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Neil Cake
@neilcake.bsky.social
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I'm just trying to do music, mate. Alt rock type stuff mostly, but then I take loops of my songs and make them into hip-hop tracks to rap over as Dig Xaz. I am also in VIBE and The Madonna and the Whore. From Rotherham, S Yorks. Live in MCR. (He/Him)
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 2d
I'm going to take a little mental health break from social media for a week or so. Y'all keep it positive while I'm gone.

I'm taking the kids away, so in the meantime here's a song I made with them.

youtu.be/-UucIt7evpE?...

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Twinkle Stars by Neil Cake (2024)
YouTube video by Half-Arsed Music
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 2d
Just generally making everyone unhappier. I don't know why anyone would want to do that.
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 2d
Funny what you think of...

We run in different circles but I ant eard from Andrew Tate in a bit. Is he alright?

Or has he finally just fucked off?
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 3d
There appeared to be a load of black dots in front of my eyes, and I said to myself, "why am I seeing all these things with my eyes?"

Then I realised, what else am I supposed to see things with?
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 3d
True. If you were to reveal a succession of them up there, it's going to look suspicious
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 3d
I mean, it's not my fault if I sit on one. By accident.
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 3d
I uh... just want to share this again. It's my favourite thing I've done in a while. Probably should have put a bit more low end in the master, but it still has mad grooves and idiosyncratic singing.

youtu.be/HQz1obMHduc?...

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"Die in Hospital" by Neil Cake (2024)
YouTube video by Half-Arsed Music
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 3d
We know it's all immigration they care about, but they claim it's about illegal immigration. So having lower applications isn't something that damages the narrative.
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 3d
Still, it's nice to be thought of as generous.
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 3d
One day I'd like to count how many times I have to listen to a song before it's finished, but I know it would be pointless to try.

Let's just say hundreds.
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 3d
How 'ard is it like, to listen to all the elements of your track all the way through and make sure everything is balanced just right against everything else?

Answer: very 'ard.
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 3d
Bit of a setback. I was going to start mastering, but then I saw that the right channel was consistently louder than the left channel, so I started tweaking guitar volumes, then bass volumes... now I'm going to have to let the changes bed in before I can be sure it's ready
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 3d
Woah, that's a lot of superfluous work I've done on this track.

*not really superfluous as it was all part of the journey to the end.
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 4d
I can imagine an idiot getting a nazi tattoo by accident.

You might even find out it was a nazi tattoo and think, "fuck it, it'll be funny."

But you'd have to be a completely ignorant arsehole to do that.
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 4d
And in relation to my earlier question about counting in; I don't usually do them as a 1 man band, but here's a song where I do one near the end, but I only start counting at 2

youtu.be/JZVTyGkCiiM?...

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"Everything Good & Nothing Bad" by Neil Cake (2023)
YouTube video by Half-Arsed Music
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 4d
Posted about singing so hard I was nearly sick earlier.

If you listen right to the end of this one, you'll hear the kind of thing I'm talking about

youtu.be/lv24kXwNP1o?...

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Christian Rock Band by Neil Cake (c)2023
YouTube video by Half-Arsed Music
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 4d
Woah. Just sang so hard I was nearly sick.
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 4d
This is how I experience it. Rightly or wrongly I try not to say anything unless it's interesting or funny.

Then I hear people at the school gates talking boring bullshit and I just can't understand it.

That's why I'm the dad that always just stands on his own.
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 4d
Genius
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 4d
Dan Worrall's very good. I find most of his stuff is too advanced for me though. I just hope to absorb it by osmosis
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 4d
Basic answer: mix down to -6db, master to around -8.5 integrated LUFS. I use Reaper and when you render it gives you a figure for LUFS-I so I just tweak according to the reading.

There are free apps like YouLean but I find this easier.
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 4d
A quick q:

When u hear bands count in, "1! 2! 1234!"

Does that serve a purpose? You could just skip the 1st 1 and 2 as far as I can see.

My old band had a song where we used to save time by only counting to 2. It didn't really save time cos the drummer had to shout "2!" 1st or we might forget
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 4d
Boring picture, but I thought it was worth celebrating filling another pad with ideas for the future...
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 4d
It takes as long as it takes
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Neil Cake @neilcake.bsky.social · 4d
Ok then, double down on it. Bye forever Spotify
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