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Glenn, the kid has an ELEVEN year jump on you. I mean, jeez, did you play bass recently or something?!
apparently
unless he starts in two years, no worries about accuracy, as some years may have less practice
Our bass player can count to 17 before he gets confused.
Unless he meant the kid is 2 years ahead of him in starting in the music stuff
If he's playing and counting in a time signature with a 17 in it, impressive.
I'd watch the news with Fricker! I was telling my friend who got me in to your channel about one of your newest videos and he told me he couldn't be prouder to get me into to such a show. Great content as always Glenn!
Zack Groce This topic was covered in the 100th episode.
Biggest recording mistake....Thinking there is money in it.
Seriously, I've been out of college for a couple years now and I feel like nobody is willing to pay for someone else to record their music around here. They'd rather do it themselves, even if the product isn't as good in the end.
Christopher Goral
Even if every band you had was happy paying the going rate and easy to work with the issue is finding enough of them to pay yourself a wage you can live on and stay current with your gear.
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Oh man, it's worse than that. Living here in Colombia, a friend of mine was in a band (Lead Guitarist) and seeing them do a gig, I offered to produce their album. Just a straight hook-up on account that he and I are friends and I just wanted a credit under my belt to use for obtaining other projects. I mean, it was something musical and I thought it'd be fun while getting something done at the same time. He and I met to talk about it and went over details and ideas for about four hours. He liked everything he heard and took the suggestion to the band. I met with them and did the same again but with them, knocking all their questions out of the park for two and a half hours.
Turns out the singer chick (In a band of guys, bad idea) and the Rhythm Guitarist wanted to go with the guy who was at the studio they were recording at. Which pissed my friend off due to him actually wanting to pursue a lot of the ideas I brought up, yet he kept getting shut down for it. Basically, they went the "Free" route for their first album (An EP) and it shows. The mix was kind of all over the place and while I don't do "mixes" per se, I could have at least pointed it out to them before they released it. Even though the Lead Guitarist and I had the idea to make it an LP... I guess that would have taken a lot more work, so fuck that. Haha, it just kind of blows my mind that even "Free" wasn't good enough for them.
Eventually, rifts started occurring where the Rhythm Guitarist and SInger were kind of pushing my friend out of the band. HIS band. The one HE started. Getting to a point where he was tired of it and just pulled chocks on the whole thing. Being that he was actually the creative glue and driving force behind the band... I suppose the joke is on them. Even still, when he and I talk about it, he says "We seriously should have had you produce the album, I'd like to have at least one decent thing to have in my hands, from all my years in the band."
@@AnthonySforza damn sad story
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Tell me about it. Watching him go from phasing out of his job and into Music full time, yet having it basically elude his grasp right before he could, even though it didn't happen to me, it's still like "Fuuuuuck..." Being as I'd seen my musical dream take a shit a number of times and each time it did, there's nobody in this world so deserving of my hatred, that I would wish such a thing upon them. Either of those times. So seeing it happen to a friend while I'm forced to just stand there with my hands in my pockets... Not good, man.
"Just write good song" DUDE! BEST WORDS OF WISDOM EVER!
Catholic parents not allowing their kid to see Slayer? Maybe he should have let them know that Tom Araya happens to be catholic.
Colin Peters Music IKR?!
Tom Araya even said that they only include Satanic imagery in their music so they can scare people.
Indeed it's wrong to listen to catholics in both cases
The Metal Fan that’s not completely a bad thing but that’s not a good way to defend slayer
No one should see Slayer.
If any media (music, movies, books, etc.) threatens to destroy a person's faith then they need a stronger faith.
The Slayer kid also could have told his folks that Tom Araya is Catholic.
Two Girls, One Cupped Mic.
Is it bad that I'd pay a lot to watch that?
DFairy C Rat, That's only for you to decide. BTW I#'ve been playing a lot of Metal lately, but got sick to fucking death of people going on and fucking on about a cetrain fucking guitar tone when they can't write or perform to save their fucking lives. Tell you what, guys, lay Johhny Marr note perfect 'Thios Charming Man' by The Smiths, then talk about playing the fucking guitar.
