Yes please more V drum content. cost of living is only going up and needing to have a set drums that won't get you kicked out of your apartment is pivotal 🤘
This is simply reality. I think a lot of self and part time producers are in this boat. If we didn’t need studios then what would set Glen apart from us functionally?
There's definitely a move back to good songwriting in rock & metal. It's slow but it's there. All that "hair metal" of the 80's and 90's was (gasp!) CATCHY! I don't know WTF people found so "unauthentic" about writing a snappy rock song . It was either Little Richard or Chuck Berry who, when asked about some of the more avant-garde music people were putting out at the time, said, "Can you hum it?" So many people complain about the lack of new rock on radio but so much of what there is is autotuned to death and is obviously what the music execs are trying to tell us what we should like, which lately seems like this "whisper-emo" stuff where every band sounds like the next. So many new songs in general, hard rock or not, have guitar solos that don't elevate the songs (as Eliot Easton (Cars) rightly said a solo should do) and/or are just a series of random guitar stunts to show off how fast they can play a pentatonic scale and jack-off with their whammy bar. Who TF wants to listen to that? I honestly hear more hard rock guitar, and solos that make sense, in country music these days. GFY, Glenn, and keep up the great work!
Yeah, the 60 cycle hum did a bit about reframing Jimi Hendrix from guitar hero to writer of good pop songs, and the truth is that if he wasn't the latter, he probably wouldn't have been either.
@@chrispodesta8105 Jimi Hendrix's most famous song is a cover. He was typical blues guy that could write songs, play an instrument and sing. His flashy guitar playing came from Buddy Guy. He knew how to hook the audience in visually and sonically. His early death also helped his legacy because he died at his peak.
Remember how terrible some of fhe guitar solos on huge records are. Think Foreigners"Hot Blooded" and other's ...but the songwriting was about as food as it gets...along with the vocals. Talent isn't just about the ability, its also about how you use it.
@@porcelainthunder2213 There's definitely some bad soloing in some hit songs by big groups, but there's also a lot of artist that got bagged on that had great writing and great solos. Poison's "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" is a prime example, IMO. As much as Poison got bagged on for, well, everything really, it's relatable, it's hummable, and the solo is memorable and fits the song.
@@orlock20 that's kind of what the point made on the podcast was. Except the part about hey Joe, mostly because I don't think they were paying particular attention to writing credits or anything. It was interesting to listen to people who were not Hendrix fans themselves make the effort to open up and examine how material in any case.
In the spirit of home recording, I think it would be good if you brought in a decent e-kit and set it up in a recording session. Todays kits have pretty powerful modules that allow you some crazy flexibility!
I've literally built my credit up by going into debt for gear, and building my own studio. It kind of sucks, but it also was the only way on my income to do it. If you can avoid debt great, but if you can't, there are places like Zzounds, which are interest free payments on gear (it doesn't help your credit... ) but, I couldn't have bought my studio Adam monitors without their payment option, and from there getting a Sweetwater card and building that up allowed me to get more gear over the years. Just be smart about it.
Here in Canada we have the music store chain called Long and McQuades. Twice a year they have a "no interest for 6 months" deal. That's when I buy my new gear.
I purchased an Arturia SparkLE drum machine from a pawn shop and had issues initially because the code that came with it for the software had already been used by the previous owner. So I contacted Arturia and explained the situation, sent them a copy of my purchase receipt. They were awesome and released the original owner's license from the hardware and gave me a new, valid license code, which worked perfectly. Never had issues after that.
Desktop metal...now that is a great subgenre name for all the drum-sampled bedroom guitar recorded music for everyone that thinks they're the next polyphia or animals as leaders
What's wrong with producing music on your own? I'm not talking about drums samples either I'm talking about playing every instrument in the band and writing all parts.
@@soulsphereproductions7009 but the OP was talking about drum samples. So if you're NOT talking about drum samples then you're talking about a different thing.
@@soulsphereproductions7009You're missing the point. Op was talking about self indulging guitarists making the most generic and boring music possible.
@@Memu_, indulgence is at the heart of SIN and my product is definitely SINFUL.... It requires discretion though.... Not that GLENN would know JACK FUCKIN SHIT ABOUT THAT
I used to have a room beside Black Absinthe and the first time we heard them through the walls we had to stop what we were doing and just listen. Good to know they're still kickin!
Yes def some v-kit love . I’ve played drums and sand in metal bands off and on my whole life and just recently purchased Roland’s entry level kit to practice for the project I’m in with a goid friend . I’ve practiced more in the past 6 months than the entirety of all the time before and am actually becoming better than ever before at the age if 48 .I’m now delving into the plug in and recording aspect of things since I play a little guitar to write . I guess my point is they are a viable option and your only limited by your own talent , vision . and perspective . So please give E-drums a chance
My ears perked up at 15:20 when Glenn said "make sure you're *bussing*", but then I got what he actually meant I don't think he's even familiar with that slang
Hi from Japan! I simply can NOT wait for the Tuesday episode about responsible financing. I've lived under the poverty line my entire adult life (now 50, like you), have never used a credit card for anything, and have no credit to speak of. If I have the money, I can buy it. If I don't, do without. It's actually a very sound philosophy. By the way, Japan is still a very largely currency-based economy.
Considering Rick isn't that focused on metal, he can dial in a pretty damn good tone for riffing out some Demiurge lol. I find it super interesting learning about how players of other genres dial in tones, it's fun to mesh styles and get new sounds. So to all the jazz cats and what not, maybe stick around! (Just don't ruin the fun for the rest of us)
Did you say, “mixing symphonic folk metal?” That may be the best for thing I’ve ever heard. I know what I want for Xmas now. Great show, Glen. Keep it going
I'd definitely like to see more Vdrum content - I've recorded live drums a total of once (space and time constraints), but I record and mix with VDrums regularly, and any insight into improving that process would be great
Hey Glen, so awesome to hear you talking about the Bovine! I worked there as security and it was a great place to be. I got a chance to listen to so many bands, some great, some middle of the road, some not so great, but at least it was original music and these guys are getting out there and playing and hopefully getting better with each show they play. The Bovine (aka Canada’s CBGB) has been around 30 years and I hope they keep going as long as possible. Awesome of you to mention them on your channel and hopefully some of your subscribers check the place out if they are in Toronto. Keep your advice and vids coming and keep kickin ass my dude!
