So I have finally released my first e.p. as a solo musician and it is up on BC:
The beats were made in the first half of this year, mainly from samples and a few synths. All the song titles are taken from the subject lines of spam emails and are meant to be positive or funny. I wanted to turn something useless into something helpful instead - hence the name of the e.p. “Internet Beauty” (I’m sure other people have done this before).
Anyway, I wanted to share it with the good folk of this forum. Mpc One did the heavy lifting with Circuit, Sp 404sx and PO33 helping with initial ideas. Any thoughts are welcome, thanks!
(As an aside, it will be interesting to see if the admin cost of sending people like me the €0.00001 royalty cheque because my Mum listened to it once on Spotify will eventually add up, and bring down all the streaming giants…probably not)
The mixing was all done on the MPC one with a combination of the AIR limiters and compressors. For that particular drum track, I’d chopped up a loop which was at a faster BPM, so the drums sounds are a bit staccato at the slower speed. Then used some light compression and para EQ to kill the highs.
I completely cheat for mastering due to a combination of crappy ears and only having basic monitors (JBL 305P mkII). I use the free Bandlab service, and in fairness it seems ok.
Really pleased you like it, means a lot
Listened to your new e.p. this morning When We Arrived, which is just a joy. Want to listen to it a bit more tomorrow, before replying in your thread
appreciate it
yes! Thanks 
