Just what I needed - thank you!
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 1:29 am
Hello there,
I'm a new member - I haven't got around to properly editing my profile and introducing myself yet but just wanted to thank the Taxi team and Bob Mete for the surprise video on Wed. Although, I actually fell asleep during both Mon and Wed live episodes this week!... (watching from Wales, UK was the problem - not the content!) - I have since managed to catch up with them later - and I'm so glad I watched the episode with Bob.
Since joining, my goal has been to submit once a week. However, this week I had left it a bit late to challenge myself to produce a song for a deadline on Wednesday. I had been concentrating on instrumental cues as they're just a bit more manageable for now whilst I'm trying to learn and improve my production skills. Well, Wednesday night I totally hit a brick wall and was gutted that I had to admit defeat and reassess what I did so terribly wrong in my production process to end up in a complete tangle of arrangement ideas, none of which I was happy with and nowhere near the finish line.
Watching Bob talk about his process was so refreshing and heartening. It helped me to refocus my efforts and also make sure that in future I take the time I need to set a vision for the song, plan out the arrangement, have a clear direction and try to harness the genius of simplicity.
If any members have any tips they'd like to share about how they improved their production process when starting out - I would love to hear them. (My set up is an old MacBook Pro, Logic Pro X, Yamaha Clavinova, electric and acoustic guitars, AKG 120 perception USB mic and trying to get every ounce of juice out of Logic's stock samples and plug-ins for now).
Feeling a bit more patient and positive!
Cheers,
Jeanie Larkin
I'm a new member - I haven't got around to properly editing my profile and introducing myself yet but just wanted to thank the Taxi team and Bob Mete for the surprise video on Wed. Although, I actually fell asleep during both Mon and Wed live episodes this week!... (watching from Wales, UK was the problem - not the content!) - I have since managed to catch up with them later - and I'm so glad I watched the episode with Bob.
Since joining, my goal has been to submit once a week. However, this week I had left it a bit late to challenge myself to produce a song for a deadline on Wednesday. I had been concentrating on instrumental cues as they're just a bit more manageable for now whilst I'm trying to learn and improve my production skills. Well, Wednesday night I totally hit a brick wall and was gutted that I had to admit defeat and reassess what I did so terribly wrong in my production process to end up in a complete tangle of arrangement ideas, none of which I was happy with and nowhere near the finish line.
Watching Bob talk about his process was so refreshing and heartening. It helped me to refocus my efforts and also make sure that in future I take the time I need to set a vision for the song, plan out the arrangement, have a clear direction and try to harness the genius of simplicity.
If any members have any tips they'd like to share about how they improved their production process when starting out - I would love to hear them. (My set up is an old MacBook Pro, Logic Pro X, Yamaha Clavinova, electric and acoustic guitars, AKG 120 perception USB mic and trying to get every ounce of juice out of Logic's stock samples and plug-ins for now).
Feeling a bit more patient and positive!
Cheers,
Jeanie Larkin