MONUMENTS // DOXA // Unedited One Take Performance

I’ve been wanting to do an unedited one take performance of a more complex Monuments tune for a while now. Ever since all the Giacomo Turra stuff took over the internet, I’ve been thinking a lot about what we put online as musicians and how the editing process probably isn’t transparent at all to our audiences.Usually I want my play through videos to look and sound the best they can. In order to do that, I usually film 2 or 3 live takes and then comp the best sounding bits together while the camera angle follows along. That way, if I make a little mistake in one of the takes I can just switch to a take in which I play that section a bit better. I don’t ever edit my audio to the grid, but if push comes to shove I will nudge a note forwards or backwards in post to achieve better timing and I might also cut some space in between notes if there’s any unwanted fret noises or something like that. In the video you’re watching now, there’s none of the above. You’ll hear little mistakes littered throughout the video. It took a while to get this take. This is the one take out of many attempts that I liked the best. Going forward I will likely keep shooting my by comping 2/3 takes. This method simply yields the best sounding results while being very time efficient. However, I do want to keep on doing one take performances like this every once in a while to keep challenging myself since this requires a higher standard of learning the song. Also I feel there’s a need for transparency in this day and age where endless editing and AI possibilities blur the lines of what’s real and what isn’t. Long story short, I think everyone putting any form of live audio online feels pressure to be perfect even though that perfection simply isn’t achievable. We’re not AI, we are humans trying the best they can. There should be room for error and we shouldn’t judge ourselves or others too harshly. Hope you guys enjoy the video :) Tone: Neural DSP Parallax (includes compression and noise gate). #Monuments #Doxa #Dingwallguitars #progmetal #djent #progressivemetal #djent #metal #heavymetal #metalcore #metalbass #bassist #Monuments #Gnosis #Monuments #Doxa #Schecter #BaixoNatural #BassplayersUnited #Notreble #Bassporn #Instabass #Basslove #Lowend #Bassguitarist #Basstheworld #Bassuniversity #johnbrowne #scottsbasslessons #neuraldsp