Today, as scheduled, my first song got published in Spotify - and some other platforms for sure, but I just checked Spotify... Here is the link, hope you like it! Big Bang on Spotify Now, a few things catching my attention that might need fixing... First, I feel my song is a little bit too quiet compared to others around... I have been mixing for a final Integrated LUFS around -20dB, so I guess I should target something higher instead, maybe around -16dB. Not a big issue, at least I can't hear clipping or other conversion artifacts Second, lyrics don't show up - in Spotify at least - but that might be part of the processing time of the platform for lyrics, as well as the ability to claim my artist's page which I still can't... I supposed those would happen sometime this week Third, DistroKid HyperFollow page, which seems like a good idea, can't be used for already published songs? The one for Big Bang ( https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/jc6beats/big-bang ) still say...
I've been an amateur musician for longer than I dare to remember, playing different instruments with varying degrees of success over the years... flute, guitar, bass, drums, keyboards.
I never wanted or tried to be a professional - an artist's life is hard at least and I really like a comfortable way of living - but I love the playing, I love the stage, and it is one of those rare activities that completely pulls me off reality. Six or eight hours can pass by easily when playing or practicing without me noticing anything.
Regarding musical styles I can listen to mostly everything out there, with the possible exception of Opera. Queen, Supertramp, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Miley Cirus, Katy Perry, The Cure, Nirvana, Brand X, Sebastián Yatra, Chris Stapleton, and keep going.
Of course, some songs are better than others, some are completely out of my taste, some I can't help but sing and move along. But no real upfront dislike for any kind of music I believe.
That being said, since I've mostly played guitar and bass over my life, it somehow limited the kind of music I could play and later on I've been expading my skills first and foremost to open... Yeah, I know you can do some amazing mixes, like the guitar solo in El Ratón, a Salsa song by Cheo Feliciano, when played by Fania All Stars with Jorge Santana (brother of Carlos Santana).
So, a few years ago I got an Alesis electronic drumset and started exploring House and the like... more recently I was given a Maschine controller for Xmas, leading me toward Electronic and sample based musical styles... you know, I'm like a kid in an all-you-can-eat candy store!
Finally the Maschine controller, along with the Native Instruments tools and libraries, allowed me to try something I have never been able before... full song production.
Most of what you hear in a song is not really part of the composition, but arrangements, sounds, and effects that come way later, during actual production and I never had the tools to attempt such stage.
Quite a long post to describe where I am now... able to compose and produce - not at a professional level of course, but at some level at least - almost any kind of music I might feel inclined to... and here is where this journey starts!
Next week I hope to share, with whoever reads this, what I want to do next, and how I want to document my experience doing it... Hope you might find it interesting!
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