Two *Hardcore Girls*
Pantychrist. It’s like 4 girls though.
Whoa! Didn't expect that.
Prince used to sing into a hand-held microphone while sitting at the sound board. His recordings would serve as evidence on whether or not this is a good idea.
wildcatter63 I understand that. After all, Prince was born fucking. But I'm just talking about holding a microphone.
I think he is shit at singing anyway
News with Fricker would be a dream come true. You should definitely do some test episodes.
Don't do news man... Your platform is great enough!! We've got plenty of other channels for that but not enough channels telling people to PRACTICE!!!! You Rock man!!
I got my growing up is overrated shirt on my 20 brithday the irony 😂😂🤘 keep up the vids Glenn
“Write good songs instead”
100% sage wisdom
I spent so many hours of my life looking at gear online when I should have just been writing whatever I could!
You're 16 years old, I didn't open my studio until I was 27, you got a 9 year jump on me
And that's why Glenn isn't a math teacher ;)
Hey Glenn
I don't know if the Internet needs another news show. There are already too many people whining about "the news" on the Internet rather than doing anything useful with their time. It's getting impossible to avoid the news and the fighting that surrounds it.
You inspire us to do more and do better. You are an oasis of encouragement on an Internet filled with impotent complaining.
I appreciate you pushing us to make something of value. Please don't screw that up with news stories.
The sound and video quality is so good that I can no longer watch or listen to your videos while I'm on the toilet. Which is the place that I usually think about you and if you have a new video out. I cannot have someone in the bathroom with me while I'm taking a shit. So, good on you for EXCELLENT video and sound quality!
As far as the kid whose catholic parents wouldn't let him see Slayer, someone should have told them that Tom Araya is a devout catholic and has been his whole life, through every Slayer album.
You aren’t inspiring? Since when? I literally changed my major from accounting to audio engineering because of you. I’d rather be doing something I like than something my parents expect me to do. Thanks for making me see that Glenn. You are fucking awesome!
Cheers from Serbia! I am starting a band with friend, he will play guitar, and I will do bass and vocals. We decided a band name and were supposed to play thrash/black metal. Then one day he called me to say that he wants one girl to join us on guitar and I was like, ok, fine, but dont let her screw up our plan. Then he said that she ONLY WANTS TO PLAY BLACK METAL, SO WE ARE GOING TO PLAY BLACK METAL. He did not even ask her what genre she wants to play, and apparently he likes her a lot and wants to use this band as some romantic piece of crap. People like him make me sick of metal so much that I am going to switch to folk music.
This Week In Metal is how I found your channel in the first place.. Actually it was Fluff mentioning it in one of his FAQ Mondays’ ”suggestion of the week”. Been a patron ever since!
Thanks Tommy! You rock!
"Don't shut down, discuss"
The whole fucking world needs to hear this
Gotta thank you for the tip on DistroKid. I was using CD Baby to opt-in to streaming services, but with their per-release payment system and no direct access to my metrics, it doesn't stack up any more. Now I get paid whenever I feel like too. I know it's a sponsorship but the service holds up!
Holy fuck I got on the show. Thanks for the words of wisdom, don’t have recording gear yet but while I save for a 2i2 and an sm57 I’m putting downloaded multi tracks through amp sims and shifting out a mix using impulses and amps you’ve recommended!
"Go practice your solo face." Not all heroes wear capes. I love this so much.
This whole episode is some of the best advice I've seen you give to date Glenn. Especially about songwriting. You were so spot on I actually got goosebumps that someone was finally saying something I've been preaching for a long time. Good songs are the biggest key, not a certain guitar pick up, or drum kit. Sure they round out the finished product and make it all come together, but it means nothing without a good foundation in the form of the song itself. You can try as hard as you want, but it's impossible to polish a turd.
Hey, Glenn! I just wanted to say thanks for helping me convince my dad that changing strings is necessary, since he was giving me shit for changing my guitar strings once every 3 months and wanting to change my bass strings every 6 months (just hadn't gotten around to doing it since I started playing last month, haha). Anyway, thanks again and cheers from Latvia!
