hello all I've been recording music for years and just never was able to figure out how to my my recordings sound better than a demo. Tim Maholic took time from his normal hustle to give me advice and help me upgrade my gear over a couple days. Although I still have a long way to go and am no where near the level that some of you are at, I just released a new album with Motion the Gates which sounds substantially better than anything I've recorded before. Just wanted to give a thanks to this forum and Tim for the help. Ultimately what you should take from this forum is that if you want to do something, take your time, figure it out, and keep pushing towards the goal even if you suck when you start....now the next hurdle is promotion and decent gigs. peace! https://open.spotify.com/album/0fsJrbTszkTrG1LHvb4U5M?si=AAbSC9NkTOGyZ2tHEfTnfw

I've followed a lot of advice from Tim and the group and have made dramatic improvements to the quality of my audio. I'm now at the point where I'm ready to make a plan for branding, videos, and promotion. First, I am currently working with a partner on a 5 song cover album and a 5 song original album for my band the Biscotti Boys. I want to release the audio and video for the songs gradually over a few months but is there a way for Distrokid to collect revenue from music videos on YouTube? Also how does it work with cover songs and YouTube covers? We wanted to do audio and a music video for all of the songs. Second, I've been playing out for 2 decades and know a ton of acoustic covers. I want to post them on YouTube for streaming revenue. How do I go about doing this legally and do you actually make money from it or does the original artist take most the cut? Heres a sample of a test recording I did earlier today. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qcnzDua3H26y26TGqzhGFeO-xIY3IMNy/view?usp=sharing Thanks everyone!

Question for the group.....Why is it so bad to mix and master on the same session? Newer computers seem to have enough power to process everything at the same time. If you get a solid mix you like in your DAW without any mastering plugins, then start mastering on the same project, why is that so frowned upon in modern recording?

I am building out The Fundamentals courses for you all, working on new cover songs, and doing preproduction for my upcoming US tour. What are you working on?

Is it okay that I have a lot of questions? I don't wana blow up the group too hard but I really feel like I am the primary target here cuz I'm literally trying to go from demo quality to pro and I just need help... I use Logic and Mac. I need to upgrade my mac and wana do a macbook pro. However theres a million options. Theres M1 M2 M3 M4 and a bunch of other specs. Theres a best buy in Delaware with an open box M4 mac pro with 24 ram 512g for like $1600 and a M4 mac pro w 16 ram 512g storage for $1400. No sales tax in delaware so def trying to buy from this specific store. I also dont want to spend a ton of extra money on some special thing that doesn't help me with music production... any guidance would be greatly appreciated