Devaluing Music You Made YEARS AGO, could be the Worst Mistake You Ever Make!

Devaluing Music You Made YEARS AGO, could be the Worst Mistake You Ever Make!
song is "Cut Me Off" by Real Be Easys, (C) 2025 Evan Jaffee.
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[@mattytwohatsmusic]

"All the time you spend recording anything. Its not a waste." I feel this in my blood. Everytime you hit record you learn something new and build on your past. You gotta be "okay" at doing something a while to get good at it. Good thread man. Digging the new look room too.

[@customcutstudios]

So true!! Learning is the best part of doing what we do. Gotta love learning to truly love this in my opinion. Thank you! I’m very glad you like the new setup. Sounds amazing in here! Like night and day

[@robertwolf-hi8hg]

Evan, thanks dude! I appreciate your advice and work ethic. Your passion & enthusiasm is inspiring. Sharing your knowledge & experience is so helpful to all of us folks trying to evolve... Ps loved your recording and mix of your band! 😎👍

[@customcutstudios]

Thanks Robert! You saying that means a great deal to me. It feels great that I found something that makes me feel as good as music does. For anyone out there who feels similarly, don’t ever let it go. Don’t ever forget the feeling, and don’t ever stop doing it no matter what! My pleasure to share this with you, and I’m very happy you like the mix!!

[@donaldmathews159]

great song!!!

[@customcutstudios]

Thank you! I seriously appreciate that. Means a lot to me!

[@JJvienneau]

Love that shirt!

[@customcutstudios]

Thank you! I appreciate that, it's one of my favorites

[@__rachel___]

thank you

[@customcutstudios]

Happy to share my thoughts on this with you. Thank you for watching!

[@Chaos-Dynamics]

My mantra: “fix it at the source” 🤟🏼

[@customcutstudios]

That's a solid mantra! 100%. Assuming you are at that stage in the process. If you're involved later, (the mixing stage of the process), "you got whatchu got, and you gotta make the best of it" lol.

[@Chaos-Dynamics]

@@customcutstudios yeah I understand but, if people cannot perform, do not practice and can’t play in the pocket then it supposed to sound bad. If you cannot perform and need step by step tracking, sample replacement, extended editing and tuning, re-amping have all the possibilities available of IR’s, drum replacement and still can’t get a vibe recorded and it has to get fixed in ‘the mix’ and your mix has to get fixed in mastering then there is something seriously wrong along the line. Only profitable thing work like that has is that it gets the bills paid. An engineer that I know did a 18 piece kids choir, non of them could sing, all had to be vocal aligned and tuned. The raw tracks would make you tear your hairs out but the end result is doable. Now we have 18 kids with ego’s because they think they can sing and a lot of disappointed parents if they ever going to perform life. Not my cup of tea 🤣

[@customcutstudios]

@@Chaos-Dynamicslol 😂. I feel you on that. That sounds like it was “fun” to work on haha

[@Chaos-Dynamics]

@ By the way, Tony Black did a must watch video. It’s called ‘it sounds horrible’ really recommended 🤟🏼

[@Dave-h5c]

bro your videos dropped out of my algo , thought you gave up, just subbed. I missed the daily motivation.

[@customcutstudios]

Ah man, such is the way of the algo. I ain't goin nowhere. Thank you for the sub so that you don't miss anything, no matter what the algo does. I appreciate you being here. New Studio, New Monitors. New Room Treatment. Moving onward and upward. Glad to have you back!

[@GdpJapan]