A news show would pretty cool. Might not need to be all the time but at least once in a blue moon might be cool, or if something related to music or related to you and the channel comes up that really begs for a proper Glenn Fricker commentary that we all love.
For the love of Crom, please no news! This channel is one of my escapes from the endless "news" cycle of "journalists" opining and calling it news. Let's stick to the recording and music content. Maybe you could talk about news related to this industry, but please keep the channel focused on music production.
You are on point. News, but I would love that they are from the music industry. Having news as such is already an overrated youtube fashion. Keep in the music and keep the music real. 10/10 I would watch!
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Re Slayer: Tell you folks Tom Araya is in fact a devout Christian. Older metal heads might recognise this as a persistent myth we told our parents to get them to chill on our metal (Mum! They are just warning us about evil!) but in this case it's actually true. Seriously google it
I told my mother in the 90s Mayhem where in fact Christian's and their music is warning us that Satan is real, lol. I think she actually believed me too haha
haha nice, i guess this route is a *BIT* safer XD
Shayne O'Neill He's a Catholic.
Never lie to your parents, at the end if the day, they are afraid something may happen, that you will have unprotected sex, do coke and LSD - so they mix religion in the whole thing too and... damn! Parenting is hard :D ...and I'm hihg AF! :D
Catholics are Christians, you know. But yes, emphasize the Catholic part since the kid's parents are also Catholic and what not.
YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO START RECORDING, YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO PICK UP AN INSTRUMENT, AND YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO ROCK THE FUCKING SHIT OUT!
If you could tell us more about working with Randy Blythe that would be great \m/
Glenn, coming from someone with over a decade of retail experience: That cigarette idea is fucking golden!
I originally was curious about new more updated music recording then 1994 tech...kinda between analog and digital...maybe not the best time to take audio production...at acc... but still learned a bunch...thanks for hooking me up with Pierre- hughes Charbonneau !
Please no news, I watch your and several other RUclips channels to avoid regular TV and "News"
Friday? It should be called "Glenn Fricker day"
Frickday
Ayush Aripirala yeah, that's even better 😂👍
Love to see a news show. Just sit there and go through a couple of catalogs or something. Should be good for a chuckle!
Hey Glenn, what's your opinion on melodic bassists, or bassists that do not or do more than just "lock in with the drummer" or "support the guitarists" and find their own voice in the band?
Greetings from Brunei.
Rip John Entwistle - he wasn´t a metal-bassplayer, but very good at his job.
Listen to Beyond Creation. If he has any problems with bass playing melodies and fleshing out the soundscape, he would probably like Djent.
Steve Harris did both
Geddy.
Geezer Butler was so good at coming up with unique bass lines that sometimes Tony followed him (see N.I.B.)
Tom Araya is a devout Catholic, btw. The guy should have told that to his parents.
Hearing that question from the 16-year-old asking if it was too late to start learning recording made me laugh. That's when I started learning to record and mix, and here I am 11 years later at 27 glad that I bought a Tascam US-144 with Cubase LE back then, and just experimented and fumbled my way through by learning from my mistakes.
I think a news segment would be great! keep it fun & positive, do gear announcements & band news. That way when anything new comes out or there's something worth knowing about a band/tour, then we cut the crap & come straight to you for the story worth listening too!
I was also 16 when I started recording. It sounded terrible and I loved it! Still love it now and I still learn all the time.
Glenn, realize that you may have started talking about gear reviews, recording lessons, but you have a core base here that is here just to see you. You could talk about anime, video games, whatever... and we would listen. Believe that people dig ya, and your opinion. At this point your a great personality we all (mostly) come to love. I dunno know if becoming a successful youtuber was what you set out to do, but I'd say you're doing quite well and you should take a lot of pride in that!
I’d love to see a News show with you! You’d do an honest job of reporting it unlike the MSM.
Next time I need a guitar that’s locked up at Guitar Center I’m going to light up a smoke. Thanks Glenn!
When I'm recording someone that asks for autotune they always wanted it cranked to max (Mostly rap).