I just reamped my 8 string that I quad tracked recently through 333xl through v30s panned 100, and 6505 with t-75s panned 70. All fredmen technique with 2 SM57s into 1073 clones, levels about unity. The brighter guitars panned and the darker are closer to the middle, it went from heavy to mind blowing. Caleb(and Gravebirth bassist dustin) at shed sounds studio in PA deserves a huge shoutout, I heard frequencies I never knew existed with his setup.
Taking notes is great advice. I have a whiteboard and notebooks in my studio that I use for keeping track of everything from track notes to the last time I changed strings on each guitar.
I disagree on the paying the house sound engineer as a local band. They already aren't making jack shit, and the house engineer is paid by the club or promoter. Most likely more than the band is making. I have been primarily working as a FoH engineer for just shy of 20 years, and I have always had the mindset that my job is to make the band sound good. Not just so they're happy, but because that mix reflects on me too. When I go to a concert and it sounds like shit I don't go home blaming the band, I go home blaming the FoH engineer. Plus in my experience, the crowd isn't as dumb as they seem either. Get a crappy band on stage and see how many in the audience try to tell you how to fix it. I personally don't even accept tips, because if the show doesn't go well the band is pissed off and I gotta return it anyway. Just to give an idea of my credentials, I have mixed everything from Every Time I Die, to DMX, to Cheap Trick and countless more national acts. So I'm not just some weekend warrior with a keyboard. TL;DR, the engineer should be there with the desire to put out the best possible show, regardless of being tipped. Fairly new subscriber to the channel and I've been a big fan of the content, keep it coming!
You are not really a house sound engineer in the same vein he is talking about. But yes, sometimes the bar pays them a share of the door. But not always. those sound guys in those small bars and clubs are the one who get bands noticed.
Hey, so... I'm not making metal per se, but you're incredibly helpful all the same. Definitely helped me get those guitars to grind, and sound angry af all the same. Thanks dude!
I would also like some e-drum content, particularly relating to gain staging the plugin(s) when using the e-kit to control midi in a 'live' recording, as well as any tricks/mixing/etc
I think a lot of complaints about tones and metal is that most "heavy" music has so much goddamn gain now. Music can be heavy without that "modern" distortion tone. But I guess for a lot of poser assholes clean guitars are bullshit. If it worked for Sabbath and Priest it can work for them. So many metal bands are cliches. Hell, even Death had clean guitars! So, I think it's worth the see how some of these tests affect the undistorted guitar tone (because at one point with distortion it can just become a square wave).
Black Sabbath members considered themselves a blues band. The drummer was a jazz musician. The modern generic metal guitarist knows only how to play modes quickly, the generic drummer is R2D2, the generic bass player is missing because he doesn't have a ride and the generic singer learned how to sing from Cookie Monster. Another thing that is hurting modern metal is no real scouts and money supporting it. There are probably hundreds of crappy country acts, but there is a whole industry dedicated to finding and promoting the cream. Metal has no Nashville system. That means when we try to find good metal, we have to wade through the crap the country listeners were able to skip.
A lot of modern bands have so little gain, they just sound sterile. Death had clean guitars, but they were for a few interludes and whatnot. Less surgical EQ, less compression on drums, more DIRT - 90s production was brutal. And judging by the whole old school death metal revival thing going on, people are starting to get it.
@@jarrusjenkins Ik this is supposed to be a joke but just as a general pointer, Slayer actually have used clean guitars and guitars with not much drive. Even in theor modern stuff you can hear parts that are completely clean, yet still sound heavy af, for example Delusions Of Saviour (the intro track to Repentless). Slayer have proven that it's WHAT you play that makes it heavy, not just your tone. Tone can help. And Even Slayer's distorted tone is heavy and clear at the same time. You don't want to take all the mids down. Scooping is fine but you need some (Slayer has them at two (8 o'clock) in RIB for example). The thing that your really need to avoid in tone is highs and presence, as that is what causes your tone to be too fizzy and the fizz then causes the guitar to either drown out the mix in fizz, or just the fizz to be heard. Also too much Bass can have adverse Effects, for example causing your guitar to sound boomy. You want to dial in your amp's EQ in a way that serves your purpose and tames harsh frequencies, but also additional EQ helps, such as an EQ pedal.
@@SpectreSoundStudios thank Crom..… i thought it was just because i am over 50… hehehehe… I’ve been doing cover songs on my channel lately, and I’m working on a Dokken song, finding how damned challenging it is vocally!
@@allendean9807 Me too. I'm 52. Just did Wasted Years and Trooper at an open mic here in Orlando recently. This girl got up and sang them and it was awesome! I'm a guitarist/singer and working on my vocals so I don't have to depend on chicks to do songs which were originally performed by dudes. Lol!
now if only the modern metal people turn off the autotune when it comes to actually track the vocals, that would be golden... ofc it's a pipe dream lmao.
One way that I keep track of settings for my gear is a spreadsheet. I take some time to create a template for signal flow, as well as every control a piece of gear or plug-in has that I can copy/paste into a project spreadsheet file. Then I just enter the values wherever they need to be and can have, at a glance, the entire setup on a pad or a laptop screen to save time as I work. I did this when I was in college in order to make paperwork faster (since I had to manage this and have it to present with my mixes). Left me much more time to focus on mixing and recording with the writing out of the way.
Hey glen, you are the myth buster of metal. I have always been fascinated by Jerry cantrell's guitar tone. I would love if you make a video about how to use least amount of gain but still get a super girthy and fat sound like Jerry
“...I left the venue humming the melody of one of their songs....”. As you probably know, the famous and excellent BBB tv series “ The Old Grey Whistle Test” where bands were put into a bare tv studio with all the plugs and wires and lights just anywhere, and played pretty much what they wanted, minimal production, let the music stand alone etc, well the wierd name came about because the dj’s and music show producers used to say that if the “old grey” doormen at the BBC center were whistling a tune from a recent broadcast, it was going to be a hit.
