I spent two years seriously learning to produce after 5 years of lazy messing around with GarageBand and logic. Still nothing turns out the way I want it to π’ my rec would be to skip learning production. Take your songs to a professional producer at a recording studio. Theyβll probably do a better job than you will after years of learning and you could have a bunch of songs done in like a week. Ik everyone recommends becoming a bedroom producer, but the people who actually make decent songs are usually lying about how DIY/self taught their work is and give people unrealistic expectations. Ofc Iβve made a lot of progress on producing but there are so many skills you have to learn before you can fully self release a song of professional quality. So if you want your songs to sound professional quality and ready for streaming, you should just hire a professional
plug all your friends' instruments/mics into a mixer and then plug the output of that mixer into an audio interface hooked up to a computer to record it into a DAW. or just plop a handheld recorder in the middle of the room and let it ride. or just huddle really close around someone's phone recording on voice memos. depends how much gear you have. as far as rules, i'd say treat it like improv theater/comedy. don't say no to any idea, just "yes, and-"
im 24, i am a sound designer. I have won awards for sound design. I have a 1st in a degree that included me to do sound designing. I like books and music and films and pictures and friends and my ex and sound designing sounds for my ears, and hopefully one day, your ears too. i also like my bed and listening to sounds. Did i mention sound?
In the UK, it's Mother's Day today, and for the first time potentially in my entire life, i explicitly told my mum "I love you". Shit feels gooooooood :) i love ya ma, i tell ye, i loves ya
