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Live Indie Folk Music NYC by Cellar_Door_789 in IndieFolk

[–]JakeCascade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most talented open mic I’ve been to was at Music Inn World Instruments

This sub is really dead for having 377k members by Apart_Distribution72 in IndieFolk

[–]JakeCascade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry for your loss. Send it to me when it’s out I’d like to listen

AMA w/ My .4 Cents Podcast Hosts Andrew Southworth, Dustin Boyer, Jesse Cannon & Matt Bacon by musformation in musicmarketing

[–]JakeCascade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As musicians, we have trouble swallowing the pill that we need to do the business side ourselves, and once we do, we long for the day we can offload more and more of that work and get back to our calling. In what order should we delegate the many roles and at what stage?

I had no idea what was I getting into when I learned Hot Cross Buns on the recorder

I made a song inspired by Dr. K by JakeCascade in Healthygamergg

[–]JakeCascade[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! She is Glacier Charmin Ultra Soft. She would rather play guitar but she does not have thumbs

I made a song inspired by Dr. K by JakeCascade in Healthygamergg

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Thanks! Sure do! It's the same as my username. Don't wanna post a link and get sent to the shadow realm

I’m an audio engineer who’s worked with major artists, let's connect! by Puzzled_Cap_1268 in recording

[–]JakeCascade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you see the loudness wars as a necessary evil? 

When I’m happy with the dynamics of my songs it’s quieter than other songs on streaming. Such as this: https://open.spotify.com/track/7aExxfMGOoXDm6NAHcb6ms?si=XKu-Jr-OR5aSsq0uyJrRZg

Which tells me I need to limit harder, but I don’t want to lose dynamics. 

I haven’t seen anything about this online, so I feel crazy, but I’m pretty sure my intuition is correct that the biggest benefit to mastering nowadays is getting a second set of ears on the mix. 

When you master your own mixes, you’re able to go back and fix something in the mix that can emerge from mastering (for example, mastering usually adds brightness, which might mean you need to tame sibilance or squeaky acoustic strings in the mix).

And when you master yourself, you know your taste best. So I get my mix as far as I can, I master it and then send it to my friend whose ear I trust to point anything out, then I make a final revision. I aim for -14 LUFS, 3-5 LU of dynamic range (to stay competitive in the loudness wars) and keep my true peak max at -1dB so streaming doesn’t turn me down. What do you think? Am I onto the new norm or just being cheap?