CHANGSTAR: Audiophile Headphone Reviews and Early 90s Style BBS
Lobby => Music and Recordings => Topic started by: The Alchemist on January 24, 2014, 11:08:30 PM
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I am not sure if this is the correct board to post this, if not admin please feel free to move it to the appropriate thread/board.
I posted a You Tube video of one of my original songs that I entered for a contest (they say they listen to every song submitted and most get at least one radio airplay, but that is what they claim)
The song is called Equivalency and it is one of my songs off of my current album "Alchemy". The album is not finished yet, but here is a demo of one of my songs if anyone would care to listen. The song is written, arranged, performed, mixed, and mastered by me. I hope you give it a listen and I hope you enjoy it!
http://youtu.be/J_VSmj1JLsM
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Awesome! Like. Like a lot! :)p1 K points :)p1
Did you do the drums too?
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Thank you so much!! It really means a lot!! As far as the drums go, no I did not do the drums, they are from a program called SessionDrummer64. I did have to program them though for the song. I don't have enough mics, and a sound shield to properly record real drums, unless I went to a studio but that gets expensive.
Everything else is live instruments except for the synth sounds. The guitars and bass are live instruments and all performed by me (including the synths and keys)
Thank you again for your kind comments, it means a whole lot to me. The whole point of my album is just to make music that maybe people will enjoy, I am not looking to sell or make any profit from my album, just something that I would like to share with people and hope they can get some enjoyment out of it. Once the whole album is completed and I get professional CD copies made, I will send them out to those who would like a copy free of charge. The only thing I would ask for is shipping (say I made a 100 copies, if I paid for shipping to everyone that would get very expensive). But those who do want a copy can get it free when it is completed if they just pay shipping, and the shipping on something as small and light as a CD should be pretty cheap.
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Very cool! I really like it a whole lot too!
If you need help mastering or recording, I'd be happy to help. Since you're not charging for your music, I wouldn't charge you for any work either.
Can't wait to hear the full thing in high quality.
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Shipping not a problem. Sign me up for a copy :)p5
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Very cool! I really like it a whole lot too!
If you need help mastering or recording, I'd be happy to help. Since you're not charging for your music, I wouldn't charge you for any work either.
Can't wait to hear the full thing in high quality.
Thanks you! That means a lot, and I appreciate you offering to help with mastering. Currently I am using iZotope Ozone 5 to master, but I still have a lot to learn. I have only been to a few mixing/mastering clinics and have only been doing this for a couple of years, so any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you so much for offering your help!!
Shipping not a problem. Sign me up for a copy :)p5
Sure thing no problem! I really appreciate you wanting a copy!! It'll probably be awhile as I have more songs to complete before the album is finished, I would like to have at least 8 tracks. But at least the turn around for making professional copies of CD's is short. Currently, I have been looking at the company Discmakers to make the copies and booklets, cases etc. Their prices seem reasonable and you don't have to buy a minimum quantity.
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Thanks you! That means a lot, and I appreciate you offering to help with mastering. Currently I am using iZotope Ozone 5 to master, but I still have a lot to learn. I have only been to a few mixing/mastering clinics and have only been doing this for a couple of years, so any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you so much for offering your help!!
Cool! I've been doing it since December 1999. Quite a while...
iZotope Ozone 5 is a neat little program. Very versatile but I rarely use it. The best thing about Ozone is the intelligent II limiter/compressor. It's probably the most transparent one out there.
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I dig it as well :)p6
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Thank you OJneg! Means a lot to me!!
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Very nice! I hope you get some radio play from the contest.
Count me in for a copy when it's done!
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Grats on all the "+1s!". Looking forward to the completed product.
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Thank you so much for all of the wonderful comments, like I said, it really means a lot to me! And Gunner, I know you've heard the song before, but I really appreciate your comments on it and thank you!!
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Good stuff! :)p1
I'll have a CD please. You should put a page up on Bandcamp.
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Thank you for the nice compliment! ;D
I actually met a friend of mine on here that is doing the mastering for me (I did the mastering on the song I posted in this thread, but it isn't mastered very well). He does outstanding work and said he would master my entire album when I finish it.
As far as Bandcamp, I am not sure what that is.