After the gear is loaded in, the first two stops are to the sound booth and the bar to tip them both prior to the night; before one drop is poured and before one mic is placed. We always have great live sound and lots of fun every show. Granted we are a power trio, so less is more, but hell, treating people right and with respect goes a long way, and always comes back around.
I don't do metal. But I'm a subscriber and regular viewer. I can't think of a single episode where you didn't provide useful information I could use in practical application in what I do. And your content is always enjoyable. Thanks!
Wow... didn't know the KALI guys were from JBL. A few years back I bought a set of JBL LSR305's. They are one of the best sound investments I've ever made (and these are the small ones!) Not only for mixing... I've always had decent speakers for 'regular' music listening but these monitors opened up a whole new world. Old CD's took on new life when listening on the JBL's. Clarity and imaging are amazing and I wish I had taken the plunge sooner. Now I listen to nearly everything through my monitors.
I bought some hs5 and I think they are too mid-high driven, but I really didn't want hiss sound on the Kalis and that's way I didn't buy them hahahaha, maybe the Adam's t5v would be a better option
Yes to v-drums video. Any chance on video about amp blending with profilers? I'd love to mix a bunch live amps for different tones, but even after not buying beer, it will be a long time before I've got that kind of money.
The sound engineer thing does matter. There was a guy in our town who was a house engineer and he was so good people started paying him to do their shows and he quit his regular job to earn a living doing just that. He was such a great guy and knew his stuff and LOVED the local band scene. He was in demand and made a good living from it. The sound guy at the bar is the guy that can help launch the careers of bands by making them sound as good as possible.
Having good treatment and monitors is an EXTREMELY good idea. It is possible to get decent mixes without them, but it will cost you time and effort. For a long time I've been working without them and as a workaround I've been using (crappy) monitors I had, two other sets of speakers and 4 sets of different headphones. Over time I learned what is lying to me how and by testing on all of them I know how to get a balanced mix. It works, but I won't recommend doing that to anyone, as it takes a fuckton of time to switch around between those and tweak the mix. I'll be moving soon to a new place and there I'll be making a properly treated room and hopefully won't need to return to that kind of workflow ever again.
FU Glenn! Speaking of Ypres, have you come to some sort of agreement with Gold's estate about the first two records' mix breakdown? Looking forward to it!
Man, I would love to be able to have live drums on my tracks. Here in Scotland there are almost absolutely zero metal or even good old fashioned, bad ass rock drummers. I've wasted years of my life trying to pull a rock band together but unless you play bloody Pop Punk (a serrriously heavy as fuck elephant in the room of an oxymoron), then you're screwed unless you're extremely lucky ...even in the city. This pandemic has been liberating for me personally because it forced me to face the fact that I'm not going to find some solid rock band members any time soon, so realising that I'm only holding myself back now, I bit the bullet and started deep diving RUclips channels like yours to learn as much as I could about home recording so I could get the job done by myself. I'd absolutely love if you could apply your expertise and skills to doing a few videos on v-drums, e.g. SSD5 vs. Superior Drummer etc. How to mix v-drums, what they lack in comparison to real drums so those of us in the v-drums community in the same position as myself can learn from your awesome experience and do our best to compensate as best we can. Cheers and fuck you brother, keep bringing the Frickin' Hammer down \m/
Happen the same way to me but in a inverse way, I was trying since 2007 to put together a pop punk band but in my city the few people that actually play an instrument are all metal heads. I love to hear metal but not to play it. In pandemic I learned how to use reaper, drums vst and play better the guitar and bass and since now its that I'm for first time recording something I like to hear. Keep rocking.
@@vdromuzaraki Oft, we should totally swap lives man! lol. I wish I'd moved to mainland Europe or Scandinavia when I left Highschool, it's all Pop Punk in Scotland today but I grew up listening to Queen and other classic Rock bands, then Heavier Metal stuff! Hope your recording is going well! Feel free to drop me a link if you have anything on RUclips etc. man \m/
Mega metal mix fix Monday was fun AF Every time you buy something for your studio buy a couple cables too by a couple I mean like 10! If you look at how much money goes into cabling a professional studio you’ll poo ninja yourself. Oh the rolls and rolls of tape cut into strips with channel labels and control settings hanging in the closet with project titles on em Oooh so much music … probably forgotten now 😢🤘🏽?.
GLEN!!!! i have a band now in college. Its fun and awesome. I brought up social media and when it came to tik tok, (the most popular platform) everyone said no. Just because some of the stuff in there is pure cringe doesn't mean we should not be using. I say we should use it since its popular and bring us to a larger younger audience. Why make it any harder then it should. What do u think?
I don't think it'll be as good as fb and twitter because I find they tend to let you find people, groups and venues by location which let's you find gigs and opportunities. Instagram and tiktok are also useful bit in a different way since they still help with discovery and getting fans involved which is vital for building a following. If they don't want a tiktok start with an insta and see how they feel. A lot of content can be posted to either platform.
I checked out Ammo based on your recommendation - definitely not disappointed! You may want to post a link to their youtube video for Taking the Throne in the description. It looks like there is also a "rap metal" band with the same, so I was a little confused at first. I was going to give you shit and ask if you bought their CD, but you did even better and mentioned the upcoming video feature. Looking forward to it. F you Glenn hahah.
I was a headphone user for about a year and I gotta say as soon as I got some monitors where things sat in the stereo field totally made way more sense, my mixes glued better and my mix time was cut in half. I can use headphones because now I understand how they lie.
