Random Announcements

[popvulture]

@WhiskeySandwich man, thank you! I'd love to hear your stuff — you should really do it. Gotta say, feels good.

Bandcamp seems very cool as far as that whole thing goes. There isn't any sketchy legal jargon or anything that feels like they might secretly have ownership over your stuff (like it can creepily seem with FB/Insta sometimes), plus the money stuff is pretty straightforward. You can charge however much you want, and the fee they take is reasonable. Plus they have Bandcamp Fridays sometimes when they waive their fee.

The coolest thing I've found so far is the analytics component. Lots of detail on how people play your songs — do they listen to the whole thing, do they skip certain tracks, etc. It's useful.

Mainly I just wanna get out there and play some solo acoustic shows. Despite having been the lead singer in bands for years, I find the idea of getting up there by myself to be pretty damn terrifying. This is a step one kick-in-the ass to get me to do it.

[WhiskeySandwich]

@popvulture dude, i like it. its good chill stuff and you've got your sound together. My stuff's just iphone recorded dirty instrumental noise layered on free Garageband. I just want it to exist somewhere besides my phone and i'm pretty tech (and musically) illiterate. I dont care about generating money or fans. Do you pay a subscription for an artist-account holder?

[popvulture]

Nope, it's free — there's a paid version that gives you more features but I haven't opted for it yet. Might someday, but I don't see any need for now.

I think phone recordings sound pretty fantastic sometimes, just gotta try to make sure you're not getting too much intruding noise from unwanted sources like humming air conditioners or whatever else. A lot of times whatever room sounds you might get can make things feel more real. I can't tell you how many times I cut out a lot of ambient sounds from my recordings, only to have my girlfriend tell me it sounded sterile and that she liked it better with the squeaks and scrapes.

[WhiskeySandwich]

@popvulture yeah, it's def tricky to record well, even harder to play when you're nervous about recording, and dont know music. like me. lol

But, nice work on that, you've got a good project going, i'm psyched for you, and motivated to get my own moving. thanks!

[popvulture]

@WhiskeySandwich I really appreciate the kind words, man! And re: recording, we all start out not knowing anything. It took me a ton of trial and error to figure out what I know so far, and I still have a long way to go. It's worth digging in — best advice I can give is to just give it a shot and never be afraid to fail. Hardly anyone would judge you for it, and if they do, fuck em.

[endo]

@Kasi said in Random Announcements:

Proud dad.

that's so cool @Kasi

[tody]

@popvulture Giving it a listen right now... I like it!

[Kasi]

Thanks @endo

Will have my fruit of labour afterwards

[popvulture]

@tody much appreciated, man!

[mclaincausey]

@popvulture excellent stuff. Looking forward to more listens

[Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot]

[Tago Mago]

@Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot congrats! Hope all is well!

[Oaktavia]

@Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot CONGRATS NEW DAD!

[Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot]

@Tago-Mago greatly appreciated, mate! Scary day, at the end of a nightmare of a journey, but mum and babe are champs and doing amazingly well. So much love and happiness.

[Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot]

@Oaktavia mucho thanko, amigo!

[jerkules]

@Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot congratulations, super cute!!

[DeeDee85]

@Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot Huge congratulations!

[Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot]

@jerkules cheers, mate! Takes after his mum

[Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot]

@DeeDee85 thanks, dude!

[popvulture]

@Sir_Cuffs-a-Lot fantastic — big congrats, man!