I want to share with you a fantastic mixing methodology that I started using recently. Graham over at The Recording Revolution calls it “Top-Down Mixing”. Joe at Home Studio Corner calls it “Backwards Mixing”. Whatever you want to call it, it’s a methodology that can really speed up your mixes, reduce your number of plugins, […]
Hey all, I have a few exciting updates for you today: First, I’ve finally set up some social media profiles. If you’re into social media, please check out the new Indie Artist Lounge Facebook Page and my Twitter account. I’ve also finally set up a YouTube channel, and uploaded my first video today!
Last Saturday, I had my very first concert. I’ve played in front of people a lot. But never like this. It was an event that I was putting on myself to promote my new EP. I released the EP in late November of last year, but I decided not to do the release concert in […]
I know I’ve been harping on this lately, but hear me out. I re-watched a great movie the other night called Real Steel. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. Hugh Jackman plays the character Charlie Kenton, a former boxer who, in a slightly futuristic world, is now into “robot boxing”. Basically, they […]
I’m doing something scary in a couple of weeks. I’ve been a musician for as long as I can remember. I’m super comfortable playing in front of people. But in a couple of weeks, I’m having a concert to officially release my new EP. And it’s terrifying. Why is it so scary? What makes this […]
Today, I want to tell you a simple truth that is frustrating, and yet freeing. If you’re anything like me, you’ve thought something like: “If only I could get this new microphone (or speakers, or plugin bundle), then my recordings and mixes would be so much better”. I get it. I’ve been there. In fact, […]
One of the rules of audio recording and production is this: There are no rules I remember the first time I heard someone say “If it sounds right it is right”. In my mind, this was revolutionary. I had been obsessed with trying to do things the “right way”. (Which way are the drum overheads […]
Before Christmas I was doing some recording with a friend of mine named Karen. It was a great project, and I learned a lot from it. For a lot of my recording projects, I’ve been recording myself, so it was a very good experience for me to practice recording someone else. This is something I […]
Happy new year! So, I started learning to play guitar in my early teens. In that time, there were three important things that helped me to improve: Practice (obviously) Getting help from better guitarists Going in over my head It’s the third point that I want to highlight today. It’s important to try something challenging […]
Great audio productions all have one big thing in common. They start with a great song. Yes, production quality, instrumentation, and good performance is all important. But it’s all gotta start with a great song. Otherwise, you can spend a whole lot of effort on creating a great sounding song that people just don’t care […]
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