I'm doing the same thing lol The music still sounds great in the Jeep. I have learned where vocals will be 75% and the rest is at 25%. Since then, I will check my work on a BT soundbar. Gives me a few seconds of how well it may come out in the end. We do living room recordings on a Galaxy. Try The Nobodies WASTE OF MY TIME. Many find it better on over the ear headphones, which could be my eye opener that I'm not mixing well enough for stereo playing devices. But I do believe in headphone mixing hahahaha
@@goroblows My cousin went the same way he did. GG went sooner at 36 lol One day hope to fool somebody that this can be done in living rooms... and sound studio lol Getting closer but still headphoning my way
I would love to see more content on recording with electronic drum kits. Like u described in your video I live in a small apartment and have considered getting an electronic kit even though I don’t play drums I would like to learn and an acoustic kit is a no go. I have been looking at the Alesis stuff, the Nitro mesh kit for really cheap and also the command x mesh kit.
I wouldn't worry about comments from fans of other genre's, it means you're reaching a wider audience. I was a metal fan in my younger years, recently I've been playing jazz. I'm a fan of your channel because the content is interesting & because you're Canadian.
I'm glad you mentioned monitor's so often. I've played so many shows where the monitors suck, it really affects your sound when you can't hear your own vocals in the monitor. I played a lot of shows with my hands over my ears so I could hear myself trying to sing over everything else, and one show where no one could hear the guitars to identify the changes coming up or the tones to match. We never had that problem during recording, but when it came to playing shows it really lead to some horrible performances. :-/
Late comment, my apologies. I would really enjoy seeing more info on e-drums. It’s how I need to record these days, so I can see your videos being very helpful. 🤘
Hey Glenn, there’s actually a bit of a metal scene growing here in Windsor as well. I just went out to a show for the bands Part of the Plan, Among the Rest, and I See Aura and it was the most fun I’ve had at a bar show in a long time! More on the modern side but exciting none the less!
Glenn! Have you heard the Japanese band Ningen Isu, and if so, what's your thoughts? I head about them earlier this year and realised they have been in business since the late 80s/early 90s. They are eligible of ranking among the greatest metal bands. They deserve to be so much bigger. Cheers!
My buddy gave me his old near field Roland Edirol monitors for mixing on the fly and man they do not lie ! Obviously you gotta understand the low end of your speakers ...but yeah, GET ANY MONITORS you can to start, your mixes will be 100% better than with headphones!
Backing up - I save work (this goes for photos of my daughters, everything precious including music!)onto an external HDD, but I have a duplicate, which I keep at my parents. I periodically get it from this and update it, maybe once a month or so. My logic is, god forbid something like a house fire, but at least you can preserve this stuff.
Samus66 just did a demo on the new Pearl edrum kit and I was pretty blown away TBH. As a drummer it seems to have solved many if not most of the issues I have with ekits.
13:59 You're hitting the nail on the head. I'm in California, outside Los Angeles county, and its wrongly expensive. I didn't know it was like that in Canada too. BTW, a drummer I jammed with around 2005 had some top of the line Roland V Drums, and they sounded like garbage. Maybe if he could load better samples in? Oh well, he probably sold them to afford LIFE!
Totally agree with using studio monitors over headphones. Although mine are only 3½" L & R, in a small room, you can really feel the difference, and that can only improve recordings, surely.
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Yes please more V drum content. cost of living is only going up and needing to have a set drums that won't get you kicked out of your apartment is pivotal 🤘
This is simply reality. I think a lot of self and part time producers are in this boat. If we didn’t need studios then what would set Glen apart from us functionally?
There's definitely a move back to good songwriting in rock & metal. It's slow but it's there. All that "hair metal" of the 80's and 90's was (gasp!) CATCHY! I don't know WTF people found so "unauthentic" about writing a snappy rock song . It was either Little Richard or Chuck Berry who, when asked about some of the more avant-garde music people were putting out at the time, said, "Can you hum it?"
So many people complain about the lack of new rock on radio but so much of what there is is autotuned to death and is obviously what the music execs are trying to tell us what we should like, which lately seems like this "whisper-emo" stuff where every band sounds like the next. So many new songs in general, hard rock or not, have guitar solos that don't elevate the songs (as Eliot Easton (Cars) rightly said a solo should do) and/or are just a series of random guitar stunts to show off how fast they can play a pentatonic scale and jack-off with their whammy bar. Who TF wants to listen to that? I honestly hear more hard rock guitar, and solos that make sense, in country music these days.
GFY, Glenn, and keep up the great work!
Yeah, the 60 cycle hum did a bit about reframing Jimi Hendrix from guitar hero to writer of good pop songs, and the truth is that if he wasn't the latter, he probably wouldn't have been either.
@@chrispodesta8105 Jimi Hendrix's most famous song is a cover. He was typical blues guy that could write songs, play an instrument and sing. His flashy guitar playing came from Buddy Guy. He knew how to hook the audience in visually and sonically. His early death also helped his legacy because he died at his peak.
Remember how terrible some of fhe guitar solos on huge records are. Think Foreigners"Hot Blooded" and other's ...but the songwriting was about as food as it gets...along with the vocals. Talent isn't just about the ability, its also about how you use it.
@@porcelainthunder2213 There's definitely some bad soloing in some hit songs by big groups, but there's also a lot of artist that got bagged on that had great writing and great solos. Poison's "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" is a prime example, IMO. As much as Poison got bagged on for, well, everything really, it's relatable, it's hummable, and the solo is memorable and fits the song.
@@orlock20 that's kind of what the point made on the podcast was. Except the part about hey Joe, mostly because I don't think they were paying particular attention to writing credits or anything.
It was interesting to listen to people who were not Hendrix fans themselves make the effort to open up and examine how material in any case.
In the spirit of home recording, I think it would be good if you brought in a decent e-kit and set it up in a recording session.
Todays kits have pretty powerful modules that allow you some crazy flexibility!
Dude, the Butthurt Of The Week theme never gets old!
I've literally built my credit up by going into debt for gear, and building my own studio. It kind of sucks, but it also was the only way on my income to do it. If you can avoid debt great, but if you can't, there are places like Zzounds, which are interest free payments on gear (it doesn't help your credit... ) but, I couldn't have bought my studio Adam monitors without their payment option, and from there getting a Sweetwater card and building that up allowed me to get more gear over the years. Just be smart about it.
Here in Canada we have the music store chain called Long and McQuades. Twice a year they have a "no interest for 6 months" deal. That's when I buy my new gear.
