StUpID Musician Texts #25
The long awaited return of STUPID MUSICIAN TEXTS!!!
We peel back the crumbling veneer of the Music biz to look at Kemper Fanatics, Cheap & Lazy musicians, and even throw in a "Stupid Engineer" text or two!
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About Spectre Sound Studios:
I'm Glenn Fricker, engineer here at Spectre Sound Studios. I love making records, and after doing it for sixteen years, I want to pass on what I've learned. On my channel you can find tutorials on how to record guitar, bass, real drums and vocals. There's reviews and demos of tube amps, amp sims, drums, mics, preamps, outboard gear, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, and plugin effects.
We've covered Moon on the Water, played Bias FX, given you the absolute best in Stupid Musician Texts, ranted & raved about bass guitar, and this channel is where The Eagle has Landed.
Everything you've wanted to learn about recording Hard Rock & Heavy Metal can be found right here on this channel!
I also respond to your comments & questions: The best make it into the SMG Viewer's Comments series of videos. Loads of fun, lots of laughs.
Thanks for checking out my channel & please subscribe!
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My vacuum cleaner broke. I put a "Line 6" sticker on it, and it started sucking again.
@yucatansuckaman5726
3 жыл бұрын
👍😂👍
@Stefan-
3 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha !
@Bernz66
3 жыл бұрын
Lol!
@nawsh2252
3 жыл бұрын
Omg. Hahahaha
@KaeganThornhillTheCyberRaven
3 жыл бұрын
@Colm Coss Absolutely.
"Audio blur" is now officially my go-to name for reverb. 😅
@yucatansuckaman5726
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@nmaikowski8013
3 жыл бұрын
Next band name
@arglbargl
3 жыл бұрын
there's gonna be a half dozen boutique reverb pedals called audio blur by the end of the month
@Muppio
3 жыл бұрын
I kind of like it, sounds cool.
@Smung
3 жыл бұрын
There is however an actual reverb/impulse that could function as kind of a blur, which I find kind of cool
We should talk fender into renaming the “Deluxe Reverb” to “Deluxe Audio Blur”.
@tallalexander
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant 🤣🤣🤣
@nawsh2252
3 жыл бұрын
I'm with it. 😆
@KaeganThornhillTheCyberRaven
3 жыл бұрын
Audio Blur goes Bzzzzzzz
@rg6569
3 жыл бұрын
Leave my Deluxe Reverb ALONE!!!
@JefeInquisidorGOW
3 жыл бұрын
"Twin Audio Blur"
"Hello, we're Audioblur!! We do covers of Britpop band Blur, & Audioslave!!!"
@orlock20
3 жыл бұрын
Have a tune stuck in your head and want it gone? For $9.99 per pill, we at Audioblur will guarantee that even the most daunting earworm will fade into a blur.
@coleanderson4951
3 жыл бұрын
Not gonna lie, I would go see that band
@devinhickey2335
3 жыл бұрын
@@coleanderson4951 Actually not a bad name if you don't really think about it
@joshuaporterfield6774
3 жыл бұрын
Like a Song #2. Cochise and TV.
Someone needs to invent an effect called "Audio Blur." Shoegazers would pay top dollar for that shit.
@droptherapy2085
3 жыл бұрын
There's a VST plugin called Valhalla supermassive that has an effect that starts as a delay and transitions into a reverb. That's where my mind goes when I hear that term.
@paisleepunk
2 жыл бұрын
@@droptherapy2085 Ah, Supermassive, probably the greatest free plugin ever released (next to any of Tokyo Dawn Lab's free plugins, or Apogee's new free Soft Limit plugin...or a lot of JS plugins, actually)
@tastefulsubstance
Жыл бұрын
@@paisleepunk thank. you. I can't find free plug-ins for jack, and I'm just a lazy moron who spends an hour making tones and effects with my Studio One 5 presets
@rawknrolloutlaw
Жыл бұрын
Now that's freaking funny, they should also add a huge button on it called "BPM eliminator" to really mess with the uniformed folks heads, lol.
