Seth Earnest

Mix Engineer & producer for artists Tessa Violet, Vesperteen, John Reuben, etc.

[Seth Earnest @sethearnest]

@TessaViolet Angry

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@TessaViolet @maggie_stjohn There's a mic called from Shure called an SM7b that are fairly ubiquitous b/c they tend to sound good for most people, and they tend to sound good in 'non-studio' rooms (aka the bedrooms and home studio rooms most of us record in these days).

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@TessaViolet @maggie_stjohn Most of Tessa's stuff we've done together is an AKG C-12 VR (one of those green and gold ones). But that same mic sound terrible on some people, so as Tessa said, it's really voice-dependent.

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@honestmp3 Excited & grateful. Like a baby giraffe just discovering the joy of running through a field.

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Lovely piece full of wisdom and insight: https://t.co/DQIs0QaI8B. Thanks, @juliovincent!

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@CheckeredOwl @johnreuben Haha YES!!!!!

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@stepnsidemysoul Haha!!!

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@TerryRedherring @TessaViolet 🙏🙏🙏

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@TerryRedherring @TessaViolet So dig in w/her and find what she wants, and you'll be on a good path!

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@TerryRedherring @TessaViolet Yes, if it's her album, then it's your job to support her vision. When helping someone out, we're never Frodo or Luke; we're always Gandalf or Obi-Wan, i.e. we're there to help and guide, not be the focus and the hero.

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@likaism Love that album. There's so much other-wordliness on that album (which I always love that feeling in music or novel or movies or whatever). I do feel a heavy sadness on that album, too, so sometimes it's a heavy listen. But beauuuuutiful songs.

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@likaism Haha love it!

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@MenswearMartin YES! 'Everything You've Come to Expect' is awesome! I need to listen to earlier albums more, too! Thanks for the heads up.

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@TerryRedherring @TessaViolet If it doesn't need to stay acoustic-y, then the sky's the limit. A song is generally just a melody, some sort of harmonic support, and most of the time something rhythmic going on, so figure out cool ways to support your vocal in interesting ways.

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@TerryRedherring @TessaViolet If you want it still feel acoustic, then just pick appropriate other pieces/instruments to support the main voice and instrument (acoustic guitar or uke or whatever is the main inst) and not distract from it.

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@stepnsidemysoul Thank you!!

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@likaism I really never have favorites w/anything (Enneagram 9, ha). If I could only take one of their albums to an island, it'd be either OK Computer or In Rainbows, but even that's an impossibly difficult discussion. Or Kid A--I can't even answer my own question.

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@ericthelemming Yes!! That album is amazing. Check out the first tune on there "Hush" where it's mainly just vocals--wow. And "New Mistake" "All Is Forgiven"...oh I could go on and on about that album.

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@tessaviolet_upd @TessaViolet Yes, Tessa rules. I like most that she's always interested in finding something interesting to say and do in her music.