Omg, how is this not finished yet!? Oh look, a podcast, how cute. Here is how to get with it: Download or point your browser directly at the mp3 Alternate download from AWS S3 Point your podcast software at the feed View the podcast on iTunes Yakety Yak, do feedback: feedback@twojerksonevote.com. IN...

Hi there! I humbly present to you our podcast where we review the songs for the Hope Against Hope fight! This time around we're very pleased to be joined by our special guest Lichen Throat! Here's how to make it happen: Download or point your browser directly at the mp3 Alternate download from AWS S...

If any judge were like "Great song, but, this other one that I liked just as much had mp3 art and yours didn't, so, I ranked you lower" they should be immediately fired, imho. :P Heh, stranger things have happened. It's a pretty well established notion that things that are louder sound better. That...

If we want to talk collaborating on code in general, which would be helpful for progress, I think most of the interested parties have discussed it before and turned up their noses at the programming language/priorities/etc. :) I had envisioned a system where you upload your mp3 to to whatever music...

Honestly, if the goal is to have somewhat understandable Nur Ein rankings, the easiest thing to do is ban mastering and normalize all of the tracks before handing them to the judges. I think "easiest" may not be the right word here. You might want to consider tackling low hanging fruit like id3 tag...

Looks like we're still doing this. Download or point your browser directly at the mp3 Alternate download from AWS S3 Point your podcast software at the feed View the podcast on iTunes Air your spleen at: feedback@twojerksonevote.com. INDEX: 00:00:00 - Intro Song 00:01:04 - Beginning-of-podcast blath...

How did you compose the vocal melody? Did you just sing it, or did you use an instrument? Do you think of lyrical meter in terms of strong and weak stresses? How did you come up with the chord progression, which instrument did you write it on? How hard did you work on lyrical phrasing? How did you ...

My 2012 quadcore i7 Mac Mini is still doing just fine. It has a 2TB SATA SSD, 16G of RAM, and Logic runs great on it. Using some cable adapters and a powered Thunderbolt 3 dock allows me to run my TB3 audio interface from my TB1 only Mini. Sometimes backwards compatibility is a great thing. I'm star...

So there is a upgrade/crossgrade sale for NI Kontakt/Komplete that is happening now. There is a clever way that you can bootstrap the upgrade process to get both Kontakt 6 ($124.50 instead of $399.00) and then crossgrade Kontakt 6 to Komplete 12 ($199.50 instead of $599.00) at reasonable prices. The...

We would often manually draw in a lot of volume automation for vocals prior to getting hip to compression. Sometimes I'll use like a 9:1 ratio with like a -22dB threshold to aggressively squash it, and then add like 10dB of makeup gain. The resulting waveforms look squashed and rectangular, and the ...

It's that time of week again... Download or point your browser directly at the mp3 Alternate download from AWS S3 Point your podcast software at the feed View the podcast on iTunes Aim your feedback cannons at: feedback@twojerksonevote.com. INDEX: 00:00:00 - Intro Song 00:01:04 - Beginning-of-podcas...

All that Nur Ein drama and whining on the boards got ya down? Feel like nobody listens to your songs? Fear not good people of SongFight, we haven't forgotten about ya! Allow me to lay it on you thusly: Download or point your browser directly at the mp3 Alternate download from AWS S3 Point your podca...

can i just defend myself: the "i missed out" is a sample, i did copy it straight across, pitch shifted two copies to form the harmony, promise!! Glad to hear it! Also, color me impressed with how good your tuning software sounds, is it Melodyne? Every time we do this there are pretty obvious artifa...

I do feel like maybe I've heard the complaint before that you're not sure exactly what the lyrics mean or what the song is about. As someone who has been traditionally quite literal in his lyrics, I've been trying to move away from that. I'm finding the lyrics I am really enjoying these days (Jeff ...

Another self-indulgent Nur Ein podcast is available for your listening .... I'm going to go with pleasure. Download or point your browser directly at the mp3 Alternate download from AWS S3 Point your podcast software at the feed View the podcast on iTunes Tell me about the rabbits, George: feedback@...

You and your tricky domain. No alternate AWS download link for your reaction image?! Sigh, sorry Owl. I was about to blame your ISP for this, but I have a feeling it's something subtly misconfigured on our end. You're not missing much, it's Admiral Ackbar with a caption in impact font that reads "T...

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Wed May 22, 2019 6:19 am

I'm torn on whether I want to try to make something clever or phone-in a song about not having enough memory to save a video game, because clearly that's what we're being asked for with this combo.

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Tue May 21, 2019 11:56 am

here's a distraction since Pentangle was brought up.

My first girlfriend was really into Pentangle's Sweet Child album and played it a lot when we lived together. I really loved Bruton Town and was stoked to find this live performance of it, thanks Glennn!

Here is the YouTube trailer: kH9b-tBvbNg I admit, when I watched this I threw up in my mouth a bit. I just can't bring myself to watch this kind made-for-tv pap, even when it's about a subject I'm quite interested in. I already spend too much time watching videos about music theory, production, and ...

I’ll say it again: I recommend judges using criteria as reward rather than penalty. It will help avoid this type of sour discussion. Unless someone is flagrantly not competing in the spirit, you just kind of come off a little mean-spirited by emphasizing penalty. You can characterize it as a penalt...

Ranking is definitely hard. I personally try to score the song in three equal areas: title, challenge, and a more subjective 'do I like it and want to listen again?' I give an extra scoring boost to whomever I feels best exemplifies one of these areas. Title Should the song rightfully be titled some...

I guess we're not pumping the brakes on this whole podcast thing. Here is the evidence: Download or point your browser directly at the mp3 Alternate download from AWS S3 Point your podcast software at the feed View the podcast on iTunes Tell us things at: feedback@twojerksonevote.com. INDEX: 00:00:0...