there´s a pretty simple procedure to force musicians to pay up. first of all, always get a deposit before even starting to work on a mix. then, put little 1 second mute gaps in the mix every 30 seconds or so. that way they can´t use it without paying the final payment first. lastly, only send the final mix without the mute gaps after they payed the rest. no money, no mixes, no compromise. i´ve never had any trouble with this procedure.

@Stefan-

7 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a good tip !

@NiCadHeliPilot

7 жыл бұрын

HA HAA! Excellent. Although, rather than simply puttin' muted gaps in the mix, I'd replace that with an overly loud *"DEMO VERSION!!!"* about every three-to-four seconds.

@RealHomeRecording

7 жыл бұрын

Good tips. I interject a British text to speech lady saying "Real Home Recording" every 20 seconds. People who send mixes before payment are idiots. Absolute IDIOTS!

@TheDogPa

7 жыл бұрын

Hire bikers for collections. You may end up with a few less repeat clients...but hey, who needed those losers anyway?

@djlav8708

7 жыл бұрын

THAT is the kind of advice that people need to hear. Kudos to you

How do you fuck up restringing a bass Like How

@danardalin

7 жыл бұрын

Karlo Pena Bass is lif bro...

@larsnienberg5488

7 жыл бұрын

By being a bass player.

@some1jones

7 жыл бұрын

You dont restring it. Dont let them jealous guitar players ruin your special sound. BASS IS LIF

@stevehogan8829

7 жыл бұрын

See above pic.

@guitarstitch

7 жыл бұрын

Lars Nienberg nailed it. Being a bass player is qualification enough.

How the fuck, do you get the bass strings to stay in the nut from that angle

@cameronwilson5329

7 жыл бұрын

Brenden Holmes extreme bullshit on levels only bass players understand.

@skatterpro

7 жыл бұрын

Easy, don't tune!

@MFKR696

7 жыл бұрын

With a metric shit-tonne of super-glue, man. Sustain for days!

@LucaDigioia83

7 жыл бұрын

ahahahahaha good one buddy

@EXTREMEKIWI115

7 жыл бұрын

Brenden Holmes Ask Gibson.

caption for the picture: when your singer gets his mic holding technique from his hamster

@Anvilshock

7 жыл бұрын

Laughed my pants off. Granted, I'm proper buzzed, but still.

@IanIsrael

5 жыл бұрын

This wins it all..ROFL!!

My caption: One hand cupping the mic - one hand cupping the cord DOVBLE THE BR00TAL SOVND

These videos are pure gold. Every. Freaking. Time.

Caption: I can't sing high enough so i'm pointing the mic towards the monitors. Ouch, my ears.

4:20 this reminds me of this time that a guy who I met one time. He claimed to have been playing 10 years. I was tuning his guitar (sigh) and couldn't help but notice that the strings were strung (according to me and pretty much every guitarist that has changed his or her strings before) wrong. Props to him for putting them on the right pegs, but they weren't strung to where you twist counter clockwise to tighten and clockwise to loosen. They were backwards. I was definitely impressed. I guess you aren't required to do it the way most do, but it still got on my nerves.

watching/listening to SMG as a bass player is practically masochistic. Thanks, Glenn. lol.

Caption: Wait, this isn't my inhaler.

MY CAPTION: NEWS FLASH: Kim Jong-un fronts metal band after failed missile test!

@Duke_Silver

7 жыл бұрын

But the last missile test wasn`t a failure, he announced recently that all of US is now in range of the North Korean missiles.

