Today, more and more self-recording musicians and studios are catching on to the value of using an independent mastering engineer to master their finished mixes. At a minimum, an independent mastering engineer provides an additional, objective set of “ears” in a...
I often recommend that people use a “45-degree angle” on the neck microphone as a starting point for recording acoustic guitar. Just describing it in words can be a little confusing, so I put together this quick video to illustrate what I mean. I...
When I was a kid, listening to music was a ritual. Whenever I got the chance, I would take a vinyl record out of its sleeve (yeah, I know, I’m showing my age!), place it on the turntable, and listen to it from start to finish, usually with my eyes closed, and often...
UPDATE, 2018-02-23: Cakewalk SONAR has been rescued from Gibson, and will continue to live on! See the article here. On November 17th, 2017, musical instrument conglomerate Gibson shocked the music-making community by announcing the total shutdown of one of their...
Nancy and I have just returned from the annual TAXI Road Rally music convention in L.A. (our FOURTEENTH Road Rally in a row – can you tell we like them??? 🙂 ). At each year’s Rally, we do a ton of mentoring and teaching. For example, at this year’s Rally, I did...
The Summer NAMM trade show and convention just ended here in Nashville this past weekend. If you’re not familiar with NAMM, on the whole, it’s a big gathering of music gear manufacturers showing off their latest goodies to dealers and potential consumers....
