Hi all,

just throwing it out there. I have bunchload of WIPs that might use a bit of vocal line in kinda near future. Thus if anybody is or know about a cool singer with a nice voice and at least a half-decent mic, I'm all ears. I'm interested in mellow voices that sound good while not screaming.

I'm not making any money by this hobby (actually shoveling quite a chunk of it into the production, as we all are), so can't offer much money yet. But I don't think music should be about money anyway.

I've done one proper vocal collab so far. So here's a proof I wouldn't destroy yours/theirs vocals too much. https://soundcloud.com/farleycz/see-the-world-feat-seacolor

Edit: ...just realized I'm breakign the rules already. Lemme fix that:
Artist Name: FarleyCZ
Years Experience: 8 Years
DAW(s): Ableton (preferred), Bitwig, Reaper
Genre: Liquid DNB, Chillstep
Third-Party Plugins Used: Way too many.
Preferred Contact Method: PM, Soundcloud, I watch everything.
Previous Work: www.soundcloud.com/farleycz

Cheers,
Martin.

Agreed with Arkto. That pretty much sumes it up. Sounds to me like they also use a lot of sampling and granular synthesis in their tracks, but that's more about sounddesign, not mixing.

Ooooh man, I can give advice on this. A lot. Because I'm exactly the thing you are affraid of becoming in that original post.

Discovered internet at like 12 (which is sadly to say almost 14 years ago ) and I know what you're talking about. Exactly. Whenever the real world sucked, I just escaped. Went on the internet to read about something interesting, something cool, learn something new. Also intersted in coding, some hillariously failed attempts at 3D graphics and VFX, then migrated to music. That I loved. So I started throwing days, months, years into it. Real life went past meanwhile. Bad life habbits took it's toll. Now I'm 25yo fat bloke with no passion for any sport, losing hair quite badly and my personal life is pretty much a mess. So the danger is f*cking real. Trust me.

On the other hand though! ...I've always thought thats just what it takes at this time and place. That's the price of this hobby. So wrong. (Where's that Hobbit meme, when one needs it? ) I wish I knew this back then, but I've met people who just nailed it. Same hobby, some serious skills, but "normal" fit sporty people with I believe quite cool lifes. It got me at first, but the truth is, whenever I meet some of them, I feel good. ...this little detail. I'd write it on a paper and send it back through a timemachine in a heartbeat.

So I think the solution is in socializing. Don't close yourself in front of that screen just because it offers more than the real world around you. Find compatible people. People nerdy in the same way. Depending on where you live it could be tough, but trust me, they are out there. (Do it especially if you're still in your school years, where "friendships for life" are fromed.) Then the world might actually reveal itself as interesting as the internet is ... or even more.

Music: To have something published on mr. SuicideSheep one day! ... also idea of a little live show with bunch of friends would be awesome, but for all kinds of reason that seems even more impossible than the first one, lol.

Life: Not kill myself in a f***ing depression panic attack. ... and be a good friend to people I value. Because let's face it, being in all this mess alone simply sucks. Yes, it would be nice to become some kind of technical assistant on movie set, but that's not likely to happen, so why to worry. (Working on it, though! )

Well, i have been distracted from that and, what you said, makes me think more clearly thanks for help bro 

Oh man, I don't think it was too much of a help, but pleasure anyway.

I'm not sure about free time this week again. Can I jump in during the week when I find some?

Ooooh. Much more hopeless story here:

I've listened to EXTREMELY shitty and cheesy music while growing up. That lead me into ATB's early albums, that were quite cheesy at the time, but he kinda matured a little and I guess I did with him. Still love some tracks from that Trilogy album he made later on. Also he was the original reason for "I can try this" tohught. It was hard, though. I had no musical education and no ambitions to get one.

...after that I switched straight into trance, so Armin, Tiësto, Matt Lange, Andrew Bayer, tyDi, Eco, Airbase, A&B, Matt-Zo, Arty, ...lot of guys like that. After some time, though, a friend from one Czech forum made like the PERFECT trance track (at least by my measures back then), which made me loose all the interest in producing that genere. ...also trance tracks got really formulatic after 2012(ish), so I left it and searched for some fresh air.

Stumbeled upon Sheepy's channel. Since then I'm really into this kind of style-wise independent electronic music. So Ramesses B, KOAN Sound, Culprate, Seven Lions, Mazde, Illenium, ODESZA, Aaron Static, Said The Sky, Asa, Stumbleine etc. ...with slight influences from liquid dnb world like Etherwood or Keeno.

That's kind of the thing I go for now. Especially Ramesses B is a big inspiration as he also doesn't give a f**k about what BPM he makes track in. He just does it. ...and in his case it usually ends up awesome.