@@jeremythornton433 Best store ever
I purchased an Arturia SparkLE drum machine from a pawn shop and had issues initially because the code that came with it for the software had already been used by the previous owner. So I contacted Arturia and explained the situation, sent them a copy of my purchase receipt. They were awesome and released the original owner's license from the hardware and gave me a new, valid license code, which worked perfectly. Never had issues after that.
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We must spam Beato’s platform about how useless his tone tips are for 8 string mega, super, extreme drop tuning death metal guitar
He used to talk Djent.
To be fair..... hes delt with a lot of drop tuned guitars so I dont think he'd be as useless as you think...
Oh no i'm sure he'll be so scared of the increased traffic and engagement
Rhett Shull next
Not gonna do it! Rick's a cool guy. He's just into different stuff and that's allowed. Harassing people is not cool.
Desktop metal...now that is a great subgenre name for all the drum-sampled bedroom guitar recorded music for everyone that thinks they're the next polyphia or animals as leaders
What's wrong with producing music on your own? I'm not talking about drums samples either I'm talking about playing every instrument in the band and writing all parts.
@@soulsphereproductions7009 but the OP was talking about drum samples. So if you're NOT talking about drum samples then you're talking about a different thing.
all hail mike and his superiority complex
@@soulsphereproductions7009You're missing the point. Op was talking about self indulging guitarists making the most generic and boring music possible.
@@Memu_, indulgence is at the heart of SIN and my product is definitely SINFUL.... It requires discretion though.... Not that GLENN would know JACK FUCKIN SHIT ABOUT THAT
Love the work, love the recognition!
Thanks for all your hard work, Ziz!
You pulled the amp video as soon as I started to watch it. But the thumnail suggested the only amps that are not available where I am so it's all good
I'm going to put that out in December...
Love your shows mate, no matter what topic.
Good to see someone down to earth friendly, and happy to help others out.
Cheers from Australia.
Yeah, always greatmwhen you start your show telling your fans to bother others...
@@morbidmanmusic its a joke that actually would help a RUclips channel if people actually did it due to yt algorithms..
If by "down to earth" you mean "only classic rock allowed" and by "friendly" you mean "friendly as long as you do classic rock"
@@dinonuggies2276 keep crying
@@Nexcroo i know glenn doesnt understand that either, but thats not an argument lol
My Roland TD-17KVX running Superior Drummer is a dream. SD3 is so customizable and realistic sounding. A real joy.
Glenn, you need off-site backups. If something happens to your studio, you’ll want to have your data outside the studio.
I used to have a room beside Black Absinthe and the first time we heard them through the walls we had to stop what we were doing and just listen. Good to know they're still kickin!
Yeah man, would love to see some V drum content on your channel! Thanks for all the videos, love your stuff.
Same
Yes def some v-kit love . I’ve played drums and sand in metal bands off and on my whole life and just recently purchased Roland’s entry level kit to practice for the project I’m in with a goid friend . I’ve practiced more in the past 6 months than the entirety of all the time before and am actually becoming better than ever before at the age if 48 .I’m now delving into the plug in and recording aspect of things since I play a little guitar to write . I guess my point is they are a viable option and your only limited by your own talent , vision . and perspective . So please give E-drums a chance
My ears perked up at 15:20 when Glenn said "make sure you're *bussing*", but then I got what he actually meant
I don't think he's even familiar with that slang
Hi from Japan!
I simply can NOT wait for the Tuesday episode about responsible financing. I've lived under the poverty line my entire adult life (now 50, like you), have never used a credit card for anything, and have no credit to speak of. If I have the money, I can buy it. If I don't, do without. It's actually a very sound philosophy. By the way, Japan is still a very largely currency-based economy.
This channel is like bringing back head bangers ball!….. thank you..
Right on!
Would definitely like to see reviews on the Roland V Drums. Thanks Glenn, always enjoy your videos.
Considering Rick isn't that focused on metal, he can dial in a pretty damn good tone for riffing out some Demiurge lol. I find it super interesting learning about how players of other genres dial in tones, it's fun to mesh styles and get new sounds. So to all the jazz cats and what not, maybe stick around! (Just don't ruin the fun for the rest of us)
But seriously - the Bad News shirt is everything
Im glad your channel is doing well Glen. Great content as always....way to go!!!!!
Loving these daily vids. Always super interesting.
This channel is actually shockingly useful for my folk punk band.
Did you say, “mixing symphonic folk metal?” That may be the best for thing I’ve ever heard. I know what I want for Xmas now. Great show, Glen. Keep it going
Your channel is important because it is just as important to know what not to do than what to. I really appreciate all the passed down knowledge
I love the heavy metal channel, only reason I watch you Glenn.
I'd definitely like to see more Vdrum content - I've recorded live drums a total of once (space and time constraints), but I record and mix with VDrums regularly, and any insight into improving that process would be great
I just started this. I have a feeling I'm going to end up in the same boat. I am a caveman with this stuff.
Hey Glen, so awesome to hear you talking about the Bovine! I worked there as security and it was a great place to be. I got a chance to listen to so many bands, some great, some middle of the road, some not so great, but at least it was original music and these guys are getting out there and playing and hopefully getting better with each show they play. The Bovine (aka Canada’s CBGB) has been around 30 years and I hope they keep going as long as possible. Awesome of you to mention them on your channel and hopefully some of your subscribers check the place out if they are in Toronto. Keep your advice and vids coming and keep kickin ass my dude!
Im looking forward to the Vdrum stuff! Thats gonna be super helpful!
I just reamped my 8 string that I quad tracked recently through 333xl through v30s panned 100, and 6505 with t-75s panned 70. All fredmen technique with 2 SM57s into 1073 clones, levels about unity. The brighter guitars panned and the darker are closer to the middle, it went from heavy to mind blowing. Caleb(and Gravebirth bassist dustin) at shed sounds studio in PA deserves a huge shoutout, I heard frequencies I never knew existed with his setup.
After hearing you endorse the Kali LP-6s time and time again, I finally have a pair on my desk. THANK FUCK because these things are incredible.
