Crazy - Dimestop

thanks for the stop off and listen my friend, I had such good fun on this, I spent days on the vocal prep engineering etc and i had a great time because everything I added just made it slightly better, it was one of them good days,

everyday is a school day in music production Steven, you never stop learning the deeper you delve the goodies you find are tastier, joining LM has got to be one of my best decisions, not because its a superb platform, because its not, it has its limitations , but because of its people, thats what makes it worthwhile, i was looking for release from life, a way to express how i was feeling, I've been thro a lot, I tried many things to no avail but music production changed everything when i opened up and met our people I found the real me, from tongue in cheek delivery, chipped software and loop packs to a pro set up, all paid for with hard graft and my way of paying back to something that has given me so much happiness, I'm not just still hungry Steven, I'm starving lol

thanks for the great comment Cru, you do know i consider you as a huge influence on me, from my very early stages you encouraged me to push it further, you said i had something special that I didn't even see, just needs time to flourish keep learning thats what you told me. Im still learning brother but I got a real pro set up now and Im bringing more polished tracks.
6 years ago i was a loop jockey now i do it all myself, thanks to you Steven, your comments have always inspired me, as you can read Im really happy to see you and read you think I've improved, your a top lad

thankyou for your lovely comment, with a name like yours, i instantly knew there had to be a story so i checked your profile.
i watched a special on TV couple years ago, it showed a pile of fresh vegatables, opposite were 5 bigger piles that was to be thrown away pulped rotted and animal feed supermarkets refuse it if its misshaped looks like a cock and balls etc, perfectly fine to eat j
Its just wasted. and the most stupid thing is its gets diced to cook, normal people like us dont give a ##### what it looks like raw shopping would be a better laugh tho,, disgusting ##### at the top, there is starving people everywhere, the powers dictate its all about cash they dont care about the hungry, i with you on that

its on YOUR head bro

thanks Critical life as been so busy of late no time for music but I'm hoping to find the time soon, i have alot of work all ready to record, thanks for your nice comment

appreciate your time mate, thanks for the listen and comment, i actually started because the vocal loops here are all wet, i wanted dry, so i wrote a song and everyone said, i had good lyrics , i done it tongue in cheek, bit of a laugh, I've never ever sang not even karaoke. but I've done OK here, so i just never stopped, thanks again Worthingtonshireson, great name bro

its got no AI mate, i had a go and its not me. its up to the individual, i want to be more creative than pressing a button lol. i just purchased FL key61 midi-board and an audio interface, that shows my commitment to me hopefully improving everything and it'll be me no AI, I'm defiantly with you on that, your to good to try it mate your always a worthy listen, great work.

hi Aaron, life is just busy at the moment and i haven't done anything for about a month, i've just turned 60 so had a few celebrations, bought the FLkey 61 midi it fantastic and Im getting an audio interface and better mic XLR. hopefully everything will sound even better when i work it all out lol, i need to find time to bring fresh, Ive got some good tracks wrote too but work and life in general are just too busy, thats why this as been up a month, hope to get something down soon

hello Matthias, I put alot of work into this, Im enjoying myself far more these days, my set up is looking good and the rest i just keep improving hopefully, thanks for your support it is always a pleasure to here from you

thanks for the check bro, your time and listen are appreciated

thanks nooribeats and welcome to the community, i'll look forward to checking your work and dropping a comment, thanks for the stop off

thankyou glenn, i had good fun with this, it was a good day when things i added or changed sounded better each time, we all have them, its far better than banging your head cos you can't get things how you want, this turned out better than i imagined

Bro so good to see you, you picked up on the funny, I have learnt silly things cut through better and hit harder than a F U, i had a duck squeak in one not so long ago lol, but i put a lot into the vox and spent days just on the layout, then 4 lots of vocal to change, it turned out ok tbf, thanks for checking it, appreciated bruv

its dimestop bro, but i can see how that mistake was made so no hard feelings thanks for checking it

thanks for the inspiring comment Cosmo, it keeps the motivation stirring and I appreciate your listen and your time in commenting, thankyou

my bruv, thankyou so much, words are a gift, I happened to find I had a bit of a talent and could write a good lyric, words used correctly with passion and belief also stir emotions in others, like your feeling towards our lord, thats how i feel about beats, if you deliver it correctly and its believable others will relate to it too.
I just reel stories of my 60 years and what I've seen, we are no different brother, we only tell our stories, thanks for your support

thanks Angel, i had a real good go at this one, i do far less tracks now and try to bring quality as apposed to quantity, I still love to write tho' I've bought a good bit of kit too, my engineering as improved massively which also helps, music makes me feel happy inside and out and my passion is still as big, this community are part of my passion too, theres a bag full off talent
I'm just a little less often these days but its all good, thanks for a great comment

thanks for the check bro, the grinding never stops just at an easier pace these days, in other words, slower lol, this was good fun

ok Jared, i enjoyed this one and thought it was mixed well too, its had a good response which is always a positive and keeps the motivation ticking, Ive had a few quickies myself and had great results, but i put the work in on the vox big time with this, thanks for the stop

thanks bruv, as Artist we are all creative in our own ways, we know what we want and we set out to achieve it. but sometimes we do better than we thought, we've all had them good days, this was one of them for me,
i done the vox, it was ok, i done another vox 2 days later a Friday evening, on saturday morning, i done it again and on the sat evening i opened my Daw and done another bloody vocal, then started the production, so theres 4 voxs on this, each are layered 4x, all slightly different fx, then stacked on top of each other, i used very little compression, couple of verbs, hall and plate and 2 delays, but i spent about a week on and off on the vox and ad-libs production, i think the quality shows, i was thrilled with it :-)

lol, I had an absolute ball on this bro, massive smile on my face, it turned out better than i thought, cheers for the stop

