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   ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 20:27:44 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

   • Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺
   Hey @ned ... do you think this guy really is really recording his stuff live?
   
   https://youtu.be/xB9n0XA8dks?si=J76TXviFETHjFI4S
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     Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺 (ned@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 20:29:27 JST Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

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     @Humpleupagus let me get out my headphones and see....

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     Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺 (ned@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 20:37:04 JST Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

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     @Humpleupagus nah, not a chance. The vocals sound much closer mic'd than shown in the video. The guitar is too rich to be purely using the piezo. And besides, there are multiple camera shots. The way this is done in practice is 1 camera man, and multiple takes.

     Although I kinda want to get one of those guitars now.

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     Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺 (ned@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 20:41:20 JST Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

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     @Humpleupagus Although if by when you say "recording his stuff live", you mean 1 take in the studio, then yeah maybe. You would get a much better feel doing it in a single take rather doing guitar and then vocals. This sort of style cannot be recorded to a click, and there is no way you can replicate the exact same pocket twice in a row.

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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 20:45:34 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     That was my opinion too. I just wanted to know if another audio guy thought the same thing. The vocals also sound cleaned up to me, possibly pitch corrected with the noise removed with something like waves z-noise. They're almost a bit too smooth. I also don't hear any significant sibilance or pops, which suggests it's been de-essed and compressed. The heavy reverb hides a lot though, so it's hard to tell.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 20:47:33 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺
     Have you ever played with melodyne? You could align a live take with a comp track or vice versa. It would take a bit of work though. But that's why some engineers get the big bucks.
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     Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺 (ned@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 20:52:33 JST Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

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     @Humpleupagus Have not used melodyne but was thinking of buying it at some point. as for cutting shit up and aligning it. good luck.

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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 21:10:55 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     I've actually done it on l/r panned comped vocals for stereo effect. Did it take a long time? Fuck yeah, but it is possible. In that song, I had about 30 takes of the same chorus, which was really only 30 seconds or so long. I cut out the best parts of each take, until I had two viable comps, then pitch corrected (which can require further slicing the vocal in melodyne to correct small tonic variations), and then time stretched the various slices to match what I thought was the best take rhythm wise, which I used as a guide for the time. Of course, any defects caused by the adjustments were hidden behind some reverb, rapid fades and cross-fades, and the backing track generally. Total time for 30 seconds of tape? Probably 20 hours. 😒
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 21:30:30 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     Yeah. I think the recording sounds a bit too good. Whoever mixed it is either an unknown prodigy or an experience sound engineer (or even engineers). This is a little higher quality than a local studio or home mix. I'm not buying his story either. He's a product.
     
     I would go even further and question whether he wrote the songs at all, or if he did, whether he (or someone else) hired a professional song writer to arrange them. While they are simple in form, being simple is harder than most people realize. A lot of producers spend a lot of time simplifying the arrangement to make the songs they're producing more palletable to the general public.
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     Quentel (quentel@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 21:30:31 JST Quentel

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     It would probably be difficult to reverse engineer exactly what they did to make that production. It does seem as if it was a professional production though.

     It’s unlikely that anyone can to obtain that clean of a recording in the country. The sound of nature (wind, leaves rustling, animals, etc.) never stops. They didn’t even bother putting foam on the mic. The vocals likely came from a good-quality sound room using a high-quality mic. The guitar also sounds extremely clean.

     The camera having multiple shots is another giveaway. One person rusting around to take multiple camera shots would have likely also been picked up by a good mic. Also, the camera image quality is very good. A good-quality lens (look at the ability to focus) would have been needed. This wasn’t shot on a shoestring budget. This was likely produced using nice equipment.

     They’re trying to sell a story that isn’t plausible. The guy isn’t genuine.

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     Quentel (quentel@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 21:51:43 JST Quentel

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     I would go even further and question whether he wrote the songs at all, or if he did, whether he (or someone else) hired a professional song writer to arrange them.

     It would likely take someone more talented than Johnny Cash and the Carter family to write and produce the quantity and quality of songs that’s being claimed.

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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 21:51:43 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     Check out this marketing gimmick. Maybe the pope should sanctify him.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 22:10:40 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • Quentel
     Plus, the timeline doesn't fit re his claim of alcoholism and his promise to God. He had to record the songs, have them mixed and mastered, record his videos, and have them edited and aligned with the music, then he had to release them, get them trending, and get the media's attention so he could make the claim. That doesn't take a long time, but it could take a week or two, possibly longer. That actually gives him far less than 30 days. Plus, I suspect this was in the works for 60 to 90 days.
     
     He's basically being sacrilegious. Telling people about the promise alone could be profane. Lying about it definitely is.
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     FED Enjoyer (red_hat@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 22:10:42 JST FED Enjoyer

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     100% manufactured.
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     Chet (chet@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 22:10:43 JST Chet

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     It's all fake and gay... every single bit of it.
     
     Still a decent song, but too much bullshit surrounding it all. My red flags went off when, as you mentioned, the clarity and quality of audio and visual production. This isn't some guy in the country singing. It's manufactured.
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     ?? Humpleupagus ?? (humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 22:29:50 JST ?? Humpleupagus ??

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     • Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺
     • Quentel
     Especially you, nerd. 😒
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     Johnny5iveAlive (johnny5ivealive@nightshift.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 22:29:51 JST Johnny5iveAlive

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     • Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺
     • Quentel
     So everyone is fake and gay,
     
     got it
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     Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺 (ned@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 23:36:44 JST Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

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     @Quentel @Humpleupagus @Chet @Red_Hat I don't quite understand the skepticism here. Forget about the "viral" nature and narrative pushing for a sec. This music is not difficult to write, not difficult to produce. It's entirely reasonable that this guy could have written all the music himself. And production doesn't need to take any more than a week to complete.

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     Quentel (quentel@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 23:36:46 JST Quentel

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     • Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

     Its good that other people are able to slow-down and see through some of these manufactured narratives. The story quickly falls apart once someone inspects it.

     Everyone is so desperate for a win that they’re willing to dismiss a lot of reality. Nothing about this story is possible; it never was.

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     Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺 (ned@noagendasocial.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 23:53:13 JST Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

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     @Quentel @Humpleupagus @Chet @Red_Hat traditional liberals. What can I say.

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     Quentel (quentel@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 23:53:14 JST Quentel

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     • Sir Nedwood - Sydney 🇦🇺

     I don’t quite understand the skepticism here.

     Ask yourself if the person who wrote the lyrics to those songs would then go onto national television to claim “diversity is our strength.”