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<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KcCGgmBQFy4/R9qcBwnuqKI/AAAAAAAAAHk/DN3VN1CXh9o/s1600-h/IMG00037.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177622275661146274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KcCGgmBQFy4/R9qcBwnuqKI/AAAAAAAAAHk/DN3VN1CXh9o/s320/IMG00037.jpg" border="0" /></a>This weeks session involved tracking drums using a session musician. The first part of the session did not go as smoothly as we had liked however. We had to do a bunch of trouble-shooting before we could proceed. Through the process of elimination we were able to determine a problem with mic wall plate "B" which inevitably delayed us by a couple of hours.
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<div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KcCGgmBQFy4/R9qbzwnuqJI/AAAAAAAAAHc/pXuUAGNvQ5k/s1600-h/IMG00036.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177622035142977682" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KcCGgmBQFy4/R9qbzwnuqJI/AAAAAAAAAHc/pXuUAGNvQ5k/s320/IMG00036.jpg" border="0" /></a>Once we identified and solved the problem with the wall plate it was full speed ahead. By this time our session drummer (Dustin) had plenty enough rehearsal time and was able to crank out a couple of "keepers" within the first couple of takes.</div><div>In the end patience prevailed and we were able to get Greg's song that much closer to completion.</div></div></div></div>
Here is a drum only track using the room mics only. I will post a mixdown of the entire kit in a later blog.
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This is a subject I have wanted to tackle for some time. A member recently sent me a message asking about this so I thought I would clear it up. <br /><br />Is iMusicScene free or not? The answer is of course it is FREE! Memberships are not required and truthfully we do not advertise them. My guess is most people did not even know the option existed. <br /><br />This site has been free since we started it almost 4 years ago. We had subscriptions for a short time and then I removed them entirely. Recently I brought them back because some of you crazy musicians wanted to post your entire 500 song catalog on here! <br /><br />What is the difference between the subscriptions? More song and video slots is about it. The rest of the features are pretty much the same. Soundclick charges $9.95 per month for their subscriptions. That subscription will allow you to post your songs at 192k bitrate which is what all of our accounts will allow. Our subscriptions are there to just help support the site and offset our cost. If you think I am making a profit on this site, I have news for you. My taxes show otherwise. iMusicScene was never about profit. It was about having some fun and doing some music. <br /><br />So why have subscriptions at all? Well the honest truth is this. When this site first started, my shared server was around $10 a month. A shared server is many web sites sharing one small server. I have seen as many as 250 web sites on one shared server. Bandwidth and hard drive space were not an issue because there were only a handful of members here. As we got bigger, our host said we were killing the shared server and politely notified us that we were being booted from the shared server. They asked us to go to a dedicated server or find another host. Our traffic was slowing down the other 249 sites hehe. All my complaints to them about iMS running slow was being caused by us!<br /><br />A dedicated server is one that we basically owned and maintained and were the only web site on it. The price for this was $150 a month for an entry level server. We stayed on it for several months but again, our traffic continues to grow. As we grow, we have to constantly be aware of how the site interacts with our members. I work in Information Technology and I know as well as most people know, if the site is slow, who wants to be here? With that, we are constantly upgrading behind the scenes to make sure your experience here is a pleasurable one.<br /><br />The thing that cracked me up about this is Hosting Companies toss out these huge numbers to you. 200GB of Bandwidth a month and 200GB of Hard Drive space for $6 a month. Sounds great until you try and use those numbers and they are booting you from their server. Luckily we have a great host now that I can grow with and I am yet to see any major problems with them at all. <br /><br />We put the subscriptions in place for artists who need more space and want to help support iMS. Prior to the subscriptions I had people emailing me asking where they could contribute and we would politely decline.<br /><br />So yes, iMusicScene is free and will continue to be that way. The only goal we ever had was to break even. That is why we have the Yahoo Ads, MusicianFriend and Guitar Center links here. These help offset our cost. We have also been fortunate to have some web sites wanting to advertise with us. As our traffic grows, we will get more advertisers and use those proceeds to advertise iMS and help spread the word!<br /><br />I hope this clears up the question for anyone else who was wondering! <br /><br />Dazed
Glad your back and was able to listen to the show mate, good chatting with u in the chat.