Once again, great advice, especially for people who are new to this game. Never delete anything because you will regret it. Keep the tracks, go back, and mix them again. I believe that throughout all these years, while we aspired to be the next Radiohead, we learned to deal with poorly recorded material sent to us by people who had no idea what they were doing when recording their own songs. In the process of trying to become the next Pink Floyd, we built skills on how to treat poorly recorded tracks, make them sound better, and keep the client happy. These skills have made us versatile, able to work with what we have and combine different elements effectively. For example, I am sending a project to mastering that has taken over 16 months. When I agreed to track most of the instruments, I knew the band had already recorded the drums in a big studio in Colombia. The drums were killer, perfectly tracked with no phase issues, using around sixteen mics. The bass, however, was recorded in Japan by a support member after the drum sessions. Huge mistake. The drummer barely knew the songs, and the bassist recorded with who knows what converters, all to save money. Come on, guys. Write the scores, rehearse, and get the bassist and drummer to play together. Spend 1500 bucks for a day, and you capture the groove, maybe even recording guitar DI tracks for reamping later. Although I tracked most of the other instruments afterward, the drum kit remained the same, and the drummer’s style, attack, and other nuances did not fully match the arrangements added later. Then the lead guitarist recorded some tracks himself and sent them to me. You will not believe it. The guy probably searched for the cheapest, worst guitar cable he could find, plugged it into his guitar, ran it through a basic ZOOM multi-effects pedal, and straight into his laptop’s mic input. I had to work with these tracks, but eventually, I asked someone else to re-record some parts using a big amp and Neve preamps. The final result turned out pretty good, and it pushed me to the next level in dealing with challenging material. There is something important I want to add. Consolidate your multitracks to WAV or AIFF. A lot of sessions from before 2005 were done in Cubase. I am a Pro Tools guy now, and I no longer have Cubase. The only way to retrieve those tracks would be to buy Cubase again or find someone to extract them for me. So no matter what, if it is your own material and you have the time, consolidate clips and export them. Trust me, something as simple as asking someone to extract your tracks can become a task you keep postponing indefinitely. When it comes to recording guitars, using real amps is almost a must. You get to experiment with mic placement, distance, and angles. That unpredictability adds character to the song. "Cut Me Off" also sounds amazing. Honestly, everything sounds tight and intentional. If you had not recorded the guitars the way you did, using real amps instead of plugins and simulators, the magic would be missing. It is that crunchy, clean yet sparkling sound that brings the song to life. The first thing in the chain is always the musicians and their performance. That is something you cannot recreate. No matter how much you try, you will never fully capture that same performance again. They say every seven years all our body cells are replaced, so there is not much left of who I was back in 2008. I have some great stuff coming up that I would love to share with you. Party on.

[@customcutstudios]

We share much of the same viewpoints. I really appreciate you sharing your experiences here. They remind me so much of my own. I cracked up when you mentioned the guitarist seeking out the worst cable he could find lol. This is all too familiar. You are only as good as the weakest link in the chain. I also appreciate the love on Cut Me Off! Thank you. Very cool that halfway around the world, we have experienced so much of the same stuff. I'm looking forward to whatever you have upcoming. Feel free to reach out via email (in the description). Thanks for being part of this as usual!

[@russellgallien5449]

That song is fire

[@customcutstudios]

Thank you! Means a lot to me that you say that! I appreciate you.

[@HEAVENLYTABLETS]

My Homework assignment:📋 1. Study & learn Tyrone McCullen drum style. 2. Implement what you've learned. & add your own "flavaaah" to drums on DAW. (Thank you for the wisdom & sharing your experience in the music game.🤝)

[@customcutstudios]

Very happy you connected with this. Happy to share my experiences with you. Music is so amazing because there’s a never ending ocean of knowledge out there to learn from. I’m learning everyday, and everyday is exciting because of that. Freddy’s dead, Pusherman, Little Child Running Wild.. the entire sound track is worth listening to on repeat and playing along with, IMO. One of my favorite albums of all time! It legit never left my car

[@HEAVENLYTABLETS]

@customcutstudios Music truly is amazing! There's these times in life even if it's just for a few minutes, where you experience complete bliss. Those chill bumps that form on forearms from a certain chord, or multiple layers not intended to blend together well, begin to form like Voltron.😆😉 Music takes me to that place where life doesn't hurt anymore. Escaping for minutes, if blessed that session for hours, just free, true self & timeless! No ego, no hardships, no bills, no work, no politics, no worries, just feeling light & at liberty, almost like an outer body experience I can't explain in words. Believe this is why I resonate with you & your channel. Because that same passion is within you too & in everyone that keeps coming back to this channel. Haven't just been applying the wisdom & knowledge you share to the music production, but applying it to life experiences too, real talk. Be blessed bro, keep shining your light & you know your inner told you to write them books!😁 Doesn't have to be written overnight. Take your time, let it flow. You got a lot to say, & some of us will need those books you wrote in the future, even if its for one person.(Where that come from!😂😉) Stay up continue doing your thang how you do it brotha. Be blessed.

[@ZAY________]

yeah yeah just I DI the bass for sure these days. Sometimes with a sans amp too. Back in the band days, yeah we split the signal. 1 Mic'd the bass cab in another room (Ampgeg 8x10) And then DI bass right into a sans amp > Into whatever they were using for an interface. I think it was that annoying 002 I believe