I think there's a lot of people wanting to use it as a FX and not a enhancer.
I actually used autotune for the backing vocals and ad libs only on a track and it turned out as a great sound effect, especially because the instrumental was a simple and ambient EDM type thing with lots of space for tiny effects here and there.
What do you think about using it for that application?
"Shut up and go practice your solo face." This is t-shirt GOLD.
That laugh at the end killed me. Not sure you were laughing at the students or teachers tho :D
After a crazy weekend, this has been much needed levity. If only your channel shipped beer.
Thank Glenn, I really enjoyed this video! Greetings from England 💪🏻
YES! honest news with Glenn Fricker would be amazing!!!!!
The passive/active pickup question has something to it in that, the more sounds you can use that are first of all GOOD and second of all DIFFERENT in someway will ussually benifit your CD. For instance, I will run one guitar through one Preamp and the other through another just to give them a little difference. You know what they say....100 x 1% = %100 which basically means every little possitive thing adds up to make one big possitive thing. Good Question and yes, I would use the Passive on Ryth and Active on leads or the other way around
Yo Glenn, you're the reason I got my tube amp last year as well. A Vox NightTrain and an Orange 1x12. It's compact and still pacts a punch, and perfect for the music the variety of music I play.
Gleen, I got a story for you and I hope you see this. Last night, my town that I live in was having a demolition derby (which is really popular) and they asked us to play. Well all we've ever done is opted for other bands, so we was all very excited. So we had practice for two weeks hard trying to make sure it was perfect cause we knew how big this was. Then it rain and got canceled. They rescheduled it for next week (last night) and we was excited. We got there and set up and there was at least 300-400 people there. We was on this huge stage and we was all excited. Then the people that ran the derby came to us and said that the people that ran registration HAD to be on the stage, they couldn't be anywhere else so we gave them room to come up there with us, even though they didnt have to AND my dad was the one to who brought them that big of a stage. So then, in the middle of our set, they came up to us and screamed at us that we was being too loud and we couldn't play any more. So they kicked us off the stage, breaking the rules of their company, and they kicked us off the stage and didnt even help us put our stuff up nor did they pay us. What's your thoughts on this?
A news show? Like talk about new bands that are worth checking out? That would be super cool.
If a singer is most comfortable doing the vocal with a hand-held mic I'll give that to them but also hang a Neumann U-87 in front to capture it as well. Very often I've heard that Mick Jagger had cut the keeper take of track with a hand-held Shure 58 while running back and forth in the studio like a maniac.
57 year old nu metal guitarist started at 10 writer and arranger age don’t matter metal sets me free the graybeard biker thing fucks people up at live stuff also love the recording tips saved us a shitload of time you’re fuckin awesome!!
A news show would be badass, definitely give it a shot!
I use Studio One for most of my work. I switched over from Logic upon switching from Mac back to PC and it seemed like a good choice. Really happy with the DAW, fits my work flow perfectly.
I'd love to see a pop culture comedy series maybe once a week, maybe even a live stream thing (I know the last thing you need is more video editing in your queue and your live streams are decent quality in my opinion anyway)
I am learning a ton.I do not have plans to record as a pro but I want to record my own stuff.Thank you for all the vids!
I think that this q&a is your own news, with your own current events. Like the Slayer kid with the catholic parents, but more in a ‘you know what really grinds my gears?’ sorta way.
"I worked with SAW Studio for 10 years". Wow, that's hard core!
Nah man, 16 is far too late. Might as well just give up :P
Hey Glen, if you do news, perhaps you can highlight the achievements of amateur bands that follow the channel. We can submit album release and tour information to you, you can pick a couple of your favorites to mention on the show, and mobilize us to support each other. I personally would think it's cool to check out bands from folks who watch the show and catch some of them if they tour through my town.
Wow! The lighting was on-point outside that day!
Late afternoon ;)
Hey Glenn! Thanks to your channel it helped me decide music tech was something I wanted to pursue majorly in my future, just finished my first week at college and I loved it. I'm fully prepared to kick a bass player in the balls and continue supplying the UK with metal. Cheers from England!
