If you write a three-minute song and it's great, people will play it again and again. If you write a nine-minute song and it's only ok, people won't even finish it once.
The editing quality really went up with this one ngl the transitions are very smooth and the cuts feel almost indistinguishable from each other. Very high quality video Glenn and keep up the good work.
Agreed. I pointed this out a couple episodes ago and it’s just getting better. He’s also answering more questions again instead of just rebutting the angry tone snob complaints.
@@calvertphoto Yeah I'm with you, unfortunately I find it hard to focus on what glenn's saying when there is background music. Maybe bringing it down another 2db could make it ok for me.
This new editing is AWESOME dude! One small piece of criticism is though that i felt the background music was too loud, but other than that, keep doing it like this!
@@BikerEgg1 I feel I'm very used to headphones. I listen to a lot of music through headphones and I use them for mixing. I know and feel them really well. And I think I can hear more details this way. Speakers just needed to make sure everything is alright (and to blast some music occasionally :) )
Full disclosure: the song I submitted to Glenn on his last Submit Your Mix episode was originally just over seven minutes. I chopped it down to four and a half. Getting people to listen to your music is enough of a struggle. One thing that helps is learning to get to the friggin’ point and trimming as much fat off as you can.
there is actually a saying, that a song is finished if you can't cut anything off anymore - not when you can't add anything additionally. same goes for melody and harmony. learned that the hard way...
@skratchrapture Beth Hart is one of the best song writers right now. She submits 40 songs to get 10 on the album. That's just the songs she summited. Many acts "that made it" had just one hit song in their whole career.
Mad thing about my love of this show is, I'm not even into modern metal and really only classic metal from 70s and 80s. Music I love now and make is nothing like metal at all, although there's some crazy noise involved. What I love about this show is Glenn and his commitment to "telling truth to power" and not shilling for anyone other than us ordinary schmucks trying to make music out here in the real world. Also like him getting into a full on rant and love the music to "Butthurt of the Week" 😎 Keep being you Glenn and of course, go forth and fornicate yourself :)
With the advancement in technology getting a killer sound cheap and simple is very possible. I started playing in 1994 with a Squire guitar and Behringer 1x12 30 watt and in 1996 and a Zoom preamp (sound sucked). In 1997 I upgraded to a Jackson Kelly, Peavey 5150, 4x12 and a TS9, this rig got me through tons of shows/gigs and was a beast to lug around. But since 2019 I have been playing shows with a ESP EC-1000, PRS -MT15, two PRS MT 1x12s, Maxon OD808 and this has been the best sound I have ever been content with. Players no longer need spend thousands of dollars to get a killer sound, modulators are cheaper and better than ever. You can get a good guitar for $500, a Harley Benton 2x12 for $350 and a Harley Benton GPA-100 for $80. Go to a pawn shop and pick up some cables and for about $1,000 you can play shows. In the 1990s a good guitar, amp and cabinet for gigging would cost about $3,000. Keep the metal flowing \m/ (-_-) \m/
If you're going to do a four minute plus song it REALLY has to delve into weird and wonderful directions to maintain the listeners interest. Not many people have the talent to pull that off so sticking to three minute bangers with catchy choruses is a far safer option for most of us. Most musicians I've played with tend to lack in the songwriting department. The more "technically developed" they are: the less they can usually understand dynamic changes, or the eq of an amp 😂 I used to be guilty of doing too much in songs. The day I learned to calm the fuck down and leave room for other people to shine my songs got SOOOO much better.
If you like long songs, go blues. There are a lot of famous 8+ minute songs in blues. Why don't metal guitarists play blues? Most don't know how to sing let alone write lyrics. In fact, the vast majority of famous guitarists could sing except for Eddie Van Halen. That includes Jimmy Page and Joe Satrioni.
Honestly, most of the time, if a decent song is too long, it's because the band doesn't know when enough is enough. For example, if you have an intro riff that is 2 bars, then repeating it 4 times is no big deal. However, if your intro riff is 4 bars long, then you really need to go a maximum of two times unless there is an interesting top line over it. Just check the math. At 120 BPM, one bar is 2 seconds long. Which means a 4 bar riff if 8 seconds long. That means if you do that riff 4 times in a row, that intro riff is eating up the first 32 seconds of the song. Conversely, if you were to do that same 4 bar riff twice, the intro is only eating up 16 seconds of the song. My band has a song where the guitar parts (I don't want to call them all riffs because a lot of it is just chord progressions designed to support the vocals) are mostly 4 bars long. Every section of the song is done only twice, with the exception of the lead, one rhythm part goes 3 times to give me enough time for phrasing. The song comes in right around 4 minutes. If we were to do all those riffs 4 times like a lot of bands like to do, it would probably be an 8 minute song, but no extra substance. Just pummeling the shit out of the listener with the same riffs over and over, lol.
Can't believe you read that comment I put about work vs. Music and featured it, thanks for the kind and understanding words! I had deleted that, cuz it felt too personal and maybe I was complaining too much so that was a really nice
I‘d better start practicing more, because singularity could put me out of a job if I‘m not good enough! But seriously, that bass program sounds great! So good that it makes me nervous.
Dude. I'm 44, been working various jobs for most of my life and I'm basically half-homeless. Same goes for my drummer, who lives in his rehearsal place/studio underground at 58! Currently, I'm a taxi driver, I work as much as I can, will drive more when I finally manage to register my new (13 years new, to be precise) car as a taxi, as my current piece of shit breaks down more than it actually works. And I still can't afford a place to live on my own (yeah, being single sucks sometimes as you don't have that special someone to split bills with). Thank fuck I don't live in the US as I'd already be dead due to not being able to afford any healthcare. But yes, this is today's reality - not only in the US and Canada, but also here in Poland. Massive props to you for consumer advocacy - we may differ in some of our views and perspectives, but your work to show folks like myself that there are very good affordable alternatives and one can get great results without spending a fuckload of cash is highly appreciated. Kudos for that!
We cut the head off a Peavey bass combo when we were at school, pretty easy.. cut cables, saw bottom off, speaker jack socket and air vents/grills in the side, put on replacement bottom, paint it or get some of that rough covering to fancy it up, corner pieces and rubber feet. We also cut a sheet of perspex to make a transparent pick guard on a strat (though drilling the screw holes was a nightmare - tips on that would be handy). Being a musician with crafting skills is a good combo, fancy stuff up yourself and pay next to nothing.
"Don't be afraid to mix it up...experiment..." Words to live by. This is how we got so many different and great sounds throughout the years, and many of those were by sheer happenstance.
Layering vocal tip - use the main vocal track dry as the external sidechain on a gate for the layers. It tightens everything up, and you can add effects to the 'supporting vocals' without leaving a tail.
Man you have taught me so much over the past 4 months. I don't even use my practice amps or even my big tube amp anymore. I've been using reaper and a the Otto II II II II plugin and my whole world has opened up. You can change the cab simulation in the plugins and it totally changes everything about the guitar tone and even the aggressiveness of the pick attacks etc. I've accidentally played sick sh*t since I started witching this channel. I used to struggle just to do decent covers. Oh and the extinction level drum kit is sick!
