A question for girls: music production

[Ree Fresh]

I grew up with a tom boy mother. She went to electronics school and turned our down stairs bathroom into a work shop. Were as my dad only had enough tools to put ikea furnature together.

I always loved making things and have always been a very titatic(hands on) learner... much like illy said I love to work with the equpment, but im not that intrested in why and what makes it work. As I would love to produce, but first I have to learn the how to work thigs first.

I dont know if it is a gender thing... but when I think about the production of what I see some of my kids make... I do notice that boys usualy seem more intrested in getting the work done. They do a great job wheather it be a physical or academic... but the presentation part of it often tends to be sloppy. Where girls seem to be more focused on the presentation, making things look good, more organized, and seem more worried if they did a good job or not. Where as boys may get lazy and dont seem to worrie about what others may think so much.

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by ill-esha

And revolver.. I'm DAMN excited about things like that! Matter of fact, we've been renting an Avalon pre these last few weeks and nobody I know has seen me since.... I've basically been frantically re-recording every vocal I've written, because for every new piece of audio, there's now a non-Avalon-recorded one that sounds like it was done through a toilet paper tube in comparison and it's not like I don't have a decent gear collection.

MMM AVALON!

wow! your site is awsome and thats a nice kit list you have as well!much respect for planting the roots. is the tascam the main front end to your daw as well? your mic selection is mint . are you guys fans of the ksm 32? thats my stand by. i use it on everyting. evan a kick drum about 3 feet away with a tight gate....

as for avalon pres??? OMFG im a compulsive pre-amp junkie. ive rented quite a lot of channel strips to feed my 002r and nothing compares to the warm gooey feeling i get through a avalon. ha!

the plan was to invest more into a better space but since being consumed with a serious addiction to travel im consolidating all my gear into a ULTRA mobile rig of a laptop,fw hd,maudio 02,and the fw410 as the front end but i might choose something smaller. the idea is to globe trott as much as possible and laod the HD with as many samples and recordings i meet along the way. i met this guy in peru who dose this and makes a pretty nice life going from city to city recording anyone who wants to jam. i plan to target more ethnic stuff like tribal rituals,chants and various icaros from shamans in the amazon.

thats the dream...thats the goal.

you can get a small(alot more than pictured) peak of my kit in the link to my MSNspace below.

[Skyles]

i am married to ivana trump =).

Nice site btw schlick...

But back to the subject, I'm happy you posted something like this, girls need to know how much FUN they are missing out on ;). I too wondered why the whole "technology" thing scared girls away from studios.. I know a few who took schooling and loved it once they dove into it. It's most likely that whole "brick wall" of the music scene that's been put up over the years with male dominence, a stated above.

[Ree Fresh]

^well said... it takes a lot of curage and drive to go out and do it. I felt like I was gambling my life away when I splurged my savings on a computer today... I thoguht of this thread when I was the only female in the store surounded by old grumpy looking computer geek guys. Intimidating, but I finally got it... NEW TOYS!!!!

[Skyles]

hey watch it... old grumpy geek guys run this planet.... i'll be one someday as well.. can't wait.. cane, porch, beer and wi-fi.

[Ree Fresh]

^true, I never said you were bad... your just not always that freindly or fun :p

Like I said... it kinda intimidated me. It may sound cheezy, but I use to love Zylon records because of Nacy Kyd. She was so freindly and never presented that hard core attitude that ALOT of guys in this industry seem present. I was never scared to ask what I thought was a stupid question and for the first time I was up beat and chipper in a record store. Otherwise I would have to be with closer guy friends to feel less intimidated. Like I mentioned how guys seem to have their own lingo... I find female dj's kinda have their own lingo too. I feel much more comfotable when first meeting female's than I would when first meeting a male.

[P.A.R.T.Y]

mmmm...Yummy Avalon preamp.

[ill-esha]

Originally Posted by revolver

is the tascam the main front end to your daw as well? your mic selection is mint . are you guys fans of the ksm 32? thats my stand by. i use it on everyting. evan a kick drum about 3 feet away with a tight gate.....

yes, it's our front end. i haven't actually tried the ksm 32. my favourite mics are the rode mics.. oh my god do they sound golden even through the shitty tascam board preamps.

Originally Posted by revolver

the plan was to invest more into a better space but since being consumed with a serious addiction to travel im consolidating all my gear .. the idea is to globe trott as much as possible and laod the HD with as many samples and recordings i meet along the way...i plan to target more ethnic stuff like tribal rituals,chants and various icaros from shamans in the amazon.

Whoa, are you my evil twin? I've been on that tip too for awhile. Travelling is such a passion of mine. I get stimulated personally by bombarding myself with experiences, multimedia, diversity.. which is probably my downfall, because I'm not hyper-focused on any one thing, so I'm never the most knowledgeable.. but I like everything! (Travelling, studying/reading, philosophizing, visual art, photography, music production, djing, playing instruments, etc)..

I spent some time in Asia and the Middle East last year and was so inspired by all the different instruments and different scales being used by people there. If you've ever read anything by Rumi (Sufi mystic) he talks about being inspired by nothingness, rather than trying to fill the void with everything. About finding that quiet space inside you to achieve the ultimate inner spirituality and balance. I kind of feel that way about music; when I spend too much time inundated with it, it becomes redundant and derivative. I need to journey on camelback into the middle of the desert and hear only the wind whipping over the sand dunes or some Bedouin guy chanting to really start coming up with something sick.

This is why it's so difficult for me to write songs in the studio. Thankfully, I just got a new cell phone with "Voice Records" capability, so I can just hit record whenever I'm walking in the middle of nowhere and get the vocal idea down.

Please keep me updated on your journeys. Have you laid down any definitive plans where you want to go? My goal next year is to take a trip 'round the Mediterranean Rim and hit Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain and Morocco. Full of SO MUCH music and inspiration, oh, dammit, you're making me depressed sitting here at the office.

Originally Posted by skyles

But back to the subject, I'm happy you posted something like this, girls need to know how much FUN they are missing out on . I too wondered why the whole "technology" thing scared girls away from studios..

BTW Kyle.. have I ever told you how happy/stoked I am that you are doing so much and doing so well in music? I still remember the first time I met you, I think Ty and I picked you up from your place in Richmond..
I know some of your friends and I had our differences over the years, but I think, contrary to the grumpy old geek rumour ;P that you have always maintained such a gracious and creative demeanour. I'm proud of you kid! I'll make sure to run over your foot with my motorized wheelchair in 60 years when you're hobbling down the street.

Originally Posted by wellbelove's

It may sound cheezy, but I use to love Zylon records because of Nacy Kyd. She was so freindly and never presented that hard core attitude that ALOT of guys in this industry seem present. I was never scared to ask what I thought was a stupid question and for the first time I was up beat and chipper in a record store.

And this reminds me again of the contrast between that and Futuristic Flavor, where they often doubted my ability to screw a needle onto the tonearm. Yet trusted every cracked out methhead guy flipping through the Nu-NRG section to do it.

[mystery]

The travelling and recording that you guys mentioned reminded me of this site that I came across somehow or another. I thought it was interesting:
the quiet american

It hosts a collection of short audio snapshots from around the world.

Example: NYC hustlers selling coats