useful. I am a big fan of music people getting degrees in accounting or finance so they actually know something about business but there are many far more useful degrees then what you’d get at a recording school. (edit: this presumes you are set on university and not a trade school)
gday Glenn, great episode. Great advice man-I have 2 teenagers that i raise on my own , have been a plasterer(dry wall over here --im australian) and a painter since leaving school back in the 1990s. Ive finally got a decent PC a DAW that i really like ( studio one) and last year during lockdown got the strat and les paul of my dreams. Got a bunch of decent mikes n stuff. My old boss used to tell me that "theres 24hours in a day.work for 8 sleep for 8.Then you got 8 hours to eat wash and do what you love." so true. Im finally at peace with knowing that Ill never really make a lot of money recording in my little studio.....But like you, I do this shit because I LOVE it. Your channel has taught me alot over the years -thank you. oh and definately FUCK YOU GLENN👍👍🎚🎛
I'm not a musician, although I do LOVE metal. I'm more of a video guy, and I appreciate that you're so enthusiastic about anamorphic. It looks awesome, and you clearly know how to utilize the space that the aspect ratio allows for. If anamorphic ratios are used effectively it looks cool as heck, and you get something fun to play around with regarding shot composition. You do you, boo.
I got a giggle over the question, "Should I listen to what store salespeople tell me, or do they know what they're talking about?" I have a family member who buys that way. After he gets home with his snake-oil purchase, he tells everyone who will listen that "All The Experts" agree that whatever thing he just bought is almost universally recognized as one of the bestest ever of all time. Apparently never occurs to him that the "Expert" just wants to sell him the $hit that happens to be in the store. He frequently has a replacement "best thing ever" within a couple months, after a new "Expert" convinces him THEIR product is WAYYYY better than what he just bought. Funny thing is, he always calls for advice on what to buy BEFORE he talks to the "experts" but always ignores said advice and just buys what the salesperson suggests. Been doing it for decades. I could probably buy the Abbey Roads studio with all the money he's wasted on non-researched junk over the years.
Grebo/Greebo is a Suffolk term that basically just means "American Teenager." The sort of weird kid who wears jeans and listens to Nirvana instead of being into hip hop and wearing jogging bottoms like everyone else. The kids who had skateboards instead of mountain bikes. That sort of thing. Americans, but from Britain. Since the guy is using the term alongside Metal I'd assume from that context he's more specifically talking about emos and 'scene kids' and considering them to be 'not metal'.
Grebo was pre Nirvana and it was a UK wide sub-genre. It was bands like Pop Will Eat Itself that used elements of alternative rock and Industrial. It was later used by people who weren't into rock music for basically anyone who had long hair.
Grebo was used pre punk possibly even mods n rockers era. Short for greasers, due to brylcream and old British motorcycles (which notoriously leaked oil). Used to get called it meself in the early 70s
2:57 - there's a band with 3 sisters called The Warning, they literally was inspired to start the band together after playing Rock Band for a while. They're rising stars, have a place at The Metallica Blacklist (the special edition where Metallica called a lot of bands to reimagine Black Album songs in their own styles) and got quite a lot of good shows under their belts, especially considering their young ages.
I'm not a metal head. But, I've got nothing against it. In fact, sometimes I hear really cool riffs that just grab you.. Anyway, I totally dig your channel, your style and delivery. I love your reviews too. Finally,, I'm sure most of your subs are cool assholes. Keep it rockin'!
Sorry "got nothing against it" keeps making me giggle Made me think of our Conservative politician who said, unintentionally "I've got nothing against gay people - as long as they don ram it down your throat" Biggest laugh HE ever got in his LIFE ;)
@@380stroker also... says the guy telling women what rights they have to their own uterus. let me guess worshipping the fake sky guy? that makes you the schizo BTW. lol.
As someone who has an ultra-wide monitor. I appreciate the new aspect format. People need to face the future. Ultra-wide makes work easier for me as an editor. Having the ability to stretch out your timelines is life changing!
I produce Drum and Bass and have recently started learning to play the guitar. However because I'm visually impaired, playing a traditional instrument is difficult for me, so electronic Music Production and DJ-ing was my best way to get my ideas out. I started to learn to play the guitar not to become the next Slash or Jimi Hendrix, but to add some life into my tracks so your videos are super useful!!
“Metal is the weird kid in the class.” Glen: I was the weird in the class. Is that supposed to be something we put in the plus column for the weird kids in the class? ;) (and because there will be some terminally stupid people reading this comment, this is obviously a joke. I do not mean this literally)
What I've told guitarists forever, like this kid who doesn't want to walk across the room, is it might just not be for you. Guitar playing is a highly desirable thing so millions of people try to. If its not something you want to do for hours a day then its not your passion. Many are kinda like Glenn. Who can play but its never been their passion. Glenns passion is audio engineering. My point is, if you want to play but just don't want to put in the time, its probably not for you. There's nothing wrong with that. Just find your passion. I wanna clarify, if you wanna tinker with it for the rest of your life in utter disappointment, Im not telling you not to. People like to collect gear, buy, trade and sell gear, all kinds of shit related to guitar playing...but don't really play. Jus sayin, if youre meant to play guitar youll play guitar for 4 hours a day from the beginning. Or 12 hours a day like Chris Broderick.
