Don’t be a CRYBABY!- Viewer’s Comments #130

For those of you who are new to the channel, I do 3 shows a week and every Friday is my Viewer's Comments show where I try to answer your questions to the best of my ability. If you want your question to be featured on the show, check out the "How

Go HOME and PRACTICE!- Viewer’s Comments #129

I've told a good amount of musicians (bass players) to go home and learn their part while in my studio. Not to be a jerk or to be mean. If you come into the studio and don't know your part, you're not only wasting my time, but you're wasting your time, your money and

Quantizing Guitars is NOT METAL!- Viewer’s Comments #128

This is the last Viewer's Comments of the year! Lots of great comments and questions this week. Adam Muszynski asks: Just saw a mixing tutorial (not gonna mention the channel) where the engineer basically quantized all the guitar tracks. The band recorded their tracks slower (!) and then they did what they proudly called

The secret to getting a great snare sound!

Merry Christmas, everyone!    I hope you've had a wonderful morning, and if you happened to get a gift certificate for a music or pro audio store, I've got a great suggestion for you:   Get a real compressor!  I had a conversation in LA a few weeks ago about using a real hardware compressor

Finding Success in Rock and Metal- Viewer’s Comments #127

Happy Friday/holidays! Today's Viewer's Comments is centred around "Finding Success in Rock and Metal." Let's get right into it! One viewer wrote: "Hey Glenn you got kids? My son just started his own studio and does get work. He has a young family, his wife refuses to allow him to pass the business down

How to Balance a Career and a Band – Viewer’s Comments #126

When it comes to balancing work and band, that is the motherfucker. As you know, I still have my day job. I still work full time, run the studio and the YouTube channel. My schedule is a bit different than when I was recording a lot bands! So let's take a step back a

How avoid being DISCOURAGED in MUSIC – Viewer’s Comments #125

It's easy to get discouraged. At times it may seem too late to start, or that everything is working against you. That is simply not true. A viewer by the name of "Visceral Abomination" wrote in this week asking for tips on how to keep going and not be discouraged. Visceral Abomination is 28,

WE NEED Net Neutrality! – Viewer’s Comments #124

Hope you're having a great Friday and I hope you have a great weekend! I've been getting a lot of questions about why these episodes aren't called "Viewer's Comments" anymore! It's not some attempt to trick you guys! What was happening was for some reason Viewer's Comments was getting demonetized BEFORE they were even

Spinkicks and Cheap Drummers – Viewer’s Comments #123

Hey Guys! Happy Black Friday! I posted about some amazing Black Friday deals yesterday which you can see here. Let's get right into it! Everybody can want to be in a rock band, everybody can want to be a successful musician. But putting the work in, and doing what's required to make that happen-

Everybody wants to be validated – Viewer’s Comments #122

I've gotten a few questions about my old stage mic. You know, the one that's dented and looks like it was used as a punishment tool for people who cup the mic! I've had this mic since about the summer of '92. I bought it used and then used it for ages and ages