Recording Critiques - The first Five
11/26/21 • 47 min
In the previous episode, I asked listeners to send me their recordings for my critique. In this episode, I play five of the songs submitted and offer my comments.
I try to limit my remarks to things that the engineer has some control over, like the mic’ing, amount of room sound, any eq or compression, the mix, the use of processing and effects, loudness and levels, and how the engineer might interact with the musicians to help them get the best recording.
Of course, my comments reflect my experience and my taste, so they are not the last word on the work submitted.
The songs are embedded in the podcast, but since podcasting uses a low bit-rate MP3, the audio quality is quite poor, especially for music. If you want to hear the full resolution versions of this music, go to my podcast web site, https:\\DougFearn.com. Look under “Extras” and then click on “Critique Audio.” Here is the direct link to the high-res versions: https://www.dougfearn.com/Extras/CritiqueAudio/critiqueaudio.html
I look forward to hearing from listeners to determine whether this is a useful endeavor or not. If the response is positive, I will do more critiques as an occasional feature. You can send your full resolution audio file to [email protected], using whatever large file transfer service you prefer. Please do not send MP3s or equivalent.
This podcast is carried by over 30 podcast providers. Your support is much appreciated.
email: [email protected]
www.youtube.com/c/DWFearn
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In the previous episode, I asked listeners to send me their recordings for my critique. In this episode, I play five of the songs submitted and offer my comments.
I try to limit my remarks to things that the engineer has some control over, like the mic’ing, amount of room sound, any eq or compression, the mix, the use of processing and effects, loudness and levels, and how the engineer might interact with the musicians to help them get the best recording.
Of course, my comments reflect my experience and my taste, so they are not the last word on the work submitted.
The songs are embedded in the podcast, but since podcasting uses a low bit-rate MP3, the audio quality is quite poor, especially for music. If you want to hear the full resolution versions of this music, go to my podcast web site, https:\\DougFearn.com. Look under “Extras” and then click on “Critique Audio.” Here is the direct link to the high-res versions: https://www.dougfearn.com/Extras/CritiqueAudio/critiqueaudio.html
I look forward to hearing from listeners to determine whether this is a useful endeavor or not. If the response is positive, I will do more critiques as an occasional feature. You can send your full resolution audio file to [email protected], using whatever large file transfer service you prefer. Please do not send MP3s or equivalent.
This podcast is carried by over 30 podcast providers. Your support is much appreciated.
email: [email protected]
www.youtube.com/c/DWFearn
https://dwfearn.com/
Previous Episode
Recording Critiques
Recently several people have suggested that I do a series of episodes featuring listener-submitted recordings for my critique.
At first, I was not particularly enthusiastic about this idea. Sure, I can make lots of comments on someone’s recording technique. But where do you draw the line between technical issues and more abstract creative decisions? I’ve thought about this quite a bit and I’m not sure there is definitive line between the two.
After all, we each bring our own aesthetic to our recordings. If we all did things the same way, all our recordings would sound the same. There would be no progress in the art of recording.
Despite my misgivings, I decided to go ahead with this and see what happens. This episode introduces the idea, and includes instructions on how to submit your recordings.
I don’t know if this will work or not, but I am always willing to experiment!
If you would like to submit your recording, use [email protected] for your download link. Please send high-resolution files if you can. Avoid mp3s or other bit-reduced formats. Thanks!
email: [email protected]
www.youtube.com/c/DWFearn
https://dwfearn.com/
Next Episode
A Recording, Deconstructed
I take a behind-the-scenes look at a recent recording project I am working on as producer and engineer, explaining the technical details of the session, along with the pre-production planning. This episode has samples from the individual tracks, plus earlier versions and a close-to-finished version. The artist and songwriter is Corrie Green, and this is one song from a 12-song project we are working on.
I welcome your comments. You can reach me at [email protected]
If this proves to be useful to you, please let me know and I will do more like this in the future.
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email: [email protected]
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