You are very much appreciated Glenn
Spiked gauntlets are the only fashion item that says both “mum cooks my meals” and “I lit a fire in my local park”
I don't play or record metal but I learned a lot about IRs and how to prep for a session through this channel
i gotta give you major props glen giving useful direction to us mortals on your new monday madness.
Yes please!!!! Review and tips for V drums would be amazing!!!
I am 100% in on the Roland videos. As a drummer who is a hybrid player - using many different electronic components in my setup is a must.
Taking notes is great advice. I have a whiteboard and notebooks in my studio that I use for keeping track of everything from track notes to the last time I changed strings on each guitar.
As usual....spot on. You gotta love these professional talking masters at work which nobody knows trying to embarrass Glen. Hilarious.....
I disagree on the paying the house sound engineer as a local band. They already aren't making jack shit, and the house engineer is paid by the club or promoter. Most likely more than the band is making. I have been primarily working as a FoH engineer for just shy of 20 years, and I have always had the mindset that my job is to make the band sound good. Not just so they're happy, but because that mix reflects on me too. When I go to a concert and it sounds like shit I don't go home blaming the band, I go home blaming the FoH engineer. Plus in my experience, the crowd isn't as dumb as they seem either. Get a crappy band on stage and see how many in the audience try to tell you how to fix it. I personally don't even accept tips, because if the show doesn't go well the band is pissed off and I gotta return it anyway. Just to give an idea of my credentials, I have mixed everything from Every Time I Die, to DMX, to Cheap Trick and countless more national acts. So I'm not just some weekend warrior with a keyboard. TL;DR, the engineer should be there with the desire to put out the best possible show, regardless of being tipped. Fairly new subscriber to the channel and I've been a big fan of the content, keep it coming!
You are not really a house sound engineer in the same vein he is talking about. But yes, sometimes the bar pays them a share of the door. But not always. those sound guys in those small bars and clubs are the one who get bands noticed.
Hey, so... I'm not making metal per se, but you're incredibly helpful all the same. Definitely helped me get those guitars to grind, and sound angry af all the same. Thanks dude!
I would also like some e-drum content, particularly relating to gain staging the plugin(s) when using the e-kit to control midi in a 'live' recording, as well as any tricks/mixing/etc
yeah, I hanged on the Andy Sneap's forum too. 15 years ago, damn the time
I think a lot of complaints about tones and metal is that most "heavy" music has so much goddamn gain now. Music can be heavy without that "modern" distortion tone. But I guess for a lot of poser assholes clean guitars are bullshit. If it worked for Sabbath and Priest it can work for them. So many metal bands are cliches. Hell, even Death had clean guitars!
So, I think it's worth the see how some of these tests affect the undistorted guitar tone (because at one point with distortion it can just become a square wave).
ALLLLLL THE GAAAAAIIIINNNN!!!!
SLAYER!
NO MIDS!!!
Black Sabbath members considered themselves a blues band. The drummer was a jazz musician. The modern generic metal guitarist knows only how to play modes quickly, the generic drummer is R2D2, the generic bass player is missing because he doesn't have a ride and the generic singer learned how to sing from Cookie Monster.
Another thing that is hurting modern metal is no real scouts and money supporting it. There are probably hundreds of crappy country acts, but there is a whole industry dedicated to finding and promoting the cream. Metal has no Nashville system. That means when we try to find good metal, we have to wade through the crap the country listeners were able to skip.
A lot of modern bands have so little gain, they just sound sterile. Death had clean guitars, but they were for a few interludes and whatnot. Less surgical EQ, less compression on drums, more DIRT - 90s production was brutal. And judging by the whole old school death metal revival thing going on, people are starting to get it.
@@jarrusjenkins Ik this is supposed to be a joke but just as a general pointer, Slayer actually have used clean guitars and guitars with not much drive. Even in theor modern stuff you can hear parts that are completely clean, yet still sound heavy af, for example Delusions Of Saviour (the intro track to Repentless). Slayer have proven that it's WHAT you play that makes it heavy, not just your tone. Tone can help. And Even Slayer's distorted tone is heavy and clear at the same time. You don't want to take all the mids down. Scooping is fine but you need some (Slayer has them at two (8 o'clock) in RIB for example). The thing that your really need to avoid in tone is highs and presence, as that is what causes your tone to be too fizzy and the fizz then causes the guitar to either drown out the mix in fizz, or just the fizz to be heard. Also too much Bass can have adverse Effects, for example causing your guitar to sound boomy. You want to dial in your amp's EQ in a way that serves your purpose and tames harsh frequencies, but also additional EQ helps, such as an EQ pedal.
@@jarrusjenkins ruclips.net/video/aYtXBUS_kwY/видео.html I think you refer to this? Legendary!
A return to singing would make my year….. I’m so tired- bloody exhausted of screamers…
Same here!
@@SpectreSoundStudios thank Crom..… i thought it was just because i am over 50… hehehehe… I’ve been doing cover songs on my channel lately, and I’m working on a Dokken song, finding how damned challenging it is vocally!
@@allendean9807 Me too. I'm 52. Just did Wasted Years and Trooper at an open mic here in Orlando recently. This girl got up and sang them and it was awesome! I'm a guitarist/singer and working on my vocals so I don't have to depend on chicks to do songs which were originally performed by dudes. Lol!
@@theophany1770 Bruce is still awesome! I wanna do a maiden tune, but there’s too many to choose from!
now if only the modern metal people turn off the autotune when it comes to actually track the vocals, that would be golden... ofc it's a pipe dream lmao.
Your audience NEEDS vdrum and vst drumming content. Exactly for the reasons you laid out.
One way that I keep track of settings for my gear is a spreadsheet. I take some time to create a template for signal flow, as well as every control a piece of gear or plug-in has that I can copy/paste into a project spreadsheet file. Then I just enter the values wherever they need to be and can have, at a glance, the entire setup on a pad or a laptop screen to save time as I work. I did this when I was in college in order to make paperwork faster (since I had to manage this and have it to present with my mixes). Left me much more time to focus on mixing and recording with the writing out of the way.