Take it easy and stay out of the hospital for a while..
Hey friends & fans,
It’s Semi-Finals time at OurStage.com, America’s great independent music and video discovery destination, and I..m shooting for top act of the month. There’s quite a bit at stake here, such as gigs at festivals and other career-making goodies.
And this means, of the thousands of bands competing to be 1, DICARLO stands a decent chance of taking it. If you already voted me into the Semi-Finals, I hope you’ll come back and support me again. If not,I hope you’ll vote for me now.
So thanks for your vote, if you did – it means a lot. And please vote for me again. If you’re not yet an OurStage member, you can easily become one right now, right here. It’s fast, easy and free.
Here..s the link to my page;
The song is called "HURTS SO GOOD", and please join my Fan Club while you..re there. 
<a href="http://www.ourstage.com/banner/1/NOCRQJGDJUCH"><img src="http://www.ourstage.com/banner/image/1/NOCRQJGDJUCH.jpg" alt="HURTS SO GOOD, by DICARLO on OurStage" style="width:280px;height:300px;border:none;"/></a>
I need 20 more fans by March 31st. That..s tomorrow!!!!
Thank you.
Peace,
DICARLO
<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KcCGgmBQFy4/R9D_gKjjC0I/AAAAAAAAAG0/rOFBmg63wKY/s1600-h/IMG00004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174916899903048514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KcCGgmBQFy4/R9D_gKjjC0I/AAAAAAAAAG0/rOFBmg63wKY/s320/IMG00004.jpg" border="0" /></a> This sessing we track drums using the Roland VS-2480. We used the 8 builtin pre-amps. I didn't catch the name of tom or room mics but we used a <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KcCGgmBQFy4/R9D_sKjjC1I/AAAAAAAAAG8/G8-0LNBm5KU/s1600-h/IMG00003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174917106061478738" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KcCGgmBQFy4/R9D_sKjjC1I/AAAAAAAAAG8/G8-0LNBm5KU/s320/IMG00003.jpg" border="0" /></a>SM57 on the snare and an AKG D112 on the kick. The tom mics were Audio-Technica ATM250's (I think, gotta confirm that. They were definately ATM's though) and the spaced pair room mics were AKG C451. We left 1 <a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_KcCGgmBQFy4/R9D_IqjjCzI/AAAAAAAAAGs/kZvDCjiZIP4/s1600-h/IMG00002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174916496176122674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_KcCGgmBQFy4/R9D_IqjjCzI/AAAAAAAAAGs/kZvDCjiZIP4/s320/IMG00002.jpg" border="0" /></a>channel available to use if needed on either the hi-hat or the snare. We decided after hearing our setup that we didn't need it (this time).
<div><div>The AKG D112 was placed in the kick drum about 4" to the left of the beater and about 6" away from the drum head, angled towards the beater.
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***In case you missed them on the first go around, previous sessions blogs can always be found here http://www.imusicscene.com/the_london_project/blog.php***
Hey friends & fans,
It’s Semi-Finals time at OurStage.com, America’s great independent music and video discovery destination, and I..m shooting for top act of the month. There’s quite a bit at stake here, such as gigs at festivals and other career-making goodies.
And this means, of the thousands of bands competing to be 1, DICARLO stands a decent chance of taking it. If you already voted me into the Semi-Finals, I hope you’ll come back and support me again. If not,I hope you’ll vote for me now.
So thanks for your vote, if you did – it means a lot. And please vote for me again. If you’re not yet an OurStage member, you can easily become one right now, right here. It’s fast, easy and free.
Here..s the link to my page;
The song is called "HURTS SO GOOD", and please join my Fan Club while you..re there.
