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About Glenn Fricker

Greetings, 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. Featuring 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, and plugin effects. Everything you've wanted to learn about recording Hard Rock & Heavy Metal can be found right here on my 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 reading!

Five things that will RUIN your MUSIC VIDEO!

5 things that will RUIN your music video! Hanging out with my good friend, Gavin Micheal Booth, and we discuss the pitfalls of the indie band trying to craft a music video.  Here's a hint:  It's really easy to make a terrible music video!   Making something interesting, that people want to see,

Thanks for supporting FREE SPEECH, Youtube! – Viewer’s Comments #138

This episode sponsored by Distrokid. If you’re new to the channel/website, this is my weekly roundup of viewer comments & questions! Leave a comment, you just might wind up on the show! Totally Awesome writes: “gets demonetize for saying fuck… gets top 10 trending for posting a video laughing at a dead

The Secret to making your MIC STAND work MORE THAN ONCE!

Tired of your microphones falling on the floor, only to wind up dented? do you microphones never stay where you put them?   Do your thumbs look like raw tuna after struggling to lock down a microphone stand? From the people who brought you the banandyne eh2200 ultimate microphone enhancer Spectremedia has the solution!  It’s

Modern Metal Drums ARE BORING!!!! – Viewer’s Comments #137

This episode sponsored by Distrokid. Methinks modern metal drums have gotten to the point where they’re stale & predictable, mainly because we're not hearing actual drummers anymore. With time alignment, samples and programmed drums, who needs a drummer, right? WRONG! RArecordings - Rick- commented: The definition of a drummer in 2018: “someone who can

Can you play METAL on a LES PAUL?

The short answer:  Well, duh!   However, Gibson’s quality control and mismanagement now have them looking at possible bankruptcy.  I posted up my views on the “modern V” disaster last week, one day before the bankruptcy story surfaced.  So  Let’s take a look at the history of the iconic Les Paul, and maybe

ARE YOU in a BAND full of DOUCHEBAGS? Spectre VC

Welcome to SMG viewers comments episode 136! It's been a while since we've been back in the studio! So let’s get right to it! Some of the questions I got this week are: You probably get this a lot. What do you do if you’re in a band with a great musicians