I record Mandopop covers and can't stop pulling things apart
I started covering Mandopop ballads a few years ago — mostly 90s and 2000s stuff. Jay Chou, A-Mei, David Tao. The records that made me want to sing in the first place.
Pretty quickly I realized I couldn't get my covers to sound right. The vocals sat differently. The guitars had a warmth I couldn't place. The reverb did something mine didn't. So I started pulling things apart to figure out why.
This site is where those notes live. Not a course, not a brand — just the things I've been figuring out, written down before I forget them.
Production breakdowns
First-person observations from pulling apart specific records. What I tried, what worked, what didn't.
Sound packs
The actual plugin chains and presets from my covers. Each one comes with notes explaining what the settings do.
Audio tools
Stem splitting, vocal editing, backing tracks. Each tool has an AI fast lane and a manual deep dive.
The best way to learn production is to reverse-engineer the records you love.
I don't think of myself as an expert. I'm a cover musician who documents what he finds. Sometimes the findings are wrong, and I come back and update them. That's the whole thing.
New notes and packs when they're ready. No schedule — just when there's something worth sharing.