Max B The Thread

it's what i said upthread -- the fact that you'll go to any lengths & for any length of time to defend even the most minute point that you've made means that you wear on lots of ppl and also makes you seem insecure & to some ppl kinda crazy

that just means, i'd respond seriously. much as, you can respond seriously, if i critique something you write. which you didnt, you flipped out and started posting in all caps & accused me of being haunted by the ghost of ethan or something xp

what's yr method for lovely drum recordings? it has always seemed hard from my v limited home studio type experiences.

I don't think you can really get great drum sounds at home unless you have a pretty big home and/or a SERIOUS ear like Phil Elvrum who could probably get great drum tones in a refrigerator if he had to. But I don't record, I just work with people who do & I've watched dudes with proper ears set up the drums & listen for fuckin' EVER (drives me nuts) and then after what seems like ages they'll start nodding while the drummer's just playing whatever and move a fader into place and you hear it if you're in the control room, it's like, oh, wow, that really seemed like a waste of time but it most assuredly was not because now this sounds so good I just want to listen to it by itself. Otherwise it's a question of not settling for shitty mics, keeping yourself out of it enough to really just be listening instead of kidding yourself about what sounds good or doesn't, and being extremely patient - mic placement, understanding whoever's technique you're recording, asking questions about the actual song so instead of having a default "if I have a hard-hitting drummer, I use an RE-20 on the kick" you're saying "what's going to sound good on this song?" one drum/cymbal at a time.

I seriously think recording is the art of profound patience, I would be a terrible producer because I'm very "hit record let's get this now"

i'm just posting as a friend -- i'm taking no sides in this issue, largely bcuz it's at the point where i'm not totally sure what everyone is arguing about anymore

it's what i said upthread -- the fact that you'll go to any lengths & for any length of time to defend even the most minute point that you've made means that you wear on lots of ppl and also makes you seem insecure & to some ppl kinda crazy

― J0rdan S., Tuesday, May 3, 2011 1:41 AM (28 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

im sorry you think im crazy, i kind of think al is an asshole

this is my 'main takeaway from the thread' & ill stop now

i'm cool with being an asshole fwiw.

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im sorry you think im crazy, i kind of think al is an asshole

― geeks, dweebs, nerds & lames (D-40), Monday, May 2, 2011 9:44 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

i don't -- i'm just hazarding a guess as to how a large portion of non-goon posters feel when they stumble upon convos like these

oops yeah i guess i made it sound easy and john is right, it's not, but i meant more the 80s brought so much gating and all that stuff and now it's even worse, like i meant use good mics and a good room and a producer that knows how to do it and don't mess it up with processing

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkld71FgpZ1qzhfhso1_500.gif

whatever happened to melissa joan hart. a friend of mine is a pretty decent sound engineer, and his proficiency seems rooted in the same stoicism/reptilian focus that makes him a champ at shit like rubiks cubes and world of warcraft; just being able to keep tweaking and revising over&over oblivious to hunger or fatigue. but I think approaching it from a sort of more producerly standpoint is worthwhile, keeping you focused on your ears and what the sound is up to, and it seems taking the time to relisten is the only real way, so

melissa joan hart has a show on abc family with joey lawrence. she still looks good & has a big ol ass.

remember getting into an argument w/ a kid who had a huge crush on her when I v young over whether or not she had freckles

http://www.realbeauty.com/cm/redbook/images/8b/68_melissa-joan-hart-lg.jpg

stephen halliwell, we can now move on

RIP max b

fucking hilarious mod bias that i was banned from the hug it out thread but some dude wasnt

my issue w/ al basically comes down to, for whatever reason, his 'zings' often come across like personal criticisms while others dont. they come across like dismissive condescension rather than just-lolz. obviously, he doesnt give a fuck, which is fine, but he cant act shocked if someone takes it personally

kinda lukewarm on this dude. i really like "where do i go" and other joints like "live comfortable" but unless he really connects with his hooks or like, wakes up on his verses, he's pretty boring. it's mostly his vioce for me, which is really dry/anonymous - i mean i've loved other rappers with shitty articulation but he doesn't have 50's knack for melody or like, gucci's bounce or deep pocket of flows. or the sense of humor of either. idk maybe i have to listen to more

yeah i think u have to listen more pretty much everything u said is 100% wrong/the opposite of max b reality

haha

i think his style's just not what i dig

ha was gonna say -- like or dislike him, vocal personality, 'knack for melody,' 'deep pocket of flows' are all things dude totally ownz

not that he doesnt have some blander songs

BUT i am a gang starr fanboy & find myself drawn to dudes who are sort of anti-ludacris types in their delivery

cool, relaxed, behind the beat, understated, etc

"knack" was my operative word really - again all i've heard is the debut but while he definitely has a tendency toward melody, to me he uses it more as a crutch than anything else - hit/miss ratio on the hooks isn't that great imo

"understated" is otm i guess, can't really pin down what bores me about dudes like him yet for the most part I dig someone like mega

i think i'm actually fronting a bit - i actually enjoyed it more than i'm admitting, even if i didn't like the aesthetic - kind of the converse of your typical "didn't like it but i respected it" line

really i think it's his voice more than anything

listen to coke wave

woof yeah if all you've heard is this record i'm not surprised you're ambivalent on it

coke wave, public domain 2, quarantine are all better points of entry imo

lately ive been giving PD2 a whole bunch of play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZngJt-p-QQ

i cant get over how much Noe sounds like Jay-Z though

so much of max's appeal for me is in the total package of how his music operates -- how he slurs his words, the sly humor, how equally sleazy & charming he is (not an easy thing to pull off) -- the vibe is incredibly unique

this music feel good like wakin up, scratchin your ass

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this thread's title always gets digable planets stuck in my head. "max b the thread what key be to lock"

did this album even come out or what

released on amalgam digital = u can buy a digital copy from the amalgam digital site

not sure how they handle hard copies

my #1 album of the year

yeah i bought the digital copy

lol when I search amalgam digital their google link reads "Amalgam Digital is proud to release physical copies of Max B's debut album in this Limited Edition Vigilante Season CD+T-Shirt package." but I can't find any evidence of it on the site once I click thru

o here it goes

http://www.amalgamdigital.com/vigilantecdpackage

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fuuuuuck might have to cop that

f'real

i posted that somewhere before on ilx but it wasnt here or summer tees. hmm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBW3PnKZDf8

classic max on this

Ha I think I posted that up thread. Love the beat

I suppose there has been no word on appeal

^^very awesome

I keep going back to Model of Entropy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw95xdfMQnY

I'm particularly fixated on the way he sings "truuuuuuue/bluuuuuuuue" like his voice is about to give, also the way he drags his sssssssssssss's. These type of suave little details that Max seems to be loaded with are what keeps me coming back for more.

He is new for me, still getting acquainted with all this but that track really stands out. That tight snare has a warm pop to it, sounds really nice at high volumes with that sub bass rolling around underneath.

thats one of the few traxx w/out dame grease production -- agreed that it stands out tho

That explains why it doesn't really sound like anything else on VS. Also just realized he might be singing "too" in staid of "true."