I kinda agree, but kinda don't. Sure, you need to have the passion if you want to excell, because without it you won't be able to bring yourself to putting the time in it. If you don't have the passion, you shouldn't expect to become one of the best guitarist around. However, comments like this make it seem like it's not worth doing it at all, if you're not extremely passionate about it. Which I think is wrong. You don't need to dream of becoming the next Ingwie Malmsteen in order to pick up the guitar. It's totally fine to just have fun playing some basic riffs and chords every now and then. It isn't either "practice for hours a day" or "give it up and do something else". I myself decided I need to learn guitar two years ago, after I sang to a dude playing guitar on a campfire and thought I should be able to make my own instrumentation, so I can do this more often. I have no problem admitting that playing guitar isn't my passion; singing is. But learning to play guitar still has a lot of benefits to me. To name a few it gave me the confidence to actually take singing lessons as well, it taught me to feel the rhythm and tempo of a song, (which the previous singer of the band I joined a few months ago lacked) and it helps me find new melodies that I can sing or have my bandmates play. In fact the whole being in a band thing, which is the best thing that ever happened to me, probably wouldn't have worked out, if I didn't learn guitar. And that's despite the fact my band has two guitarists already and doesn't need me to play guitar also. It might not be my passion and I might not become a great guitarist, but it's still absolutely worth it. I think that saying things like "you should practice four hours a day from the start" might do more harm than good. It sounds intimading to many beginners, it sure does for me. So I wanna say it's also OK if you just play when you feel like it, rather than a set amount of hours per day, as long as you're enjoying it. You just need to adjust your expectations accordingly. And who knows, maybe the passion comes with time...
@@setra23 true and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. It's just human nature: The less setup/effort is required to start doing something, the more often you will actually do the thing, no matter how passionate you are about it! Many people seem to falsely believe that if you're really passionate about something, you should have to (or at least be able to) overcome all kinds of hurdles to do it on a daily basis. I think that's a stupid dogma and the smart way to live is to make doing the things you want to do as easy and comfortable as possible. If your practice method relies on YT guitar tutorials, then that means setting up your guitar right next to your PC/smart TV or setting up a tablet right where your guitars and amps are.
Even if you don’t play/record metal there’s some super useful stuff on this channel. The stuff I record tends to range from bluesy rock to alternative and this channel has helped me out a ton. Always listen to good advice no matter where it comes from🤙🏼
I recently bought my first DAW (Ableton) and my first interface (Scarlett Solo) and I'm having so much fun. Just playing a MIM Fender Strat and playing on top of little drum loops and stuff. Having more fun than I have in YEARS just noodling on guitar/amp alone. The actual desktop producing thing has made this hobby so much more enjoyable and SpectreSoundStudios channel has inspired me tremendously. Just releasing small samples onto platforms like SoundCloud. I feel like I'm pushing myself creatively for the first time
Glenn, I'm also a Cubase user so learning from you would be great. On the other hand though, I'm kind of leaning towards Studio One because I bought a Presonus mixer and would like to incorporate it into my recording and mixing process. Using a mouse just feels weird to me. I'm an old school guy and I also need a bunch of inputs because I have a lot of keyboards and other things in my studio. I hate re-patching shit. Also, the mixer has pretty lights! Keeps the bass players amused! Especially with the motorized faders!
Heh, I love CDB. I posted an unlisted video with one of my tunes I'm considering re-mixing and master, just to compare what it sounds like on YT vs. the older version (which sux btw, I learned some hard lessons about mixing and mastering music with heavy bass and drums...fun fun fun) I am the copywrite owner of the tune, and I released it through CDB, but YT still warned me that my unlisted, private video could not be monetized because CDB "held" the copyright.
Glen...........Once you get done with the Drum 2 setup videos, can you do a video starting with setting levels for them to be recorded. I would like to see how you get your levels, if you use any compression or EQ possibly when going to "tape" or if you just set and hit record and go. Just want to see if you have tricks or tips there.
I'm much more of a film nerd than music, mixing is a hobby, while I am a professional editor. And I have to say: I love love love the anamorphic look! Huge fan of anamorphic lenses myself, been trying to find myself one for years. Thanks for the recommendation! This is the kind of fancy ass shit that keeps me subscribed :D
HEY GLENN! Would you do more videos on blending speakers? That demo of the EVH and Hempback blend was epic! I really want to see what other tones you can get. Maybe include some 8"/10" too for us apartment dwellers? Awesome stuff, and fuck you very much!
Hadn't noticed until it was mentioned but the aspect ratio actually fills my screen better. Looks good. I'm blaming me missing it on the audio being a lot more important than video on this one (and being a bassist)
I'm curious... I've released an album with CD Baby (Matt Hellion- "Tunnels"). I specifically allowed them to release the album through UA-cam music, but opted out of them collecting/enforcing royalties on the UA-cam platform. It was just a little checkbox (that defaults to selected) in the release prep forms. Theoretically that should mean that their claiming algorithm should leave that content alone, but I wonder how that translates into practical real world action. I also wonder if there is a difference between releasing on their standard vs the more expensive P.R.O. level in how that gets handled. There are so many of these indie release services out there, and they all seem to have some kind of catch 22 involved with some part of the service. Got to read the fine print for each line item super carefully just to maintain control of one's own content and not give these 3rd parties carte blanche to crack down on potentially good promotion in the name of "claiming royalties you are owed!"
my mum paid off my childhood house back in '07, and used the proceedings from selling it to outright buy a lovely little house in north devon 7 years later. i hope i get that joy someday.
If you can't find anywhere to put that sub. I have a great spot for it. Don't worry about the shipping, it won't cost you that much. Thanks for the work you do to educate the masses. Cheers
I was weird and proud in school! my nickname/stage name is even Grebo (also Jesus), but I play classic rock (with a slightly hard/heavy twist), however I love watching your videos and have been able to put a lot of what I’ve learned from your videos into practise with my own recording and live performances. Keep up the amazing work Glenn.
Removing barriers isn't always about lack of effort. Neural divergent folks who have difficulties doing things, removing barriers helps everyone. Work smart not hard. If having your guitar next to you removes a barrier.
A lot of people complain about bands not being prepared etc. And its often true, however, good communication can greatly reduce how often this happens. Listen to the client's demo, pick up on their weak spots. Make a list of focus points for them to work on. Making sure you have a nice template of prerequisites for bands helps a lot. Its fun to complain. But also good to ask ourselves the question: did we communicate well enough. Lots of local bands need hand holding, comes with the job, and doing that well will do wonders for the results. At least that's my experience. I like to leave as little guesswork as possible.
