I’m not an expert at producing my own music. Mixing and mastering and all that stuff but I definitely would like to learn. I’d like to improve on that stuff but is a perfectly good sounding mp3 or a Demo need to be perfect? Not really. I just want a decent enough sound that sounds pretty clean, ya know? When I’m talking “clean” sounding… I’m talking no background noises like hissing, buzzing and other background noises. I never wanted any of that stuff. That’s why I had to get myself a whole new recording rig. I finally figured out how to make my music sound like they aren’t “clipping” by staying out of the red most of the time so that’s taken care of. I’ve been doing a lot of research on “mixing” and “mastering” ’cause I want to teach myself how to do that stuff.

All mixing is it’s pretty much if you have more than one tracks recorded, you gotta use the mixer so one track doesn’t sound louder than the other. You can also add in other sounds like compression, equalizer, reverb and all that stuff. “Mastering” is putting on the final touches which doesn’t seem that hard. I could probably figure out how to do both just fine.

When I start recording again on my new rig, I’m gonna try to make my next batch of songs as best sounding as I possibly can. They’re probably not gonna turn out all the way perfect but they’ll be good enough for the listener. I read somewhere that “mixing” is important but “mastering” not really. I’m not a professional musician. I’m admittedly a hobbyist who just enjoys making music for the fun alone. I just like to make original songs and perform covers for friends, family and fans. I also like to make music for myself pretty much. I read that “mastering” is only used for professional bands & musicians like if you’re going to sell your music professionally which I’m not gonna do so “mastering” probably isn’t important anyways.

So when I start recording music again on my new home recording rig, I think you’re going to hear a big improvement in sound for sure. I just haven’t started recording on my new rig yet ’cause I haven’t came up with new song ideas yet but I will.

I just want to make music for the internet, ya know? I want people to download my songs so they can listen to them on their Ipods, Mp3 players and listen to my songs in their cars or where ever… that’s why I’m dying to make the internet album to happen so people can listen to my music at home or on the go. It ain’t like I’m gonna be a full time musician or anything like that. I just make music for fun and that’s all. I don’t really want a real career in music. I don’t live under the delusion of becoming a rock star like so many musicians live under these days. I’m just happy where I am right now.

Kev