MPO your listen and comment is appreciated, thankyou

thanks for the stop Bear, i was really pleased with the finished product, possibly the best i've achieved in terms of layout and engineering, I'll never say perfect because it leaves no room for improvement but i know now in my own mind of what I'm trying to achieve and Im a gonna roll with it :-)

thanks bro, i appreciate your time

thankyou Fanis, i appreciate every listen and comment my friend, but it gets harder, trying to keep the level high or better than the previous, but i keep pushing, that's why we do it,eh, if it were easy, i would of probably not took it this far lol

Frans so nice to have you listen, i always post the lyric sheet so it can be translated, I'm not ignorant to the fact lots of my listeners are not native English speakers, i want you to understand the story and the depth of the words, i took English at college too, got 'A level' qualification :-))
Actual my accent isn't Brummie, I'm a Smoggie (Google it lol) I'm from the North-East of the UK, closer too Scotland than Brum, Edinburgh is 1 hours drive, 3 hours to Birmingham, i married a Brummie and lived here since 21 after i finished the Holiday camps. my kids and Grandkids are all Brummies and yeah I've picked up a bit tho, so your not totally wrong lol
your spot on about the vox, that's were the time was spent

hello Anthony, thanks for your constant support. I enjoy what i do far more now as I've got a much better workflow, my preparation is the same, just the way i do things is different. i have pictures in my head of what i want to achieve and how I want to run my project but i felt i never really got everything i wanted, or as I pictured most times, even tho the tracks performed well.
But this time I got my 100% well i think it probably hit 105% i was so happy with the final master, possibly my last 4 tracks have all been pretty close in terms of vocal mix and layout. i would say I'm more consistent because I've stayed within my comfort zone with rap, now i do multiple takes on vox and engineer each one different, i can have up to 20 layers to get this type of result and the clarity is what has struck me most, sometimes i thought i sounded muddy even when others didn't say, thanks again mate, your worth a good reply and always will be

thanks Dan, it was a fun one to do, but this year I'm looking to work with more community members, on their tracks, i'll still dabble but i wanna get some community work going, there so much talent here and i want to try a few new things, hope your good after your little break

thankyou Micky, everyday is a school day, i have a new and settled approach these days, i used to just do one take everything verse chorus ad-libs, then multi layer arrange mix chop etc, now i do all separate 3 vox takes so i can change the tone or how i deliver it, and multi layer them, volume is the trick, all different, the finish tends to be better and my engineering has improved has as my knowledge, its an absolute pleasure for me to read my peers and artist i respect say they can here the improvement, thanks mate, that's all the motivation needed

nice to see you about bro, its been a while, thanks for the listen and comment, i'll check yours later

thanks bro, i see you up, im might take you up will have a listen in a bit

I'll check it out Darren tbf i wanna do one of yours, i've just always got loads on but i'll start to make space bro, thanks for the show of support, i appreciate ya

bro i appreciate your comment even more now. and to be truthful i hated Heavy rock and metal, it was just noise to me, now i love it, the riffs the outrageous guitar playing, i like every genre tbf, I just love music, thanks Magnetic

i had a ball doing this mate, the truth is tho' Paul is nah its to much, even tho i do well here, i still feel anxious about every song its mad, dimes in the back of my ear, whispering #####, give me the mic, i don't give a toss what they think,
analytics ##### the critics, lol

good evening Mark, Im just about to retire 11.30 pm UK, work tmro, i am trying to be more consistent in my style, i've amassed a lot of gear now midi new mic, and I'm also learning how to use delay and verb without it sounding muddy and instead of putting another EQ on and pumping the volume Im using saturation more and stereo separation, thay make a huge difference the vox cut through well, thers a .6 ms delay on the verb on this so the vocal is clear, yet you still get the right amount of fx which i had on a bus chanel then on to the master all tequiniques i've had to learn and swat up on, my next is a little more subtle, more autobiographical its called 'Man Behind dime' lol
thanks for your support as always mate, its truly appreciated especially you with your skill set and its great to see Rob back in featured all be it with an old track, convince him to come back Mark

thanks Godfather, i had a good old time doing this track, glad u enjoyed it bruv

thanks bro, ive just commented on yours i think its good advice, i appreciate the listens you've given me and your comments thankyou

thanks Darren, i had a right laugh on this, an' i love an ice-cream van strawberry mivvy or a big 99 with flake an all the toppings, I'm still a big kid at heart, thanks for the props bro and the download. Hope your good

thanks Kay, i do try, I've been working on my delay and reverb, quite a bit, you never want too much but I've learnt using the pre-verb slider, it shifts when the verb starts, the vocal comes first then the verb, its a 1.6ms spread and I time my verb to come at .6 .7ms, the vocal is always clear and never muddy, I used
little-plate luxe Verb and fruity reverb 3 on the reverb bus, i was pleased with the result lol

Rita i had a scream doing this track, i didn't have a title, i was considering 'i'll tell ya were I'm heading, but when i played it my mate, i said i think i might of went crazy on it, he listened and said you went crazy alright , its great bro, its you down to a T, why dont you call it crazy, which made me think, i only say crazy in the cuz your going crazy, so copied the crazy only and added it through the track, i also recorded my vocals different, i done the verses, then i done the ad-libs seperate, it works much better, so from now on verse chorus ad-libs all done seperate, it shows in the finish and its quicker and easy when it comes to production

thanks bro, i will listen to your beats over the next couple of days and see what grabs me, i'll private ya to let you know which and i'll get something down, then we cant talk about the master as you might want to do it or we can share it, i do rate you bruv and i think we can deliver a good track, i'll be in touch