The fact that 3 weeks later you still remember our ska song...mind still blown. Gunna tell the bassist so he can freakout again
😅Congrats
"don't let the door hit you in the feelings on your way out" - THAT is perfect. Stealing that.
This needs to be a t-shirt. I know a few people who need to be told this. 🖕🏻
that's a tshirt i'll buy!
If musicians are paying you to record them then you work for them. If they show up drunk or can't play their instruments and you think that somehow that makes their money spend less easily than somebody else's money, then give them their money back and tell them not to bother you anymore. This entire decades long rant is stupid. There is zero reason for it.
@@ChuckHaney So if the band fucks up they should get a refund? Wow, why haven't studios across the world embraced this policy already? Genius!
@@ChuckHaney bad take bud. Show up and give your craft your all. Don't waste studio time, and don't waste your own time.
I keep a guitar in my bedroom, another on my living room, and several in my studio.
As a retired audio engineering professor, the only students who ended up actually working in the industry are those who were already involved in their home studios prior to becoming students. They used the college platform merely to fine-tune the details with academic accuracy. There are a lot of self taught home studio operators who don’t really know what they’re doing technologically. But it is not as if those who went to college actually thereby have the ability to do creative money making audio. What good does it do to have an accurate understanding of the stages and steps of converting analog to digital if your ears are crap and you have no idea what sounds can be made commercially viable. Yes my school helped a few, even some became Grammy winners. But after teaching 15 years at the college I have become convinced that an apprenticeship is a far better way to learn audio recording.
Holy shit! I love this comment.
You are right on this if you don't have the ear school is a total waste. If you have the ear, you have several options to consider.
Imagine if you get a hit song.
Then all the complaints will be: "You have a hit song, and we don't! So whatever you say cannot possibly apply to me!"
Or they will be crying "sellout"
Or things like:
” You only have a hit song, we need advice from people with a lot of hits”
“Your hit song was a long time ago. You are living from the past”
There is no way to win.
@@matthewasher3934 Rick Beato sits in front of a wall of guitars and amps that even 1 of them is worth more than all of my guitars combined.
You can please some of the people some of the time. But you cannot please all of the people all of the time.
@@MarcosRobertoDosSantosJF I was going to say the same thing. They would move the goalposts for sure.
"I think a lot of us were the weird kid in the class."
YUP! Graduating high school was one of the best things for my self confidence because I could finally get away from all of that bullshit.
Im still a weirdo, its part of my Charm ; )
Weird from birth, modern Metal lost its crazy and weird aspect from the 70s-90s. 2005 everything just turned to shit sans the Stoner Metal bands and the Folk Metal bands were still good til about 2012 and then got poppy. I am starting a UA-camr Channel for the Heavy and Weird musician. Gear, tip, humor, etc....
Yep, I was the short kid with glasses and braces and Napoleon Dynamite hair who played D&D and read and drew comic books. I'm still that guy 40 years later.
CD Baby blocked a video of a song I wrote and had full rights to. I now am a member of ASCAP as a writer and publisher so when they tried it again (which they did) I had a ASCAP Work ID number to squash them.
Can you tell us more about this organization?
I sent along the entire Zombies of Space Oasis project to you, Glenn!
+1 vote for that Abort CDBaby shirt!
It's not appropriate, but it's absolutely necessary.
Seconded on the shirt.
When you were talking about keeping a guitar handy, I’m a little less than 2 weeks away from total knee replacement & before surgery I’m going to rearrange my living room so that my guitars & basses are within arms reach!
I have a guitar and bass hanging on the wall next to my computer. Sometimes I'm editing something and I think, why am I messing around with this? Just play it again!
The artist can check if they want CD baby to claim music on UA-cam or not. It's not CD babys fault that a moronic artist clicks that claim button and then sends you the song to review on your UA-cam channel.
Love the holiday lighting in the background ! Happy winter solstice !
“But Glenn never made a hit record!!!!”
My barber never cut a famous person’s hair, my auto mechanic has never worked on a land speed record car, and my girlfriend never did porn, but guess what?! They all are still very good at what they do.
🤣🤣🤣 nice 👍 😂😂
Nice love when girlfriends have had lots of experience before me so I can get them nice and used and still producing great. Can’t stand my girlfriends kids though
I still record in a bedroom... 😁
As a jazz/fusion/funk bass player I find most of your advice applies very well to any genre... Especially the ones about practicing and working hard on your shit before recording. Also love your attitude! Thanks for your videos and keep up the good work!
3:43 yeah, I learned way too late about not 127ing everything in EZDrummer. I remember Nolly Getgood in particular recommending keeping basic drum patterns between 90-100. My earlier drums have no dynamics and sound like gunshots.
And thanks to you, I use 127 as a verb. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I've also been guilty of this :( old mixes sound like machine gun drums
I worked with a rapper once. He showed up stoned, sat down and started writing new lyrics on the spot. I guess he didn't like the ones he already had? Or maybe they never existed. Biggest waste of time I ever had in my studio. Also, love you Glenn ❤️❤️❤️
that's why you gotta charge per hour
@@tea2920 oh yeah, I learned my lesson. If anything, I got paid in knowledge
That’s kinda normal in hip hop. Lotta artist like to write on the spot. I agree with the other user who said charge by the hour.
I've seen sessions where lighting up after a few hours allows the well of ideas to refresh a little bit. This quite a bit different from showing up shitfaced though.
@@mal2ksc yeah, that's how I did it with my band. Just don't let the drummer take a hit lol. Our shitty punk band became even shittier
It would be awesome to see what the next gen can come up with in their own bedroom. I definitely support the idea of them doing everything from playing their own instrument to mixing and mastering their tracks without having a 3rd party being involved. I started playing guitar again after a decade of not playing and it felt great writing and coming up with ideas and recording them onto my DAW. My latest release is a mixture of Metalcore Elements with Electronic Music.
