Okay, you did it! Your monitors are perfectly positioned AWAY from the wall. You placed foam and furniture all over your room. You are ready to begin a side-hustle mixing and mastering demos for your friends and fellow artists! But how do you actually land your first mixing client? And what is the right mindset...
Hey there This week we’re going to talk about songwriting a lot because it is the most important ingredient for your studio. If you don’t have a great song, it doesn’t matter what gear you have. All those expensive mics, pre-amps or plug-ins won’t save a poor song from itself so it’s up to you to...
Some of you were having problems registering for our Hit Song Formula workshop on Monday. If you’d still like to join me and Seth, where he reveals his formula for songwriting after writing 25 #1 hit songs, here’s what you do: Click here to register Remember to join us on Monday, February 24th at 2...
Allow me to let you in on an often-overlooked secret from the studio. Although gear is necessary, it’s not really that important. If you have good enough gear, you don’t need all the other equipment that’s retargeted at you on the internet. That shiny new microphone probably doesn’t sound that much better than the one you...
If you’re anything like my coaching students, you’re looking to achieve some, if not all, of these things: Getting the kick and bass to groove together Adding warmth to your bass and presence to your guitars Adding depth to your vocals without making the reverb stand out And getting a three-dimensional sound overall so your...
Have you ever told a friend that they’re so good at something that they should start a side-hustle around it? Austin Kleon writes in his book, Keep Going, about the negative sides of our hobbies: “We’re now trained to heap praise on our loved ones by using market terminology. The minute anybody shows any talent...
I’ve been recording music at home since about 2009. I’ve worked in garages, basements, bedrooms, and a walk-in closet. And I’ve learned a lot about DIY recording by trial-and-error and by learning from experts. So in this post, I want to take you through the Dos and Don’ts of home recording. The DON’Ts Of Home...
Got into a bit of back and forth with a subscriber the other day. He didn’t like the fact that I was telling you that you could mix with stock plug-ins like you learn inside Quick Mixing With Stock Plug-ins that’s on sale for 50% off until tomorrow. He told me, “Can I stop you…”...
***Make sure you read this email to the very end if you want to learn how to mix in less than two hours*** If you’ve ever seen a professional mixing engineer work on a song, it can look chaotic. Jumping from one thing to another, tweaking random knobs and all of a sudden the mix...
If you’re reading this, you’re one of two things: You love mixing so much you can’t get enough about talking about it (like me). You want to love mixing but you’re still trying to figure it out. Out of everything we do as audio engineers, mixing is my favorite. It’s where we get to take all...