Hi there YouTube friends!
Welcome to a new video
Today I'm doing another one of those vlogs where I talk and talk...
talk and talk... talk and talk...
and never shut up
I talk and talk...
but today I'll try to make a shorter vlog
last one was too long
and it took too much time to edit and that's not the idea
the idea is for this to be faster
so I have more time to do the Metal Covers
which I know is what you like the most from the channel
and speaking of Metal Covers
a lot of people keep on asking about the new Dragon Ball Super opening
Paulo do the new Dragon Ball Super theme!
Are you going to do the new Dragon Ball Super theme?
Paulo Limit Break X Survivor!
Paulo do the Dragon Ball Super theme!
Limit Break Survivor!
Paulo do the new Dragon Ball Super theme!!!
I've mentioned it in several videos
but I usually talk about it at the end
and you never watch the videos till the end
But anyways, I decided to talk about this at beginning of this video
so you don't miss it...
so you can tell your friends...
Yes, I'm already working on the new Dragon Ball Super theme
It's not ready yet but I'm working on it
I warn you outright that I'm doing it in Japanese first
and right now what I'm doing is trying to see how I'm going to extend the theme
since I don't want it to be as short as it is in the series
I want to extend it a little so that's what I'm contemplating how to do
I really liked the theme and it fits great for a Metal Cover
I think you're gonna like it
I haven't been able to make progress with this theme cause I was working on the one from Samurai X
and after I finished it I was a little sick for a couple of days
and my birthday was coming up so...
I decided to take a little break
to really enjoy this time of the year
By the way, I want to thank all the people who sent me birthday messages
some of you sent me voice notes
some of you sent me drawings
But I want to especially thank the people who sent me a message through the Fan Club
Joaquín, Gustavo, Laura, Paula
and Mai of course, who was the one that organized this idea
Thank you very very much
I had never been sent a present like that
it was really special for me
it was a really nice detail
and I was already having a great birthday
so that made it even more special
I think I already wrote to all of you on Facebook or I left you a message or something
if you haven't seen it, go check your Facebook
Thanx again
and for those who don't know the Fan Club yet
I invite you to visit the Facebook Page and like it
I'll leave a link in the description
I'll also leave the link to the video they sent me so you can watch it
Well, one of the things I wanna talk about today
is that I already have some events scheduled for this year
and with "some" I mean I have two scheduled events
The first one is at Quito
I'll be to participating in an event called Quito Game Show
during April
It'll take place during the April 7th (Friday), 8th (Saturday), and 9th (Sunday)
On Friday I'll have an acoustic presentation
if you've seen the acoustic videos in the channel you can have an idea of how it's gonna sound
I don't know what I'm going to play yet
I haven't decided
if you'd like to listen to something in particular
Please leave a comment
In a certain way this will be like an opener for Saturday's concert
in which I'll be with singing along with the backing tracks I've recorded for the Metal Covers
it will probably be a little longer
so I hope to see you all there
both days
I'll leave the event info on the video's description
so you can check it if you're from Ecuador
where it is and all that stuff
The other event is going to be here at Bogotá
I had already told you I was gonna try to organize something here
and it's almost ready
the idea is to have a concert like the one we had at SOFA, with the whole band
it's gonna be on May
Probably on the 20th, though it's still not confirmed entirely
there are some things left to solve
so as soon as I have the info verified and everything is super organized
I'll tell you about it again in the channel and of course the Facebook page and everything
When we played at SOFA we had a great time
but we were left wanting to play some more
So we want this concert to last longer
the idea is to do this event on a Saturday afternoon
around 3pm and it's gonna be at Ozzy Bar
as soon as its all ready I'll give you the complete info
If you'd like to see me in your city the only thing I can recommend you do
is spamming the event organizers
so maybe they may contact me
I have another couple of pending events
but I can't tell you about them until they're confirmed
Well, these were the news I had for you today
and now I want to talk about a topic that came up again in the last few weeks
and it's about the Metal Covers
Why I take so long to do the Metal Covers
I think most of you still don't understand how these videos work
How I do these videos
so I'll give you a little explanation again
For these videos I usually work by myself
most of the work depends only and exclusively on me
there are few parts of the process where I have help
and it really isn't because I don't like people helping me
but because it's very difficult to schedule things with other people so they can really help me out
Once I have selected the song I'm gonna do
the process begins by thinking the version through, getting some sort of idea of how it's going to work
this generally occurs when I'm like...
going to bed
or when I'm taking a shower
on one of those moments when
ideas come to your mind
and that's when I start visualizing the cover
usually during this time I'm listening to the song a lot
trying to identify the arrangements
looking for the details that make the song easy to identify
Basically what I do is record a guide guitar
that helps me work on the drums
so I can record everything else on top of it
sequencing the drums takes time but once it's ready it gets easier to get everything else done
what I do is record the guitars
two rhythmic guitars on each side
and some leading guitars
and I also record the bass
the bass is something I can do particularly fast
You generally can't clearly identify the bass
so I can get away with some things that aren't really perfect
but the bass really helps for the song to sound with "cojones"(balls)
as Metal should sound
with "cojones"
after that I start recording vocal demos or the actual vocals
backing vocals and all the vocal arrangements
and the Keyboards that include additional instrumentation
and sometimes this includes effects that make the song sound more epic
you guys don't notice most of these effects
but they create an atmosphere behind the song
that gives it a special tone
that makes it different from other versions and it makes it sound more epic
when I'm finished recording I proceed to mixing
mixing is when you set the volume
and you organize the song in frequencies
the guitars sound in these frequencies...
