it's funny how you say "producing" between the "..."s (whatever you call 'm in english) and that you don't consider yourself a producer.Spurn wrote:? ive only been "producing" (if i could even consider myself a producer) for only about 7-8 months now.
I always hated that word. It makes me think of someone that makes sleezy Porn-movies.
Or at least at someone who's in it for the quick cash.
I finally got accustomed to the word after years, but I still hate it.
Whatever happened to good old "musician" ?
Isn't that what we do ? make music ?
On the other hand, I do love the word "sound design".
Cause when you just say "I make sounds" to someone who doesn't know anything about synths, they really don't get what you're trying to do.
I always thought it sounded a lot more fancier than it is, but I adopted the word after having to explain myself too many times in the past when I simply said "I make sounds" (it sounds different in dutch, a lot more goofy)
I always had the same thing in the past.i have so SO MUCH to learn and while it would be nice to have the high end stuff i know i would want in the future i wonder to myself if id even know what to do with it. but then also its like well ok once i DO know how to use it id already have that high end sh*t id want.
It's not that hard, really. Don't stare yourself blind at the fact that you can't afford all the high end stuff straight away.
I always just got the stuff that was still more than good enough quality-wise, and that was still affordabe to get and also replace if it ever broke down.
Dont take the cheapest stuff, but the reasonably good stuff will do more than fine when you start out and still have to learn a lot.
then when things go more natural and you'll have less to learn, you can always decide if you want to go to the real high end stuff.
But I do think it's a good rule of thumb for buying new gear to think "would I be able to replace it if it breaks down ?"
After all, there's always better and more expensive gear to be get, but do you really need it unless you're not a professional ?
Even if you're a passionate amateur, it's still the question if you'll be able to handle the gear you get the more you go into the high end gear.
Maybe it's just me, and others think differently, but I need to feel "comfortable" with whatever gear I have.
You know, somehow have the feeling I'm "worthy" enough to own all this expensive gear.
I don't just want to be some kind of blasé shithead that just owns a room of gear to fiddle a bit with from time to time and show off to his visitors.
One of the next things I should be getting next is an eventide H8000.
I still highly doubt about getting it, cause it's extremely expensive, and if I take my "will I be able to replace it"-rule into my head, I shouldn't really do it (yes I can replace it, but it would mean paying back my savings account for years to come, so I probably shouldn't replace this if it would brake down, problem is it's probably so addictive (because it's so good) that it would break my heart to having to go back to not having one).
But I figured I'm sure I'll be doing this the rest of my life, and I know I'll be using it to death, and I've spent enough years with average gear to have "earned" this in a way.
(this was a feeling that was strongly confirmed when I got my andromeda a few months back)
I don't know if others that have been into this for quite a few years feel the same way or see it differently. I'd be curious to know...
I would have gotten the eventide this year, but I needed to sound-treat the studio and needed 2 soundproof windows. Those works together were even more than a fucking eventide, but it was a thing that had to be done.
I guess that's another thing some people don't always think about ?
If you really stay into this and you know it's a passion for the rest of your life, you'll eventually need a whole room.
When I started out, I had a corner in the living room of a very small appartment (and a pet rabbit gnabbling away at my cables, the little bastard). The corner gradually took over the living room.
After 2 years or so, I got a part of the spare room. Then another 2 years later I bought a house and I wouldn't have bought it if there wasn't a room big enough to serve exclusively as a studio.
So make sure the mrs can deal with you spending all that cash on your music passion for years and years to come, and that she doesn't mind you demanding a whole room exclusively for your studio.
(my mrs has always been very tolerant and open-minded towards the whole thing, but I emotionally bribed her this year by buying her a bathtub, just to be on the safe side... it worked miracles !!
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