<a href="http://www.ourstage.com/banner/1/NOCRQJGDJUCH"><img src="http://www.ourstage.com/banner/image/1/NOCRQJGDJUCH.jpg" alt="HURTS SO GOOD, by DICARLO on OurStage" style="width:280px;height:300px;border:none;"/></a>
I need 20 more fans by March 31st. That..s tomorrow!!!!
Thank you.
Peace,
DICARLO
ADDED; I THINK THAT DOUBLE POSTING BLOGS IS A BIT THE SAME AS UPLOADING SEVERAL SONGS AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!!
BOTH ARE THINGS I WOULD NEVER DO, BECAUSE I RESPECT EVERYONE`S PROMOTIONS!!!!
IT´S ALL WE REALLY HAVE TO FURTHER OURSELVES!!!!!
SOMETIMES I WILL EVEN WAIT 1 OR 2 DAYS TO POST MY BLOG, AND LET THE OTHER GUY DO HIS THING, IF I SEE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM!!!! RESPECT!!!!!!
SINCE MY CONTEST IS OVER TOMORROW, THIS IS KIND OF IMPORTANT TO ME, AND CAN`T WAIT, SO I AM POSTING THIS AGAIN!!!!
HOPE YA`LL UNDERSTAND.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
THANKS.
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<div>It took me awhile to get to this entry but here we go. Phase. What is it and why should we care about it? Well, phase issues appear from time to time and will (most often) have a negative impact on your recordings. Recordings that are out of phase will sound thin, muddy and just generally not too good. Phase issues can be difficult to track down. Microphones should be positioned in such a way as to reduce the possibility of phase issues.
An interesting psychoacoustic phenomenom occurs regarding phase. If you flip phase on one of two identical tracks they will cancel each other out.</div>
Hi everyone,
I have been maintaining a blog for a few months now that documents the Audio Engineering class that I'm attending at a college here in Vancouver.
Dazed has thought it would be good to post in a blog in here as well. In order to get the two blogs in sync, I had to upload a bunch at once.
If you missed the first few blog entries, you can always see the complete blog history here; http://www.imusicscene.com/the_london_project/blog.php
Cheers,
Lonnie
I understand that the idea behind recording songs for Rob was to express our love and support. It was never intended to be a contest. However, having listened to all 40+ songs I have to adnit that I couldn't help it and created my own Top 5 chart. In my humble opinion the winners are:
1. Farrell Jackson - Restless Mind
2. Rapster - Blues for Rob
3. IJenNeh - Leaning
4. Chrickon - Energy - for Rob
5. Soundtrapper - My Guitar Plays for Rob
I wonder how y'all's charts look like...
DrC
I'm sorry, but I get to pick the winner and it's EVERYBODY!!! :D
I personally took Doc's thoughts as his personal feelings, from a totally musical standpoint.......and not meant to be as in a contest context. I have to say, as I listened to them all, I too was hearing so many expressed feelings......I found......EACH song hit me in a different way.....AND!!! I LOVED EACH and EVERY SONG for different reasons. The genre styles blew me away and I felt I was listeneing to an album from the world and it IS!!! I can say no less, than that I am still OVERWHELMED at the support and love shared.....SO !!!! THAT makes us all winneres and fortunate to be a part of such a GREAT Musical family.
I see no lines,to be read, anywhere in between. This whole event is unique and there's no black or white ways to respond or express your feelings. I only wish, I were on the giving side of this.......the receiving side is simply.......STUNNING !!!
I have a spot in my heart for ALL of you, here at IMS.
PLEASE!!! Each of us should take the outpour of expression in no other way than face value......WHICH !!..... to me is an overwhelming display of humans joing together and expressing support of a common goal.......GET WELL.......each of us....GET WELL !!!
Thanks you ALL......SO MUCH !!! What an AWESOME group of people we have here. PEACE !!!!
Rob