the vocals in these ones...
this will be at that volume
If I started mixing every song from scratch
this step could take a lot of time
but what I do is that I already have some presets
which are the settings I've already used for previous songs
I just apply them again to the tracks I have
and with that I save a lot of time
but I always have to rearrange some things
When I finish mixing or at least I have a first version
I can send it to Manuel, who works on mastering the song
What I send to Manuel is a stereo file
an audio file with two channels, left and right
mastering is the last step
in musical production
and what Manuel does is try to make the most out of the file I send
he only has a file so he can't change volume
he can't change the frequencies in each sound
but he can improve the final sound of the song
Some people have written to Manuel
because of his name, Manuel Karakas, some think he's latin
but Manuel is a sound engineer who lives in Germany
He's from Germany, so he doesn't speak spanish
so if you send him messages in spanish he'll have to use google translate
to understand what you want to say
I'm sure Manuel will be watching this video so
Hi Manuel!!!
Manuel's help has been very important to improve the channel's quality
besides mastering, Manuel gives me feedback on the mixes I send
We can talk about the mix and he tells me what he didn't like or what could be better
and this helps me a lot to improve the quality of my mixes
before working with Manuel I would send my mixes to some people I knew
but they rarely gave useful feedback
what most of them told me wasn't very accurate
instead Manuel made very specific comments or gave very specific advice
that really helped me to improve the mixing
Manuel started helping me after Chandelier
and if you listen to the next song, Pegasus Fantasy
the quality improved a lot from one song to another
While Manuel is mastering the song I record the video
this is a matter of setting up the camera...
Studying the songs... generally I'm not playing the song from start to finish
So I have to practice the song to play it in the video
I'm doing playback in the videos
I'm never recording while I'm recording the videos
I did that for a couple of videos when I was getting started
but it didn't allow me to make the video in a way that looked good
It was very limiting visually
so I decided to record everything like a video clip
everything on top of the finished song
so I can set the camera the way I really want
and for instance, playing the guitar
since I'm not as good with it, it's kind of difficult to focus on playing well
and make something visually attractive
so I practice in a similar way to how I'd practice for a concert
which is trying to play in the best possible way
while I try to do weird faces and move around
and while I try to do something that's entertaining to watch
I think most people don't understand how I record the videos
If you're interested to see how I have everything set up here at home
you can leave a comment below
and maybe I could make like a mini tour
of what I use to record the videos
and how the general production of all the songs works
sometimes the videos look very complete
but it's actually just me in this room
this is a small room
and this is a wall
I know it doesn't look like it but it's a wall
this is as far back as I can go
so this is a rather small room
and I have to work out ways to make the videos look as good as possible
so it doesn't look low quality, but rather professional
That requires a lot of time, and a lot of takes
from many different angles
to make the video look fluid and interesting
When I have the complete mastered version
and the video recorded
I proceed to edit the video
and this is a less creative process
There's usually less creativity when editing the video
it's more about cutting where is needed
and cuting things in a way that looks good
but it takes a lot of time
it takes a lot of patience
and there isn't really a way to skip the steps
you just have to work until it's done
sometimes I add some different filters and special effects
like weird blurs and stuff that makes the video look more exciting
and when all that is finished I render the video
to see how it will actually look when I upload it to YouTube
I generally do at least one test
I upload a version of the video to check how it looks on YouTube
and with that I decide wether it's okay
or if I have to change things a bit
so it looks the way I want
The process isn't easy at all
I tend to end up a bit burned out
especially when it comes to recording the videos
it's pretty much the opposite of the rest of the activities
since I'm mostly sitting still
when I record the videos I spend a lot of time standing in front of the camera
moving around and...
trying to make things look really exciting
so it's like giving a really really long concert
like 8 hours
playing in front of the camera
changing things, the lights, the camera angle...
and repeating the song over and over again till it's good
It usually takes a lot of time
but for me it's worth doing as much as I can to get the videos looking as good as possible
that's why I thank you so much for sharing the videos and commenting
for keeping up with the channel
the channel hasn't returned yet to the point it was at before YouTube changed the notifications
so I'd be very thankful if you could activate the notification bell
...share the videos and talk to your friends
or the people you know who watch the videos
so maybe the channel can return to that point
so you can understand what I mean
the channel had reached a point where
in the same day I posted a video
it would reach almost 9000 views
now it takes 2 or 3 days to reach that
and people are still telling me
they didn't know about certain video
that they aren't getting the notifications
so it's kinda sad how YouTube changes things
and it bothers the channel
but well, I have to keep working anyways
I think that's enough for today
if you have more questions about how I make the videos
or suggestions and ideas about things you'd like to see in these vlogs
you can leave them in the comments below
as always don't forget you can support me by buying the songs I've uploaded to the channel
also you can follow me on my social media and suscribe to the channel
that's it for now so see you in the next video
Mata ne! (See you next time!)
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