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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 pussy, give me the mic, i don't give a toss what they think,
analytics f@ck 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

your right its here to be used moreso as an aid, full AI production isn't creative, yes i still like playing too thats the love and passion we have, we'll change traitor to slackers cos thats what AI will end up creating, slackers, button pressing and takin short cuts, we'll just keep being us eh Bear, sshh we can be closet AI listeners :-)

thanks Paul, he's a bit of a character that dimestop one, always repping the UK, i don't know why, it does nothing but take from me and the weathers shit lol, thanks for the time

just seeing an artist you admire is a great feeling bro hope you had a great time, Talking Heads are a great band, i used to love going to gigs, thanks for the listen and support Chris it means alot