Hey! Glad to see the Spotlight is back!

Glad I have the opportunity to bring it back, and hope I'm able to continue to do so!

Glad you enjoyed my song. I'm cheating a bit in that the song is composed on computer first and then recorded on tape, but to be fair that's how a lot of 80s and 90s stuff was done too.

I wouldn't call that cheating. Isn't tape fairly expensive?
Keep making awesome music! You definitely got a watch from me after this spotlight :)

The recording is completely analogue - the 'cheating' bit is that the computer is playing all the synthesizers for me because I'm not good enough to do it by hand. There's a time code recorded on the last track of the tape deck which tells the computer whereabouts it is in the song - again, this technique kicked off in the 80s.
The bass is played entirely by me, usually with a lot of punch-ins to fix things. It would be easier to record the bass and vocals on a DAW and slide things around to correct things, but I find it more challenging and rewarding to do it the old way.

If you're curious, part of the process can be seen here: https://youtu.be/eB2tQWsKJig?t=112
...what you're not seeing is the synthesizers, I don't usually film those because they just sit there flashing their lights and it doesn't look terribly interesting.

Thanks for the watch, though. Hopefully I'll have something more to show in a couple of weeks.

I love when people challenge themselves. It definitely feels more rewarding when you succeed. Thank you so much for explaining/showing more of the process! This could be a rabbit hole I could easily get myself stuck in for a while :P

Great picks this round! I love the diversity of the song list and have added several new furs to my watch list.

Thanks! I seem to add several people to me watch list every spotlight, even more so when I'm the host. There's always such a great variety to choose from.

eeee. and yup you got the reference in the title. and as I said to Onic " HnnnnGGG!"

Lol, you reminded me that I need to go watch the movie again.

Thanks again!

No problem, your piece was really unique! Keep up the good work!

Hooray! Many thanks for the spotlight! Some great music here and even more that didn't make it from the journal.

You're welcome! Thank you for posting your music!

Glad to see the spotlight is back ^^ and great pieces have been chosen :) sent the metal piece to a friend that loves metal music :3

Glad to bring it back! I feel like metal is somewhat rare on FA, especially well-mixed and well-recorded metal, so I had to include Lunescale's piece.

I probably won’t do well hosting a spotlight lol I’d probably lean toward classical an orchestral pieces more

I'm also worried that I will lean heavily towards electronic pieces since that's the genre I'm most comfortable in, but hopefully I'm able to continue picking out a variety like I did this time :)

Thank you so much for the feature, and got to say I'm loving the other featured tunes too, awesome selection!

Glad you enjoyed, and you're welcome! Keep up the awesome work!

Good spotlight !
Pop-filter and mono recording next time for voice and you'll be onto a winner! 💜

Great submissions everyone! 🎶

Thank you! And thanks even more for the feedback!
Believe it or not, I actually have a pop filter, albeit a cheap one. I was thinking of turning up the input volume a bit and distancing my head a bit further from the mic. Mixing down to mono though is a good idea :)

An alternative is to talk 90 degrees from the mic so you're talking across it instead of into it.

I'll try that as well, thanks for the tip!