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items i want & need :)
This is where I compile all the equipment & resources that I find which I think would enable my music & creative career to kick off and flourish - and I'm endlessly grateful for any help!
Be aware that all prices are in GBP(£) so if that confuses you, just use an online currency converter. :)
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Studio Equipment 🎛️🎚️
These are items that allow me to record & capture my performances adequately and with minimal head pain. The stuff that allows or prevents the music. 🎙️
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Tools/Instruments🥁🎸
These are purely items that make sound and/or facilitate the creative process (mainly instruments). This is the stuff that makes or breaks the music. 🎵
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Miscellaneous
This stuff isn't absolutely essential like the equipment and instruments, but is still an integral part of making the content more polished and higher quality. ✨
shaunlist | hardware
All below items are in order of priority; highest is most important, lowest can proooobably wait. Prices are roughly low to high.
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shaunlist | microphones
All below items are in order of priority; highest is most important, lowest can proooobably wait. Prices are roughly low to high.
An entire drum set mic collection all in one purchase
Amazing snare drum mic
Amazing bass drum mic
Amazing tom drum mics
shaunlist | guitars & basses
All below items are in order of priority; highest is most important, lowest can proooobably wait. Prices are roughly low to high.
This is the budget guitar of my dreams. Even though I can't afford it right now, it's actually at a very affordable price point and, considering said price point, it performs almost as well as a $2000 guitar. No, really - it's so polished and well-constructed for its price, it's insane. And the high-output lipstick pickups that have a scooped, glassy tone are one of its primary shining features; it's perfect for dirty ass rock & metal, which is my specialty (I think?). For non-guitarists, it's basically just like a normal guitar, except the neck is longer, hence allowing you to get lower notes without the strings getting loose and spaghetti-like. It's a divine deal for someone like me.
And this is the budget bass of my dreams. Yeah, I know, £728 doesn't sound like "budget". But for a bass of this quality of construction, quality and integrity, that's an ABSOLUTE FUCKING BARGAIN. This bass should be at least $2000, I swear. Except if it were, she'd be even further out of my reach.
One caveat - the version you're seeing on the image and webpage has been long discontinued (about 3 years ago) and this is the only one I have found that is available factory-fresh. The narrow neck design and crazy-smooth high-fret access are just two of the many reasons this baby stands out among all the budget multiscale basses I've seen.
shaunlist | drums & percs
All below items are in order of priority; highest is most important, lowest can proooobably wait. Prices are roughly low to high.
Not a classyboy or anything, but the 20" Meinl HCS Brass Crash-Ride sound has my heart for many reasons. Despite being on the cheap end of the market in a series notorious for sounding ass, it's almost everything I'm looking for in a basic secondary crash. I'd even go as far as to say it is THE BEST brass crash out there. And for what a price!
Oh, Zultan 15" Raw Hihat. How you makest mine heart dance in rhythms only love can know - thy crisp, fair tones art as a sweet sonnet upon mine ears, sharp and true with every strike. How art thou so modest in thy cost? A treasure of sound for but a pittance. How can such perfection in harmony be so gentle upon my purse? Verily, 'tis as though the heavens themselves hast fashioned thee for my longing hands!
This lil 10" thang is something that I've wanted for a long time - a higher-pitched, twangier counterpart to the main snare on my drum kit. It offers an alternative sound, without changing things around! I'll tune it super high, and let the break beats fly!!
An alternative/replacement or twin addition to the Millenium Side Snare. It serves basically the same purpose, but in a more unique way. While the other shines in a wide range of different applications, this baby is more suited to specific uses, namely break beats.
Boy she just scratches that itch in my left brain that almost no other crash cymbal can even come close to scratching.
Boy she just scratches that itch in my right brain that almost no other crash cymbal can even come close to scratching.
You can't have too many crashes on a kit, especially if each one serves a different kind of sound. This 18" K-Custom Hybrid has a kash & crisp to it that is like piprin spice in a hot chicken noodle; exquisite. All the while, it has a beautiful mid-range to balance it out.
shaunlist | computer things
All below items are in order of priority; highest is most important, lowest can proooobably wait. Prices are roughly low to high.
Current monitor is just simply not based or red-pilled. This thing is 5" wider & taller and has more accurate color representation, perfect for my digital art, which I predominantly make for my music video releases, visualizers and cover arts alike. The higher pixel density is also a gem, because I get to see my work for what it really is, even further facilitated by the curved screen, allowing me to not live in the cretaceous period anymore.
shaunlist | hearing & protection
All below items are in order of priority; highest is most important, lowest can proooobably wait. Prices are roughly low to high.
For concerts (obviously), drum playing & recording, and other loud music and non-music things. It's quite self-explanatory why these are a must-have, and I think the value is totally unmatched! Unless, of course, you wanna have a look at the one below, in case the sale on these ones goes off.
Same as above, just a different brand with a different build, and better value if sale on above pair is no longer available.
According to the majority of audio mixing/mastering experts, Studio Monitors in an acoustically well-treated environment are essential in getting a fair & honest sound that translates well across all sound systems. While headphones can be a good replacement, they're usually fundamentally inferior. The PreSonus Eris monitors are a great entry-level pair that has great frequency-response and honest sound, making them a great choice.Yes, I wrote this from my own brain. I did not use ChatGPT or paste an ad. This is what I understand about this product. Shuttup.
While the above monitors serve the mixing/mastering purpose very well, the Yamaha HS3 monitor pair is not only superior, but arguably one of the best pair of monitors out there, having a super flat frequency-response and delivering the sound to you bare-bones and without any coloring - perfect for removing the mask from whatever I'm working on.
These headphones aren't absolutely essential, but they're the baseline to a proper headset that is appropriate for recording any and all acoustic/loud instrumentation, as well as vocals. It's absolutely PERFECT for all of that AND simply music listening & gaming.
This is a high-impedance version of the DT-900 Pro X I have right now (48ohms) and it's basically the same product except you can turn it up higher without frying your ears - far better for mixing/mastering/audio engineering applications than my current one. Not that important, but very desirable. It's an audio engineer thing.