That Deathcore Kid is so Chuunibyou, I was laughing my ass off. He probably wears a black cape, wraps his right arm with bandages, has a lot of unnecessary belt buckles attached to both his jacket and pants, an eyepatch to seal in his power, and probably refers to himself as The Dark Flame Master or something. lmao
@yucatansuckaman5726
3 жыл бұрын
Oh he's flaming alright lol
@camdudley428
3 жыл бұрын
I liked the quoting of a thy art is murder part being about a third of his text. Too.
@IDHANdoesmusic
3 жыл бұрын
It's all to impress his lady with the Wicked Eye and combat umbrella.
@antonkovalenko364
3 жыл бұрын
...and other delusions. 😉
@syahminorizan8064
Жыл бұрын
He's gonna SEE THE TRUE FACE OF PANIC
RE: music theory. Even if you don’t know you’re using it, you’re still using it. Kind of like when people (such as myself) use/misuse words they don’t really understand, but it sounds right to them. The book didn’t stop getting written when all the classic composers died, and that seems to be a common misconception. Music theory is not a play by play of how to compose like Beethoven. It’s centuries of experience poured into an ever evolving road map. A road map that includes every alternate route you could possibly imagine.
@ianengelsmanofficial7832
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
Quote. "When I stopped tuning my guitars, Djenting was easy" True story
When the voice was getting higher when he was talking about the Kemper one 😂😂😂😂
@dannygray-mi3xn
Жыл бұрын
These are classics
Glenn talks like he actually expects people to get smarter. Ah, what optimism.
@yucatansuckaman5726
3 жыл бұрын
He's a glass half full kinda guy. Real straight shooter
@fredflintstone8048
3 жыл бұрын
Well, I think it's either going to be to hold out hope for the musicians he has to work with, or succumb to the urge to being an axe murderer.
3:08 "You've got Netflix to watch and weed to smoke." I didn't come here to be attacked today. Kidding, thanks for the awesome videos as always Glenn. 🤘🏻
'''worshiping an inanimate object"" me looking over at my HM2 shrine
@KaeganThornhillTheCyberRaven
3 жыл бұрын
You are forgiving for this crime, for having good taste.
@antonkovalenko364
3 жыл бұрын
A dozen successful Gothenburg bands can't all be wrong. 😉
YES!! They are back! The best video content out there! Love these videos!
@iwantappledumplings6187
3 жыл бұрын
Hilarious videos!!
@TheLebno
3 жыл бұрын
Haha, you are everywhere! 🤩😍
@Producelikeapro
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheLebno haha thanks!
@Producelikeapro
3 жыл бұрын
@@iwantappledumplings6187 agreed!!
@blakecurtis7809
3 жыл бұрын
Yes. Just wish we did not have to wait so long for the next episode!
Now I want to put "Supercharged" stickers on everything. Coffee cup, spoon, broom, underwear...
There's quite a few rock singers, metal singers especially, that are singing awesomely in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. They tend to not go heavy on the drugs
@cloroxusthestainlessone4324
Жыл бұрын
Then there was Lemmy.. but he layed off the drugs after his mid 40's-50's if I remember righ
the guys "moding" the poultecs are probably the same ones moding their honda civics with spoilers and loud mufflers to super charge their "race car" 🤣
@SpectreSoundStudios
3 жыл бұрын
LMFAO
@antonkovalenko364
3 жыл бұрын
We had a kid on our street that had a 4cyl Honda with a big coffee can exhaust on it. I told my wife that it sounded like he had to pop the hood and pull start it every morning, and that it probably ran on Monster energy drinks.
8:43 "I love my sound which is my own" Honestly there's no arguing here, that's completely valid in my eyes, they clearly want their music to sound a certain way. Missed this series so much by the way, so glad to have another one!
Big Names On Gearslutz™ can't be wrong. I'm gonna use that from now on.
I was in a couple deathcore bands. That kid was a baby. People take death core and metal to serious sometimes. Just gotta have fun my dudes.
@antonkovalenko364
3 жыл бұрын
Like Karl Sanders told me waaaaay back before Nile got signed, "Play the kind of music that you would want to listen to." 😉
I think the Kemper still has it's place. Not neccessarily in a studio, it is VST in a fancy enclosure afterall. But for a guitar player that wants to play live or without the hastle of setting up a computer, it's a cool plug and play situation. While you should not overestimate it, it still has it's place as a tool in certain environments.
