What are yez at?

PaulBrewer

What's everyone recording these days?

Is it your own project or for some one else?

A demo/song writing project or for release?

We're working with a great New Band from Dublin called Evora, 2 tracks both recorded and 1 mixed. It's coming out good!

bedbugs

a movie, a documentary and a play!

progsound

Currently Re-mixing a 4 track demo for a kilkenny metal band since i lost my direct x plugs when i upgraded to cubase 4:mad: ah well gives me a chance to try out the liquid mix i got recently.

Im also Re-amping guitars for some metal core band abroad (not sure where) that contacted me through a different fourm.

And Recently finished work on my own bands debut e.p http://www.bebo.com/6feetoraboveground i didnt mix mind just assited on vocal tracking and i tracked the guitars.

dav nagle

I am recording an album for an Australian guy called Ollie. He sounds like a young Bob Dylan and I am loving it.

frobisher

dav nagle wrote: »

I am recording an album for an Australian guy called Ollie. He sounds like a young Bob Dylan and I am loving it.

And when he hits those high notes you wonder where the sound is coming from! He's a lovely guy. He's playing The Song Room soon, a live music night I run in The Globe soon (shameless plug). Drop down with him.

dav nagle

frobisher wrote: »

And when he hits those high notes you wonder where the sound is coming from! He's a lovely guy. He's playing The Song Room soon, a live music night I run in The Globe soon (shameless plug). Drop down with him.

Himself and Izy are both pals of mine, he really is a lovely guy. I will drop down to his next gig, never knew you were running that night I'll stay well away so!:D:D:D

PaulBrewer

bedbugs wrote: »

a movie, a documentary and a play!

The next Bond? ... then a Bond Documentary and Play? Tell more?

PaulBrewer

dav nagle wrote: »

I am recording an album for an Australian guy called Ollie. He sounds like a young Bob Dylan and I am loving it.

Ollie Dylan, ok ....

dav nagle

I have also hired a grade 8 classical guitarist to play one of my songs in my wee studio and I am going back into the warzone with my songwriting. Any drummers that are really good may apply, no bullwizzles.

dav nagle

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Ollie Dylan, ok ....

I **** you not:eek:

Neurojazz

Where to start?... jeez..
um, well...

1. Starting an agency for production/management/A&R.
2. Signing up 5/6 Artists currently, looking for more across genres.
3. Experimenting with Paralell compression, trying to find what compressors are best/worst.
4. Relaxing and writing some basic chillout music while running around after small baby
5. Finding experience invaluable
6. Learning to negotiate
7. Perfecting my legalese
8. Nearly able to sing most childrens programs theme tunes

9. relaxing in boards and catching up with things

10. oh yeah, remixing things, mix mastering things
11. teaching also at the weekends

11811

this week I've mostly been recording bourbon biscuits....






that, Jingles and a radio show for college.

cornbb

I'm preparing for a seminar on how to write VST plugins that I'm giving tomorrow. Does that information belong in the music production forum? Was it even gramatically correct? Who knows..

/wanders off

PaulBrewer

Cuddleworthy wrote: »

this week I've mostly been recording bourbon biscuits....

At least one person is doing something interesting ...

11811

PaulBrewer wrote: »

At least one person is doing something interesting ...

ah that lovely crunchy tone.:pac:

DamagedTrax

this week ive been mostly getting high on my own supply.. aswell as trying to learn the PT key strokes off.

JJV

Just finishing off the scores for 2 pieces to be performed in a 24 date concert tour of the USA by the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra. See http://www.dublinphilharmonic.com/cami_repertoire.php

Big deal for me. I'm hoping to go to the last concert in California on Paddy's day here. Some venue.

http://www.ocpac.org/home/venues/SHslideshow/gallery2/page4.html

Also helping an elderly lady to record & edit a piano CD of Bach, Chopin, Debussy & Beethoven. Just editing the recordings at the moment as well as the normal teaching duties.

Rockshamrover

Just completed the soundtrack to Daniel O'Donnell the movie:D

You guys are in a completely different universe to me.

