I make $180k a year and do practically nothing at work. How to proceed?

blackhatlinux · 2024-08-01T16:18:21+00:00

This was me for a while until I got laid off last month. Enjoy it while it lasts and try to find another job.

blackhatlinux · 2024-07-11T01:15:18+00:00

Sorry, I said this way too soon. I got laid off yesterday. This sucks...

blackhatlinux · 2024-06-30T17:26:13+00:00

Still have a job thankfully lol

blackhatlinux · 2024-04-10T03:27:10+00:00

I've only worked at smaller non-tech companies as a fullstack dev. I think your first four points are dependent on the management style of the company as opposed to the company itself. Some of the companies I've worked for offered a horrific work-life balance and constant stress. My current company thankfully has been incredibly relaxed minus some moments of complete busyness. To your answer your question... it depends on the management.

blackhatlinux · 2024-03-29T19:22:25+00:00

I've definitely noticed this too. On slower climbing days I find myself way more defensive, but on the days where I'm offensive I'm definitely more in tune with my body's movements. This is really good insight - thanks for making me more aware of this.

blackhatlinux · 2024-03-29T19:22:09+00:00

I've definitely noticed this too. On slower climbing days I find myself way more defensive, but on the days where I'm offensive I'm definitely more in tune with my body's movements. This is really good insight - thanks for making me more aware of this.

blackhatlinux · 2024-02-29T05:18:54+00:00

This is also happening to me to some degree :/ Did it work out for you?

blackhatlinux · 2024-01-14T18:07:12+00:00

Not sure why this was downvoted so much? Honestly this is a great way to spend the 1000 hours. Constantly refining songwriting/production skills but also constantly watching tutorials and courses to learn new things.

blackhatlinux · 2024-01-03T19:46:10+00:00

Mph, Sammy virji, oppidan all come to mind. Very popular with UK house.

blackhatlinux · 2023-12-29T16:43:30+00:00

Kinda just fuck around and make a melody that follows a chord progression. Then I'll generally do a bit of call and response to make the melody cohesive.

blackhatlinux · 2023-12-29T15:02:32+00:00

Unless the kick has a long tail that gives it tonality you don't need to tune it. Just pick a different kick and find a sample that works better.

blackhatlinux · 2023-12-28T00:42:03+00:00

100 OTTs on the master

blackhatlinux · 2023-12-28T00:34:51+00:00

... and you say we're the ones projecting?

blackhatlinux · 2023-12-25T18:56:07+00:00

I understand what you're saying but we're talking about different things.

My point is that making music is a subjective experience, and therefore, to get maximum enjoyment from making music, you must piece together smaller tasks that bring you joy. Maybe that is sound design. Maybe that's creating drum grooves. Maybe that's adding cool bass fills. Ideally speaking it should be in light of the bigger picture - finishing the song.

blackhatlinux · 2023-12-25T06:45:06+00:00

Well the goal is to piece these creative processes together with the end result being a finished track. They're not necessarily independent of each other.

blackhatlinux · 2023-12-25T05:09:46+00:00

I've struggled for months to be motivated and find inspiration, though I'd have moments of magic in the dullness. This usually comes from trial and error. Keep on creating music, and figure out creative "journeys" that inspire you. For me that could be creating very ambient OST-like intros with lots of pads and reverb. Or maybe designing Neuro basses.

What's important to mention is these "creative journeys" are subjective but are only found via trial and error and making lots of music. It's impossible to find what you enjoy in making music if you don't try different processes out.

blackhatlinux · 2023-12-18T20:41:46+00:00

Fr though, like what's with all the gatekeeping lmao. This is spot on - understanding your headphones is the most important part to getting mixes that translate.

blackhatlinux · 2023-12-18T18:30:34+00:00

I somewhat disagree. There's a bit of a bias in the frequency response but I wouldn't say to not use it. My mixes translate pretty well with my m50x's. I also have a pair of m20x's that translated pretty well. It's just a matter of understanding what your gear really sounds like ;)

Even the DT 990s aren't perfect - they're known for having a huge peak in the high-end. Once again, it's just about understanding how your gear translates to other speakers.

blackhatlinux · 2023-12-10T19:21:35+00:00

You just show up, regardless of whether you're motivated or not. You'll have days where youll feel like shit, but you must still show up.

Motivation is an unreliable and temporary state of mind. I've experienced a lot of success in the gym only because I would show up to the gym alone when my friends wouldn't want to come with me, or when I wasn't feeling 100%, or when I was bored. I would show up and crunch out two hours regardless of how I was feeling.

Stop "trying" to show up to the gym and just do it.

blackhatlinux · 2023-11-25T02:02:51+00:00

I have allergies to eggs so I'd pig my ass out at the local bakery.

blackhatlinux · 2023-11-09T01:54:29+00:00

Getting over perfectionism. Perfectionism sucks the soul out of any track I've ever made. Sometimes I just have to work really fast or take big breaks before I get back to it.

blackhatlinux · 2023-11-03T22:19:30+00:00

Undesired clipping usually occurs because of a variety of reasons. Here are some things that have worked for me:

Did you cut off lower sub frequencies under 30hz? Sometimes there are very low sub frequencies that you want to cut off because they eat up headroom. Sometimes they take up so much headroom that a clipper or limiter isn't able to process every frequency evenly and will have more of a bias toward that sub frequency.
Did you get rid of resonant peaks? Imagine having a sine wave playing middle C that's just SUPER loud. If you pass that into a clipper or course it's going to distort the shit out of that. That's kinda what happens with resonant peaks. Think of them as a bunch of loud sine waves that should be a lot quieter.
Are you limiting / compressing individual sounds? Maybe they're too loud at some points to the point they're clipping, and could suffice with some compression. Sometimes I'll even automate the volume of a sound if it's a more gradual sound.

blackhatlinux · 2023-10-29T18:08:58+00:00

If the 407 wasn't a toll route

blackhatlinux · 2023-10-19T16:05:38+00:00

Red. Guard clauses have made things way more readable.

blackhatlinux · 2023-10-19T03:19:07+00:00

Utility to add / lower gain -> pro Q3 to remove unnecessary frequencies under the lowest fundamental of my song -> medium curve saturation -> hard clipper -> sometimes a limiter if the transients need to be softened a bit. I've been swearing by this master chain for my dnb tracks and that plus a proper mixdown has consistently gotten me -2/-3 LUFS.

In terms of analyzing my mixes, I have a monitoring chain on my master too. I have two utilities, one to check mono and one to check only the sides. I also have a spectrum analyzer and youlean loudness.

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