Kemper is good. I owned one and was very happy with it. The thing is, the Kemper is a stand alone unit and can be easily used live. VSTs can be used live, too, but you will need at least some kind of laptop/pc. VSTs sound very good nowadays, but it depends on your usecase if you want one or the other.
@porcubot
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Kempers, AxeFX, the line 6 helix stuff... it all has value outside of the studio. I think Kemper gets shit on like this because it's often marketed as a studio solution, but it doesn't really stand up to VSTs and amp sims cost/value in studio situations anymore. Its true value is in a live situation, where I'd be more comfortable with that kind of closed ecosystem instead of a laptop with ableton and some amp sim VSTs.
@Stefan-
3 жыл бұрын
@@porcubot A lot has happened since the Kemper amp was introduced 9 years ago, while its still good at copying amps at a certain setting other manufacturers has also gotten very close to reproducing the real deal and some have made attempts to add profiling types of function to their units. Today Kemper seems a bit old hardwarewise and many have better user interface.
Few years ago I managed my band to play a charity gig. There was 2 hour drive to the place. We were scheduled to play 4pm and start a soundcheck on 3pm (and set all gear on stage before 3pm). Lead singer told that if we play 4pm we go at 2 pm because there's 2 hour drive. Ba dum tsssss.
I could kick myself. I've only just discovered these "stupid musician texts" and have binge watched each and every episode. Comedy gold. Musicians never cease to amaze when it comes to arrogance, ignorance and every other "ance".
“Make writing great songs a priority” PUT THAT ON A T-SHIRT!
I can't believe that kid would destroy the sanctity of some of the best lines of deathcore
Amazing, new t-shirt please 'I flow between keys'
I havent watched a vid of urs in a while but HOLY F, you are in great shape
Adding "Audio blur" to my vocabulary
@kalidesu
3 жыл бұрын
There is a "Audio blur" function in FL Studio's Edison audio editor.
@KaeganThornhillTheCyberRaven
3 жыл бұрын
Audio Blur makes the funny sounds go Bzzz. 🙃🤓
The fire breathing giraffe is amazing!
Suddenly remembering that time a bass player was trying out for a friend's band. He was having trouble learning a specific part and I told him "it's quarter notes" and he said "....I dunno what quarter notes are."
Thanks Glenn, you've showcased how people who are assholes have stupid questions, and people who are respectful, but dont have a lot of knowledge are not.
Watching Glenn piss people off is how I spend my weekends.
"Audio blur" Brilliant.
Stupid Musician Texts is what got me into this channels a couple of years back. Absolutely love it!
Holy crap the lighting in your videos have skyrocketed in quality! I'm loving it
@SpectreSoundStudios
3 жыл бұрын
Ty!!
These episodes need to be at least Once a month!
I bought a pair of Kali LP6's on you recommendation. Couldn't be happier! Thanks, Glenn!
Christmas in october! ❤️
Years ago (2005-2010) when I was trying to make it in the local music scene, I came to be aware of the fact that "core" kids were usually cowardly assholes. These were the same kids that would "accidentally" hit you in the face with their "dancing" that they did in the mosh pit and then act confused when you found them in the parking lot and confronted them. There was this one time where a bandmate of mine was playing a show with a side band of his at a place called Faith Family Church. This place was literally a one-room suite in a strip mall where they'd have worship services during the day and scenecore concerts at night. I had posted on MySpace that I looked forward to going to this show to support my bandmate and his band and that I should get myself kicked out afterwards because it would be metal to get thrown out of a church. I was kidding of course, but the local scene kids didn't see it that way. The WAVE UPON WAVE of backlash was immediately overwhelming. I went back and amended that post to insist that I was, in fact, JUST KIDDING, but they didn't care. Apparently, you simply just "don't fuck with FFC!" I received massive amounts of hate messages on MySpace, and on my phone as well as they had somehow gotten my phone number. This went on for well over a month. Funny thing is: none of the males who were harassing me would tell me their names. No one would meet me to fight. These kinds of kids are typically beta-male cowards.
I have weed but Im watching you not netflicks lol
I never understood freeloaders. I actually OFFER to pay people for their services, INCLUDING album artwork...