I am still trying very hard to get to grips with the basics of Logic Pro.

Any tips or advise would be very welcome.

PaulBrewer

Rockshamrover wrote: »

Just completed the soundtrack to Daniel O'Donnell the movie:D

You guys are in a completely different universe to me.

I am still trying very hard to get to grips with the basics of Logic Pro.

Any tips or advise would be very welcome.

During the last century I worked on 5 D.O.D Albums ....... and 10 TV Shows!

ICN

I'm no Pro.. here's my report Chaps..

Not been able to do much Music wise over the last while.. But have had plenty to keep me occupied. Moved to Roscommon from Dublin 2 months ago.. Still unpacking my life from boxes.


My music schtuff will be last to be unpacked, as my new room is the dumping ground.. but I'll probably begin setting everything up over the next couple of weekends or so.. Thats what I'm planning / aiming for

We've had a Baby also.. Moving house + Baby boy + No job = :pac:

I havent really started looking for a job yet.. Maybe after Xmas. Everything is going great for us. Its been great hanging out with my boy & Wife. The way I look at it, I'll probably never get the chance to spend this time again LOL


SO.. I'm enjoying Country life.. The House was finished by the builder for us, so has no huge DIY requirements - touch wood. I've been filling my days with building some raised beds for veg out in the back garden.. getting them ready before the winter etc.. How civilised!


My next "project" will be to figure out how to treat my new 3m x 3m room a little. The house we have now has solid walls - not studded.. so I hope that will make a difference with the leakage. We're in a detatched house as well, so neighbours are not an issue anymore! Haha!! Anyway, I've been saving up my eggboxes so I'm sorted :rolleyes:

I'm also looking forward (No I'm not..) to doing a fresh install of OSX and all my plugins (I'm all software). My copies of Arturia's Minimoog V & Jupiter 8 have yet to be used. Cant wait to get going again.

Finally, been using Reason on the Laptop lots. Just getting out a few ideas. I really miss that Matrix sequencer.. great for basslines & rhythmic pieces.

Wish Logic had something similar.. a dedicated midi unit - AU etc.. But thats a different story altogether. I've downloaded a couple of things for the environment, so we'll see how that goes when I get back up & running. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.............

Rockshamrover

PaulBrewer wrote: »

During the last century I worked on 5 D.O.D Albums ....... and 10 TV Shows!

Paul, that is very impressive, you are obviously a professional musician or producer . No doubt you have worked on lots of non DOD stuff also.

Are most of the people on here professionals? ie making a living from music production?

PaulBrewer

Rockshamrover wrote: »

Paul, that is very impressive, you are obviously a professional musician or producer . No doubt you have worked on lots of non DOD stuff also.

Are most of the people on here professionals? ie making a living from music production?

5 albums I tell you .... that's a lot of quicksteps

trackmixstudio

Recently finished audio post for "8.5 hours"
http://www.8point5hours.com/
Also recently finished audio post for "Da Gist", a 4 part teenage magazine show for Dublin Community TV.
Almost finished the mix for another movie called "bitterness" which has been delayed by having to do a lot of ADR (dialogue replacement).
Starting the mix for a 6 part documentary for TG4 in 2 weeks.
As a total opposite to film/tv stuff I have finished an album for Irish metal band "Morphosis" and this week and next week I am recording an album for NI metal band "Putrefy". I have an album booked for "Abaddon incarnate" for January and "Warpath" for February.

So a short answer would be "tv/film and Death Metal"
Now that's what I call diversity:D

dav nagle

trackmixstudio wrote: »

Recently finished audio post for "8.5 hours"
http://www.8point5hours.com/
Also recently finished audio post for "Da Gist", a 4 part teenage magazine show for Dublin Community TV.
Almost finished the mix for another movie called "bitterness" which has been delayed by having to do a lot of ADR (dialogue replacement).
Starting the mix for a 6 part documentary for TG4 in 2 weeks.
As a total opposite to film/tv stuff I have finished an album for Irish metal band "Morphosis" and this week and next week I am recording an album for NI metal band "Putrefy". I have an album booked for "Abaddon incarnate" for January and "Warpath" for February.