Can confirm , speaker swapping is where its at. I took the Jensen out of my Fender Deluxe 112 and put in an early 80s Greenback from another combo (a 212 GBX Superbug) and I've never heard a Fender amp sound this good with just on board Gain.
I actually snagged one of the Mojotone BV series speakers specifically so I could put it into a 6505+ combo amp. Totally worth it for $109.99 in the US! I can absolutely vouch for the weight of that 6505+ combo as well. It's about 61 lbs by itself with the Sheffield in it and the shipping weight adds more to it based on packing materials. It's not the lightest thing in the world so you do have to be careful lifting it... but that's also why there's usually a "team lift" icon on the box it ships in too. That being said, I feel for the poor guy that had to bring it upstairs to my place since that couldn't have been fun.
I am happy with my choice to mix on great headphones rather than in an untreated room. Plugins provide crosstalk as needed so thats not a big issue. My headphones (Ollo S4R1.1) came with a frequency response measurement for each driver so I am confident that they are sufficiently neutral (and not harmon curve). The headphone amp in my interface is insufficient, so an outboard amp was required.
the show has great entertainment value and shares great knowledge. After a long crappy work week this show helps get the mind off of the work week. Kudos to you Glenn. !
I agree with Glenn on many things, but that's bullshit. Does he have no patience? Sure, if the song sucks, the song sucks. But it's the same with movies. It's like people who skip the first hour of Jurassic Park because they wanna get to the action.
I've changed pickups a couple of times, it's not a massive change, but I do like the difference in the "reaction" of the guitar, especially doing cleans. I know we play metal, but I'd argue cleans are even more important in this case, because they have to have a sound that can match the onslaught of the amp, when you're playing clean parts.
Yeah, Glenn sees it kind of short sightedly. He gets cleans in the studio by taking the amp and making the adjustments he needs to make, throw a little delay and/or chorus on it, and boom, nice cleans. However, and people who play a 5150 can attest to this, what about when you are playing live (not necessarily on stage, but just trying to play a song all the way through without stopping) and your amp doesn't have a great clean channel, and it is a shared EQ. You have a lot less to work with there, so a pickup that sounds the way you like it on the clean channel helps a ton with taming an amp when you want to go clean. When I used to have an EMG 81, I always had to roll down the volume and sometimes the tone when I went clean because it was kind of thin and harsh. The 85 was much better for playing clean because it had more low end, but my two favorite pickups are the DiMarzio Evo and the Super Distortion. I like the SD better just slightly because the output is higher, so it matches the rest of my guitars volume wise. The Evo I seem to need to boost the volume a little bit on stage, but it sounds fantastic.
What happend? since two weeks or so the quality of each and every video did increase immensivly. I don't talk about technical aspects only, it's like he didn't love what he was doing for a while and now enjoys it again. I cant tell. but its entertaining af, he is personal, him self, down to earth. at least in my books, Glenn is back! Glenn, you where here in Austria playing guitar in a nuclear reactor (that was actually in the f... news here) - you might wanna want to try the alps next time. thats echo 2.0
I bought a UA Volt 4 to use for live virtual instrument use on my Windows 10 laptop. The drivers have been absolutely stable, it works well with low latency, and if you have USB-C on your computer, the Volt is bus-powered (you don't need the wall-wart power supply). I haven't tested the mic pres at all, but as far as its converters go, they sound just fine! My "big rig" has Lynx Aurora(n) converters -- some of the best on the market -- and I have Neve, Twin Servo, and a Sebatron valve preamp. With all this slutty gear, I'm saying the Volt sounds just fine!
I was about to change pick-ups and looking for a video advice on what's the best high output yet vintage sounding that will change my tone. Then this video was suggested by TH-cam algorithm. And really greatful!....Thanks for the advice Glenn. 👍You help me save my hard earned money. 😅Pick-ups ALL sound the same and they all transmit sound from the guitar hahaha. SUBSCRIBED!
@@SpectreSoundStudios Thank you so much Glenn, you just debunked the BS that we always need to "upgrade" pick-ups for a better tone which is actually not noticable. You're video made me stop upgrading...already got Seymours, then bought EMG's, then the hype is calling me to buy some Fish*an and BareKn*ckle, which according to "experts" sound waaay better. But you prove it otherwise. Its all in the Amp and effects. Cheers Glenn.🤘
I really think more people learning how to record/layer vocals is so essential, really wanna see you go over that stuff more. I can’t tell you how many times i get a mix with no vocal layers and i tell them i need more layers before i take on the project😂.
I love that you used one of my tunes for the Singularity-feature, Glenn! 😂❤ Also: the editing on this video is AMAZING!! Great flow - and love the added music!!
On the other hand, having welding skills is badass! If you were Hawaii right now, you'd be welding up stages for the insane live sound business going on. Plus you are a hero to BMX
So the thing with quality pickups is mostly how they react to your picking dynamics. At least, IMO. Subtle nuances matter whether you are playing clean or "metal". That's what makes a unique tone. Some high-end pickups are worth the price, and on the other side, you can find cheaper options that can get the job done. Use your ears. It's up to personal preferences.
Glen just wanted to say love your chanel it’s great for up and coming artists and producers. I have been a producer and mixing engineer for twenty years and have some major placements. I am also a studio bass player and side note for you , I no every note on my fretboard and I actually can change my own strings hahahah . Seriously love your channel, love the gear reviews and the honest advice also glad to se you using reaper as first choice I switch from protools to reaper . The simple fact that your computer has zero idea it’s has a Daw on it and it’s packed for a low price with many upgrades and updates for free. Keep up the awesome videos man 🤘
i'm glad that we're seeing more questions about speakers and less about useless stuff, seems like the message went through well ! Thank you for the nice videos as always !! :D
I wonder how many people who think they have to change their guitar pickups ever thought of just adjusting the height of the pickups first. If the pickups are raised a little higher they will have more output, because the magnetic field of the pickups gets closer to the strings. If you want less output you lower the pickup height.
I like long and epic songs as well. 20 minutes is the sweet spot for me. Songs like Love is the Only Answer by The Flower Kings or From Silence to Somewhere by Wobbler are great examples.
Hey Glenn! Please include a bass speaker swap series as well. High gain/fuzz bass definitely requires complimentary speakers that can handle it! Would love to see what are good options to get the best sound
The reason I replaced a pickup for the first time is that due to its construction it wasn't capable of what I've wanted to do. The stock humbucker on one of my HSS Strats was only a 3 conductor wire, meaning in my case it was only capable of being split with the outside coil (closer to the bridge), I on the other hand wanted to split with the inside coil (closer to the sweetspot of the guitar), so I had no choice other than to swap the pickup. the tone shift was not between the two pickups, but purely between splitting the different coils.