If you want to know if actives or passives are better, use your ears. Personally, I am all about passive pickups. Actives sound too angry, and break into distortion without much provocation. Passives sound much more organic. Plus, I don't need to keep buying batteries all the time. Not needing batteries is one less thing to worry about.
Side Note: The same thing applies to your pedalboard. A power supply will pay for itself when you realize you never need to buy batteries again.
I would totally watch... The New with Fricker!
I think a news show would be terrific if done in the style of TechLinked (awesome channel for computer/tech news) Quick, concise, to the point, joking and fun. Doing it as a weekly I'd be sure to tune in every episode!
You have a lot of character that can bring a lot of entertainment to news in the music/recording/gear space. Just whatever you do stay away from headline band drama.
What are your opinion on Peavey amps? I love my Peavey Bandit 112 for what I play and I feel like they're solid amps for low prices.
While I occasionally disagree with some of your delivery, I've come to respect and value your opinions and advice, as it has helped me advance by leaps and bounds as both an artist, and a fledgling producer/engineer, so that being said; what is your opinion on the Digitech RP360 effects processor, or really any of the RP series of processors from Digitech? When I first started playing I was given one and I thought it was the holy grail, as it allowed me to shape my sound exponentially more than my little garbage $90 First Act 10w amp was capable of, and I kept that same RP150 processor for years and jury rigged it as an interface when I started recording (poorly I might add) guitar, and in some cases vocals, but even at that point, I had already begun to avoid the distortion/amp/cab presets like the plague, using only the other on board features, like tuner, delay, flange/phaser, etc. My point is, using it just for the effects (no amp/cab, or distortion presets) what is your take on this piece of gear? I'm willing to send you mine to review, provided you don't destroy it if you dislike it haha. Cheers from whatever hole the Army has me sitting in at the moment!
And Fuck you Glenn!
I would LOVE to see THE FUCKING NEWS with Glenn Fricker! Just imagining the potentially thought-provoking commentary makes it worth considering!
Fricker News!!!!!! Would love it once a week recap
You should do a video who will explain ''how to play and record a the same time!
I had a worse experience where my job offered a contract to pay for advertisement and show expenses then threatened to drop the contract when i left against the terms we agreed on.
If you don't have a smoke find the PA system. You get attention quickly spouting free stuff and products they don't carry. "Everyone gets a free box of Timmy's if they check out of the register in the next 5 min." "Half price snow tires in isle 3." Note someones name on the employee of the month wall. "We would like to proudly announce that Rachel and Dave are STD free. Rachel and Dave You had us worried."
News with Glenn? HELL YEAH!!!!
We threw autotune on my singer's tracks to fuck with him while he was out doing whatever. He came back to some very robotic sounding tracks. He lost his shit thinking the files were corrupted or something. Well worth the time wasted. Just a benefit to knowing the owner/engineer for 20+ years, and having been in bands with him too. End result was pretty great for a quick cheap 4 song demo.
If anyone wants to hear the end result... ruclips.net/video/xnDgK1KpL6Q/видео.html
BTW, I got my "Growing Up Is Overrated!" t-shirt the other day. Very nice. The correct size was shipped and shipped quickly. Couldn't say the same for some merch companies.
I definitely agree - one great sound is better than a hundred sub-par to average ones. If you have a ton of mediocre models, you'll spend all of your time trying to find a usable tone out of them instead of just plugging into one thing that just sounds great, no matter what the tone knobs are set at.
I don't know what you mean. I love asking for advice on the internet.
When I started my current band I went to a musicians forum to ask, if there was any way to shape my tone by using the right tube in my road amp, which is a Hughes & Kettner Attax 100 (a hybrid with one 12AX7 in the preamp and a solid state power amp) and I really like beeing on the road with it.
About thirty minutes later everyone told me, I was an idiot, my amp was worthless, I needed a Marshall and by all means couldn't live without a matching 4x12... yet... no answer to my question. Great
I agree with the bandmates doing harmony. The other issue is with the bands that don't do harsh vocals is that the lead singer will record the harmonies and have them tracked.
