The Other Side Of Music That A Lot Of People Miss.

This time, I will explain what inspired me to learn sound/audio enginnering. I can't actually predict how long or short this journal can be, but hey, you never know you want to write.

I'd say, probably 70% of the population listens to music, and only saying it's good or bad music. The other 30% would be those who appreciates music as a whole.

As a whole? In what sense? For those who don't know the production's work, why don't you get your headphones, and listen to any songs from any albums. It's like, the effects being used for vocals during some parts, the instruments being on which speaker during certain parts of a song, how thick or heavy a sound can be when it's just a simple tune.

But how is that possible? Even a vocalist who is not able to sing like Mariah Carey can have very thick, and powerful vocals? That brings us to technology, and recording theories.

What I believe is that 50% of the work is contributed by the recording artist/artiste, and the other 50% is contributed by the production crew so that it sounds good. As I said, not all vocalists can sound like a powerful singer, but after a song is being mixed, magic happens.

Probably the term, ear orgasm, would come into play at this point.

Recording a song, doesn't mean that you step into the vocal booth, and then you get all your ideas laid down and it'll eventually sound good. That's the thing that pisses me off during this century. Nobody really opens their ears to listen what IS going on. Plus, during the recording session, there're a couple of rules and theories to follow so that a song can be properly recorded to be presented.

Even if you lay down all of your ideas, remember who's the one balancing the volume levels so that your backup/harmonies wouldn't drown the lead vocals.

Plus don't think that being an audio engineer is all about the technical stuff. Although they may get twice the tension and stress at work rather than the person recording it, but for those who really enjoy their work, the mixing is not about work, but rather art.

Like modern digital art, once you put the wrong paint onto the canvas, there's always the Ctrl + Z button to help you out. As for the mixing process of a song, the same goes. Besides that, it's like a digital canvas where you can simply pour your ideas on how the song you're working on should really sound like. Sometimes if you're biased towards some artists and all, you might end up making the song sound like the song that inspired you earlier on.

More to like, ripping off ideas.

I admit that I never really gave a shit about how a song should sound like, and how it should be done after it is being recorded, as long as it comes out on the album. But after quite a while, I guess I opened up a little bit more to really see how music is done in the modern age. It's interesting after you get hooked onto, but hey, not everybody's the same.

Although when I talk about it through this entry, I know that it would make complete nonsense. But once you step into the recording world, your experience will definitely broaden - and you will definitely appreciate the artist you usually listen to even more, along with the production team.

So please don't forget about the people who are usually behind the scenes! They're the reasons why our favourite artists are being award winners and usually topping the daily music charts on radio stations!