So a short answer would be "tv/film and Death Metal"
Now that's what I call diversity:D

So it would be fare to say you are stuck for work at the mo?;);)

studiorat

Looking out the same window that last album gig just went out of:mad:

Very quiet time of year...
Finished mix for short film "two point five billion" trailer here mixing and editing Master Musicians of Joujuka, 107min of moroccan trance music. Serious head melter, have to stop listening every 20 minutes 'cause it's freaking me out. Will post soon.

No stranger to the Daniel O'Donnell albums either...

studiorat

ICN wrote: »

We've had a Baby also.. Moving house + Baby boy + No job = :pac:

Nice, easy time of it so;)

dav nagle

Do baby's come with HD or LE?

11811

dav nagle wrote: »

Do baby's come with HD or LE?

I hear they only support HD at the moment but an update for LE will be out soon.

af_thefragile

I'm off recording and production currently as i've got a liking for the more organic kind of music making and songwriting.
And so i'm planning on selling off my MIDI Keyboard in order to gain funds for a Fender Telecaster...

I'ld still be recording songs on it for a demo or something... Might also be recording bass lines and drums... Till I can put together a trio to replace me playing the bass and the computer playing the drums!

After that i could come to you guys for some proper recording help to put out a skankin EP!

ICN

Studiorat.. Yup - we're fighting fire with fire alright! :eek:

Dav - LOL - Baby is LE.


S*H*I*T*ting / Shouting / Waking up at night are disabled :pac: :pac: :pac:

jtsuited

I'm up to my eyes at the moment.
Have a billion and one releases coming out in the new year.

Just got 5 tracks signed to a mega-big-label (who are initially putting out on their sublabel).
Have a remix out this month sometime.

I'm playing the Pod this saturday and Ri-Ra next Friday (both livesets).
Getting my Live/DJ bookings sorted out in the new year with my management.

I bought a coffee machine to help me stay awake for all this.

PaulBrewer

Yez are all full of it, how come every Irish record I hear is Shyte then? Well?

..... Cuddleworthy is the only one doing anything worthwhile. He (or she) deserves a break, and maybe a Kit Kat.

johnnylakes

Recording album number 2 with The Government.
www.myspace.com/governmentmusic
Tracks in the player are old and not great quality...number is already a vast improvement.

dav nagle

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Yez are all full of it, how come every Irish record I hear is Shyte then? Well?

..... Cuddleworthy is the only one doing anything worthwhile. He (or she) deserves a break, and maybe a Kit Kat.

Republic of loose album's sound as tight as a 'wingnut' .

studiorat

af_thefragile wrote: »

After that i could come to you guys for some proper recording help to put out a skankin EP!

Good man. EP's are where it's at. Do it quick and put it out there..

11811

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Yez are all full of it, how come every Irish record I hear is Shyte then? Well?

..... Cuddleworthy is the only one doing anything worthwhile. He (or she) deserves a break, and maybe a Kit Kat.

ah cheers Paul! I'm more partial to Double Deckers tho...
I'm a guy btw!

other projects at moment are:
- releasing a single with the band next week.. its up on i-tunes now btw:p
--trying to get an ep out with another band,
--- and a ball of college work...

unclebill98

Well I may get something done If i spent less time on this bloody site looking at what everyone else is getting up to

af_thefragile

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Yez are all full of it, how come every Irish record I hear is Shyte then? Well?

..... Cuddleworthy is the only one doing anything worthwhile. He (or she) deserves a break, and maybe a Kit Kat.

Yup, you all seem to doing pretty darn well (can i use the word darn?) and from what it sounds like here, you guys seem to have quite a decent taste and feel for music...

