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Just seconding the documentary style suggestions! I look back at the Making of Stupid Deep vid so often for creative motivation, and just as a pick-me-up for life (much love to that track, has to be my favorite after what it's gotten me through). Even if it's not a polished documentary, I'm all here for a scrapbook/journal entry type collection of snippets of lyric drafts on the whiteboard, late night/spontaneous voice memos, wip/alternative version demos, bloopers and banter, the lightbulb moments from the rest of the team, or any other rough takes here and there, even if it doesn't make the cut in the end.
It's been so inspiring seeing your craft and how you create these songs from the ground up, just like you've done with this community and this space. Truly, thank you, and keeping doing things your way! Happy to be here for the next chapter, and hopefully I'll be there for the big thing.
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FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS THAT ARE GOOD PLEASE EITHER PUT THE COVE CITY LIVE SONGS ON STREAMING PLATFORMS OR DO SOMETHING SIMILAR AGAIN AND PUT THOSE SONGS ON STREAMING PLATFORMS. I know there is something awesome about it only being on YouTube, but the rawness of everyone having fun trying things out and not worrying about maybe messing up really expresses what music is. It evokes what I feel when I am playing and creating music although I am just listening which I believe is really special. Do some more creative things where you just begin to have fun with it after all the years of hard work that it took you to get to your level of skill!
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@mmaniscalco a lot of these making ofs for this album would just be me directing multiple people in a room and long discussions on approach. I plan on releasing them, but I’ve lost a lot of my love for doing everything alone. Producing producers is more of my wave now. It’s all being ran through my taste and final say. Like I said I produce producers at this point. Getting the best out of my collaborators is the new chase.
@User12261990 your collabs were always my favorite parts of those old production videos. Like when you had mark come on and do the bass line for guillotine. The energy ya’ll had together was crazy, and i got chills hearing it come together to what i knew from the finished song.
In the prime of my life
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@duopy Just a btw you can click on his profile and see his entire post history. Doesn't seem like there's a way to filter it by him within a page or topic, but considering how active he is I'm sure you will see his responses around
-Stang8
JB Enjoyer since 2017
Cause I had a fire, passion and desire
Now all I require are circuits and wires
Inside was an ocean of soul and emotion
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@user1234 this will sound too simple , but I’ve never been technically sound. I failed all my engineering classes at five town college. My rule is and always will be, if I like how it sounds other people will too. I don’t know how to read music either
my production has always morphed because of this. No rules. Sometimes I’m very hands on playing everything other times I’m just directing a couple people in the room. I’m not really proving a point if I’m working for other people, I’m just trying to help them realize their vision and help get them there, if it’s for myself I’m trying to beat other producers and writers into submission hahahaha different approaches for different situations@User12261990 said in What do you want to dive in on:
@user1234 this will sound too simple , but I’ve never been technically sound. I failed all my engineering classes at five town college. My rule is and always will be, if I like how it sounds other people will too. I don’t know how to read music either
my production has always morphed because of this. No rules. Sometimes I’m very hands on playing everything other times I’m just directing a couple people in the room. I’m not really proving a point if I’m working for other people, I’m just trying to help them realize their vision and help get them there, if it’s for myself I’m trying to beat other producers and writers into submission hahahaha different approaches for different situations@erikcuba Its pretty insane tbh LOL
-Stang8
JB Enjoyer since 2017
Cause I had a fire, passion and desire
Now all I require are circuits and wires
Inside was an ocean of soul and emotion
Then you cut me open... -
@GSP-Graduate man I still don’t even know how to put on a live show hahahaaha i just jam with the band until I’m like I think people will like this and have fun. When I feel that I lock it in the performance hahaha
@User12261990 I just knew you might say that you just f around till something happens haha
Class 2020
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Categories will consistently change depending on the roll out. But if their is a category yall would want to have me speak on or interact with (ex: sonic approach, lyric explanation, intention and purpose of certain songs, equipment used, DAW details, Synth parameters, vocal presets, sample references, mix intentions, vocal approaches) suggest them here.
@User12261990 workflow stuff would be amazing! drum choice, how youre using the mpc, n different daws. sonic approach/mix stuff would also be sick. all the super technical stuff, love that. luv u jon!