1:04 had more than one music teacher suggest keeping your instrument out on a stand, ready to go, so you pick it up more. Think it's just the opposite of "out of site out of mind." They never said it couldn't be across the room though.
I always keep a couple guitars and a shitty practice amp in the living room so i don't have to go to my jam room for an instrument.
This totally works. I have a banjo on a stand right by me at my work desk, I get plenty of practice in while sitting muted in meetings. The violin nicely cleaned and packed in it's case after each use... I just remembered I had it.
I have to admit your channel has opened up a lot different thought processes since subscribing. I’m probably close to your age and found you when I was starting to search for a new sound after getting back into the band game from a hiatus.
I saw you did a lot of videos on amp sims but figured that just wasn’t something I needed to know about. I’m a Gen Xer and it’s always been about high gain half stacks, stomp effects and multiple guitars to get through a rehearsal or a show.
I love technology but I feel I turned a blind eye to it because of how I came up with music in the 80’s and 90’s. You will be the catalyst to me trying to expand into the amp sim world as well as opening me up to notion that you really can get a quality recording at home with these programs. I feel like the other caveman that just discovered that someone else discovered fire and I should try it. I want to figuratively and musically burn everything now. Lol. Thanks for your videos bro. Brutally honest, funny, and most importantly very informative.
Honestly I never understood the whole "Oh, Glen has never produced a hit album" because a lot of people haven't. But if you take a minute to actually pay attention to his mixes and tones he gets just in these videos, frankly I think the results speak for themselves. He always gets some pretty awesome results.
Yeah and mixing a hit record is about a hell of a lot more than skills… lots of being in the right place at the right time. Sure, it takes skill, but if that’s all it took, a lot of us would be mixing hits too.
Exactly.
I mean go listen to that new Avril Lavigne song Bite Me for instance. Sure it has millions of views plays but the mixing and mastering are s***...
Glenn certainly has the recording and mixing chops to deliver a great sound.
AND he has produced one hit UA-cam channel, thanks in big part to his mixing and producing skills (added to his personality and delivery, and so on)… In this day an age, that could be considered the equivalent to a hit record back in the pre-streaming age!!… Even Tim Pierce said it in a recent interview: he doesn’t plan to make a new Solo record, his “Solo record” is the sum of musical bits at the beginning of his videos, and that way he reaches a much wider audience than he would do by releasing a solo record old style :)
I think it would be cool to see an episode that looks at the sonic differences between dynamic, ribbon and condenser microphones. Might be helpful to clarify what mics are best for various sources and how the various polar patterns change their frequency and dynamic responses. I've noticed that there are a lot of ribbon mics around that are becoming affordable these days; maybe check out a few ribbons like Cascade, Beyerdynamic, Royer or even some Coles. Yeah, I know; 4038s still aren't exactly cheap, but they have come down a bit in price recently and...damn they sound good! (You really should get a pair; they'll change your life!)
I remember the day the concept of busing detonated for me. It must be what the person who discovered fire felt. Drums, strings, vox buses. Once you get the respective bus set. Then mix the buses to taste with each other. What a serious break through in workflow ease.
I can't enough say how thankfull I am for your honest opinions and the videos you make. I create music in Cubase in my bedroom and have progressed learning day by day. The first thing I learned from you is how to use compression, that's how I got interested in to your channel. Keep up the good work!
I also have something to say about CD Baby. So my fans can’t find my first record, as it’s under an old name (Changed my gender in 2012, and I changed my name). I emailed them and asked how I could fix this. They straight up told me that I couldn’t. That I would lose my international distribution (That I paid for), and they gave me some pretty serious attitude just for asking if I COULD have the album show up under my proper name. They’ve also withheld royalties for me. I’m a SOCAN member (Every artist should know how important that is) Tracks off that album have been in film and TV, I’ve had people sell it on EBay for 150-300 bucks as it is “Limited” I don’t how these people obtained copies?! I have all of the unsold copies, so I though? The copies they had in their warehouse, have magically disappeared since it’s 2011 release. CBC radio bought a couple copies from them, I saw that in the notes. But the others just. Disappeared. 0/10. Would not recommend them to my worst enemy! I don’t feel like I own my music from that record (“Fighting Kids For Swings”). Which is wrong on so many levels. I chose to self publish for a reason. To KEEP my music. Bunch. Of. D*cks.
You shouldn't have changed your gender. That was problem number one. Everything else is secondary.
@@380stroker Yeah your opinion about my personal life means absolutely nothing to me. But hey! Thanks for chiming in 👍🤡
@@380stroker They had valid reasons to change their gender. Gender change isn't just "oh I am going to be this gender today." The process likely took a very long time for Parker, and multiple people are involved. if the people along the way went "yup, you are trans, and this is how to fix it." their opinion trumps yours.
1:15: "Effort; the only thing standing in my way of being creative and productive!"
That would make a great shirt, Glenn.
No, too much effort needed to do this shirt! Hahah!
HHAHAH Glen is a wise man!
I usually walk around the house with a guitar in hand, but I also have a guitar in nearly every room of the house lol
I had a passion for photography in the 80's, and found that being a darkroom tech or studio assistant was the way to curb-stomp it to death, and push it down a storm drain. Doing sound and production for other people is the same. It's turd-polishing and ego-stroking. I aim to get good enough at production to do MY stuff, and stuff I care about personally, but I hope to keep the fun up, and the bouncing off other people's unreasonable expectations down.
Great show, superb mentor wisdom about the process! Excellent that U are no longer screaming the info but dialling it down to a 7 on the Richter scale. Your love, experience and technical craftsmanship for music has never been in question, but at last we can actually hear clearly the smarts you are imparting. Thanx for guiding the next generation
Holy shit! Just realised you're now producing your videos in 21:9, you really have hit that cinema style level you were talking about in previous videos, and there's finally a youtuber that fills the screen on my Sony Xperia 1's 4k 21:9 screen 🤣🤣 Thank fuck!