My favorite part of DragonForce's Maximum Overload is the glorious "Aaaah"s from the rest of the band. I'm surprised that their drummer doesn't pass out at concerts from drumming at incredibly high speed and singing at the same time
"Vanilla sausage". I'm going to be laughing at that all day.
About that tube amp for an unique tone comment: you don’t even need one to find your sound. For a long time, my amp was a blackstar id core 10 which was pretty limited and i wanted to achieve a metallica sound. I was eventually satisfied when i came to somewhat of a mix of every metallica tone from ride to black. I eventually got bias and a marshall code 25 and guess what. One both amps, i came back to the same sound each time i wanted to create my tone. Even with the much higher amount of options. So yeah, as long as they aren’t line 6 spiders and as long as they are limited enough, you can find your own sound.
7:18 gotta love that self deprecation
Oh yeah. The Bust Buy in my town went out a couple of months ago. The unfortunate thing is that options are disappearing too quickly, most all we have is a handful of big box stores. Ah well.
You should make that Slayer piece an individual clip that people can share on FB and IG. That was straight wise !
News show? Metal news or global news?
...or local news?
I'd totally watch Glenn on my local news.
Slayer, as in the band members, themselves are Catholic, and Tom Araya, Kerry King, and Co., actually go to church together, and have been doing so for years, since the 1980's, in fact.
Cool to see you're learning Studio One. I've been using it for a while and I much prefer it over Reaper or Logic Pro.
Hi Glenn!
I've noticed that a lot of RUclipsrs (Music-related of course) don't really record their voice (or process it, dunno) as loud as, for example, their mixes that they show in their videos.
For example, you could be listening to a guy telling you about the techniques he used during recording/mixing/mastering, doesn't matter, and the level of his voice is okay, like, you've adjusted it to a perfect point when it's not too loud or too quiet. But then, he turns on the music, and oh boy, that is so loud, that you re-adjust the volume again, to be able hear the mix clearly without being overwhelmed. But then again, when the dude starts talking, it's so quiet that I can't hear anything!
Maybe it's a problemo with my ears, maybe with my equipment, maybe I'm an asshole (probably true), was just wondering.
Cheers from France!
been using S1 for a long time, love it
"start smoking in a store".....LOL LMFAO
Good to c ya Glen!
"You are 16! I didn't open my studio until I was 27. You have a 9 year jump on me." Really? You didn't major in math right?
Hahahahahahaha
Lmao holy shit
because he opened his own studio at 27 doesnt mean he started his recording carreer at that age.
Do you really think he opened a studio right away when he was just starting out with recording? Obviously, he means he started recording at 25 and opened his studio at 27.
There was once a math teacher, who decided to do a fuckton of arithmetic on the blackboard.
It was everything from fractals, multiplication, geometry, algebra etc.
Among all of these calculations, there was "6x2=16"
The whole class laughed at it, but then the teacher said, "you see, students: No one notices if you do your job, but everyone notices a single mistake"
Love these Glen! 🔥 🔥 🔥 Going to check out the drums cheat sheet 🙏🔥✊✌🎶🎶🔊
I find the best way to get help in a store is to manhandle the most expensive thing they have...people will usually come running when you start messing with a Gibson Les Paul Custom or higher...
Tom Araya said in an interview that he’s catholic, and that he sometimes performs lyrics he doesn’t agree with. He said that most of the music Slayer makes [that is deemed offensive] is made either to reflect on an issue with society (like Angel of Death), or as he said in a later interview, just to fuck around with people.
Woohoo weekend! Oh yeah great content too 😜🤘
My favourite way to start a weekend!
In all seriousness, fucking bravo on the Slayer/religion stuff.
I had a similar issue when a boss I had learned I was also a live sound engineer and also did studio engineering and owned a large PA. He tried to recruit me for his band. I just gave him my day rates and said, "you can keep your raise, just pay my day rate when you need it". I was already looking for a new job for months before he made that offer and I quit less than a month later. Haven't heard crap about his band... ever!