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@sabrinacombs19 sound design to song is such a mixed bag. I’m always trying to make you feel MORE of what I’m feeling making it. So sonically I’m searching for layers and sounds that if the song is aggressive I want you to feel that way too. Sounds obvious but everything needs to be intentional. Sometimes keeping it 2-4 sound max keeps the performance more emotional, it all just depends on the song.
@User12261990 when you say 2 or 4 sounds are you meaning for the song or when you are layering a sound?
Love your work
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What do you use for midi mapping? I’ve seen you map so many of your sounds on to your midi keyboard in your videos. Your sounds come out really clean even if the pitch is changed when you play it at a different note, it doesn’t sound glitchy or distorted.
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@Austin-scott great question. I use Manny for my personal music, he mixed the whole next record. I like how he builds on what I build entirely. I like delivering songs at 90 percent and having manny just do his magic by realizing the already templated direction I set. It’s NEVER good to say “the mixer will make this sound good when he gets his hands on it”
It has to sound good before you send in my lowly opinion. Sometimes they reinvent it and show you a new approach that’s even better than what you thought was already perfect. But that’s a rare bonus, not an expectation. Make the song you wanna send to the world BEFORE mixing.
@User12261990 @thesuperhero This thread^^
-Stang8
JB Enjoyer since 2017
Cause I had a fire, passion and desire
Now all I require are circuits and wires
Inside was an ocean of soul and emotion
Then you cut me open... -
Curious what autotune and reverb plugins are the go to? Do you have a go to stock preset on the EQ that you always drop on your vocal track?
Making Music as TheMorningShadows
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Hey Jon I’ve been listening to your music since I was in middle school and you’re the reason I started making music in high school i was just wandering what I need to do to get my music more out there, just for people to hear it.
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Hey y’all, currently studying a uni course on music production. And my heads getting wrapped up in all the technical aspects of it. It’s overwhelming sometimes haha. How do you manage taking on all the tech stuff when you just want to solely focus on the music?
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Hey Jon I’ve been listening to your music since I was in middle school and you’re the reason I started making music in high school i was just wandering what I need to do to get my music more out there, just for people to hear it.
@goof_boi_rio and I’ve taught myself how to do everything If you have any tips I’ll appreciate my artist name is goof_boy_rio
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Categories will consistently change depending on the roll out. But if their is a category yall would want to have me speak on or interact with (ex: sonic approach, lyric explanation, intention and purpose of certain songs, equipment used, DAW details, Synth parameters, vocal presets, sample references, mix intentions, vocal approaches) suggest them here.
@User12261990 just curious what plugins you use for your vocals and drums to get them to sound the way they do sonically cause your drums punch and your vocals are always clear as day no matter what track?
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Categories will consistently change depending on the roll out. But if their is a category yall would want to have me speak on or interact with (ex: sonic approach, lyric explanation, intention and purpose of certain songs, equipment used, DAW details, Synth parameters, vocal presets, sample references, mix intentions, vocal approaches) suggest them here.
Hey Jon!!! Yeah, I’ve got a topic I’d love to hear you talk about. For this next album, what themes have inspired you? Will fatherhood play a role in the music—has having kids shaped any part of this project? And with the time you took off from making music for yourself, is that reflected here in any way?
Of course, only if you’re comfortable sharing! I’d totally understand if you want to keep family separate or let the fans experience the album with no preconceptions before hearing it.
(Last thing I’ll say—if the album carries the same vibe as Kid Again, it’s already 4x platinum in my house.
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Categories will consistently change depending on the roll out. But if their is a category yall would want to have me speak on or interact with (ex: sonic approach, lyric explanation, intention and purpose of certain songs, equipment used, DAW details, Synth parameters, vocal presets, sample references, mix intentions, vocal approaches) suggest them here.
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Categories will consistently change depending on the roll out. But if their is a category yall would want to have me speak on or interact with (ex: sonic approach, lyric explanation, intention and purpose of certain songs, equipment used, DAW details, Synth parameters, vocal presets, sample references, mix intentions, vocal approaches) suggest them here.
@User12261990 sample info would be so cool. But honestly just head space of where the songs come from & what sparked the process is most intriguing. I love watching the start of the beat through to finish (your YT videos are my fav)
