Old Man Yelling at Old Men Yelling at Clouds

[PNW Tony]

Source: YouTube 15 MISTAKES to AVOID While Recording Bass at Home!

Stumbled across this video today. He gleefully gores a lot of sacred cows.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

One man’s glee is another man’s annoying clickbait barking. What are some of the better points made?

 

[DirtDog]

I knew it was Glenn even before clicking the link.

 

[bassicmike]

0:00 How to not f*ck this up!1:16 You Underestimated the Instrument1:47 You DON'T NEED an expensive bass!3:00 Get a GOOD CABLE4:05 New Strings you Cheap F*CK!!5:41 Play Inspired!7:44 Direct or Miked8:53 File Format9:07 Don't Palm Mute10:11 Watch for Open Strings11:05 Retune after EVERY take!11:35 Give us a FLAT sound!12:45 Watch for Noise13:16 Low Chords DO NOT WORK14:16 Export a DRY TRACK14:58 Give the bass to the Guitar Player!

There are some interesting points made, albeit in an incredibly caustic style. And there's tons of ads.

 

[gtirard]

The way he shouts is quite annoying, I didn't learn anything new, and there are one or two points I disagree with (which makes his shouting even more annoying).

 

[el murdoque]

Other recording engineers pay good money to therapists. This guy just yells at a camera for an hour, puts it on Youtube and monetizes his trauma. Genius.

 

[gtirard]

Other recording engineers pay good money to therapists. This guy just yells at a camera for an hour, puts it on Youtube and monetizes his trauma. Genius.

Maybe it's because he seems to be specialized in metal music, so he thinks he needs to yell all the time? Like, dunno, maybe the singer of a metal band yells at home when he ask his wife "pass me the salt"?

One thing is for sure: even if I was playing in a metal band in the same city, I wouldn't choose him to record or mix my music.

 

[Krisfield]

Glenn had/has a beef with Talkbass from a few years ago as I recall.

 

[TTA]

Studies show kids watch longer if you are always shouting. Same for channels like Mr. beast.

i cant stand this guy though. the gig is getting old.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

I knew it was Glenn even before clicking the link.

Ditto. Yelling is the giveaway. He really needs to switch from coffee to tea. Plus he talks about tone and speakers; maybe I am metallist but it all sounds the same to me. You could use a kazoo through that much gain and it would sound the same .

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Other recording engineers pay good money to therapists. This guy just yells at a camera for an hour, puts it on Youtube and monetizes his trauma. Genius.

Now if I wasn't English, I could do something similar. But it would be me yelling about YouTubers who yell.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Studies show kids watch longer if you are always shouting. Same for channels like Mr. beast.

i cant stand this guy though. the gig is getting old.

Back when I was kids, which was slightly after the dinosaurs died, kids TV had gentle voices on (e.g., original Clangers). My dogs like to watch kids TV sometimes (middle dog loves this: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (film) - Wikipedia but hides her head when the mole is in the water), but even they don't like the shouty stuff they have these days. So I watch a fair bit of Clangers...

 

[ctmullins]

Thanks for the clickbait. I could only stand the first 14 seconds. That’s the kind of crap I diligently avoid.

Cool thread title though.

 

[PNW Tony]

Thanks for the clickbait. I could only stand the first 14 seconds. That’s the kind of crap I diligently avoid.

Cool thread title though.

I found his shouty shtick unnecessary, but his points are interesting. He's speaking specifically to metal recording but thought provoking nonetheless.

 

[Michedelic]

Oh, it’s him. Whatevs.

 

[ctmullins]

I found his shouty shtick unnecessary, but his points are interesting. He's speaking specifically to metal recording but thought provoking nonetheless.

Maybe you could save us all a migraine and provide a brief summary of these interesting points?

 

[gtirard]

Maybe you could save us all a migraine and provide a brief summary of these interesting points?

For me, it's either super obvious, or I dissagree ("no palm mute"???), the only interesting point - for me - is:
- At least provide one dry track (straight DI)
- And one wet if you like, but only one please

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Maybe you could save us all a migraine and provide a brief summary of these interesting points?

It's all about the speakers. Bassists suck. Floyd Rose trems suck even more than bassists.

Seriously, he seems like he's probably a decent chap (or whatever than have in Canadia - dude or something) but could do with dialing it down. But then if he didn't, would we know who he is? Warren Huart of Produce Like a Pro gets mentioned much less.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Ditto. Yelling is the giveaway. He really needs to switch from coffee to tea. Plus he talks about tone and speakers; maybe I am metallist but it all sounds the same to me. You could use a kazoo through that much gain and it would sound the same .

Now I get it - the speakers round off the harshness of all that gain.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

He just cropped up when I was looking at Native Instrument plugins on sale - Spectre Digital and a mix by Glenn Fricker. It sounds OK for metal as far as I can tell.