13:44 This bit cut pretty deep, as I had, once, been the bright-eyed youth that bought in to the biggest lie of my generation [Millenial]. I had been sold the idea and "guarantee" of getting loans, putting my nose in the books, and then graduating with a good degree would get me places. The reality of the grift came forth to have me find that my University screwed me over, losing all progress I had made towards achieving my dream, and leaving me tens of thousands in debt. This grift, blowing up in my face, thrust me in to a different life, thereby shattering my confidence in the system, as it stood then and stands now. I am now in my thirties, still at home, [I welcome all humourous jabs], working my ass off at a job I hate that doesn't pay enough for a single person to live on his or her own. The small amounts I saved to purchase my instruments is the only solace I managed to carve out for myself. I feel bad for the kids that have to come into the current world with nary a pot to piss in due to the greed and corruption of the few at the top. The battle is one of attrition and is a very long one but it will get better in the long term. Keep at it and don't let anyone try to mess it up for ya, otherwise they can simply piss off. Cheers, Glenn.
Sleep Token worshipper here. Sleep Token can do 7 to 9 minute long songs because they execute it well, and their song writing game is phenomenal. It's not just the same thing over and over and over again, and there's always themes and motifs and variations of said themes/motifs. There's always something interesting happening, and they're bringing up/turning down the energy when appropriate. Also, Vessel (their lead vocalist and writer) has a good voice. Worship.
I changed my pickups in my Squier Strat with some cheap ones from Amazon. (My bastardized setup I had before was going bad electrically) $50 for Musiclilly loaded pick guard with “hot rails”. Due to EMI’s in the studio the hot rails quiet that down. They sound fine and Strat like. Pick guard only had three bolt holes line up so be prepared for that. Total into the guitar as it sits is maybe $300. Did all the fret work and setup myself and have had other players try it out to make sure it feels right to more seasoned players.
Headphones can flatter a mix and misinform the listener, it's true. However, my DT1990 Pros will pick up a sparrow's fart in a hurricane and will certainly produce more detail than a lot of studio monitors. Okay, a treated room with neutral-sounding monitors is optimal, but a good pair of unflattering cans come a close second. 👍
Man that thing about working dead-end jobs is too real. I just try to forget it when I pickup my guitar at the end of the day, most of the times it does.
Right now my favourite speaker combo is the new V30 with a G10 Vintage. The 12” takes care of the lows and highs and the G10 is all basically all mids. Very punchy and tight no harshness, no flubby low end. Haven’t had a chance to test a another 12” with the G10, but think a G12H-75 might be interesting with the G10.
Speaking of cabinets , my friend and producer tours with 2-4x12 aluminum cabinets with carbon fiber Celestion’s , 100W Orange rock reverb king amp. They sound amazing. But it’s punk rock
Headphones are not the only thing you should go with, also because of the stereofield it doesnt have. They are not stereo, but double mono. Its a really important aspect, obviously. I still use studio headphones to hear slme details in sibilance in vocals and voices.
In recording vocals record EVERYTHING !!! Tell the singer you want a warmup take to set the meters and record it. Get multiple takes and if necessary compile a vocal from many takes.
I chose a focusrite 2i2 over the"better" options because it fits nicely under my desk :) I have access to top end or amps and converters where I work, I don't feel I'm missing out for anything I can record in my house. No need to overthink, it's really hard to buy a bass interface these days (even the B word is adequate for most things!)
One of the few legit reasons for replacing pickups...higher output. Going from stock pickups that are vintage wound (~9k) to a high output pickup can help the amp gain. So you'll get more overdrive out of the same amp. If, of course, you're not a pedal guy.
I was initially worried that Singularity would be the beginning of the end for me as a professional bass player. But I realize I was worried about nothing... have you ever seen a computer program do bong rips before? My career is safe!
The "don't mix on headphones" thing was true until recently. But now, with the Slate VSX system (these are NOT normal headphones), if you DO NOT have a pro studio and are working out of a bedroom, it is (IMO) a FAR better tool for mixing than ANY set of monitors in a NOT treated room. I use to use JBLs that automatically tuned themselves to your room, and a pair of Avantone cubes as secondary monitoring. That was pretty good, but there was still a lot of taking the mix out to the car and other environments, checking, and at LEAST 2 or 3 rounds of revision that way. Because if you DON'T have a professional, tuned room, even great monitors DO lie to you. But the VSX headphones do not lie to you. You can check the many different listening environments AS YOU MIX, and eliminate all that trial and error. When you're done, your mix sounds exactly how you expect it to sound -- in the car, on earpods, on a boom box, etc. Is it better than a pro, tuned room like Glenn has? No, but it's way better (IMO) than any other option for BEDROOM studios. I use to tell people to invest in good monitors. Now I tell them get the VSX and you really won't need them. Not for mixing.
GLENNNNNN! I think I can prove the guitars sound different aspect, tone wood pickups. First let me say, I think in a mix its slight to those that know the sound. And I still maybe completely wrong so call me a fuck face. I've not played in a while and just got into the Nembrini software. I have everything else since not playing after a while, and basically using Eleven rack for convenience which sounds like balls anyway, but it was there. So long story short. I build a sound I "felt" with the 8180. I liked it. Broke a string on the guitar I was playing. Picked up another, and it was different. Lows were different, highs were different. Then I grabbed a Steinberger and it sounded like shit. I grabbed my mahogany one piece and I was like Dafuq? Maybe ultra fresh ears or something. It was TIGHT. Honestly I think your point about the speaker makes the most sense. And I do not disagree with you. However, as guitar players typically FAFO alone with just their themselves, they hear differences, even if slight. So if you tell me how, I will get you recordings of these. This also begs to differ if the software is wrong? But I was able to dial it in pretty quick. I'll have to screen shot my settings if I can't figure out how to save a preset out of pro tools. I do hear differences in the different guitars and pickups. Settings are completely the same on the 8180. This isn't to say you are wrong or anything. I think there are just differences in what people like and they hear it. SO I'll do what ever test you want me to do and I'll send you every result. Little embarrassed to try to write something and put it in a mix, but maybe if you have something I could learn, not too hard, to play against I can do a bunch of short recordings you can compare and present. I have time, 20 guitars, but once the writers strike ends (probably not anytime soon) I can do this. Once they sign a deal, I will not have the time for a long time. At least not to the point where I am rushing to get it done. Tell me how to contact you and how you would like me to do the test.
I find myself liking Eminence and Mojotone a lot when I look at their reviews. If you like the whole "pair a bright speaker and a dark speaker" and mic one of each when quad tracking, Seismic Audio has some good ones, they can handle 150 Watts, and they only go for like $75 USD. I generally prefer darker tones from my cabs and speakers, and then drive a VERY mid forward, bright amp tone, so if I don't do something like a hemp cone unit, or if I need more wattage from a single speaker, those are my go-too. Otherwise, I'm actually a G12H-100/G12K-100/G12T-75 kinda guy. On the latter (G12T-75), if you just roll off the highs a bit, or pair with a darker speaker, then it sounds amazing. Used to have an old MG412 with lower wattage G12T speakers.