@heavymetalmusichead4969
3 жыл бұрын
If I personally know the person I'll usually pay them more than I normally would, just because I don't wanna take advantage of our friendship.
@denverrandy7143
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly,at the least.Im going to pay the person for there time. I'd be embarrassed of myself to pull something like that.
@DerelictEarth
3 жыл бұрын
That mentality of wanting people to work for exposure is despicable. The artist I hired for the artwork of my album asked for such a cheap price and did such a fantastic job that I actually paid him more than what he asked for ... Good work deserves good payments.
@denverrandy7143
3 жыл бұрын
@@DerelictEarth Right on,sounds like they had some humility and wanted there artwork to stand on its own.👍have good one man,stay safe.🤘
Audio blur would be a hella cool envelope filter name
The moment when you realized you spent 2 years in a band called Stereobloom when you could have named it Audioblur.
Love the stupid engineer texts, always good to see what not to do lol
After a bad week at work etc. This....THIS video was so needed, thanks for the laughs Glenn!
"I get it, especially when you got Netflix to watch and weed ro smoke". Fuckin' hilarious.
Congrats Glenn! keep up the stellar work
I love my kemper. I also have an HX stomp for when I play as a bassist, live. I still own at least 6 real, analog, tube amps; those aren't going anywhere. I even record my kemper through real cabs and mic them because I can still feel the difference.
"Especially when you have netflix to watch and weed to smoke" goddamn dude, you got me. I love Netflix and quality marijuana. I still practice 6hrs/day though...
Finally a new episode of my favorite series.
"The race to the bottom has been won" LOL!!!
Lol "audio blur" I like that.
That voice change at 3.53 had me tears 😂😂😂
YES!! Thank u! X3 These r the best... Stay awesome mister
that is a dope shirt.. thanks for the info and the laughs this is now one of my fav channels.
There’s so much irony when it comes to musicians, who desperately want to get paid for their art, desperately trying to get art/contributions from others for free
Here's a story for you Glenn, In my second or third year studying music production at university, another student (a moron) asked me: "So what kind of music do you produce?" I responded honestly and said "I'll try my hand at producing pretty much anything but electronic music made in computers isn't really my thing." The moron then replied with "So you play like guitar/ keys in the studio and get someone else to do your drums and shit"? I said "No, I record the whole band/artist in the studio myself." "Oh so you make your own drum samples in the studio and use them for your track?" "No, I record all the musicians playing in the studio, as live as possible." Then came the moment I knew I was never going to speak to this moron ever again when he responded with: "Nah dude, don't do that you'll get like bleed and phasing, and you'll need to know like basic theory shit to be able to understand the musicians. Just use Logic Pro, some synth presets and a bunch of drum samples."
Dude..I love the SMT comments when the high pitch voice picks up..lolololol funny AF
Rofl, the one at 1:50 had me going! The way that was handled was absolutely epic.
DYING over the fire-breathing giraffe
Love that you are still working with Kali Audio. Bought the LP-6 's cause you recommended them and holy shit. For $150 a piece these things kick major ass! Love your shit man, you keep me motivated🤘
'Maybe I'm a bass player who writes the lines for the other band members' Yeah, and maybe you're not, let's get real here. Roger Waters - Hold my beer.
That be amazing A complete fun Basics series
Hey Glen was super inspired by your keto episode 6 pounds down in 2 weeks, so much energy and mental clarity 🤘🤘
Best video I've seen all year
Audio blur is being stoned out of your mind after playing with plug ins for hours. Then you just get high again and redo the recording 🤣
Was in a pretty bad mood this morning, then "Audio Blur" fucking slayed me.
It's always nice to watch a video made by an audio-guy! Perfectly recorded vocals and levels! Music to my ears, among the purely produced videos that some channels put out there (and some of them big)
I bought LP6's on your recommendation about a year ago and honestly could not be happier. glad to see kali as a sponsor in the beginning of the vid, you definitely made a customer outta me
A note of gratitude: I'm learning how NOT to treat the people that will one day help me bring my vision to life. Learning a greater respect. AND laughing my ass off in the bargain. Thank you for this. *Humbly bows*
The "Audio blur" thing. It isn't the job of the musician to search for recording tutorials or learn audio engineering. Their job is to play their instruments. Your job is to record and engineer. Though, must agree, that "Reverb" is a very commonly used term, even outside of a musical context. As stupid as it is to forget, we've all been there, perhaps it just slipped their mind, so I wouldn't judge...
