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IS THAT YOUR MAMA?
Nope didn't think so either. We all know parents don't get this.
I can show you how to be the virtuoso your folks could only dream about, but I first need your help:
* Pm me and I will show you where to start. I am online every day and I will help you out directly!
* Join my mentoring program. I will customize your learning experience in a way you haven't experienced before. We will have regular contact so that you can remain inspired every day and eventually reach a new level.
* Join my next video chat! GMC startpage holds a video chat schedule. We always cover a lot of ground and have fun. Remember that you don't need any previous knowledge, and you can be passive in the chat.
* Jam with me - you will find active collabs here.
* Post a topic on this board, guitar related or not - doesn't matter! You will find that chatting with instructors boosts your motivation to practice.
* You haven't missed my latest video lessons, have you?
* Oh and did you know that to become a killer guitarist you just need to focus on one thing? Everything
else is secondary. Pm me and I will explain.
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Aug 29 2012, 09:22 PM
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Very cool stuff
 Can you give us a timeline and short history of each project? |
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Aug 29 2012, 10:07 PM
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That's a great idea, to combine forces! One of my favorite modern "vintage" funk bands is from England (the New Mastersounds) and they tour and play the US frequently. I found out, by talking to their friend running the merch booth, that they are able to do this mainly by teaming up with a regional/local US band and they basically hop on their tour. They use the US band's gear and such, and together they make the tour better for each other...NM brings more people to shows, being internationally known, and the local/regional band makes the tour actually financially feasible for the New Mastersounds crew. Because, with the increased costs of EVERYTHING, it's difficult for funk bands to tour and actually make money.
That said, I would like to mention another topic regarding bands....keeping focus!! And I don't mean keeping "focused", which should occur at the individual level. I mean that, the most important thing I've learned from years of rockin live....your band needs to occasional meet, talk, share ideas, and maintain a similar focus. For example...are you trying to make $$? Trying to just have fun? Trying to book more, or bigger gigs? Simply trying to get your name out to more people either locally, or internationally via the internet? Do you want to tour? If you don't occasionally meet to discuss these thing, it's natural for everyone to start to have a different focus. Then, the frustration begins!! And by keeping a similar focus on what is most important to the whole BAND, you are also able to get there more efficiently because you can choose the proper actions to achieve these goals that you have decided on, and even (sometimes) design a reasonable timeline for such....for example, "let's cut a 5-6 track demo EP to release for free/pay-what-you-want online, within 3 months max. We'll also redesign our website, so that we'll be poised and ready to book bigger local gigs. And for the next 3 months, we'll play at different venues all over town, so that we can have a bigger draw when we finally book the bigger shows". Anyway, that is one of the best things I've learned about keeping a band together. That, and to leave your ego at home. Enjoy what you're doing, so that you never "lose". And when you encounter an inflated, or sensitive ego in your band....RUN FOR THE HILLS!! Really....ego filled musicians are common to find, but they usually limit themselves and those around them. Don't waste time on it. --------------------   Check out my awesome Nintendo Cover-band, EMULATOR!! http://www.reverbnation.com/emulator Now.....go practice!! |
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Aug 30 2012, 10:43 AM
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QUOTE (Todd Simpson @ Aug 29 2012, 08:22 PM)  Very cool stuff Can you give us a timeline and short history of each project?Hey Todd! I will provide the links for each band's online spots, as it's easier this way: Whitewalls http://whitewalls.ro/ https://www.facebook.com/whitewallsofficial Goodbye to gravity http://www.goodbyetogravity.com/ https://www.facebook.com/GoodbyeToGravity Aria http://www.ariaofficial.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ARIATHEBAND In this way, everyone here can read stuff and listen to more songs from each artist
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Aug 30 2012, 06:10 PM
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All great bands. I'm downloading White Walls debut album but I must say I like what I've heard on the Aria bandpage.
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now he became amazingly good - he is already an endorser of Spector basses. 