Hey I just checked and his video aspect ratio fills up my Samsung Galaxy S9 as well. It looks a little funky on my HDTV but cool when I'm looking on the phone it's the entire screen!
The new aspect ratio looks classy!
Also I got me a used Panasonic GH2 after you recommended it in one of your video and I love that camera. Pictures look great and the video quality is definitely good enough for my needs!
It’s an amazing value for the money!
@@SpectreSoundStudios Yes it is! And you can hack the firmware to get better video quality as well! Maybe something you could do a video on if you still have your GH2.
Enjoy the shitty rolling shutter.
@@380stroker So what would be a better option for 200 bucks including a lens (that's what I got the GH2 for)?
@@rk28984 I don't know and don't care. Just telling you to enjoy the crappy rolling shutter.
CD Baby really needs to get sued. They're one of the worst offenders for bogus copyright claims. Such a lawsuit might even help reign in those scummy music "promoters" who do nothing but spam out spurious content ID claims.
I love the new 21:9 aspect ratio! I'm watching this on a 21:9 ultrawide and the videos look really good!
"My favorite part of music is that its a meritocracy." -Said nobody ever in the history of music.
I know this is a really minor thing but I really like the videos you play off to the side when reading comments. (especially the rocket related ones) (space nerd here). I don’t know, it just adds that little bit of interesting background movement to what otherwise would be a blank white screen with text.
🦒🦒
I always thought that a Glenn interview over zoom with Steve Albini would be awesome! Big Black and shellac are awesome. Fantastic engineer!
That would be interesting because Steve is an Analog Purist. And if the conversation started lagging, Glenn could always bring up Steve's work on "In Utero" or "Surfer Rosa." Good fun there, lol!
I think he would have more fun with Sylvia Massey!
@@KelticKabukiGirl Ya man even better!! She is such a talented and beautiful person! Always such a great attitude and love her ways of experimenting during recording. Definitely a top notch engineer/producer/mixer!
@@karltheheretik exactly!!! It. Would freakin be awesome!!!
Anamorphic on my ultrawide (21:9) looks just amazing and fills the whole screen, love it 😉
Damn Glenn, you’ve got a bus for guitars, a bus for bass, and a bus for drums? Being an engineer must pay well to be able to afford 3 buses to transport all that gear.
There is an option on the CD Baby web site to NOT let them enforce UA-cam copyright. By default it is turned on, but artists CAN turn it off (As I have done). I would rather control my own UA-cam channel. That being said, there are channels that will steal EVERY song you have (and everyone else within a million miles) and post it to their channel. With the volume of songs they steal, they are guaranteed to get a UA-cam income. I have turned a blind eye, because my material is not making any money on my site... but on principle it kind of sucks.
I loved, and still love, practicing and learning. I know that within the next hour or two a new piece of knowledge or skill will be unlocked within me. I have to be pressured into putting my guitar and other instruments down in order to socialize. Can't have people thinking I was some behaviorally odd homeschooled dude that never learned to act normal around other people.
Whatever this new camera is, buy 10 more. This looks incredible. Super professional! Really enjoying this
On the BUS thing. From expirience, dont forget to turn off the master send on the individual tracks so they arent weirdly doubling. Hopefully i explained that right
Just rout the track output to the bus, sends are for FXs or parallel stuff
@@diegogonzalezvenegas6702 This
The new lens shows off the VERY METAL EYEBALL nicely!!!
I was one of the people that got inspired to pick up an instrument because of guitar hero and rock band. Picked up drums when I was little and then switched to guitar. Got my first guitar about 9 years ago and still playing to this day. Self taught and has never put the guitar down. And I even still play guitar hero cause it was the first game I ever played.
I'm not sure what the anamorphic thing is all about, but I have a galaxy s20 and with the old ratio I had way more unused screen space. With this new look it looks a lot better and actually fills the screen.
One of the first bands I ever recorded was, um, an experience to say the least. The bassist had to tune their guitarist’s guitar to start. Worst of all tho, middle of a song, I lose all the drums. I’m panicking looking for something unplugged or a piece of gear that failed. Nope. There is a balcony off the drum room and the drummer decided to step out, look at nature and get some fresh air 🤦♂️
Regarding going to trade school: definitive yes from me. I'm learning to be an event technician and not a traditional trade. For most of the week, I'm working in the theatre and learning stuff there and for one day, I go to trade school where we learn more of the theory behind it and the officially right way to do it. Also, lighting and audio are huge parts of this apprenticeship, so I'm learning stuff that's useful to my hobby as well. The pay is also really good for me being an apprentice because as I work for a public theater, it's a union job.
It also seems to me that in this industry, the people looking to hire you value practical experience far more than a piece of paper from a university.
On the job with a little bit of theory I think is the best way to learn! When I went to college they definitely screwed me by teaching more theory and getting less hands-on.
CDBaby has blocked my own songs. They are on steroids when it comes to blocking. I just don't really like the alternatives.
Now the CCTV cameras have gotten amazing and still cheaper than DSLR. You can get an 8 cam set for less than buying a single DSLR. You can set up to shoot a studio so inexpensively. You can mount cameras in all the right places. Place a couple of PTZ cameras in the front corners. Then a couple of portable ones and a battery model. All plugged into the same PC running windows or linux. I set a custom system up for a friend on his house as a favor i owed him. They would work so well for a filming room to always be catching all angles. If you are sick of missing shots because you forgot to hit record. It's always going to be on the CCTV from a different angle. I don't understand why creators don't use a system like this in their home studios.
I don’t play metal, but have definitely had a ton of success applying certain techniques. Quad track your guitars, people!
But don't copy/pasta,...play all tracks.
