What are the Essential Ingredients of Great Music Production?
Published: Mon, 10/12/15
Note: There's a really important P.S. at the end of this email that I'd really appreciate your help with :)How do you take your great idea for a song…
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Introducing my NEW music podcast (it's not what you think!)
Published: Fri, 10/09/15
I'm pumped to announce something really cool I've been working on for a few months now.It's called Songversations and it's The Long Wait's podcast…
What's Slacklining Got To Do With Learning to EQ?
Published: Wed, 10/07/15
There's this new e ercise routine I've been doing to strengthen my knees so I can start running again.It's called slacklining.You might have seen…
Why I don't concern myself with technicalities and just listen to the song instead...
Published: Tue, 10/06/15
I was asked a question about starting your mi the other day:I was taught in digital mi ing to start by setting all tracks to appro imately -18db to…
Setting Up a Small P.A. For Your Live Shows (And a Really Cool Podcast I Was On)
Published: Sat, 10/03/15
Hey everyone, I don't usually publish anything on the weekends but it's been a crazy week with so many things going on that I just have to tell you…
Watch over the shoulder of a professional mixing engineer
Published: Fri, 10/02/15
I wanted to tell you a little story about where I started learning about audio.It's actually pretty funny because of how small the world is but this…
The most common solution isn't always the best one
Published: Wed, 09/30/15
I'm spending the day in Phoeni today.My wife Liz is at a conference so I thought I'd join her in Phoeni for a change of pace and scenery.Well, it's…
Don't know how to master your own mixes in the home studio? No problem.
Published: Tue, 09/29/15
You've probably wondered how you can make your mi es sound better once you're done mi ing them.You've put so much energy into the mi ing phase it's…
Using Studio Mixing Techniques To Produce Your Live Guitar Sound
Published: Thu, 09/24/15
I bought a new toy last week that I'm e cited to tell you about.It's a Zoom G5 multi-effects pedal that I'm using to make our live shows sound more…
A Cool Way to Add Stereo Imaging Without Stereo Plug-ins
Published: Wed, 09/23/15
A cool way to add some stereo imaging to your sounds without needing the fancy stereo plug-ins is to use panning, delay, the modulation within the…