Hey glen, you are the myth buster of metal. I have always been fascinated by Jerry cantrell's guitar tone. I would love if you make a video about how to use least amount of gain but still get a super girthy and fat sound like Jerry
Awww You put me in the video. Your compliment well was deserved. I needn't any reward. Rock On!
“...I left the venue humming the melody of one of their songs....”. As you probably know, the famous and excellent BBB tv series “ The Old Grey Whistle Test” where bands were put into a bare tv studio with all the plugs and wires and lights just anywhere, and played pretty much what they wanted, minimal production, let the music stand alone etc, well the wierd name came about because the dj’s and music show producers used to say that if the “old grey” doormen at the BBC center were whistling a tune from a recent broadcast, it was going to be a hit.
After the gear is loaded in, the first two stops are to the sound booth and the bar to tip them both prior to the night; before one drop is poured and before one mic is placed. We always have great live sound and lots of fun every show. Granted we are a power trio, so less is more, but hell, treating people right and with respect goes a long way, and always comes back around.
Amen!
awesome stuff, Glenn! I learn so much from your channel 🤟🤟
I don't do metal. But I'm a subscriber and regular viewer. I can't think of a single episode where you didn't provide useful information I could use in practical application in what I do. And your content is always enjoyable. Thanks!
Wow... didn't know the KALI guys were from JBL. A few years back I bought a set of JBL LSR305's. They are one of the best sound investments I've ever made (and these are the small ones!) Not only for mixing... I've always had decent speakers for 'regular' music listening but these monitors opened up a whole new world. Old CD's took on new life when listening on the JBL's. Clarity and imaging are amazing and I wish I had taken the plunge sooner. Now I listen to nearly everything through my monitors.
Thumbs up for the quad tracking Q&A 👍
I would love to see where vDrums are at these days! I hope you can make that happen, Glenn.
Looking forward to the review of the new Kalis, time for an upgrade from the Yamahas I've been using for the past couple of years.
I bought some hs5 and I think they are too mid-high driven, but I really didn't want hiss sound on the Kalis and that's way I didn't buy them hahahaha, maybe the Adam's t5v would be a better option
Yes to v-drums video. Any chance on video about amp blending with profilers? I'd love to mix a bunch live amps for different tones, but even after not buying beer, it will be a long time before I've got that kind of money.
The sound engineer thing does matter. There was a guy in our town who was a house engineer and he was so good people started paying him to do their shows and he quit his regular job to earn a living doing just that. He was such a great guy and knew his stuff and LOVED the local band scene. He was in demand and made a good living from it. The sound guy at the bar is the guy that can help launch the careers of bands by making them sound as good as possible.
Having good treatment and monitors is an EXTREMELY good idea. It is possible to get decent mixes without them, but it will cost you time and effort. For a long time I've been working without them and as a workaround I've been using (crappy) monitors I had, two other sets of speakers and 4 sets of different headphones. Over time I learned what is lying to me how and by testing on all of them I know how to get a balanced mix. It works, but I won't recommend doing that to anyone, as it takes a fuckton of time to switch around between those and tweak the mix. I'll be moving soon to a new place and there I'll be making a properly treated room and hopefully won't need to return to that kind of workflow ever again.
Totally enjoy your question sessions, your honest expressions are refreshing. Welcome this extra type of info with all your other good vids too :)
FU Glenn! Speaking of Ypres, have you come to some sort of agreement with Gold's estate about the first two records' mix breakdown? Looking forward to it!
Man, I would love to be able to have live drums on my tracks. Here in Scotland there are almost absolutely zero metal or even good old fashioned, bad ass rock drummers. I've wasted years of my life trying to pull a rock band together but unless you play bloody Pop Punk (a serrriously heavy as fuck elephant in the room of an oxymoron), then you're screwed unless you're extremely lucky ...even in the city.
This pandemic has been liberating for me personally because it forced me to face the fact that I'm not going to find some solid rock band members any time soon, so realising that I'm only holding myself back now, I bit the bullet and started deep diving RUclips channels like yours to learn as much as I could about home recording so I could get the job done by myself.
I'd absolutely love if you could apply your expertise and skills to doing a few videos on v-drums, e.g. SSD5 vs. Superior Drummer etc. How to mix v-drums, what they lack in comparison to real drums so those of us in the v-drums community in the same position as myself can learn from your awesome experience and do our best to compensate as best we can.
Cheers and fuck you brother, keep bringing the Frickin' Hammer down \m/
Happen the same way to me but in a inverse way, I was trying since 2007 to put together a pop punk band but in my city the few people that actually play an instrument are all metal heads. I love to hear metal but not to play it. In pandemic I learned how to use reaper, drums vst and play better the guitar and bass and since now its that I'm for first time recording something I like to hear. Keep rocking.
@@vdromuzaraki Oft, we should totally swap lives man! lol. I wish I'd moved to mainland Europe or Scandinavia when I left Highschool, it's all Pop Punk in Scotland today but I grew up listening to Queen and other classic Rock bands, then Heavier Metal stuff! Hope your recording is going well! Feel free to drop me a link if you have anything on RUclips etc. man \m/
Mega metal mix fix Monday was fun AF
Every time you buy something for your studio buy a couple cables too by a couple I mean like 10! If you look at how much money goes into cabling a professional studio you’ll poo ninja yourself.
Oh the rolls and rolls of tape cut into strips with channel labels and control settings hanging in the closet with project titles on em Oooh so much music … probably forgotten now 😢🤘🏽?.
I would dig some Roland V Drum content on here, thanks Glenn
GLEN!!!!
i have a band now in college.
Its fun and awesome.
I brought up social media and when it came to tik tok, (the most popular platform) everyone said no. Just because some of the stuff in there is pure cringe doesn't mean we should not be using. I say we should use it since its popular and bring us to a larger younger audience. Why make it any harder then it should.
What do u think?
No. Keep your integrity!
Yes. Marketing is important. Unless you just wanna jam with friends and release music into the aether.
I don't think it'll be as good as fb and twitter because I find they tend to let you find people, groups and venues by location which let's you find gigs and opportunities.
