Hi, I'm Björgvin Benediktsson. I'm a musician, audio engineer and best-selling author. I help musicians and producers make a greater impact with their music by teaching them how to produce and engineer themselves. I've taught thousands of up and coming home studio producers such as yourself how to make an impact with their music through Audio Issues since 2011.
I was feeling sorry for myself like a whiny….chump…the other day. Although my exterior might say Bullheaded Icelandic Viking, my interior is more like a soft cuddly Furby. What that means is that I may get into fights, but I’ll cry about it afterward. Anyway, this self-pity didn’t stick around for too long because I...
This is a guest post by Ian R. If you would like to contribute a guest post to Audio Issues, please read the guest post guidelines right here. You have a track all ready to go, and now all you need is the bass part. Excellent! As easy as recording bass may seem, avoiding just a...
Earlier today you read the story about my good friend and student, Rebecca De La Torre from Topkat Studios. If you missed the post you can check it out here. Karmin is another one of my students. He not only joined Expert Home Vocals and he’s also a Music Production Strategies student. I’m very grateful he...
Let me tell you a story of my friend Rebecca. Rebecca De La Torre is a great engineer/producer and musician, in addition to being a dear friend of mine. She has a cool recording studio up in Tempe, Arizona and I even went on her Youtube show back in The Long Wait days: That’s me on the...
Last year, the big trend I noticed from subscribers such as yourself was mixing drums. So I created the Drum Mix Toolkit course to help you make punchy and tight drum sounds in your home studio. This year, most people have been talking about how much they need help getting clear, professional vocals. They’ve been telling...
If you’re exhausted with recording vocals that sound thin and harsh, you’re going to like today’s free lesson on how to record vocals more effectively from your home studio. I already talked about how you can coach your vocalist to give you a better performance in my article, How To Get a Great Vocal Performance,...
Below you’ll find an in-depth excerpt from my upcoming course, Expert Home Vocals. Many of you have shared your stories with me about how hard it is to get a good performance from your singer, especially if they are insecure or anxious about performing. So it’s my hope that this preview of Expert Home Vocals...
EQ is an incredibly valuable tool to take your mixes to the next level during mastering. Even if you’ve created a spectacular mix, adding a few EQ tweaks here and there to the whole track can often clean up the low-end, reduce muddiness and add that professional brightness you thought your mix was lacking. For...
Today I’m going to share one of the best techniques I know for figuring out where the instruments are clashing with the vocals. It’s one of my favorite tricks for making the vocals fit better in the mix, even if it’s a really busy mix with a lot of instruments. You’ll inevitably have this problem....
I’ve been taking Gordon Ramsay’s Masterclass on cooking this past week and been loving it. The passion this guy exudes about his craft is incredibly inspiring. The warmth, the passion and the exuberance he shows for cooking is a far cry from his TV persona: Throughout the class, he acts more like this guy: When...