@@Roger-qh2zp
That’s what I said. You can’t quad track by copying and pasting, you have to play the parts, otherwise it’s not quad tracking, it’s copying and pasting.
On the Butthurt:
This show has always been about using your ears. When I watch videos on my phone I'm usually doing something else cooking, laundry, cleanup you get it, while listening intently. If you point something to look at out I'll rewind and take a closer look.
Usually though I watch your show on my computer though. WHICH HAS A SCREEN LARGE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE MUSIC ON. AS MOST OF US PROBABLY DO. I doubt the average screensize of this community is anywhere below 24", if not above or around 27" honestly.
So yeah, I clicked on the video and started grinning right away because this looks fucking stellar. Good job Dude.
Wait, Glenn making a metal studio out of a church is a beautiful bit of irony. I'm Christian, and I would have LOVED to see that! Glenn, you fucking rock man and our difference in views on God don't matter to me. You're right about the ceilings and possibilities...and the excuse for kids (eh, I turn 40 next week?) like me saying "I'm going to Church!!" would be just epic.
It needs a great big sign out front: Temple of Loud. Worship sessions held daily.
Completely agreed.
When I was a teenager we used to practice in a church, the urge to get behind the pulpit and sing "in the beginning, back in 1955...." was just too hard to resist! Highway to Hell was the first song we recorded, in the church! 😁
Hey Glenn! What do you think is the best way to find bandmates to play with when you're an introvert such as me? I know most people just play with people they go to school with or work with, but I don't know anyone at my job who plays. Would definitely like to hear your thoughts on establishing a network with musicians so I can get in a room and jam with people.
Also; Loving this anamorphic format, definitely the perfect way to experience this show in my opinion. Thanks!
I've literally been sitting here this morning swearing at my computer because I spent 21 minutes uploading our album to our UA-cam page only to find out I have copyright issues with every song thanks to fucking CD Baby! What a pain in the ass! We're releasing another album soon and I know who's not going to be distributing it. SCREW THOSE GUYS! Thanks Glen love your channel.
i have a 65 inch screen... It took me 5 seconds to understand you were shooting wide screen cus I had to push my desk chair back and look above and below and go ".... oh yeah..." Once you go 65 you stop noticing the letterbox effects.
In regards to the don’t go to recording school, true. Don’t. It seems very… suboptimal for almost every person now a days.
You can learn basically everything you need to know about recording, at least in regards to techniques and how to do most things, at a tiny fraction of the cost (UA-cam, low cost programs like a Produce Like A Pro Membership, etc). Then, almost anywhere you go to college you will be sufficiently close to a studio that you can work there and get actual experience. I went to the University of Kansas for undergrad and there were multiple studios in KC (about an hour from Lawrence) where a student can work. I’ve gone to the University of Wisconsin for law school. There are multiple studios in and around Madison where one can get experience. And this is before considering Milwaukee (which is a bit far but there are people travel more for work).
Then you can use your education for something useful. I am a big fan of music people getting degrees in accounting or finance so they actually know something about business but there are many far more useful degrees then what you’d get at a recording school.
(edit: this presumes you are set on university and not a trade school)
OOOH that new wide shot. So nice. Love it
gday Glenn, great episode.
Great advice man-I have 2 teenagers that i raise on my own , have been a plasterer(dry wall over here --im australian) and a painter since leaving school back in the 1990s.
Ive finally got a decent PC a DAW that i really like ( studio one) and last year during lockdown got the strat and les paul of my dreams. Got a bunch of decent mikes n stuff. My old
boss used to tell me that "theres 24hours in a day.work for 8 sleep for 8.Then you got 8 hours to eat wash and do what you love." so true. Im finally at peace with knowing that Ill never really make a lot of money recording in my little studio.....But like you, I do this shit because I LOVE it. Your channel has taught me alot over the years -thank you. oh and definately FUCK YOU GLENN👍👍🎚🎛
GLEEEEENN!!!! No question, just wanna say that I'm loving the new cinematic wide screen look!!
i appreciate this aspect ratio because it fills my ultrawide monitor. I really wish more youtubers would use it
I can tell ya, it looks like shit on a regular monitor. It looks stretched out horizontally and smooshed.
You are the rare exception though. Most people have 16x9 screens. It's neat but he is producing for a niche audience.
man, i love my 29" ultrawide monitor...
I'm not a musician, although I do LOVE metal. I'm more of a video guy, and I appreciate that you're so enthusiastic about anamorphic. It looks awesome, and you clearly know how to utilize the space that the aspect ratio allows for. If anamorphic ratios are used effectively it looks cool as heck, and you get something fun to play around with regarding shot composition. You do you, boo.
I got a giggle over the question, "Should I listen to what store salespeople tell me, or do they know what they're talking about?" I have a family member who buys that way. After he gets home with his snake-oil purchase, he tells everyone who will listen that "All The Experts" agree that whatever thing he just bought is almost universally recognized as one of the bestest ever of all time. Apparently never occurs to him that the "Expert" just wants to sell him the $hit that happens to be in the store. He frequently has a replacement "best thing ever" within a couple months, after a new "Expert" convinces him THEIR product is WAYYYY better than what he just bought. Funny thing is, he always calls for advice on what to buy BEFORE he talks to the "experts" but always ignores said advice and just buys what the salesperson suggests. Been doing it for decades. I could probably buy the Abbey Roads studio with all the money he's wasted on non-researched junk over the years.
Sounds like my family and everyone I ever knew! Lol
Old ladies be like: "Oh Herb, lets watch QVC dear..."
I’m really liking the anamorphic look. Great stuff!
Grebo/Greebo is a Suffolk term that basically just means "American Teenager."
The sort of weird kid who wears jeans and listens to Nirvana instead of being into hip hop and wearing jogging bottoms like everyone else. The kids who had skateboards instead of mountain bikes. That sort of thing. Americans, but from Britain.
Since the guy is using the term alongside Metal I'd assume from that context he's more specifically talking about emos and 'scene kids' and considering them to be 'not metal'.