@DadE.O.Records
3 жыл бұрын
"Sprinkle some fuckin' fairy dust on it!"
@JRut99
2 жыл бұрын
It’s not that hard to know what kinds of effects there are and what they do as a musician.
I’d LOVE an entry level series or video done by nice guy Glenn
Frickuh! Haha! This is the best SMT episode I’ve seen imo! From the actual texts, how you read them, and your reactions after, c’est magnifique! I now dub thee, The Hammer of Windsor!
YES! My texts finally made it! Thanks a lot, Mr. Fricker!
I recently got some Kali LP-6s and love them! I'm glad to see Glenn approves. The dip switches are really helpful for non-ideal rooms.
My friend's band made their demo at a local studio and the engineer became an impromptu producer, using his experience to help make their songs better. The band paid him extra because they recognized his invaluable input. Have you ever provided your services as producer or do you just stick to engineering/mixing?
This makes me feel a bit better about my music and my life
In 1989 I wrote an English paper on heavy metal (because I was 15 and obsessed, obviously) and even then, without help from the internet, I knew what BPM stood for. Also, "audio blur" is a great term if you're reviewing a shoegazer metal record, but leave it for the music critics.
Watching the stupid musician texts makes me feel better as a musician, and pity the engineers for dealing with this king of behavior.
This guy is the nuts thank you for this content man we follow and we love Glens channel love what he does with the reviews his influences have inspired us to create our own channel with tutorials on tech and studio equipment reviews with a twist if you want to support and follow check us out
@guitarguru981
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree he’s awesome he’s so cool
@hillbillyjimmy3766
3 жыл бұрын
Cool 😎 man will check him out
@brubaker100
3 жыл бұрын
Yea man been watching his videos for a while but havnt subscribed will do so now , Glenn you the man 👍🏻
@drumaddict1784
3 жыл бұрын
This geeza is mad lol 😂 but in a good way
@loopylu8227
3 жыл бұрын
Wow long hair love it he’s funny thanks SHITRH for your recommendation
That took indeed ages!! Lets go!!
I could watch this all day lol.
I love it. I don’t even have to dive in the dredges of the internet to be showered in the filth.
Audio blur? That is freaking HILARIOUS!
my Kali LP8's are wicked. amazing bang for the buck
YO I KNOW THE DUDE WHO MADE THE DEATHCORE KIDS VIDEO!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! OH BY THE GODS HE'S GONNA GET A KICK OUT OF THIS!!!
@guidovivan5035
3 жыл бұрын
He was trolling right?
Thank you Glenn!
I think I live for these.
🤣🤣🤣 LOVE THIS SHOW!!! Glen Fricker you Rock!!!
Audio blur is my new favorite phrase
I'll be checking out those monitors, thanks!
On the note of your basic audio tutorials, I genuinely appreciate them. Even though I've been a live player for almost 10 years, and was familiar with the basic ideas/terms, I never felt comfortable or knowledgeable in a recording environment. Now, I've spent a few months with Reaper, and demo'd enough plugins to find the ones I like. Thanks again for making videos on the subjects we're too embarrassed to ask about.
God, I'm really sorry for that 13 year old deathcore kid getting embarrassed in front of thousands of viewers. When I did embarrassing things as a teenager, at least the world wasn't watching.
@alrecks619
3 жыл бұрын
hey it's the neet yōkai
@osakabehime1506
3 жыл бұрын
@@alrecks619 It is~ Except I actually have a job now and work from home.
I like what you said there, "The length of a post often determines how much of it is completely bu#(sh%t. "
Glenn, your use of sarcasm is purely masterful!
@SpectreSoundStudios
3 жыл бұрын
What sarcasm?
I love these videos
Man when I need a good laugh I listen to you.
I’m adopting the audio blur terminology 😂
Lmao@pay for opinion,the answer with the theory of dragons breathing fire and burning there throats.Now,that was most excellent!
Yes I would love to see some videos on the "entry level" Thanks for all you do Glen, it really helps us "GUITAR GODS" haha. Be well Mike