Producing Music (in Analog)

I listened to my subscribers, and made music according to their suggestions! I produced Hip Hop, Neo Soul, Analog Music on the Tascam 388 exactly according to subscriber specifications. Recorded on tape! You spoke and I listened!

Bass, Guitar, Drums all recorded live in one take to reel to reel tape. This was a fun project!

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Alright well I had the best of intentions. I definitely wanted to make the music that people wanted to hear, but turns out that's hard. I guess it kinda has a neo soul vibe, i just think the rhythm section could be better. Maybe a drum machine next time? I didn't even use the casio synth, what the heck. I got too wrapped up in spectral analysis of and tape eq'd cymbal. But hey we got to hear this floor tom kick in action, in a song. I think people were pretty divided over it. Some liked it, some hated, most said I used too much muting. I actually like a lot of muting.

I'm still searching for the ultimate kick sound! I'm gonna try a different better, different mic, different drum, different room, different drummer, different cable computer, and see if that fixes it.