@AmethystRebellion

7 жыл бұрын

GD Rexracer77 Thanks dude! Never did this till now! lol

@MFKR696

7 жыл бұрын

Well aren't you special, taking Jong-Un at his word... The only part of the US that's within range of that missile system is Alaska. Maybe you're unaware, but Kim Jong-Un has a nasty habit of bold-faced lying about pretty much anything. According to him, his mother was a unicorn, he never eats or shits, and he invented the hamburger. I suppose you believe that too? I mean, come on, dumbfuck! He's not even a good liar, and yet you still fell for it. Sorry to say, but if you're that dumb, you're destined to get fucked over alot in life. On that note, I have some bonds that are *guaranteed* to make 3000% returns. All I need is your bank account number and PIN. You interested? lmao

@Duke_Silver

7 жыл бұрын

Maybe I should put a disclaimer for less intelligent people, like INF1D3L010 : "But the last missile test wasn`t a failure" - true, all the news (at least the ones that I read) were reporting it as a successful test "he announced recently that all of US is now in range of the North Korean missiles." - true, that is what he said I never said I believe him, everyone knows that he`s exaggerating.

@MFKR696

7 жыл бұрын

The edge is strong with this one... Do you honestly think throwing insults at me is going to make you look any less idiotic? I know you're obviously unaware, but sarcasm doesn't translate very well through text. I responded directly to what you said. If that's a problem for you, keep it to yourself.

Caption: "LETS GET READY TO RUUUUUUUUUUUUMBLE!"

Musician Earplugs are great, and I love them!! I even wear them at the day job just because it allows me to still hear clearly what people are saying, while saving me from annoying noises lol. Seriously, get some high-fidelity earplugs, Joey.

Caption: "Chest voice? Head voice? Belly button's where it's *at* man!"

Hey Glenn I'm a high school student and I always wanted to learn to play an instrument. I started to get very interested in the sound and style of the bass, and in the different techniques, and I'm planning to buy one (cheap, of course, I'm a broke teen) and learn. All your dissing in bass players, surprisingly, really inspires me to try to be a good musician :v

@b0bbo_music

2 жыл бұрын

Did it work, are you a good musician??

@Lucasp110

2 жыл бұрын

@@b0bbo_music Well, from a broke High schooler I became a broke med student. But I do play the piano.

@b0bbo_music

2 жыл бұрын

@@Lucasp110 W

My caption: "Nothing pisses off Glenn Fricker more than bassists. Vocalist: Hold my beer."

i use Dave Mustaine as a role model to never use drugs. and to improve my guitar playing

@rezzunub3617

6 жыл бұрын

same b

@AustinTexas6thStreet

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, because he Never amounted to jack shit and will die unknown.... How do you even know his name?

@jareddowning3748

6 жыл бұрын

I use pre-megadeth Dave mustaine as a role model

4:20 so that's how you string a bass! I've been doing it wrong all these years. Time to re-string all my instruments.

Bass players are getting better, thanks to you and Adam Neely !

I'm a useless bassist and I love your channel. Cheers from Ottawa

Sometimes things are learnt through the hard way. 5 or 6 years ago I went to the local guitar shop, because my bass needed to be restrung. The tech yelled at me something like "it's so easy to restring a bass, you should do it by yourself!". In the middle of the shop. With the other customers watching at me. How embarassing. But, in the end, I learned how to restring a bass and I never had a tech doing it for me again. Oh, I change strings more or less one time at year by the way. So, fellow bass players, do yourself a favor: don't be a living joke. Change your strings and learn how to do it properly. BASS IS LIF, after all.

Caption: Need to add a little "edge" to your vocals? Hold your mic at a 90 degree angle!

most people don't know how to appreciate music, and since the digital format took over, many don't even listen to a full track anymore. there is a magic to listening to a great piece of music in a dark room, some time with head phones others with the full dynamic range of classic washer and drier sized speakers and huge amplifiers!

Caption for picture: Worst mistake of 2017: Singer: hey dude I need a unique way to hold the mic that will really grab people's attention. Bassist: I got u fam!

You got a sponsor from OIART?! Holy shit! I had the joy of tracking drums for some students back in 2013, that was a damn fun session.