In regards to pick-ups, the only time I've heard a noticeable difference was swapping the pick-ups in my old Squier Jim Root Telecaster for his signature EMG set. They sounded fuller and tighter at least to me. Miss that guitar on a daily basis
I finished highschool and instead of going to college I immediately entered the work force getting experience and building relationships, now through that experience and relationships I’m able to actually able to provide for my family. The people chasing a career in music are doing the same thing, getting experience and building relationships. The world isn’t the same as it was for the boomers where college was the end all be all. It’s hard to sell a life long debt to acquire a piece of paper that will land you a job barely above minimum wage
I would say it is definitely different, but the thing that is different is you generally have a lot more people going to college and in a lot of cases for degrees that don't pay well enough to begin with or necessarily need a degree. For those jobs I would still recommend to start working and get your degree while working. The advantage of a degree is not a guaranteed salary or job, it is for expanding your options. College is not the only way to do things and for some people it just doesn't work for them and spending a ton of money for a job that doesn't pay well is just not smart, there are much cheaper ways to get a degree and nobody cares where you went for 99% of the jobs out there. I would generally say if you spend more than 2 years worth of salary of your expected job when you come out you probably spent too much. I would also say regarding his comment to the video about affording a place to live, everyone I know during my age had to live with 1-3 other people until their early 30s before they could afford a place to live alone as well as a lot of people not being able to afford a house until their 40s.
@@roareward that’s what I’m currently doing, my job has tuition reimbursement so they pay for a good portion of college dedication for employees and the only reason I am going is to get a degree that will allow me to move further up in the company I’m currently working in. I think people just need to realize they don’t have to immediately go to college right at 18 and getting into a job that will help pay for it is a good way to go
Have noticed with pickups 6 strings tend not to matter, but on 7 strings tone varies wildly on the low B string. Cheaper tends to muffle or muddy that string while higher strings aren't to bad
Glen, I feel like the lower segment of IQ would benefit from you pointing out that some pickups are straight up trash, but that doesn't mean there are magic pickups, that make your tone somehow so good, that the tone can't be achieved in post, to use a film term.
I agree with what you are saying re mixing on headphones. BUT. If your choice is between mixing on headphones vs not mixing at all then mixing on headphones is where it's at. With the housing situation being what it is around my neck of the woods having the space/landlord/neighbours that allow you to mix on monitors is a luxury and a rare one at that.
Love the Peavey 6505! We use tube amps in Narthex and I have been trying to tell people for a long time that you can get used tube amps for less than $500 if you just take a few minutes of your time and look. A lot of misconceptions out there that you have to spend two grand or something and tube amps break all the time. "You gotta replace the tubes all the time tho!" Yeah, thats not true either.
OK, I know, I know: I need to show my work. I'm getting there. But I have some observations that I have made after trying a crap load of different pick ups. This is a metal centric view. Every pick up has a certain amount of output, and it's not necessarily measured by the DC resistance. Higher output pick ups will sound different than lower output pick ups. They don't sound worse, they sound different. use those differences to your advantage if you even need them. The next difference is the width of the magnetic field that actually interacts with the strings. In my experience, you get more highs with a narrower field, and you get a tighter sound. The differences, however, are not staggering. They're noticeable, if you put them under a microscope so to speak. The pick ups that are already in your guitar are probably just fine. If they are letting too much noise in, do everything you can to mitigate the noise without replacing them. If that still doesn't work, then maybe it is time to get new pick ups. You probably don't need to spend a fortune. Get something that you know fixes your actual problem rather than chasing some sort of elusive tone you're not gonna get from the pick up.
I'm not completely sure how bad the housing prices are in north America, but I can say that here in Australia it generally takes about 4 jobs between 2 people to buy one
Glenn, do you know how to get a Halford-style falsetto to sound huge in a mix? My band is working on our debut album and I can do the technique just fine. On playback it sounds so thin when everything is playing. We’ve even varied up the technique and layered it multiple times (which helps) but we can’t get it to sound huge like Priest or Beast in Black.
Asking not for educational reasons but just curiosity. Everyone has their own preferences for their guitars and I'm honestly curious on how YOU personally choose your own favorite guitars, Glenn. Do you care about how a guitar sounds acoustically, even if it doesn't affect recording, do you have a preferred neck shape, do you choose purely on aesthetics, is weight/balance a factor, etc.?
2:56 whew. In mixed on this one. While I agree, it’s all about 1.) great headphones that don’t add flutter to sound 2.) mentally learning how your headphones comapre to monitors. But that takes time and skill.
Glenn mate can you do a review on the new Yamaha WL 500 headphones. They are wireless but intended for mixing and have some extremely low latency. You are the only person I trust to review gear.
A video on vocal layering for metal would probably be helpful to alot of people here.
Yes 👏🏽
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Try different things, keep what sounds good. Every song is different and theres no right or wrong.
Great idea!
Glenn gives good crowd vocal.
I understand Nathaniel completely. 21 years in automotive and it takes a piece of my soul every day.
27 here! I was at Chrysler. Where are you working?
If you write a three-minute song and it's great, people will play it again and again. If you write a nine-minute song and it's only ok, people won't even finish it once.
New Metallica.
amen to that!!!
So true, Thats why it needs to be something truly special
If you write a 9 minute song and it’s awesome, people will not even realise it’s 9 minutes long. Unfortunately that’s easier said than done. 😏
this is why songs need to be between roughly 2 and a half and 4 minutes, or MAYBE 5 minutes, tops, IF you can actually write a song.
The editing quality really went up with this one ngl the transitions are very smooth and the cuts feel almost indistinguishable from each other.
Very high quality video Glenn and keep up the good work.
Agreed. I pointed this out a couple episodes ago and it’s just getting better. He’s also answering more questions again instead of just rebutting the angry tone snob complaints.
Editing is good, but I would prefer the background music taken down more.
@@calvertphoto Yeah I'm with you, unfortunately I find it hard to focus on what glenn's saying when there is background music. Maybe bringing it down another 2db could make it ok for me.
This new editing is AWESOME dude!
One small piece of criticism is though that i felt the background music was too loud, but other than that, keep doing it like this!
I mix on headphones and check on speakers for 10 years. All clients were happy so far. No problems :)
I do this too honestly and it's pretty ideal imo
If you take the extra step to check on speakers....why not skip the headphones and mix using the room speakers?
@@BikerEgg1 I feel I'm very used to headphones. I listen to a lot of music through headphones and I use them for mixing. I know and feel them really well. And I think I can hear more details this way. Speakers just needed to make sure everything is alright (and to blast some music occasionally :) )
And you type like a ten year old.
You can totally mix on headphones. As long as you now them well, you can do a great job on them.
Full disclosure: the song I submitted to Glenn on his last Submit Your Mix episode was originally just over seven minutes. I chopped it down to four and a half.
Getting people to listen to your music is enough of a struggle. One thing that helps is learning to get to the friggin’ point and trimming as much fat off as you can.
there is actually a saying, that a song is finished if you can't cut anything off anymore - not when you can't add anything additionally. same goes for melody and harmony. learned that the hard way...