Now all we have to do is figure out which country is stuck in 2003
Grebo was pre Nirvana and it was a UK wide sub-genre. It was bands like Pop Will Eat Itself that used elements of alternative rock and Industrial. It was later used by people who weren't into rock music for basically anyone who had long hair.
Yes, and there is a good article on the Wikipedia. En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grebo_(music)
You're all reading into it too much.
Punks are hippies are rockers are moshers are goths are grebos are etc etc etc.
Grebo was used pre punk possibly even mods n rockers era. Short for greasers, due to brylcream and old British motorcycles (which notoriously leaked oil). Used to get called it meself in the early 70s
2:57 - there's a band with 3 sisters called The Warning, they literally was inspired to start the band together after playing Rock Band for a while. They're rising stars, have a place at The Metallica Blacklist (the special edition where Metallica called a lot of bands to reimagine Black Album songs in their own styles) and got quite a lot of good shows under their belts, especially considering their young ages.
I'm not a metal head. But, I've got nothing against it. In fact, sometimes I hear really cool riffs that just grab you.. Anyway, I totally dig your channel, your style and delivery. I love your reviews too. Finally,, I'm sure most of your subs are cool assholes. Keep it rockin'!
Sorry "got nothing against it" keeps making me giggle
Made me think of our Conservative politician who said, unintentionally
"I've got nothing against gay people - as long as they don ram it down your throat"
Biggest laugh HE ever got in his LIFE ;)
@@petegaslondon You must be laughing at the unintended innuendo in his statement.
@@peterharoldjanakjr2078
So did the entire House of Commons !!!
Love the wide cinematic camera look dude, it looks so cool! Great stuff dude keep it up.
"Even Pro-Lifers Can Agree On CD Baby"
That one is a lot better!
Can't wait to see all the liberal dorks seethe when roe v wade is over turned. They're already in a panic. LMAO.
@@380stroker can't wait until California allows gun manufacturers to be directly sued! thank you Texas!
@@rodanone4895 Take your meds schizo.
@@380stroker also... says the guy telling women what rights they have to their own uterus. let me guess worshipping the fake sky guy? that makes you the schizo BTW. lol.
This new camera thing... its butter smooth, i love it
Interview Rick Beato! Ask him what he does when he gets blocked! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
As someone who has an ultra-wide monitor. I appreciate the new aspect format.
People need to face the future. Ultra-wide makes work easier for me as an editor. Having the ability to stretch out your timelines is life changing!
Your attitude is refreshing Glen in a world of snowflakes. Thank you for your work. 👍
Great cinema scope!!! Love it!
Glenn, you're _still_ the weird kid in the class.
You think he’s weird you should see his friends! 🤣
I produce Drum and Bass and have recently started learning to play the guitar. However because I'm visually impaired, playing a traditional instrument is difficult for me, so electronic Music Production and DJ-ing was my best way to get my ideas out. I started to learn to play the guitar not to become the next Slash or Jimi Hendrix, but to add some life into my tracks so your videos are super useful!!
“Metal is the weird kid in the class.”
Glen: I was the weird in the class.
Is that supposed to be something we put in the plus column for the weird kids in the class? ;)
(and because there will be some terminally stupid people reading this comment, this is obviously a joke. I do not mean this literally)
Cheers to all the weird kids 😉
Glenn, really enjoying the anamorphic aspect ratio! Now we get to see all the cool gear in the studio.
What I've told guitarists forever, like this kid who doesn't want to walk across the room, is it might just not be for you.
Guitar playing is a highly desirable thing so millions of people try to.
If its not something you want to do for hours a day then its not your passion.
Many are kinda like Glenn. Who can play but its never been their passion. Glenns passion is audio engineering.
My point is, if you want to play but just don't want to put in the time, its probably not for you.
There's nothing wrong with that. Just find your passion.
I wanna clarify, if you wanna tinker with it for the rest of your life in utter disappointment, Im not telling you not to. People like to collect gear, buy, trade and sell gear, all kinds of shit related to guitar playing...but don't really play. Jus sayin, if youre meant to play guitar youll play guitar for 4 hours a day from the beginning. Or 12 hours a day like Chris Broderick.
Putting the time in isn't the problem, it's starting. It's not not wanting to walk across the room, it's lacking the motivation to do so.
Eh I don’t think so
I kinda agree, but kinda don't.
Sure, you need to have the passion if you want to excell, because without it you won't be able to bring yourself to putting the time in it.
If you don't have the passion, you shouldn't expect to become one of the best guitarist around.
However, comments like this make it seem like it's not worth doing it at all, if you're not extremely passionate about it. Which I think is wrong. You don't need to dream of becoming the next Ingwie Malmsteen in order to pick up the guitar. It's totally fine to just have fun playing some basic riffs and chords every now and then. It isn't either "practice for hours a day" or "give it up and do something else".
I myself decided I need to learn guitar two years ago, after I sang to a dude playing guitar on a campfire and thought I should be able to make my own instrumentation, so I can do this more often. I have no problem admitting that playing guitar isn't my passion; singing is. But learning to play guitar still has a lot of benefits to me. To name a few it gave me the confidence to actually take singing lessons as well, it taught me to feel the rhythm and tempo of a song, (which the previous singer of the band I joined a few months ago lacked) and it helps me find new melodies that I can sing or have my bandmates play. In fact the whole being in a band thing, which is the best thing that ever happened to me, probably wouldn't have worked out, if I didn't learn guitar. And that's despite the fact my band has two guitarists already and doesn't need me to play guitar also.
It might not be my passion and I might not become a great guitarist, but it's still absolutely worth it.
I think that saying things like "you should practice four hours a day from the start" might do more harm than good. It sounds intimading to many beginners, it sure does for me.
So I wanna say it's also OK if you just play when you feel like it, rather than a set amount of hours per day, as long as you're enjoying it. You just need to adjust your expectations accordingly.