How's it going Glen! I'm a younger musician and live sound engineer that's played several gigs, and worked several gigs. All of your videos have either inspired or gave me an idea to think about pertaining to my craft. I bought a bass a couple months ago(first personal bass) on a mission to be one of your first "non-useless" bassists. As soon as I got the thing, I changed the strings, adjusted the neck, cleaned and polished the body and neck. Heck, I even did a little bit of work on the electronics! The bass is only a cheap 40 dollar Ibanez bass, but it's got a pretty great feel to it and I want to say again, some of us actually care for our craft. Cheers!

Caption: "I'll show you all saying not to cup the mic when I get the best sound using the echo from the inside of my poop shoot" 😂 Also, I've just found your page through Bearings recommendations video. You're fucking awesome man, just wish I hadn't binge watched your entire stupid texts series in one go 😂

I went to "Access To Music" college in Birmingham Birmingham they unopened my eyes to these earplugs. They don't muffle the sound. They actually just reduce the dB. Brilliant little things. They look like cones stacked together rather than little pieces of foam

A rock covers band I used to dep bass a while back I was the only one who wore earplugs, the other guys always said they knew they should wear them but "it just didn't sound right" with them in.

I grin ear to ear when I get a notification for Stupid Musician Texts!

Actually Dave Mustaine was doing Speedballs. A mixture of Cocaine and Heroin that is usually snorted...of course during the writing/recording of "Rust In Peace" everyone was clean, and that is considered their best songs.

I have a few engineering friends who went to OIART (I went to MetalWorks), and I've heard great things about the availability of their student studios!

Guy in photo: one hand on the red button to call the post opp nurse while screaming into the mic about the heart attack he’s about to have. Lyric “I want BACON!”

These are giving me amazing advice for what NOT to text my musician friends! lol

I love the voices... and the name calling... lmao on 1:40 “is this fuckface?” My wife even likes this... good job Glenn

Hey! Thanks for your videos man! Special thank you for the add! I was looking for that kind of school for a long time! Thank you!

My friend has been a bassist and singer for 28 years and has been fastidious about her voice and hearing. Both still in good shape after many years.

I'm a little late to this video but i laughed my ass off when Glenn doubled down on the bass player shade. That was hilarious. Bravo

I said, "I don't want to use ear plugs/ear monitors. I can hear just fine" once upon a time... Paying for that one. In-ear monitors are a must.

Wow I subscribe and hours later the new video has a shirt smarter than me. That is just awesome. The other day talking to my drums teacher I learnt that hearing loss or ear issues come too with earphones. Loud music affects too but the fact that earphones go into the ear without letting it breathe and put out wax (natural body mechanism) is what causes troubles.

Caption: "MIIIIIIIIISSTEEEEEEERRRRRR." WWE reference.

@agustincasciero

4 жыл бұрын

KENNEDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY...

Glenn better be part of OIART, the recording world needs him so much, more than this youtube channel can offer

So I started by watching your stupid musician texts about a week or two ago, the content you put out is entertaining to say in the very least. And after hearing your views on band related topics, it made me really think more carefully about how a friend and I should get our band career to start

"Fuck, I sound like shit; better turn the mic upside-down so I sound better. I am genius." Lmao.... I feel like the only reason that guy wasn't also cupping the mic was because he physically couldn't arrange his hand around it to do so

the bass stringging OMG im crying

the bass strings all wired up wrong made me crying for laughter

"practice hard, improve yourself, and let's make some great music" this needs to be on a plaque with you doing a cheesy smile and thumbs up

I love the ad libs! "Toilet Liquor" 😂😂 I see why this guy loves you so much Lol

"It's not about ego" ....whenever someone says that it's exactly about ego.

Still crying with laughter at this series. Thanks a bunch!

caption: "Damn, I'm hungry. Hmmm.... looks like I've eaten everything else. Oh well, the mic'll do.

Caption: -Hey guys I learnt how to one-hand clap, should we put it in the song? -Meh, ok.. -Ok, let me just mic it up real quick

Lol, that bass stringing job is high art. Couldn't have done it better myself.