@skratchrapture Beth Hart is one of the best song writers right now. She submits 40 songs to get 10 on the album. That's just the songs she summited. Many acts "that made it" had just one hit song in their whole career.
Mad thing about my love of this show is, I'm not even into modern metal and really only classic metal from 70s and 80s. Music I love now and make is nothing like metal at all, although there's some crazy noise involved. What I love about this show is Glenn and his commitment to "telling truth to power" and not shilling for anyone other than us ordinary schmucks trying to make music out here in the real world. Also like him getting into a full on rant and love the music to "Butthurt of the Week" 😎 Keep being you Glenn and of course, go forth and fornicate yourself :)
With the advancement in technology getting a killer sound cheap and simple is very possible. I started playing in 1994 with a Squire guitar and Behringer 1x12 30 watt and in 1996 and a Zoom preamp (sound sucked). In 1997 I upgraded to a Jackson Kelly, Peavey 5150, 4x12 and a TS9, this rig got me through tons of shows/gigs and was a beast to lug around. But since 2019 I have been playing shows with a ESP EC-1000, PRS -MT15, two PRS MT 1x12s, Maxon OD808 and this has been the best sound I have ever been content with. Players no longer need spend thousands of dollars to get a killer sound, modulators are cheaper and better than ever. You can get a good guitar for $500, a Harley Benton 2x12 for $350 and a Harley Benton GPA-100 for $80. Go to a pawn shop and pick up some cables and for about $1,000 you can play shows. In the 1990s a good guitar, amp and cabinet for gigging would cost about $3,000. Keep the metal flowing \m/ (-_-) \m/
If you're going to do a four minute plus song it REALLY has to delve into weird and wonderful directions to maintain the listeners interest. Not many people have the talent to pull that off so sticking to three minute bangers with catchy choruses is a far safer option for most of us.
Most musicians I've played with tend to lack in the songwriting department. The more "technically developed" they are: the less they can usually understand dynamic changes, or the eq of an amp 😂
I used to be guilty of doing too much in songs. The day I learned to calm the fuck down and leave room for other people to shine my songs got SOOOO much better.
If you like long songs, go blues. There are a lot of famous 8+ minute songs in blues. Why don't metal guitarists play blues? Most don't know how to sing let alone write lyrics. In fact, the vast majority of famous guitarists could sing except for Eddie Van Halen. That includes Jimmy Page and Joe Satrioni.
Honestly, most of the time, if a decent song is too long, it's because the band doesn't know when enough is enough. For example, if you have an intro riff that is 2 bars, then repeating it 4 times is no big deal. However, if your intro riff is 4 bars long, then you really need to go a maximum of two times unless there is an interesting top line over it. Just check the math. At 120 BPM, one bar is 2 seconds long. Which means a 4 bar riff if 8 seconds long. That means if you do that riff 4 times in a row, that intro riff is eating up the first 32 seconds of the song. Conversely, if you were to do that same 4 bar riff twice, the intro is only eating up 16 seconds of the song. My band has a song where the guitar parts (I don't want to call them all riffs because a lot of it is just chord progressions designed to support the vocals) are mostly 4 bars long. Every section of the song is done only twice, with the exception of the lead, one rhythm part goes 3 times to give me enough time for phrasing. The song comes in right around 4 minutes. If we were to do all those riffs 4 times like a lot of bands like to do, it would probably be an 8 minute song, but no extra substance. Just pummeling the shit out of the listener with the same riffs over and over, lol.
Any and all upticks in subscribers is very well deserved , i can't stress enough how much i have learned(and for free) by watching...... Thanks again
Changing pickups changes the aesthetic of the instrument and that’s pretty much it
Only at high gain settings. You've beeñ proven wrong several times,
Can't believe you read that comment I put about work vs. Music and featured it, thanks for the kind and understanding words! I had deleted that, cuz it felt too personal and maybe I was complaining too much so that was a really nice
Listening to these while getting ready for school and work makes everything go so much better. Thanks G!
Lol me to!
I‘d better start practicing more, because singularity could put me out of a job if I‘m not good enough! But seriously, that bass program sounds great! So good that it makes me nervous.
Dude. I'm 44, been working various jobs for most of my life and I'm basically half-homeless. Same goes for my drummer, who lives in his rehearsal place/studio underground at 58! Currently, I'm a taxi driver, I work as much as I can, will drive more when I finally manage to register my new (13 years new, to be precise) car as a taxi, as my current piece of shit breaks down more than it actually works. And I still can't afford a place to live on my own (yeah, being single sucks sometimes as you don't have that special someone to split bills with). Thank fuck I don't live in the US as I'd already be dead due to not being able to afford any healthcare. But yes, this is today's reality - not only in the US and Canada, but also here in Poland. Massive props to you for consumer advocacy - we may differ in some of our views and perspectives, but your work to show folks like myself that there are very good affordable alternatives and one can get great results without spending a fuckload of cash is highly appreciated. Kudos for that!
Glenn I really like your new background music choice, keeps me much more interested in the show
We cut the head off a Peavey bass combo when we were at school, pretty easy.. cut cables, saw bottom off, speaker jack socket and air vents/grills in the side, put on replacement bottom, paint it or get some of that rough covering to fancy it up, corner pieces and rubber feet. We also cut a sheet of perspex to make a transparent pick guard on a strat (though drilling the screw holes was a nightmare - tips on that would be handy). Being a musician with crafting skills is a good combo, fancy stuff up yourself and pay next to nothing.
The Singularity interface is too cool, me like glowing bass ❤
"Don't be afraid to mix it up...experiment..."
Words to live by.
This is how we got so many different and great sounds throughout the years, and many of those were by sheer happenstance.
Layering vocal tip - use the main vocal track dry as the external sidechain on a gate for the layers. It tightens everything up, and you can add effects to the 'supporting vocals' without leaving a tail.
Man you have taught me so much over the past 4 months. I don't even use my practice amps or even my big tube amp anymore. I've been using reaper and a the Otto II II II II plugin and my whole world has opened up. You can change the cab simulation in the plugins and it totally changes everything about the guitar tone and even the aggressiveness of the pick attacks etc. I've accidentally played sick sh*t since I started witching this channel. I used to struggle just to do decent covers. Oh and the extinction level drum kit is sick!
Can confirm , speaker swapping is where its at. I took the Jensen out of my Fender Deluxe 112 and put in an early 80s Greenback from another combo (a 212 GBX Superbug) and I've never heard a Fender amp sound this good with just on board Gain.
I actually snagged one of the Mojotone BV series speakers specifically so I could put it into a 6505+ combo amp. Totally worth it for $109.99 in the US!
I can absolutely vouch for the weight of that 6505+ combo as well. It's about 61 lbs by itself with the Sheffield in it and the shipping weight adds more to it based on packing materials. It's not the lightest thing in the world so you do have to be careful lifting it... but that's also why there's usually a "team lift" icon on the box it ships in too. That being said, I feel for the poor guy that had to bring it upstairs to my place since that couldn't have been fun.
Congrats on 414 Glenn! Love these episodes 🤟
Happiest of Fridays, Have a great weekend Sir.
