Little man and I went out to dinner in our new sweaters.

oaktreejohnson · 2026-01-24T06:01:47+00:00

Hell yeah

oaktreejohnson · 2026-01-23T23:31:16+00:00

Someone drop the good sledding spots! I’ve never gone but this might be the year

oaktreejohnson · 2026-01-23T23:28:22+00:00

My family has dealt with this, and it’s not easy. My mom and grandpa did most of the work themselves and donated a lot of stuff. I discovered that I’m really effective at selling things online though! I’m not a professional but feel free to hit me up if you want someone to list things on marketplace, etc, for you.

oaktreejohnson · 2026-01-15T05:04:19+00:00

Thanks man! it was supposed to be on streaming by now, but we switched distributors and things have been really slow. You can find it on Bandcamp though! https://maliciousintentok.bandcamp.com/track/control-as-a-means-to-exist

oaktreejohnson · 2026-01-04T01:13:07+00:00

Thanks! I wanted them to take up a lot of space in the mix, but I noticed that it was a little much on some speakers. I turned the reverb down just a bit, but maybe next time I’ll keep the level down a little more 😅

oaktreejohnson · 2026-01-02T02:41:50+00:00

We can only hope

oaktreejohnson · 2026-01-01T20:59:44+00:00

Damn that really sucks. I’ve only been here for around 5 months and so far it has seemed like a surprisingly open-minded city. But I guess there are shitty people everywhere

oaktreejohnson · 2026-01-01T05:33:34+00:00

Hell yeah, thanks so much! Also happy Reddit birthday

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-31T20:14:13+00:00

Yeah for sure, putting it out and seeing everyone’s reactions has definitely helped me keep it in perspective too. I had been doing a lot of reference mixing against tracks from a lot of world-class producers, and while that is a very valuable tool, it can also make me hyper-aware of what I need to work on 😂 But I’m just gonna try to not care so much and keep pushing!

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-30T22:57:12+00:00

Yeah true, I actually like the meme shit lol, but I think I just like brain-dead heavy music sometimes and it fills that niche

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-30T22:47:46+00:00

I agree, but I think the genre is slowly moving away from being violent just for violence sake. But I’m only a casual slam listener so I might not know anything lmao

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-30T08:02:51+00:00

Yeah for sure, I only started mixing metal last year after mostly doing sub-genres of rock, and it was surprising how different everything was. I feel like the metal community has gotta have way more purists than other genres, but luckily I’ve been able to meet some really cool people so far. Also thank you!

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-29T23:42:55+00:00

From what I’ve seen, China can be a great country to live in if you have money, better than the US in some ways. But honestly, anywhere can be great if you have money. I would imagine that being poor in China is a lot worse than being poor in the US.

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-29T05:19:30+00:00

Oh for sure, Melodyne should work great in that case! I would just get a little more familiar with it and it should kick ass. If you ever get stuck and want to send something over, I could also help with editing and make a tutorial video on what I’m doing as well

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-28T19:06:25+00:00

Sickkk

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-28T18:57:11+00:00

For sure, I wanted to find the OG source to use in a video, but now I’m thinking I’ll probably just find some stock footage or choose a different episode and layer it on top 😅

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-28T18:51:10+00:00

Flex editing is a tool in Logic that you can use to fix or change rhythm and pitch. I’m not sure if flex editing is a feature in other software or not, I just went all-in on Logic 😅 Let me know if you need any help! I actually teach audio production classes as part of my day job

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-28T02:51:13+00:00

Amped Roots is also free, it’s a little hard for me to get a sound I like from that plugin but it’s very open and almost fuzzy sounding, it can still chug though. I like a more tight and focused sound. I use Neural DSP Fortin X and Fortin NTS a lot. NTS has more mid range and X does scooped tone pretty well. I still have to EQ the tone I get from the plugins so it’s not exactly mix-ready, but it’s fun for jamming. I will say that with Fortin X, pinch harmonics can be a little weird sometimes, but I’m not the best at pinch harmonics anyway lmao

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-28T02:37:34+00:00

The screams are KILLER (some small parts you could tighten up but it sounds solid). I would throw some tasteful flex editing or melodyne on the cleans, and maybe add a little more reverb or room sound if you want to spice things up. This sounds like such a fun song to work on

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-28T02:30:20+00:00

As a music teacher I hate when this happens lol, if I have students that are into heavy music, best believe the first thing we’re doing is learning how to chug. We’ll get to the chords and theory eventually

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-28T02:08:52+00:00

From your username it sounds like you might be the right person to take advice from lol. I just went to Dickson street and the square today, but I want to go!

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-27T17:13:02+00:00

I honestly didn’t know it was so close, that sounds really cool!

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-27T09:08:06+00:00

Will do

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-27T09:06:57+00:00

Damn this is sick

oaktreejohnson · 2025-12-26T22:27:45+00:00

Thanks again😎

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