Been using earplugs for 20yrs+. Best move I ever made. They are a bit difficult to get used to but once you do you'll never go back to not using them

On the mic picture "how do I fit all of this into my mouth for my the perfect tone and expression of my music???"

"Impersonate Godzilla with his guitar?" Look up Godzillas revenge by the band Cosmosquad from their album Squadrophenia. There, the red guy was wrong, it's not an original idea. Still cool though

Caption: Years of chugging from the local 7/11 Slurpee machine has transfered over to his mic technique.

Glleeennn! I know you've been busy with the contest, but i'm really hoping you'll make some more recording turtorials soon!

OH SHIT! You have to let us know who did the Godzilla video. As a life long fan of Godzilla and a fan of Blue Oyster Cult since my teens in the 70's, you can't leave us hangin'!

I just love your channel. Been watching episodes the last few days cracking me up =) Keep up the good work

Love seeing these vids!! looking forward to meeting you at OIART this fall!

Hey Glenn have you read Carl Kings "So, you're a creative genius, now what" I is soooo good man ... it is about the music business, being creative and productive and a joy to read ...

Caption for picture. "Hey look guys! It sounds like we are below the crowd!"

My caption: HEY GUYS CHECK IT OUT I'M A FUCKING UNICORN

"all the money in the world" _ It's the ghost of J. Paul Getty - LOL!

Holy shit. 8:41 That's the singer for my band Korrosive! He NEVER cups the mic. In fact, at practice, the mic stays on the stand with his hands in his pocket. He explained this picture to me as a one-off where he held the mic 'like a wine glass' for a couple seconds during a song, and some journalist put it in a review and kinda dragged him for holding the mic like in the picture. Really shows how one moment out of context and send the wrong message. I have video proof of his proper mic technique.

Funniest part of rule #2: It´s not set by real bass players, just assholes who think bass is a 2 missing strings guitar. Love the channel.

Also, knowing the bass players featured on this show, then "used bass strings" practically means "in original packaging"

I can back what the people are telling the Joey in the ear protection clip. I was subjected to something called the “Gates of Hades” which are sounds that are supposed to ‘induce nightmares’ when you sleep. The problem is that the people who subjected me to it used noise-cancelling Beats headphones at FULL BLAST, which is 115 dB. Hearing damage at that level starts at just THIRTY seconds of exposure and I had to endure thirty MINUTES of it. I did that 6 months ago and I still have tinnitus in both of my ears from it, and I’m starting to get convinced that I’m going to hear these ‘voices’ in my head for the rest of my life. For anyone wondering (like anyone is going to read this), I did the ‘Gates of Hades’ thing because the people who lived on my floor thought it was real and I thought it was bullshit.

Man I love the quality of the intro song to your vids, that high of a fidelity is not easy to achieve, I hope that one day I can be as good as you at recording. Plus when I liked your video I was 666th person to like it METAL!!!!!!!

My caption: No dudes it's fine, I'm not cupping the mic

caption: when your singer leaves his cup at home, so he has to improvise

Anyone who doesnt wear earpligs heed my words: I have some hearing damage from playing in metal bands since I was 15. Once tinnitus set in a couple years later I started using foam earplugs which are really terrible. Then I found alpine earplugs and they're kickass. They lower the volume without muffling any frequencies, I highly suggest using them because when you're lying in bed at night trying to sleep and all you hear is that high pitch whistling in your ears you're going to wish you did.

"Alex Jones goes Metal"

"You've heard of cupping the mic. Get ready for the submarine mic technique."

Dude, I can't let go of this. Is that Scarlet, and everything red around it, a post production insert?

I've tried stringing to the wrong pegs once, thinking the more acute break angle would give better tuning stability. It didn't work, of course, but I could understand someone trying it once if they'd never stumbled across a comment such as this one.

Wow. That one about texts vs phone calls really escalated quickly.