Singularity is coming, the Robo revolution is coming! 🤖🦾
I am happy with my choice to mix on great headphones rather than in an untreated room. Plugins provide crosstalk as needed so thats not a big issue. My headphones (Ollo S4R1.1) came with a frequency response measurement for each driver so I am confident that they are sufficiently neutral (and not harmon curve). The headphone amp in my interface is insufficient, so an outboard amp was required.
You’re a righteous dude. I appreciate your pov and knowledge behind it.
Love your show Glen ,
I have learned lots of things.
Keep pissing people off ,I’m loving it.
the show has great entertainment value and shares great knowledge. After a long crappy work week this show helps get the mind off of the work week. Kudos to you Glenn. !
“Don’t bore us. Get to the chorus.”
Thank you for that one Glen
He didn't come up with the saying, tho.
to be fair, that quote had been going around for quite a while.
The quote is as old as Glenn himself.
@@patriotbarrow
Sure but it is the first time I heard it
I agree with Glenn on many things, but that's bullshit.
Does he have no patience? Sure, if the song sucks, the song sucks. But it's the same with movies. It's like people who skip the first hour of Jurassic Park because they wanna get to the action.
I've changed pickups a couple of times, it's not a massive change, but I do like the difference in the "reaction" of the guitar, especially doing cleans. I know we play metal, but I'd argue cleans are even more important in this case, because they have to have a sound that can match the onslaught of the amp, when you're playing clean parts.
Yeah, Glenn sees it kind of short sightedly. He gets cleans in the studio by taking the amp and making the adjustments he needs to make, throw a little delay and/or chorus on it, and boom, nice cleans. However, and people who play a 5150 can attest to this, what about when you are playing live (not necessarily on stage, but just trying to play a song all the way through without stopping) and your amp doesn't have a great clean channel, and it is a shared EQ. You have a lot less to work with there, so a pickup that sounds the way you like it on the clean channel helps a ton with taming an amp when you want to go clean. When I used to have an EMG 81, I always had to roll down the volume and sometimes the tone when I went clean because it was kind of thin and harsh. The 85 was much better for playing clean because it had more low end, but my two favorite pickups are the DiMarzio Evo and the Super Distortion. I like the SD better just slightly because the output is higher, so it matches the rest of my guitars volume wise. The Evo I seem to need to boost the volume a little bit on stage, but it sounds fantastic.
lmao "Don't bore us, get to the chorus!" is going into my personal lexicon.
Been watching your videos since the days of stupid musician texts to engineers. Love your work.
What happend? since two weeks or so the quality of each and every video did increase immensivly. I don't talk about technical aspects only, it's like he didn't love what he was doing for a while and now enjoys it again. I cant tell. but its entertaining af, he is personal, him self, down to earth. at least in my books, Glenn is back!
Glenn, you where here in Austria playing guitar in a nuclear reactor (that was actually in the f... news here) - you might wanna want to try the alps next time. thats echo 2.0
I bought a UA Volt 4 to use for live virtual instrument use on my Windows 10 laptop. The drivers have been absolutely stable, it works well with low latency, and if you have USB-C on your computer, the Volt is bus-powered (you don't need the wall-wart power supply). I haven't tested the mic pres at all, but as far as its converters go, they sound just fine! My "big rig" has Lynx Aurora(n) converters -- some of the best on the market -- and I have Neve, Twin Servo, and a Sebatron valve preamp. With all this slutty gear, I'm saying the Volt sounds just fine!
I was about to change pick-ups and looking for a video advice on what's the best high output yet vintage sounding that will change my tone. Then this video was suggested by TH-cam algorithm. And really greatful!....Thanks for the advice Glenn. 👍You help me save my hard earned money. 😅Pick-ups ALL sound the same and they all transmit sound from the guitar hahaha. SUBSCRIBED!
Watch this for evidence: th-cam.com/video/emwl23RX2is/w-d-xo.html
@@SpectreSoundStudios Thank you so much Glenn, you just debunked the BS that we always need to "upgrade" pick-ups for a better tone which is actually not noticable. You're video made me stop upgrading...already got Seymours, then bought EMG's, then the hype is calling me to buy some Fish*an and BareKn*ckle, which according to "experts" sound waaay better. But you prove it otherwise. Its all in the Amp and effects. Cheers Glenn.🤘
I really think more people learning how to record/layer vocals is so essential, really wanna see you go over that stuff more. I can’t tell you how many times i get a mix with no vocal layers and i tell them i need more layers before i take on the project😂.
I love that you used one of my tunes for the Singularity-feature, Glenn! 😂❤
Also: the editing on this video is AMAZING!! Great flow - and love the added music!!
On the other hand, having welding skills is badass! If you were Hawaii right now, you'd be welding up stages for the insane live sound business going on. Plus you are a hero to BMX
I like the new intro this week. And then you jump right into the yelling!
I'd love to see you do a deep dive on your new singularity bass vst and plugin
So the thing with quality pickups is mostly how they react to your picking dynamics. At least, IMO. Subtle nuances matter whether you are playing clean or "metal". That's what makes a unique tone. Some high-end pickups are worth the price, and on the other side, you can find cheaper options that can get the job done. Use your ears. It's up to personal preferences.
Glen just wanted to say love your chanel it’s great for up and coming artists and producers. I have been a producer and mixing engineer for twenty years and have some major placements. I am also a studio bass player and side note for you , I no every note on my fretboard and I actually can change my own strings hahahah . Seriously love your channel, love the gear reviews and the honest advice also glad to se you using reaper as first choice I switch from protools to reaper . The simple fact that your computer has zero idea it’s has a Daw on it and it’s packed for a low price with many upgrades and updates for free. Keep up the awesome videos man 🤘
i'm glad that we're seeing more questions about speakers and less about useless stuff, seems like the message went through well ! Thank you for the nice videos as always !! :D
Thanks for the info on the Toronto guitar builder
I remember when you had 200 subs. Lol. I’m so glad you’ve done so well here’s to another half mill this next year. 🍺 🍻 🍺
Hell yea Glenn,cause this channel kicks Ass!!!
I wonder how many people who think they have to change their guitar pickups ever thought of just adjusting the height of the pickups first. If the pickups are raised a little higher they will have more output, because the magnetic field of the pickups gets closer to the strings. If you want less output you lower the pickup height.
I like long and epic songs as well. 20 minutes is the sweet spot for me. Songs like Love is the Only Answer by The Flower Kings or From Silence to Somewhere by Wobbler are great examples.
Hey Glenn!
Please include a bass speaker swap series as well. High gain/fuzz bass definitely requires complimentary speakers that can handle it! Would love to see what are good options to get the best sound
As a Brit and huge Rik and Ade fan, I appreciate the BAD NEWS T shirt man......fuck yeah!!!
KILLER T SHIRT GLEN, DON'T BORE US, GET TO THE CHORUS. PLEASE AND THANK YOU!
Great editing on the latest couple of videos! I especially liked the "nose track" effect in some of the videos lately. More of that please!
