''What New The Mysterious Is This?'' - Music Chat Thread [Archived] • Page 1264

Forget Blink-182, ‘The Canyon’ shows me The Used is this generation’s Beethoven and if you don’t agree you are doing music wrong.

 

It's really great! I always had bands and was the only person in any of those bands who really wanted to hone the songs, pay attention to the small stuff, think through the small stuff, and really focus on the emotional resonance of the songs. It makes sense that I'd then later pursue helping people who have that same dedication, love, and interest make music.

It's just what I love. The studio is fairly new - it's not even full time yet - but it's gaining momentum. More and more people are hearing the things I'm doing and asking me to do that for them.

I live in the middle of North Dakota, USA. It's kind of a weird music world out here - musicians aren't playing a ton because most venues want cover bands and aren't willing to do a lot of original artists. All the super serious artists leave and the ones staying aren't necessarily making much money doing their thing. I'm trying to navigate how to exist in that reality right now and eventually get out of my day job.

It's slowly moving towards mixing/mastering more projects from outside of my area and doing less regional stuff. Not that I want to turn away tracking projects (truthfully, I REALLY love the tracking process because the songwriting/collaboration/song-problem-solving thing is SUPER fun for me) or mixing/mastering projects for local/regional acts but the bands in the area aren't always able to dedicate the time/effort/budget to making a good record and not many bands from outside this area are willing to travel to North Dakota to track a record.

Sorry! Got long-winded!

It looks like - from some of your posts - you make music, too! Do you have a link to anything you've done? I love hearing new stuff!

 

He’s about to show you his latest album; and you’re in for a treat

 

@TUG didnt like my post in the used thread yesterday and I'm kind of offended tbh. I took that picture while driving

 

The new Animal Flag record is a Void Ripper!

 

Springtime and Blind by Fiddlehead

Such a short album. 10 songs, 24 minutes. Gonna spin it soon. @bachna84 @KidLightning @Larry David you guys should check it out too.

 

I’ll toss it in my playlist!

 

I’m still catching up on some stuff from last week. I listened to the new Underoath and Eels albums today. Both were enjoyable but I probably won’t return to the Eels one very frequently

 

you could have died, yet you don't get no respect!

 

Animal Flag is my next record on repeat for a while.

 

haha yea! My band put out a record this year. Thanks for asking about it!


Out of Service - Morning

 

I just listened to it and really enjoyed it. I think @Larry David and @bachna84 and maybe even @littlejohn would like it.

Listening to War On Women now.

 

same. im worried I'll over play it tho bc its so short so i'm trying to throw in other stuff inbetween

 

wasn't a fan of that fiddlehead record

 

Oh shit:

KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Joined In The Studio by Former Vocalist Howard Jones For A New Song

 

Fiddlesticks!

 

Yeah, it's short, but it's so dense (in a good way) it doesn't feel like a short album.

 

I still don't know why publicists send me world music acts. I don't think I've ever written about one in my life.

 

You should change that!

 

Where are the music acts that you write about from?

 

World music is a music genre. Major publications do write about it, but these acts tend to not draw in the States.

 

wat

 

I was making a joke

 

Just bought the new Animal Flag LP

1/1000 - Purple-In-Clear (Color-in-Color)

Too good not to support. $16 for a sweet variant of an incredible record is a steal too

 

I'm glad people are finally getting into Animal Flag

;)