Instagram and tiktok are also useful bit in a different way since they still help with discovery and getting fans involved which is vital for building a following.
If they don't want a tiktok start with an insta and see how they feel. A lot of content can be posted to either platform.
If it gets your band out there, do it. You want to reach ad many people as possible.
@@216trixie And stay in the jam room...haha
OH SHIT MY QUAD TRACKING QUESTION MADE IT! :D
Thanks Glenn!
I checked out Ammo based on your recommendation - definitely not disappointed! You may want to post a link to their youtube video for Taking the Throne in the description. It looks like there is also a "rap metal" band with the same, so I was a little confused at first.
I was going to give you shit and ask if you bought their CD, but you did even better and mentioned the upcoming video feature. Looking forward to it. F you Glenn hahah.
I was a headphone user for about a year and I gotta say as soon as I got some monitors where things sat in the stereo field totally made way more sense, my mixes glued better and my mix time was cut in half. I can use headphones because now I understand how they lie.
I'm doing the same thing lol
The music still sounds great in the Jeep. I have learned where vocals will be 75% and the rest is at 25%. Since then, I will check my work on a BT soundbar. Gives me a few seconds of how well it may come out in the end.
We do living room recordings on a Galaxy. Try The Nobodies WASTE OF MY TIME. Many find it better on over the ear headphones, which could be my eye opener that I'm not mixing well enough for stereo playing devices. But I do believe in headphone mixing hahahaha
@@WIMPY86 Sound quality is alright. Mostly I feel like I'm listening to GG Allin right before he died.
@@goroblows My cousin went the same way he did. GG went sooner at 36 lol One day hope to fool somebody that this can be done in living rooms... and sound studio lol Getting closer but still headphoning my way
Metal mix Monday. Loved it
25:25 NO Truer words have ever been spoken. Thanks Glen! Keep up the great content. \m/ \m/
He loved your comment
Hey, it's Metal! The drummer screaming "Yeah" at the end just adds to its authenticity!
Happy Thanksgiving!
yes more stuff with Roland Vdrums please🤘 and thank you, Glenn!!!!
I would love to see more content on recording with electronic drum kits. Like u described in your video I live in a small apartment and have considered getting an electronic kit even though I don’t play drums I would like to learn and an acoustic kit is a no go. I have been looking at the Alesis stuff, the Nitro mesh kit for really cheap and also the command x mesh kit.
I wouldn't worry about comments from fans of other genre's, it means you're reaching a wider audience. I was a metal fan in my younger years, recently I've been playing jazz. I'm a fan of your channel because the content is interesting & because you're Canadian.
I'm glad you mentioned monitor's so often. I've played so many shows where the monitors suck, it really affects your sound when you can't hear your own vocals in the monitor. I played a lot of shows with my hands over my ears so I could hear myself trying to sing over everything else, and one show where no one could hear the guitars to identify the changes coming up or the tones to match. We never had that problem during recording, but when it came to playing shows it really lead to some horrible performances. :-/
the subtle way you help in these videos is absolutely 15:20
Love the t-shirt! ❤️
Late comment, my apologies. I would really enjoy seeing more info on e-drums. It’s how I need to record these days, so I can see your videos being very helpful. 🤘
Hey Glenn, there’s actually a bit of a metal scene growing here in Windsor as well. I just went out to a show for the bands Part of the Plan, Among the Rest, and I See Aura and it was the most fun I’ve had at a bar show in a long time! More on the modern side but exciting none the less!
I don't like bands that have sentences for a name.
@@216trixie Ok that’s your choice to make!
@@progguitarist27 I wish it was my choice.
@@216trixie I do get that point. There are a lot of generic bands out there. What do you listen to?
@@progguitarist27 Ghost, Gojira, the Gypsy Kings, a lot of bands that start with the letter g.
Glenn! Have you heard the Japanese band Ningen Isu, and if so, what's your thoughts? I head about them earlier this year and realised they have been in business since the late 80s/early 90s. They are eligible of ranking among the greatest metal bands. They deserve to be so much bigger. Cheers!
My buddy gave me his old near field Roland Edirol monitors for mixing on the fly and man they do not lie ! Obviously you gotta understand the low end of your speakers ...but yeah, GET ANY MONITORS you can to start, your mixes will be 100% better than with headphones!
LOVE THE T-SHIRT Glen. I loved Bad news when I was younger (yes I do have their CD and I bought the album back then to) Great channel by the by
10000000000 percent would love to see vdrum content!
I bought the Kalli monitors after watching your reviews. I went for the LP8's. Can't say how pleased I've been! Thanks for the help!
Backing up - I save work (this goes for photos of my daughters, everything precious including music!)onto an external HDD, but I have a duplicate, which I keep at my parents. I periodically get it from this and update it, maybe once a month or so. My logic is, god forbid something like a house fire, but at least you can preserve this stuff.
Samus66 just did a demo on the new Pearl edrum kit and I was pretty blown away TBH. As a drummer it seems to have solved many if not most of the issues I have with ekits.
For those of you not sure about the cock blocker JUST GET IT ALREADY! $37?! This is a steal! Best noise gate I’ve ever used!
Love this channel, keep up the good work!
Yeah that Monday metal morning was brilliant. Thanks
13:59 You're hitting the nail on the head. I'm in California, outside Los Angeles county, and its wrongly expensive. I didn't know it was like that in Canada too. BTW, a drummer I jammed with around 2005 had some top of the line Roland V Drums, and they sounded like garbage. Maybe if he could load better samples in? Oh well, he probably sold them to afford LIFE!
Totally agree with using studio monitors over headphones.
Although mine are only 3½" L & R, in a small room, you can really feel the difference, and that can only improve recordings, surely.
I was at that show at the bovine; they definitely kicked ass for sure, as did black absinthe and faceplant!
looking forward to Tuesday's video!!!!
Dang almost 30 minutes. Awesome!
Yeah, we want vids on Roland V-Drums! Also comparing them to Yamaha, Alesis, 2Box gear.
Glenn loving the t -shirt. I worked on the Big No. 2 Tour of Bottom live with Rick and Ade back in the day