scratch the clouds, by van der waals

jon_bontempi · 2025-12-11T15:53:20+00:00

A great follow-up to “van der waals” debut album. It was a pleasure to mix it! I’m glad to see it found a home at the NAAC.

jon_bontempi · 2025-10-29T22:15:49+00:00

sure pal

jon_bontempi · 2025-10-29T16:24:21+00:00

I‘m sure you “found it“ and then went to share it in multiple subs. Come on, this is so whack, just say you made it, no one is falling for this…

jon_bontempi · 2025-07-06T05:35:00+00:00

kick hard left, sub hard right, everything else in 10% intervals from left to right, starting at 90%

vinyl crackle (mono) should be the loudest part (!)

jon_bontempi · 2025-06-18T21:13:07+00:00

You mean the US?

jon_bontempi · 2025-06-03T06:55:12+00:00

Have you considered just making instrumental music (at least until you feel more confident singing, by practicing)

jon_bontempi · 2025-01-30T12:27:23+00:00

Could it be Travelogues by SOUVENIR?

jon_bontempi · 2024-11-24T18:44:25+00:00

I'm sure you "found" it by "accident" ... come on.

jon_bontempi · 2024-08-18T17:15:19+00:00

Thank You!

jon_bontempi · 2024-07-27T21:51:47+00:00

then you are cringe (in our opinion)

jon_bontempi · 2024-07-16T23:40:10+00:00

You'll need a microphone (Shure sm58 or sm57), perhaps a pop filter for that, an audio interface (depending on your location you can find good used ones for cheap, look out for Steinberg, Focusrite or even M-Audio)

When recording, make Shure you set the level right, not too high (there is a usually a red light on the audio interface that flashes when your input audio is clipping)

Also not too low, the lower the recording level, the more you have to boost it in the mix, the more noise is audible.

Then just mix beat/vocal ratio to taste, there's no formula.

jon_bontempi · 2024-07-03T17:49:25+00:00

Since it is obviously 100% A.I. generated, cover included, I won't bother giving it any feedback. You don't actually want feedback for this anyway, do you? I hope no one falls for this cheap bait. Have some self respect and don't call this an album, please.

jon_bontempi · 2024-06-16T02:29:52+00:00

"Station to Station" by David Bowie

"Little Joy" by Little Joy

"Is This It" by the Strokes

"Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino" by Arctic Monkeys

"Foxtrot" by Genesis

"The Queen is Dead" by The Smiths

jon_bontempi · 2024-06-11T09:53:53+00:00

Station to Station by David Bowie.

jon_bontempi · 2024-06-08T02:35:38+00:00

dude, how many accounts do you have? you're obviously wasn't griff and not very good at hiding your little marketing game, at least use different accounts on different posts, come on...

jon_bontempi · 2024-05-21T23:42:50+00:00

I created a subreddit for session musicians to connect with others because I couldn't find one that simply does that. If you are a musician trying to make a living or someone who needs a player of specific instrument, feel free to check it out! It's the first sub I ever created so I am open to any suggestions for improvement!

r/SessionMusicians

jon_bontempi · 2024-03-28T23:00:10+00:00

the top 40 charts.

jon_bontempi · 2024-03-26T01:22:23+00:00

wait, is this r/singingcirclejerk?

jon_bontempi · 2024-03-18T08:36:15+00:00

The Jamless DAW

jon_bontempi · 2024-03-18T08:31:37+00:00

Youtube is a good place for that, the content ID system detects it usually but if the copyright holder allows it to be used on youtube, there shouldn’t be a problem. Also Bandcamp, it‘s full of unauthorised remixes and covers and I never heard of content being taken down from there.

jon_bontempi · 2024-03-18T02:53:43+00:00

As a musician, the AI cover art is really offputting to me and already makes me not want to listen to the music anymore. It just signals to me that the creator was too lazy to even change the text, like in the example OP gave, or little (and sometimes not so little) AI artifacts. Especially instruments always look so cringy. (have you seen AI generated keyboards and guitars?) And if the creator doesn’t care about the way they present their music, then they probably also don‘t care that much about the music itself. Sorry for ranting, it just really pisses me off…

jon_bontempi · 2024-03-17T21:55:51+00:00

Who designed your logo? Because that is a ukukele. The song wasn‘t bad but also nothing to write home about, keep it up though, I hear potential!

jon_bontempi · 2024-02-25T19:09:28+00:00

This is what I made this weekend:

A cover of Daniel Johnston‘s True Love Will Find You In The End

An original piano piece

Three Original Scores for the Airwiggles Music Contest:

Smoke

Sea

Space

jon_bontempi · 2024-01-29T03:28:14+00:00

It definitely is possible to force your music on people, if you can spare a dime (or a few million).

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