My caption: GOTTA GET THE LAST DROP OF BEER OUTTA THE MIC!!!!

That bass stringing killed me. I also didn't use hearing protection for a while. I also didn't have good gear or a drummer. After leaving my first REAL practice saying, "WHAT?!" to everything, i learned my lesson.

When I play my guitar loud, I would put on my ear plugs on that are specially tune to allow me to hear my music. You would fuck yourself up by going deaf without wearing an ear plug at a concert. I remember going to a blues show at BB Kings and my left ear was affected by the loud speakers. It took a while for my left ear to get back to normal. Peace, Flood!

Not to brag but I'm a bassist and I've changed my strings (correctly) like 3 times

I love the BB8 in the background!

He sounds like an aggressive version of Alan from the Amazing World of Gumball while he reads the texts

Hey Glenn, can you give us some tips on building up a portfolio? I'm more of an artist myself, but my main problem is the lack of presentable works. I even have a plan to separate my hentai from the more presentable stuff, as many people and companies object them, especially the unusual stuff (those are more fun to draw). I'm currently trying a "drawing without thinking much what I want to draw" approach, making some logos for non-existing bands, etc. At software development, it got a lot worse as a lot of companies wants us to leave out non-commercial stuff like free and open-source stuff and internships (and I even got fucked over in an internship, because my boss wanted me to work for free to him, and I currently cannot afford free work as my PC now barely works and I still have a lot of unpaid college fees).

I feel like I'm always listen to south park with your voice pitched up lmao

To the people who don't want to use ear protection: What sounds better to you? A. Wearing earplugs for a few hours. B. Wearing hearing aids for the rest of your life.

I produced and engineered the demo for my daughter's band. It's horrible by any reasonable standards but it was good enough that they didn't have a problem promoting themselves with it and jamming on it. I did this for *free* because I know I'm a complete amateur and I'm personally invested.....it's my girl! They still managed to treat me like shit and harass me. Constantly unprepared and trying to pass off shitty recordings because they're "tired" of playing their simplistic riffs over and over again. My daughter wasn't a jewel in the matter either. I will give her the room of having to work the hardest because of things outside of her control. Me trying to figure out how to use 3 mics to record drums where I'm having to tape them to the ceiling and sit them on pillows to get the kick. It was all pretty crazy. My point, I guess, is that if this is the treatment you get for free, I can't imagine what it's like when you're getting paid.

Caption: Dude, stop screaming at it because it doesn't glow, it's not a light bulb.

wow! Did you upgraded your camera or lightning system? It felt like you stepped your camera game up man! Greetings from Turkey!! Love the show!

Caption; when you sing like a boss through a 50watt bass amp and your sister takes good pictures on snapchat with filters

I bought a bass 2 years ago. The strings have never been changed, sounds like shit sure, but it gives a really raw tone that new strings just won’t capture

Is Stupid Musician Texts going to be a weekly or biweekly show on Mondays? That'd be great.

Good video as always. I really enjoy these. I would have had some gold material saved if my phone didn't shit the bed.

I'm gonna have to echo the message to wear ear plugs of some kind. I used to practice in a tiny room with my head right next to a crash symbol and our drummer was pretty powerful. I also >>used

Im here because of Rumble Adobe, I'm a musician, just want to say that not all of us are like these guys in these texts. Love theses BTW.

I was about to comment about how awesome it is to have a bass player who is intelligent and who is an amazing musician who practices all the time and keeps his strings changed and does instrument set-up, and then I remembered... he started out as a guitar player. Rule #2 still applies. Now I wonder how long it will be before he sends me a Your Lead Guitar Player is a NARCISSISTIC DOUCHEBAG t-shirt.

"Lets get ready to rummmmmbbbblllleeeee!" Caption would be great for that photo haha

For the Godzilla video , Godzilla’s original roar was a leather glove against guitar strings

Hey can someone tell me what vid it was where Glenn emphasizes the importance of playing to a click track?