Glennnnn I would really love to see a video series on recording and processing vocals
The reason I replaced a pickup for the first time is that due to its construction it wasn't capable of what I've wanted to do.
The stock humbucker on one of my HSS Strats was only a 3 conductor wire, meaning in my case it was only capable of being split with the outside coil (closer to the bridge), I on the other hand wanted to split with the inside coil (closer to the sweetspot of the guitar), so I had no choice other than to swap the pickup.
the tone shift was not between the two pickups, but purely between splitting the different coils.
"Fix the real problem, not the imaginary!" I think that should be your next shirt drop!
13:44 This bit cut pretty deep, as I had, once, been the bright-eyed youth that bought in to the biggest lie of my generation [Millenial]. I had been sold the idea and "guarantee" of getting loans, putting my nose in the books, and then graduating with a good degree would get me places. The reality of the grift came forth to have me find that my University screwed me over, losing all progress I had made towards achieving my dream, and leaving me tens of thousands in debt. This grift, blowing up in my face, thrust me in to a different life, thereby shattering my confidence in the system, as it stood then and stands now. I am now in my thirties, still at home, [I welcome all humourous jabs], working my ass off at a job I hate that doesn't pay enough for a single person to live on his or her own. The small amounts I saved to purchase my instruments is the only solace I managed to carve out for myself. I feel bad for the kids that have to come into the current world with nary a pot to piss in due to the greed and corruption of the few at the top. The battle is one of attrition and is a very long one but it will get better in the long term. Keep at it and don't let anyone try to mess it up for ya, otherwise they can simply piss off. Cheers, Glenn.
This guy reminds me alot of my one sound engineering lecturer. Really cool and entertaining guy
Sleep Token worshipper here.
Sleep Token can do 7 to 9 minute long songs because they execute it well, and their song writing game is phenomenal. It's not just the same thing over and over and over again, and there's always themes and motifs and variations of said themes/motifs. There's always something interesting happening, and they're bringing up/turning down the energy when appropriate.
Also, Vessel (their lead vocalist and writer) has a good voice.
Worship.
NO FUCKING CORE ALOUD!!! OUT OUT OUT!! GET THE FUCK OUT!
1:04 it’s official, Glenn unintentionally became a cult leader 😂
I use the dv77 and the mojo greyhound in a x pattern and love it! My other cab is a hesu 4x12. Glad I'm in the Glen Zone!
I changed my pickups in my Squier Strat with some cheap ones from Amazon.
(My bastardized setup I had before was going bad electrically)
$50 for Musiclilly loaded pick guard with “hot rails”. Due to EMI’s in the studio the hot rails quiet that down. They sound fine and Strat like. Pick guard only had three bolt holes line up so be prepared for that.
Total into the guitar as it sits is maybe $300. Did all the fret work and setup myself and have had other players try it out to make sure it feels right to more seasoned players.
😂😂 Don't bore us,get to the chorus!That's a great one Glenn! That belongs on a Tshirt
Headphones can flatter a mix and misinform the listener, it's true. However, my DT1990 Pros will pick up a sparrow's fart in a hurricane and will certainly produce more detail than a lot of studio monitors. Okay, a treated room with neutral-sounding monitors is optimal, but a good pair of unflattering cans come a close second. 👍
i love the first 3 minutes of every periphery song
Man that thing about working dead-end jobs is too real. I just try to forget it when I pickup my guitar at the end of the day, most of the times it does.
Believe it or not, GLENN LIKES COOL PICKUPS ❤
Right now my favourite speaker combo is the new V30 with a G10 Vintage. The 12” takes care of the lows and highs and the G10 is all basically all mids. Very punchy and tight no harshness, no flubby low end. Haven’t had a chance to test a another 12” with the G10, but think a G12H-75 might be interesting with the G10.
Man that is a nice V Glenn at 1st looked like a new Schector model!
Speaking of cabinets , my friend and producer tours with 2-4x12 aluminum cabinets with carbon fiber Celestion’s , 100W Orange rock reverb king amp. They sound amazing. But it’s punk rock
Headphones are not the only thing you should go with, also because of the stereofield it doesnt have. They are not stereo, but double mono. Its a really important aspect, obviously.
I still use studio headphones to hear slme details in sibilance in vocals and voices.
In recording vocals record EVERYTHING !!! Tell the singer you want a warmup take to set the meters and record it. Get multiple takes and if necessary compile a vocal from many takes.
I chose a focusrite 2i2 over the"better" options because it fits nicely under my desk :)
I have access to top end or amps and converters where I work, I don't feel I'm missing out for anything I can record in my house.
No need to overthink, it's really hard to buy a bass interface these days (even the B word is adequate for most things!)
Looking forward to that combo to head separation video! For metal sake, please refer to that as a decapitation!
For iconic.. my brother had 40w combo and put a neo cream back in,reduced the weight and sounds killer with a nice growl to it..
One of the few legit reasons for replacing pickups...higher output.
Going from stock pickups that are vintage wound (~9k) to a high output pickup can help the amp gain.
So you'll get more overdrive out of the same amp.
If, of course, you're not a pedal guy.
I was initially worried that Singularity would be the beginning of the end for me as a professional bass player. But I realize I was worried about nothing... have you ever seen a computer program do bong rips before? My career is safe!
The "don't mix on headphones" thing was true until recently. But now, with the Slate VSX system (these are NOT normal headphones), if you DO NOT have a pro studio and are working out of a bedroom, it is (IMO) a FAR better tool for mixing than ANY set of monitors in a NOT treated room. I use to use JBLs that automatically tuned themselves to your room, and a pair of Avantone cubes as secondary monitoring. That was pretty good, but there was still a lot of taking the mix out to the car and other environments, checking, and at LEAST 2 or 3 rounds of revision that way. Because if you DON'T have a professional, tuned room, even great monitors DO lie to you. But the VSX headphones do not lie to you. You can check the many different listening environments AS YOU MIX, and eliminate all that trial and error. When you're done, your mix sounds exactly how you expect it to sound -- in the car, on earpods, on a boom box, etc. Is it better than a pro, tuned room like Glenn has? No, but it's way better (IMO) than any other option for BEDROOM studios. I use to tell people to invest in good monitors. Now I tell them get the VSX and you really won't need them. Not for mixing.
I second this.
GLENNNNNN!
I think I can prove the guitars sound different aspect, tone wood pickups. First let me say, I think in a mix its slight to those that know the sound. And I still maybe completely wrong so call me a fuck face.
I've not played in a while and just got into the Nembrini software. I have everything else since not playing after a while, and basically using Eleven rack for convenience which sounds like balls anyway, but it was there.
So long story short. I build a sound I "felt" with the 8180. I liked it. Broke a string on the guitar I was playing. Picked up another, and it was different.
Lows were different, highs were different. Then I grabbed a Steinberger and it sounded like shit.
I grabbed my mahogany one piece and I was like Dafuq? Maybe ultra fresh ears or something. It was TIGHT.