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Sep 9 2012, 04:23 AM
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Great words of encouragement there Cosmin, I feel motivated already. I'm trying to get noticed as a "solo" musician... I plan to play alone for a while because some of my band members aren't serious atm. I already have a website, youtube, and facebook. I just need to record some songs and have them available on there, but in the meanwhile I guess you can teach me to play Djent. I'm really interested in making that kinda music with different sound fx and stuff. I really just need to know what scales to mess around with, and what scales set what mood. Is there a certain scale that sounds "evil" when I feel that way, and is there a certain scale that sounds like I'm "in love"? That's the kinda stuff I need to know, just more theory. I do need someone to guide me or I'll not learn any theory because I feel it's not really needed. I know basic theory, but if you tell me something simple like what's the 7th note of a chord or something....I wouldn't know
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Visit My Website Please like my Facebook page Please Subscribe to my Youtube Channel  There's only room for improvement. Never give up on what you love! #TheWorldisYours -IsiahDrew |
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Sep 9 2012, 09:59 PM
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QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Sep 9 2012, 03:09 PM) Well, here's what I say Would you like to take part in my mentoring program and work together on building your djent chops? In the same time, Keep an eye on this thread as I will post here one article/ week!Of course, that's why I'm here... Just tell me what I need to do to get started with your program? I'm ready for anything! -------------------- Follow me on Twitter
Visit My Website Please like my Facebook page Please Subscribe to my Youtube Channel There's only room for improvement. Never give up on what you love! #TheWorldisYours -IsiahDrew |
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Sep 10 2012, 09:40 AM
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Well, then please, by all means, click below
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_fo...showtopic=45964 |
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Sep 10 2012, 10:04 AM
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Great thread Cosmin
.QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Sep 4 2012, 04:06 PM) ... 3) After setting your goals - see what you need to accomplish them and gather information. 4) Exposure and your product - have a smashing product and the right exposure and things will sort themselves out easier than just trying to promote your band without having an outstanding product. Wait LONGER and invest in your musical production, rather than releasing a product with which you're not entirely happy! I'd strongly suggest that you have the music professionally recorded, mixed and mastered (though I would say that). Seriously, whilst many people home record very few actually have the time, skills and equipment to be able to do this at a high enough quality. There are an awful lot of music tracks around where the musicianship and arrangements are let down by poor or indifferent sound engineering. Getting the product professionally recorded/mixed/mastered may seem expensive at first but it generally will pay for itself and may be the real diffrence between an ok product and a great one. QUOTE ... This is the LEAST which you should take care of and after this, you should think about getting on as many online music selling sites as possible - people need to have a possibility of buying your product. ... Investigate digital re-distributors as their job is to get your music on to as many music selling sites as possible and most of them will send your stuff to ITunes/Amazon etc for distribution. Look in to them carefully though as some will do more then others and they all tend to charge different amounts for their services. Be aware that most/all will expect you to have stuff like ISRC and bar codes and if you don't then they may apply their own. Some can provide a mastering service but you may well be better off getting your product mastered independently. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
Be friends on facebook with us here. We use professional, mastering grade hardware in our mastering studo. Our hardware includes: Cranesong Avocet II Monitor Controller, Dangerous Music Liasion Insert Hardware Router, ATC SCM Pro Monitors, Lavry Black DA11, Prism Orpheus ADC/DAC, Gyratec Gyraf XIV Parallel Passive Mastering EQ, Great River MAQ 2NV Mastering EQ, Kush Clariphonic Parallel EQ Shelf, Maselec MLA-2 Mastering Compressor, API 2500 Mastering Compressor, Eventide Eclipse Reverb/Echo. |
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Sep 11 2012, 10:05 AM
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Great observations by Tony! Man, tell me, do we - like in we, the band, have to have that ISRC code? Out of what I know, the digital distributor has to have it.
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Sep 11 2012, 11:56 AM
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QUOTE (Cosmin Lupu @ Sep 11 2012, 10:05 AM) Great observations by Tony! Man, tell me, do we - like in we, the band, have to have that ISRC code? Out of what I know, the digital distributor has to have it. The band doesn't need to have an ISRC but the recording should have one Cosmin. Many of the self-release digital uploads on the internet have no ISRC. ISRC is an alphanumeric code that identifies the recording and record label. Without it most distributors like I-Tunes and Amazon will not stock it and you'll also have difficulties in getting your stuff played on radio etc. If the recording doesn't have ISRC a redistributor/distributor may apply their own and that ultimately means that your recording becomes part of their record label's release catalogue. If you only want to self-release for fun/to give to friends/free and don't need a distributor then you might not need ISRC. If the re/distributor assigns their own your release is part of their label and there may be future issues about re-releasing tracks, compilations, royalty payment and so on. But if your band doesn't want to set up a label/isn't signed to one and is happy to be part of the redistributor's label you don't need one. Me, personally I'd think carefully about having your own ISRC. In the UK and some countries you can set yourself up as an independent record label and apply for a free ISRC. In some countries (the USA is one) you have to pay a fee to register. Once you have the code (or more preciesly the first few digits as you assign the last part yourself) you can then apply it to all of your own releases for your label. If you then send your work to a re/distributor they have to use your ISRC and the release stays as part of yor own record label catalogue. A couple of technical bits with ISRCs: All the tracks on a commercial CDAs released/rereleased since the early 1990s have ISRCs where possible. Some labels have applied ISRC to stuff released prior to the early 90s . You can identify the original release from the ISRC - i.e. when and where it was originally released and on what label and from that the artist and track title. This can be particularly helpful on compilation CDAs. It's also helpful for royalty payment. The mastering engineer encodes the ISRC in to the PQ metadata as part of the redbook CDA. In cases where you don't have a redbook CDA you need to tell the redistributor/distributor what the ISRC is, if any. The only way you can check ISRC on a CDA is to verify it. ISRC is verifiable by only a few CD players - Plextor Premium drives can do it. That's why you don't routinely see it when you play a CD. It's also one of the reasons why mastering engineers nearly always use Plextor drives. (If the mastering engineer doesn't use Plextor Premium ask them why.)- its a quick way of identifing between a real ME and some kid in a bedroom.) For an mp3 the ISRC needs to be entered specially in the ID4 tag. This is not routinely done as it involves editing meta sub data and very few mp3s have ISRC. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
Be friends on facebook with us here. We use professional, mastering grade hardware in our mastering studo. Our hardware includes: Cranesong Avocet II Monitor Controller, Dangerous Music Liasion Insert Hardware Router, ATC SCM Pro Monitors, Lavry Black DA11, Prism Orpheus ADC/DAC, Gyratec Gyraf XIV Parallel Passive Mastering EQ, Great River MAQ 2NV Mastering EQ, Kush Clariphonic Parallel EQ Shelf, Maselec MLA-2 Mastering Compressor, API 2500 Mastering Compressor, Eventide Eclipse Reverb/Echo. |
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