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RE: VLOG 29: Three Reasons to Feel Gratitude as a Musician in 2017
Thanks man. Upped. That factoid about cymbals is nuts, great snippet!
The rise of DIY music is huge imo. Artists like The Mountain Goats, Bonnie Prince Billy, and Car Seat Headrest, not to mention one of my favourite bands Flying Saucer Attack... they all made classic/cult classic records with the most basic recording equipment.
I'm even more grateful for the fact that allthough the audio quality is low for some of these records, they sound great. The fuzz and tape hum adds extra textures to the sound. When I make music on Logic Pro I'm always frustrated by how clean and perfect it all sounds. That's what they call "a good problem to have".
Always loved Flying Saucer Attack's cover version of Suede's "The Drowners".
Brilliant.
Yeah it's a cracker. Always good to find a fellow FSA fan :)
Hell yeah! I've heard all the bands in your post except for Flying Saucer Attack, the song that linked is cool. It's a blend of shoegaze and that raw indie rock, like somewhere between MBV and Guided By Voices.
GBV are another band I think that really pushed the home studio / lo-fi aesthetic to the limit... and rightfully had a lot of success in the process!
Nowadays its weird tho - the "DIY" movement has changed from lofi rock to super clean electronic beats, haha. But I think theres a movement of lo-fi jazzy beat tapes that kinda follows the spiritual idea of it - like this dude's channel https://www.youtube.com/user/562Steezy
Awesome, yeah that's a very good point about the new lo-fi is hi-fi ;)
Will check out GBV, I'm aware of them but not that familiar with their stuff.
dude, so good! this is one of the "hits"