And who knows, maybe the passion comes with time...
@@setra23 true and I don't think there's anything wrong with that. It's just human nature:
The less setup/effort is required to start doing something, the more often you will actually do the thing, no matter how passionate you are about it!
Many people seem to falsely believe that if you're really passionate about something, you should have to (or at least be able to) overcome all kinds of hurdles to do it on a daily basis. I think that's a stupid dogma and the smart way to live is to make doing the things you want to do as easy and comfortable as possible.
If your practice method relies on YT guitar tutorials, then that means setting up your guitar right next to your PC/smart TV or setting up a tablet right where your guitars and amps are.
Enjoying these shows more and more!
Even if you don’t play/record metal there’s some super useful stuff on this channel. The stuff I record tends to range from bluesy rock to alternative and this channel has helped me out a ton. Always listen to good advice no matter where it comes from🤙🏼
I recently bought my first DAW (Ableton) and my first interface (Scarlett Solo) and I'm having so much fun. Just playing a MIM Fender Strat and playing on top of little drum loops and stuff. Having more fun than I have in YEARS just noodling on guitar/amp alone. The actual desktop producing thing has made this hobby so much more enjoyable and SpectreSoundStudios channel has inspired me tremendously. Just releasing small samples onto platforms like SoundCloud. I feel like I'm pushing myself creatively for the first time
Glenn, I'm also a Cubase user so learning from you would be great. On the other hand though, I'm kind of leaning towards Studio One because I bought a Presonus mixer and would like to incorporate it into my recording and mixing process. Using a mouse just feels weird to me. I'm an old school guy and I also need a bunch of inputs because I have a lot of keyboards and other things in my studio. I hate re-patching shit. Also, the mixer has pretty lights! Keeps the bass players amused! Especially with the motorized faders!
Heh, I love CDB.
I posted an unlisted video with one of my tunes I'm considering re-mixing and master, just to compare what it sounds like on YT vs. the older version (which sux btw, I learned some hard lessons about mixing and mastering music with heavy bass and drums...fun fun fun)
I am the copywrite owner of the tune, and I released it through CDB, but YT still warned me that my unlisted, private video could not be monetized because CDB "held" the copyright.
Glen...........Once you get done with the Drum 2 setup videos, can you do a video starting with setting levels for them to be recorded. I would like to see how you get your levels, if you use any compression or EQ possibly when going to "tape" or if you just set and hit record and go. Just want to see if you have tricks or tips there.
LOVE the new aspect ratio. Love your show. Keep up the great work!
I'm much more of a film nerd than music, mixing is a hobby, while I am a professional editor. And I have to say: I love love love the anamorphic look! Huge fan of anamorphic lenses myself, been trying to find myself one for years. Thanks for the recommendation!
This is the kind of fancy ass shit that keeps me subscribed :D
HEY GLENN! Would you do more videos on blending speakers? That demo of the EVH and Hempback blend was epic! I really want to see what other tones you can get. Maybe include some 8"/10" too for us apartment dwellers? Awesome stuff, and fuck you very much!
Speaking on Tips from you, I tried panning guitar track hard left and hard right . My God, what a difference ! Thanks Glen
Glenn, the video here looks friggen’ phenomenal! Noticed how good it looks right away…
Hadn't noticed until it was mentioned but the aspect ratio actually fills my screen better. Looks good. I'm blaming me missing it on the audio being a lot more important than video on this one (and being a bassist)
Ooo those lens flares!! I gotta get that lens.
I'm curious... I've released an album with CD Baby (Matt Hellion- "Tunnels"). I specifically allowed them to release the album through UA-cam music, but opted out of them collecting/enforcing royalties on the UA-cam platform. It was just a little checkbox (that defaults to selected) in the release prep forms. Theoretically that should mean that their claiming algorithm should leave that content alone, but I wonder how that translates into practical real world action. I also wonder if there is a difference between releasing on their standard vs the more expensive P.R.O. level in how that gets handled. There are so many of these indie release services out there, and they all seem to have some kind of catch 22 involved with some part of the service. Got to read the fine print for each line item super carefully just to maintain control of one's own content and not give these 3rd parties carte blanche to crack down on potentially good promotion in the name of "claiming royalties you are owed!"
That Ludwig snare with SM57 is like the V30 & SM57 of drums
my mum paid off my childhood house back in '07, and used the proceedings from selling it to outright buy a lovely little house in north devon 7 years later. i hope i get that joy someday.
Holly $hit you did one of my comments. Fun to see, thank you.
If you can't find anywhere to put that sub. I have a great spot for it. Don't worry about the shipping, it won't cost you that much. Thanks for the work you do to educate the masses. Cheers
LOL
I was weird and proud in school! my nickname/stage name is even Grebo (also Jesus), but I play classic rock (with a slightly hard/heavy twist), however I love watching your videos and have been able to put a lot of what I’ve learned from your videos into practise with my own recording and live performances. Keep up the amazing work Glenn.
Removing barriers isn't always about lack of effort. Neural divergent folks who have difficulties doing things, removing barriers helps everyone. Work smart not hard. If having your guitar next to you removes a barrier.
A lot of people complain about bands not being prepared etc. And its often true, however, good communication can greatly reduce how often this happens.
Listen to the client's demo, pick up on their weak spots. Make a list of focus points for them to work on. Making sure you have a nice template of prerequisites for bands helps a lot.
Its fun to complain. But also good to ask ourselves the question: did we communicate well enough.
Lots of local bands need hand holding, comes with the job, and doing that well will do wonders for the results.
At least that's my experience. I like to leave as little guesswork as possible.
Anamorphic looks awesome on my Xperia phone with its ridiculous 21:9 aspect ratio :D
Hey glen love the cinema resolution, fills up my iPhone screen really well!
Anamorphic lenses look awesome, fully agree with you on that one Glenn.