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$uper$tar · 21st October 2008, 08:11 PM

I wrote, arranged, produced, recorded and mixed an entire album myself. I played all instruments myself and sang. There was no drum programming or anything, all instruments were actually played, however, some sounds were replaced to beef them up a bit. 12 songs in the pop/rock genre. They were some of the first songs I really ever wrote, and it ended up being my debut album. I am 23 years old and just finished it a few months back.

The experience was extremely exhausting, and VERY hard!!! The hardest part is MIXING your own stuff. However, I learned so much about recording and mixing. Why? I had no time limit. I had no budget. I created the entire album at my house and it was great. I would sometimes do close to 20 mix revisions on each song until I got it to my liking. It was so exhausting, but so worth it. It is an awesome way to learn to mix and learn your system.

Click here to check out my myspace to hear some of it (although myspace quality is complete crap!)

I did, however, send it off for mastering. I sent it to Stephen Marsh Mastering and Stephanie Villa mastered the album.

21st October 2008, 08:11 PM	#19
$uper$tar Gear addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 365	I wrote, arranged, produced, recorded and mixed an entire album myself. I played all instruments myself and sang. There was no drum programming or anything, all instruments were actually played, however, some sounds were replaced to beef them up a bit. 12 songs in the pop/rock genre. They were some of the first songs I really ever wrote, and it ended up being my debut album. I am 23 years old and just finished it a few months back. The experience was extremely exhausting, and VERY hard!!! The hardest part is MIXING your own stuff. However, I learned so much about recording and mixing. Why? I had no time limit. I had no budget. I created the entire album at my house and it was great. I would sometimes do close to 20 mix revisions on each song until I got it to my liking. It was so exhausting, but so worth it. It is an awesome way to learn to mix and learn your system. Click here to check out my myspace to hear some of it (although myspace quality is complete crap!) I did, however, send it off for mastering. I sent it to Stephen Marsh Mastering and Stephanie Villa mastered the album.