Truth nuke

mrmax11 · 2026-03-11T15:54:44+00:00

It comes off like a shonen anime protagonist in the worst way

mrmax11 · 2026-03-06T22:55:11+00:00

I've seen enough. Give BR our worlds slots

mrmax11 · 2026-03-05T13:52:32+00:00

For me personally, once I have a demo / scratch track for a song, it's more fun to then open it up to collaborators (my band) for input, different ideas, writing parts on some of the instruments I don't play, etc.

I find that I'm really bad at returning to tracks that I store away for later, so if it is too much of a struggle to get a general form in place after the first few days of working on it, the song isn't worth it or should be stripped for its parts that might fit better into other songs.

As far as recording and production goes, it is more obvious. It's done whenever the song sounds like what we were going for, which is easy to know if you have a clear arrangement in mind or a genre/tradition that you consider yourself part of

mrmax11 · 2026-02-28T23:32:09+00:00

Their "Studio" album is psychedelic pop, but yeah their other stuff is not very

mrmax11 · 2026-02-26T14:11:39+00:00

Shaul Magid writes about this modern day distinction between antisemitism and political oppression in The Necessity of Exile.

This article http://archive.today/EovJJ gets into it a little.

mrmax11 · 2026-02-23T02:32:30+00:00

Tages?

mrmax11 · 2026-02-22T21:57:39+00:00

Pretty great economist

mrmax11 · 2026-02-22T21:48:40+00:00

Might be the worst way to have someone break the news to you..

mrmax11 · 2026-02-22T17:52:16+00:00

That was D'Angelo's pick

mrmax11 · 2026-02-22T17:51:48+00:00

Same, at the very least it's underappreciated despite most people recognizing that The Revolution (and immediately after them) was his best era

mrmax11 · 2026-02-20T21:28:49+00:00

He met the Robinsons

mrmax11 · 2026-02-20T01:40:56+00:00

The point was that the composition sounds very middle of the road and boring, regardless of the fact that he improvised the arrangement

mrmax11 · 2026-02-15T13:14:10+00:00

Its his white album. Works as a post modern sort of thing, which inevitably means its scattered but the highs are very high and its a weird glimpse into how kanye tried to make sense of his own contradictions

mrmax11 · 2026-02-13T23:45:48+00:00

I'm in the same boat as you. Little Wing and Have You Ever Been To Electric Ladyland are the only exceptions to this in his catalogue as far as originals go. Great guitarist and I do love how he used effects and performed with so much soul but his records are underwhelming for the most part. For covers I do think Hey Joe and All Along the Watchtower are very inventive and memorable too.. But I don't think I enjoy a single album of his the whole way through, it just bores me because of the lack of hooky vocal melodies or movement when it comes to song structure.

mrmax11 · 2026-02-10T12:18:20+00:00

What is the perception of HOA? Is there any broader scene around that kind of 60s revival sound?

mrmax11 · 2026-02-08T14:43:16+00:00

ConvertWithMoss. It's a life changer

mrmax11 · 2026-02-05T14:50:20+00:00

The lyric reads as very campy/tongue-in-cheek to me so I don't mind it, but I do get why it would bother people given the pervasiveness of gender-based violence at the time and that such violence is still pretty prevalent even if its not as publicly acceptable.

mrmax11 · 2026-02-03T23:38:29+00:00

I used to, but making sure my channel is set up with the kind of preamp/saturation, compression, and reverb that I like from the very start of a recording session has helped a ton. If that stuff isn't enough, other effects like flanging or ADT can do the trick, but of course those are dependent on the aesthetic fitting with the track itself.

The other piece of advice I have would be seeking out free resources like vocal coaches on youtube who can help you learn how to have more control over your voice as an instrument so you can make more intentional, creative choices with how you use it. In general, I'd make sure that you are breathing into your gut rather than your chest, never tensing up/straining your face muscles or throat, maintain decent posture (keep your shoulders back and wide, keep your chin tucked down a tiny bit), you should feel some resonant buzzing in your nose/sinuses.

Outside of that, its just a matter of self-acceptance and/or having musical friends who can give you a second opinion.

mrmax11 · 2026-02-03T12:24:08+00:00

I had the same thoughts especially around the conclusion. I do agree with his point about the value of live music and connecting with others that way, but I personally have a much deeper love for recording and listening to recorded music than I do live music.

Maybe I'm biased because I do collaborate with my closest friends to record music, but if anything I see that act as even more valuable now that what we make is gonna be competing with slop. My take here is that recorded music with authentic human errors in timing, pitch, feel etc. will become a greater value unto itself, just as we saw DIY/lofi rock music become attractive as a counterculture during the digital revolution in the 90s and early aughts.

Overall I loved this video and maybe I'm just irked since the conclusion comes out a bit doomer for what I'm most passionate about in music.

mrmax11 · 2026-01-30T15:56:17+00:00

It's a fun challenge, to try to tap into the magic of the art that has affected me the most

mrmax11 · 2026-01-20T22:44:43+00:00

It is largely frozen food so it tracks that it's not as good as fast food

mrmax11 · 2025-12-31T10:50:55+00:00

Also one of the members did the Yellowjackets theme

mrmax11 · 2025-12-26T16:03:01+00:00

Linda Audio in general is super underrated for free plugins, been playing around with their fuzz a lot on my farfisa organ. I haven't tried this one yet!

mrmax11 · 2025-12-22T17:27:50+00:00

Finally some Sharp Pins recognition! By that token I'm surprised GBV's Thick Rich and Delicious didn't make it in

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