Honestly I think your point about the speaker makes the most sense. And I do not disagree with you. However, as guitar players typically FAFO alone with just their themselves, they hear differences, even if slight.
So if you tell me how, I will get you recordings of these. This also begs to differ if the software is wrong? But I was able to dial it in pretty quick. I'll have to screen shot my settings if I can't figure out how to save a preset out of pro tools.
I do hear differences in the different guitars and pickups. Settings are completely the same on the 8180.
This isn't to say you are wrong or anything. I think there are just differences in what people like and they hear it. SO I'll do what ever test you want me to do and I'll send you every result.
Little embarrassed to try to write something and put it in a mix, but maybe if you have something I could learn, not too hard, to play against I can do a bunch of short recordings you can compare and present.
I have time, 20 guitars, but once the writers strike ends (probably not anytime soon) I can do this. Once they sign a deal, I will not have the time for a long time. At least not to the point where I am rushing to get it done.
Tell me how to contact you and how you would like me to do the test.
I find myself liking Eminence and Mojotone a lot when I look at their reviews. If you like the whole "pair a bright speaker and a dark speaker" and mic one of each when quad tracking, Seismic Audio has some good ones, they can handle 150 Watts, and they only go for like $75 USD. I generally prefer darker tones from my cabs and speakers, and then drive a VERY mid forward, bright amp tone, so if I don't do something like a hemp cone unit, or if I need more wattage from a single speaker, those are my go-too. Otherwise, I'm actually a G12H-100/G12K-100/G12T-75 kinda guy. On the latter (G12T-75), if you just roll off the highs a bit, or pair with a darker speaker, then it sounds amazing. Used to have an old MG412 with lower wattage G12T speakers.
In regards to pick-ups, the only time I've heard a noticeable difference was swapping the pick-ups in my old Squier Jim Root Telecaster for his signature EMG set. They sounded fuller and tighter at least to me. Miss that guitar on a daily basis
I finished highschool and instead of going to college I immediately entered the work force getting experience and building relationships, now through that experience and relationships I’m able to actually able to provide for my family. The people chasing a career in music are doing the same thing, getting experience and building relationships. The world isn’t the same as it was for the boomers where college was the end all be all. It’s hard to sell a life long debt to acquire a piece of paper that will land you a job barely above minimum wage
I would say it is definitely different, but the thing that is different is you generally have a lot more people going to college and in a lot of cases for degrees that don't pay well enough to begin with or necessarily need a degree. For those jobs I would still recommend to start working and get your degree while working. The advantage of a degree is not a guaranteed salary or job, it is for expanding your options. College is not the only way to do things and for some people it just doesn't work for them and spending a ton of money for a job that doesn't pay well is just not smart, there are much cheaper ways to get a degree and nobody cares where you went for 99% of the jobs out there. I would generally say if you spend more than 2 years worth of salary of your expected job when you come out you probably spent too much. I would also say regarding his comment to the video about affording a place to live, everyone I know during my age had to live with 1-3 other people until their early 30s before they could afford a place to live alone as well as a lot of people not being able to afford a house until their 40s.
@@roareward that’s what I’m currently doing, my job has tuition reimbursement so they pay for a good portion of college dedication for employees and the only reason I am going is to get a degree that will allow me to move further up in the company I’m currently working in. I think people just need to realize they don’t have to immediately go to college right at 18 and getting into a job that will help pay for it is a good way to go
making progress on guitar means realizing that this dude is just a gigantic undiclosed thomann ad
Have noticed with pickups 6 strings tend not to matter, but on 7 strings tone varies wildly on the low B string. Cheaper tends to muffle or muddy that string while higher strings aren't to bad
I always loved the 6505.
Glen, I feel like the lower segment of IQ would benefit from you pointing out that some pickups are straight up trash, but that doesn't mean there are magic pickups, that make your tone somehow so good, that the tone can't be achieved in post, to use a film term.
Hey Glen. I love all the videos! Greetings from a fellow HWY 402 citizen. Would love some Ontario made pickups!
I agree with what you are saying re mixing on headphones. BUT. If your choice is between mixing on headphones vs not mixing at all then mixing on headphones is where it's at. With the housing situation being what it is around my neck of the woods having the space/landlord/neighbours that allow you to mix on monitors is a luxury and a rare one at that.
Here is a pro tip for people who want to change the look of their pickups:
Get pickup covers. They are way cheaper and come in every flavor
Love the Peavey 6505! We use tube amps in Narthex and I have been trying to tell people for a long time that you can get used tube amps for less than $500 if you just take a few minutes of your time and look. A lot of misconceptions out there that you have to spend two grand or something and tube amps break all the time. "You gotta replace the tubes all the time tho!" Yeah, thats not true either.
OK, I know, I know: I need to show my work. I'm getting there. But I have some observations that I have made after trying a crap load of different pick ups. This is a metal centric view. Every pick up has a certain amount of output, and it's not necessarily measured by the DC resistance. Higher output pick ups will sound different than lower output pick ups. They don't sound worse, they sound different. use those differences to your advantage if you even need them. The next difference is the width of the magnetic field that actually interacts with the strings. In my experience, you get more highs with a narrower field, and you get a tighter sound. The differences, however, are not staggering. They're noticeable, if you put them under a microscope so to speak. The pick ups that are already in your guitar are probably just fine. If they are letting too much noise in, do everything you can to mitigate the noise without replacing them. If that still doesn't work, then maybe it is time to get new pick ups. You probably don't need to spend a fortune. Get something that you know fixes your actual problem rather than chasing some sort of elusive tone you're not gonna get from the pick up.
I'm not completely sure how bad the housing prices are in north America, but I can say that here in Australia it generally takes about 4 jobs between 2 people to buy one
IN A GADDA DA VIDA = over 3 minutes Scooby Snack
Glenn, do you know how to get a Halford-style falsetto to sound huge in a mix? My band is working on our debut album and I can do the technique just fine. On playback it sounds so thin when everything is playing.
We’ve even varied up the technique and layered it multiple times (which helps) but we can’t get it to sound huge like Priest or Beast in Black.
Asking not for educational reasons but just curiosity. Everyone has their own preferences for their guitars and I'm honestly curious on how YOU personally choose your own favorite guitars, Glenn. Do you care about how a guitar sounds acoustically, even if it doesn't affect recording, do you have a preferred neck shape, do you choose purely on aesthetics, is weight/balance a factor, etc.?
2:56 whew. In mixed on this one. While I agree, it’s all about 1.) great headphones that don’t add flutter to sound 2.) mentally learning how your headphones comapre to monitors. But that takes time and skill.
Everytime I watch one of your videos I have to lower the volume from 4 to 1.5.... OMG those screaaaAAAAAams!!! 😂😂😂😂
Glenn mate can you do a review on the new Yamaha WL 500 headphones. They are wireless but intended for mixing and have some extremely low latency. You are the only person I trust to review gear.
"Don't bore us, get to the chorus". A title for a songwriting series from Glenn?
It's not his quote, lol. The founder of Motown Records Berry Gordy originally said it, and Desmond Child lived by it.