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This is a guest post by Kiley Rorrison. One of the most indispensable tool to great music production are our superior listening skills. For many musicians or engineers, having phenomenal listening skills come naturally. time to implement. Once gained, superior listening skills will bring your work to a higher level. Here, are 5 ways to...
This is a guest post by Ashley Coxx. While musicians have access to state-of-the-art recording studios, many travel to record their tunes on location. Challenging perhaps, for producers to get the sound quality they need, the practice of recording on location is a rewarding way to make music. Moreover, there are many possibilities for recording...
This is a guest post by Jak Daniel of Surrey Studios. Choosing the right professional recording studio could prove to be one of the most important decisions you make. Ultimately, the end result of your studio recording could be the very thing that makes or breaks you as a recording artist. 1. The Equipment Recording...
This is a guest post from mastering engineer Barry Gardner who operates SafeandSound online mastering From time to time I hear a mix that has a dubious stereo image. This can affect both acoustic or electronic mixes. For acoustic mixes it is often the mic technique that creates a problematic stereo image. For electronic mixes,...
This is a guest post by Mike Sorensen of Acoustic Fields We live in the year 2012 AD and yet we are still light years away from perfecting the recording process. As Donald Rumsfeld once said: “There are known knowns and there are known unknowns.” OK, so he was talking about the Iraq war in...
This is a guest post by Mark Dowdell. The more I create, the more I learn the beauty of a lean mix and even leaner composition. When I had just started out using Ableton to arrange, compose, and mix my music, I had this romantic view of how my work would immediately blow everyone away....
This is a guest post by Conor O’Hagan. The Status Quo It is no grand statement to praise the technical ability of the elite vocalists. In the majority of cases it is a necessity to have not only a large vocal range, but an acute precision to hitting the exact note every time. (There is...
This is a guest post by Kyle M. Bagley. If you want to submit a guest post, please see the guidelines in the author box below. Getting a great take from a singer often takes more than just choosing the right microphone or preamp. In the end, it is the great vocal performance that will define the...
This is a guest post by Kim LaJoie. Bass mixing isn’t easy. It’s one of easiest ways to tell the difference between a lousy mix and a great mix. If you don’t know what you’re doing, your bass will sound boomy or hollow or tubby or messy or indistinct. In a great mix, however, the...
This is a guest post by Andrew Reilly. You might have noticed that a musical genre is the first label placed on a band. More often than not, the labeling is a lazy one. Not every band is able to fit neatly into a little box with a bunch of other bands but because of the...