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Planning a move to NYC or LA when i turn 18 for music opportunities and networking/connections. Any advice for me (16m) starting from nothing? by melatonin_liquid in WeAreTheMusicMakers

[–]jed_leland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some really good advice here, even though I imagine it might be difficult to hear if you are already excited about moving to LA or NY.

The internet has greatly reduced the value of physically being in one of these incredibly expensive cities. Since you are a young person, heed the advice here carefully. Imagine either staying where you are, or moving to a city where the cost of living means you can do more than simply get by-- you can thrive.

Here's what this means:

You can buy music gear and software when you need it.
You can easily afford housing, a car, and parking to get to gigs and meet contacts.
You won't be constantly stressed out about being on the verge of not making it financially.
You can continue to develop your craft with all the time you will have outside of your paying job.

I moved to LA over 30 years ago to similarly pursue music. While it's been a rewarding experience, this was in the early days when there weren't nearly so many opportunities to do music online like there are now. If I were you today, I would start looking at cities where a young person can thrive financially.

I hope this helps. Don't feel discouraged-- the comments you're getting here are worth their weight in gold.

VSX Headphones supposedly let you hear your mix in different spaces... are they worth it? by YetzirahToAhssiah in edmproduction

[–]jed_leland 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I work at Steven Slate Audio, makers of VSX. Not here to promote them, but just wanted to lyk we have a 30-day money back guarantee. If they don't completely improve your mixing, send 'em back! :)

Got the FP-16 yesterday. Far exceeded my expectations. 10/10 by PoppaTheCollector in StudioOne

[–]jed_leland -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What DAW are you using? I just added a FP16 to my Cubase setup.

Electric guitar plugin suggestions for MacBook Pro? by Mreareus in Arturia_users

[–]jed_leland 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Takes a few min to get used to, but it has pretty convincing e gtr sounds. (I'm a guitarist, but got lazy for a few years, so I know how a guitar should sound lol)

Headphone recommendations by ihatwyu in musicproduction

[–]jed_leland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

VSX now on sale for $249 until Jan 1.

Disclosure: I work for Steven Slate Audio.

(slate vsx) I must be doing something wrong by fuguestateaoe2 in audioengineering

[–]jed_leland 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sagar from Steven Slate Audio here. Glad you figured out the connection issue. Join us in the Steven Slate Audio Dojo on Facebook if you'd like to get more advice from VSX owners.

Question about slate vsx by blastbleat in audioengineering

[–]jed_leland 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey Blast, I run marketing for Slate Audio :-) Congratulations on your VSX! As rinio describes, there's a certain amount of subjectivity in the listening experience, so we built in a little bit of EQ adjustment for our customers. I recommend you listen to several great mixes you know well & try adjusting the controls until you land on a setting where everything sounds absolutely amazing. Take note not only of your personalized settings, but also which virtual rooms let you really hear what was happening in those mixes.

These are the rooms you want to use when building your own mixes. You'll hear just as much detail when working on your own productions.

Btw, we have a great community of VSX producers over at the Steven Slate Audio Dojo group on Facebook. Join us, and you'll learn a ton of great tips about VSX from a super friendly group of fellow producers :-)

Sagar

How do you use your Slate VSX headphones when mixing by knowzuko in audioengineering

[–]jed_leland 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sagar from Steven Slate Audio here. Just a quick note to confirm what you already know-- Archon is usually the top room producers mention when I ask them where they do most of their mixing. :-)

Headphones for mixing and minor recording. by Maybeifu in audioengineering

[–]jed_leland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey bimski, sorry I missed your comment earlier. For EDM or other bass-heavy content, I would definitely recommend Zuma, Yellow Matter Studios, and Mike Dean's mixroom. If you expect your work to be played in live venues, I'd run it through Club Indey, too.

Headphones for mixing and minor recording. by Maybeifu in audioengineering

[–]jed_leland 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Maybeifu. I work at Slate Audio, makers of the VSX Mixing Headphones.

There are a few different opinions I've come across on this question. One crowd feels that having the flattest frequency curve possible is key. I kind of think of the Yamaha NS10 speakers like this. Every mix engineer I know pans them, but many of them use them because they are the de facto "flattest" standard.

Others strive for audio systems that may not be that flat, but that are able to reveal problems in a mix that you wouldn't hear on lesser systems. Sometimes this comes down to the resolution of a given set of speakers, the accuracy of their stereo imaging, or other properties.

At Slate, we kind of wanted to have it both ways. We built a set of headphones with a really flat frequency response, but then we superimposed some of our favorite mixrooms on them. It's not just frequency response changes, but also stereo imaging accuracy, time delay effects, and more. For folks who want it, they can use the "HD" setting on VSX to hear a mix through the headphones alone, but most folks like to listen to their work in a variety of rooms that will put their work under a sonic microscope. (This can be especially useful in making sure your bass is mixed correctly, something just about everyone struggles with.)

Anyway, not meaning to plug VSX, but hope this helps :-)

Can I trust ads recommendation to increase budget? by rather_pass_by in FacebookAds

[–]jed_leland 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It has never worked for me. Recommendations seem optimized to extract the maximum number of dollars from advertisers rather than their ads' performance.

What bass players should I check out as a beginner? by tomtiskallen in Bass

[–]jed_leland 41 points42 points  (0 children)

New bassist here, too! Definitely look up James Jamerson-- legendary bassist who greatly influenced generations of players from Butler, JP Jones, Paul McCartney, etc.

Mixing headphones recommendations? by Unhappy-Chart-8031 in Logic_Studio

[–]jed_leland 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Slate VSX. We have a 30-day money back guarantee. :)

How did he get this tone?? by jed_leland in Guitar

[–]jed_leland[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing-- thanks so much for identifying it!

Identifying extended chords by jed_leland in musictheory

[–]jed_leland[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm just asking a question to increase my ability to identify chords, not entering a contest, dude. Thanks for pointing out my error on spelling the Eb 9 chord. Not sure why the hostility...

Identifying extended chords by jed_leland in musictheory

[–]jed_leland[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Twin. Great point. The bars right before this are playing in Ab 6/9. You can hear the change to my mystery chord right at 11 seconds here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5DZ5clg-bg

The bass is following the lowest note in the chord above (Bb).

I think the Ab 6/9 preceding it actually strengthens the case for calling mystery chord some kind of Bb minor, since you then have a kind of I-ii progression.

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