Then, why? Why??? is 99.999% of all new Irish music absolute ****e?!
C'mon guys, raise up your standards here, we can do much better than that!! We can show the Brits and Americans we can put out bands like Radiohead and David Bowie too!
Only if we get the time off the pub...

studiorat wrote: »

Good man. EP's are where it's at. Do it quick and put it out there..

Yes yes yes!!
Hopefully towards the end of this year or early next year i'ld say.
Just gotta make sure it doesn't sound ****e like rest of the crap all these local bands are putting out. Though I don't know any Irish band that sounds like the sound I'm chasing... Could I make it to be the next big thing?? Oh we all wish!!! :pac:

bedbugs

PaulBrewer wrote: »

The next Bond? ... then a Bond Documentary and Play? Tell more?

Nah. Low budget, TG4 and Shakespeare. In that order.

11811

af_thefragile wrote: »

Yup, you all seem to doing pretty darn well (can i use the word darn?) and from what it sounds like here, you guys seem to have quite a decent taste and feel for music...

Then, why? Why??? is 99.999% of all new Irish music absolute ****e?!
C'mon guys, raise up your standards here, we can do much better than that!! We can show the Brits and Americans we can put out bands like Radiohead and David Bowie too!
:

In fairness all new music (MAINSTREAM) seems to be 99.99% s***e, not just Ireland but globally..well in my opinion anyway.
has anything come out in the last six months that could equal radiohead or Bowie?
I'm sure there are bands in Ireland up to this at the moment but struggle for the recognition.

thebookofbob

Recording reverb-y bowel motions from Various toilet bowls around the country with my Zoom H2 , for use on an ambient album , entitled "the echos of old farts" :-)

studiorat

thebookofbob wrote: »

Recording reverb-y bowel motions from Various toilet bowls around the country with my Zoom H2 , for use on an ambient album , entitled "the echos of old farts" :-)

Bonus material for the DVD release?

af_thefragile

thebookofbob wrote: »

Recording reverb-y bowel motions from Various toilet bowls around the country with my Zoom H2 , for use on an ambient album , entitled "the echos of old farts" :-)

i'ld love to hear that!!

tweeky

Cuddleworthy wrote: »

In fairness all new music (MAINSTREAM) seems to be 99.99% s***e, not just Ireland but globally..well in my opinion anyway.
has anything come out in the last six months that could equal radiohead or Bowie?
I'm sure there are bands in Ireland up to this at the moment but struggle for the recognition.

I think Radiohead and Bowie are struggling to release anything great themselves in the last six years let alone six months!

bedbugs

tweeky wrote: »

I think Radiohead and Bowie are struggling to release anything great themselves in the last six years let alone six months!

i agree about Bowie, but Jesus, Radiohead have become stronger, better and more musically inventive with every album they've released.

tweeky

Nope downhill from OK Computer, though i thought Jonny's soundtrack to
"There will be blood" was good though, but hey!

henessjon

two songs on production rocker/blues and orchestrated ballad ala el-rigby

no one listens anyways

home brewed on PTLE

lol

bedbugs

tweeky wrote: »

Nope downhill from OK Computer, though i thought Jonny's soundtrack to
"There will be blood" was good though, but hey!

Ha! Horses for courses I guess. Kid A was the first album that blew me away from them. I liked Ok and The Bends though, but definitely a case of uphill from Kid A for me.

jtsuited

bedbugs wrote: »

Ha! Horses for courses I guess. Kid A was the first album that blew me away from them. I liked Ok and The Bends though, but definitely a case of uphill from Kid A for me.

+1000
i remember the first time hearing Kid A and thinking 'holy crap'.

af_thefragile

^Kid A seems to be their most highly appraised album though!

I liked their new album In Rainbows though. Thom York's solo album 'The Eraser' was class too imo. They're currently the best British band out there if I can dare to say so!
They're the most innovative atleast...

humberklog

Working on a 3 minute opera/play.
Music wrote and roughly recorded, working on tightening up the sound recording on my part and deepening and expanding the sound with the help of a pianist.
Words weighted perfect.
Stage set and backdrop sorted.
Actions and movements arranged.
Actor -SH!TE!