Fripp is the master. I find what he does to be a maturity of tones. Not just noises with purpose, but sounds with spaces to open conscious pathways and lines that fall into the masters catagory. I have heard RF do things that made me cry, absolute wonderful textures tha massage the cerebral cortex. King Crimsons first seven albums have moments in them that make goosebumps and then they went into techno throb and incredible jamming with Adrian belew. Anyway, thank you for sharing your mind.
@vroomuk also Darren I've noticed you like a good Godin or two :-) I've got a steel string Godin Acousticaster it was my very first guitar I got it for £40 and still in good condition I was just wondering if you know much about them and roughly what they're worth. Cheers.
@craigyfear Well I know that new Godin Acousticaster's are around a grand. Not sure about second-hand value. Probably nearer £300-400 - though it is so hard to price a guitar these days what with the ECONOMY. Yes, I do have a soft spot for Godin's...
...and yeah....i was fine till I started to "get clever" - simple tracks were so much easier and sounded so much better. You really have to know what you're doing mixing wise the more complicated your composing get. Oh sometimes, just sometimes I miss the old tascam four track cassette days. And yes, reverb is a very cruel mistress.
@vroomuk I don't think we've got the individual tracks but I'll ask the question :-) If not though I might let you get your filthy mits on some of our new recordings as and when they happen. Thanks for the offer though. Much appreciated
@vroomuk No worries mate. If you want to have a listen to some stuff we've recorded before at "proper" studios then we've got some songs up on myspace .com /thefearsband We're not particuarly a prog band but I don't think for a minute you limit your tastes to one genre of music. We've not been happy with the results so we thought if we did it ourselves we'd have no one else to blame if it came out crap!!!
@craigyfear I had a listen to your MySpace page and yeah, not bad. I can see why you think the mix is lacking. If you have access to the files I would be happy to remix one of your songs for you to see if I can help out. I wouldn't mind moving into production! :-)
Hi Darren. My band has just decided to record our first album and so far you've answered a lot of questions that we initially had with this video and your video a while back about CD Baby. So I just wanted to say thanks for putting the time and effort into your videos as they do inspire smaller bands to do bigger things!!! I'll send you a copy for review when we're done haha
@craigyfear Cool - sometimes I wonder what the heck I am doing talking to the camera. So it is nice to know that someone is getting some use from these videos!
thanks man. very cool. good info, great vibe.
mattyb3671 2 weeks ago
Fripp is the master. I find what he does to be a maturity of tones. Not just noises with purpose, but sounds with spaces to open conscious pathways and lines that fall into the masters catagory. I have heard RF do things that made me cry, absolute wonderful textures tha massage the cerebral cortex. King Crimsons first seven albums have moments in them that make goosebumps and then they went into techno throb and incredible jamming with Adrian belew. Anyway, thank you for sharing your mind.
harpoclarx 1 month ago
great video, ideas and advice!
thanks a lot man!
mrBrianlovesmovies 1 month ago
Oh yes, and good to hear someone else against piracy.
lordwormpie 1 month ago
@lordwormpie I'm not really against it. I just don't do it. I understand why some do, but if you have the cash and you are serious, then pay.
vrooomuk 1 month ago
@vroomuk also Darren I've noticed you like a good Godin or two :-) I've got a steel string Godin Acousticaster it was my very first guitar I got it for £40 and still in good condition I was just wondering if you know much about them and roughly what they're worth. Cheers.
craigyfear 1 month ago
@craigyfear Well I know that new Godin Acousticaster's are around a grand. Not sure about second-hand value. Probably nearer £300-400 - though it is so hard to price a guitar these days what with the ECONOMY. Yes, I do have a soft spot for Godin's...
vrooomuk 1 month ago
...and yeah....i was fine till I started to "get clever" - simple tracks were so much easier and sounded so much better. You really have to know what you're doing mixing wise the more complicated your composing get. Oh sometimes, just sometimes I miss the old tascam four track cassette days. And yes, reverb is a very cruel mistress.
lordwormpie 1 month ago
Loved this post. Lot of good ol fashioned sense. and stuff a lot of people assume we know. And speaking for myself - don't
lordwormpie 1 month ago
@vroomuk I don't think we've got the individual tracks but I'll ask the question :-) If not though I might let you get your filthy mits on some of our new recordings as and when they happen. Thanks for the offer though. Much appreciated
craigyfear 1 month ago
@craigyfear Whatever you want to do... ;-)
vrooomuk 1 month ago
@vroomuk No worries mate. If you want to have a listen to some stuff we've recorded before at "proper" studios then we've got some songs up on myspace .com /thefearsband We're not particuarly a prog band but I don't think for a minute you limit your tastes to one genre of music. We've not been happy with the results so we thought if we did it ourselves we'd have no one else to blame if it came out crap!!!
craigyfear 1 month ago
@craigyfear I had a listen to your MySpace page and yeah, not bad. I can see why you think the mix is lacking. If you have access to the files I would be happy to remix one of your songs for you to see if I can help out. I wouldn't mind moving into production! :-)
vrooomuk 1 month ago
Hi Darren. My band has just decided to record our first album and so far you've answered a lot of questions that we initially had with this video and your video a while back about CD Baby. So I just wanted to say thanks for putting the time and effort into your videos as they do inspire smaller bands to do bigger things!!! I'll send you a copy for review when we're done haha
craigyfear 1 month ago
@craigyfear Cool - sometimes I wonder what the heck I am doing talking to the camera. So it is nice to know that someone is getting some use from these videos!
vrooomuk 1 month ago