Maerin No More?

I have been thinking about this for a long time and I haven't come to a solid decision yet but I may be leaving the collab scene here on AFF soon.

Yet, I may not because I love covering so much but I know that my way of submitting my parts have been troublesome for a lot of mixers that I work with.

This is not their fault though. Athough I have my reasons for not being able to satisfy their needs of having parts timed to the song, it's my bad.

They have lives outside of AFF too and I'm wasting their time trying to time my parts.

Then again when I think about myself (which is selfish but I have to), I'm also spending my time learning songs and recording them to reach the standards.

So maybe to not waste both our time, I will just quit collabing.

I'm still a student too. I have to concentrate.

What am I actually doing here making covers? Am I that stupid?

No, it's just my love for singing and sharing the times of making cover with people that share the same passion.

 

And if you're gonna ask me to use a mixing software to time my parts, don't, cause I don't know how.

I can learn, but I can barely find time to record parts, when in the world will I find time to learn to time my parts?

I have been fighting with myself in my head, trying to make up my mind.

Whether I should leave or stay. I can leave because nothing good is coming out of this collabing, is it? There are no benefits, are there?

Plus I'm just wasting my time and the mixer's time, right?

Or I can stay, because I love collabing and because I have so many people who I love and care about in this society.

And I can relate with all of you in the collab scene. Not to mention I've already dedicated a lot of my time to permanent groups and I don't want to disappoint.

I don't even know what to do anymore.

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PictureMeBroken #1
I really hope that you don't quit collabing, because I honestly adore listening to your voice in collabs and I love doing the collabs that I'm doing/have done with you and it's obvious that you work hard to provide extremely high quality parts which is something I think all collabers should do. It's also really obvious that you love what you do, singing, collabing, and I'd hate to see you stop collabing because of something silly like that.
Personally as a mixer, I don't understand the big deal, I normally have to go in an tweak parts even if they are timed to the songs just because I want it to be perfect whether they do it perfectly or I have to fix it or what have you.
But I can understand you not wanting to stress those out who do find it difficult or prefer not to do that and I can respect that.
I just really don't want you to leave the collab scene when I haven't even got a chance to do more than a few with you.D:
And if you do decide to stay, I'd be willing to help you out and mix your parts for you if you need it, but that's completely up to you.

All in all it's up to you, but I know that myself and a lot of others would be really sad without you here on the collab scene, so I can't help but try and convince you to stay with us. ^^;

Just make sure you do what's best for you, honey and don't stress yourself out. You're too young to be stressing out over deadlines and projects.x3 <33
Blu3Wind #2
Personally I'd love for you to stay and continue collabing, because I love your voice (and we sound good together.. loll) But I do think it's sweet you don't want to bother the mixers and others. In your case, you already told me way in advance that you might not hand in your parts anytime soon, so I'm fine with that since it wasn't like a last minute notice. And you're also busy with school and all. YET, you amaze me because you were one of the first few people who handed in the part anyway :p Oh, and I don't mind not having the parts timed, cause sometimes I time everyone's parts syllable by syllable :p hahaha

It's your choice.. Follow what your heart says~ Don't let collabing stress you out. Do it because you like it, not to please other people. Whatever you decide, I shall support you dear Maerin~ <3
jonguppienaekkeoya #3
Hey Maerin! I suggest that you shouldn't. If you really do love singing and collabing you shouldn't quit. I've worked with you twice now and I never had a problem. I understand that you can't mix on your own, and since you record on soundcloud, you can't record some parts that overlap each other. But I actually have the patience to cut those parts and time it with the music. Your parts are never off beat so I don't get what the other mixers are saying. And they should definitely be more lenient when it's a song you're trying to learn for the first time too.
Also I'm a student too. I'm pretty sure most of us are, but for me, I get stressed out because of school, so I do collabs to get rid of all that stress. It's good to have a hobby to do outside of school so you can maintain a balanced lifestyle. You don't wanna study all your life. (But of course studying is good so make sure you balance both your times studying and doing other hobbies)
But if you really can't handle it, then quit. I'll sure miss you though. MaejorLee just got started! :)
I hope whatever decision you make will make you happy! Good luck!
chexire #4
well if you think it's having a negative impact on yourself
then my suggestion is to quit :)
for me, other than dealing with people which annoys me sometimes, i looooove singing, collabing and whatever cx kekekeke
maybe that's why i made my own ent
but yeah
i have no probs and i have so much time that i'm rewatching naruto OTL
but i guess it's coz i procrastinate

but anyways
enough about me
you choose whatever you want to do
it's not like u can't come back once you quit lol cx
nihil_ #5
dude its up to you if you want to leave cause if your main reason for covering is to have fun and the mixer's telling you to edit your parts to time for a collab and its stressing you its better if you dont? bc it'll just create more stress for you
and if collabing is distracting u from school too much i think you might need to take it slow or just quit completely
its not like youll lose your friends if you still log in on aff/keep in touch w them
this is just my opinion tho
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