This could be work or recreational related. Anything you’ve done that you sit back and go “hell yeah I did that”. I’m typically wary of working on cars because I have big hands and no auto specialty tools. But, I was able to make a pretty involved (for me) repair last week and I’ve felt really great about it since. What about you?

  • gigastasio@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    7 天前

    I finished recording, mixing, and mastering a song I wrote.

    It’s a big deal to me because my job takes most of my energy, so when I get home all I want to do is sit and decompress. Also I’ve been struggling with getting a good vocal chain and drum sound, and every time I sat down and didn’t get anywhere, I’d get discouraged and not touch it for weeks at a time.

    At this stage I just have some minor mixing edits to make and I intend to release it. I’m hoping this gives me the motivation to record the dozens of other songs I have sitting inert in my head.

        • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 天前

          https://youtu.be/u6Qn1krKG30

          We finished an EP like a year ago and still haven’t figured out how to distribute it, but this is the only thing we have out there right now really

          e: Also, your shit is awesome! Early STP vibes, so the vocal mix doesn’t detract, if that makes any sense at all?

          ee: Listening to it again and also feeling some Jet and Cage the Elephant. You fucking rock!

          eee: Also also also,

          It’s a big deal to me because my job takes most of my energy, so when I get home all I want to do is sit and decompress.

          This is why it took us so long to get from “put first song on YT” to “EP mixed and mastered”. Obligatory “fuck capitalism”.

          • gigastasio@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            1 天前

            Seems like everybody is putting together some sort of distribution platform, including SoundCloud. I use CDBaby. Distrokid is popular but I hear too many horror stories about them to consider them trustworthy. They all charge a fee, but that usually means they also handle your copyright and other legal registrations.

            I took a few close listens to your track, and I’ll listen again when I get home and can hear it in my studio. But your lyrical style and delivery is incredible! And I appreciate your comments…the Cage the Elephant comparison is really flattering because that’s just the kind of vibe I like to project.

            Stay in touch dude!

            • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
              2·
              1 天前

              We were thinking DistroKid but I’m at the point now that I kind of just want to put everything up on Bandcamp and see what happens. Thanks for the compliment, I’ve been rapping since I was a kid in the 90s and just never bothered trying to do anything seriously until the past few years. My producer is a DNB/EDM DJ so he definitely brings a different feel. I used to produce but just said fuck it after a hard drive failure like 15 years ago, so I know enough about what he’s doing to give notes. He’s also a decent rapper but mostly just layers in backing vocals/hypeman type stuff.

              I followed you on SC so def looking forward to you putting out more stuff.