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https://bandcamp.com (https://bandcamp.com)
As an artist you can post your music, which you can give away for free, set a minimum price or someone can make a donation for music offered as 'free'.
I use it all the time to find new music and follow my favourite artists.
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Thank you Numbersixx. I signed up and added some tracks! Anyone interested in getting them can go to the following links:
http://jeremydixon.bandcamp.com/track/the-philosopher-stone (http://jeremydixon.bandcamp.com/track/the-philosopher-stone)
http://jeremydixon.bandcamp.com/track/equivalency (http://jeremydixon.bandcamp.com/track/equivalency)
P.S. I looked everywhere but I do not know how to offer them for free, I have them set at $1.00 (the cheapest I could do) but I would like them to be free, can you tell me how to do this?
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P.S. I looked everywhere but I do not know how to offer them for free, I have them set at $1.00 (the cheapest I could do) but I would like them to be free, can you tell me how to do this?
Umm, I've had a look at the faq's. You're going to have to contact support.
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Ok thanks. Currently i have them set at $1.00 but I'll look into contacting support to make them free. Thank you so much for introducing me to bandcamp, I really appreciate it!! :money:
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No worries. It's good to help fellow musicians promote their music. :)p7
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This thread deserves lots of +1!
Awesome stuff game. Digging your music.
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Thank you so very much shipsupt, it always feels good to receive comments like yours and the others, thank you very much!! ;D
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Nice! I liked it.
Although I kept expecting vocals!!! ;-)
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Thank you, glad you liked it! I don't sing nor do I have a vocalist so the album will be purely instrumental.
If anyone is interested in purchasing one or both of my songs, they only cost $1.00 (but you can donate more if you wish). The proceeds will go towards getting my album finished and for purchasing the materials for them to be professionally produced (CD Media, CD Booklets, CD Cases, Inserts, Duplication ETC) so it is for non-profit, it's just to help me get the materials needed to get a professional CD done.
The songs in the links below have been remastered by a great engineer and are high quality (I am not sure if he wants his name mentioned, but if he does he can post it).
Donation or purchase is not required, but would be appreciated. If you want a copy of a song or both songs but do not wish to purchase or donate, I can send you a coupon for a free download, just send me a PM.
The download links are here:
The Philosopher Stone
http://jeremydixon.bandcamp.com/track/the-philosopher-stone (http://jeremydixon.bandcamp.com/track/the-philosopher-stone)
Equivalency
http://jeremydixon.bandcamp.com/track/equivalency (http://jeremydixon.bandcamp.com/track/equivalency)
Remember a purchase or donation would be greatly appreciated to help me get the materials to finish my album, but not required. Just send me a PM if you would like the songs and I can send you a free download coupon.
Thank you all and thank you all for all of the wonderful comments.
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Added YouTube Video's - Hope you enjoy!
Equivalency
http://youtu.be/9lGgEsF9b8Y
The Philosopher Stone
http://youtu.be/bzl6p7CLwAA
Original Music by Jeremy Dixon for my Album Alchemy.
Original Artwork by Jeremy Kerr
Mastered by Luis Flores at Fire Phoneix Audio
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I like your music.
I hope some time you will make a long LP track, think Liquid Tension Project etcetera. Good luck with the album headbang
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Thank you for the nice compliment, I really appreciate it and thank you for it!! My album right now only has two songs, but I am aiming for about 8-10 for Alchemy. And as far as Liquid Tension Experiment, yeah I would like to make an album like that, and although I can play every single song John Petrucci can play on guitar with great accuracy, writing songs as technical as LTE is very difficult! But I am going to try to make a great album everyone can enjoy!
Thank you again for the great compliment, and a huge thank you to Luis Flores at Fire Phoneix Audio for remastering those two tracks and offering to Master my entire album, he does phenomenal work and I am proud of his skills.
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I'm listening to the LFF version right after listening to the original version.
Did you send LFF something with individual tracks for each instrument? Or did he do this entirely from a two track stereo mix?
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Hi Ken,
He actually did it with just the stereo mix. He did an amazing job considering he didn't have the individual tracks to tweak. But the plan is that I will do the mixing and send him the unmastered .wav files, then he will do the mastering for them. The two he did for me were already "mastered" with iZotope but I am a beginner with mastering so they didn't sound that great, considering how he cleaned them up with only the stereo mix, it is outstanding.