You know that melody you’re writing that’s stuck in your head? It’s catchy, and your audience will love it. They will get it stuck in their heads and hum it all day long. But you want to take it to the next level. How can you mix it up without losing your original idea? Most...
Got a question from Peter regarding my ultimate guide to starting your mix that’s adapted from my Step By Step Mixing book. “You start your mixing in mono and go stereo on step 8. In step 3 you do levels and panning. Do you change from mono to stereo so early in the mix? Or...
It was such a huge issue that I was scared to act on it for four years. I thought, “producing an audiobook seems like a huge task, and I don’t have time to figure all that stuff out now.” All these roadblocks popped up every time the task crossed my stressed-out mind: “I don’t know...
One of the most important skills we have as humans is the ability to imitate others. As newborn babies, we learn to copy facial expressions from those around us. Then we learn to talk by looking and hearing at how others do it. And as we grow up further, we look at how others behave...
I’m really excited to announce that the audio version of my best-selling mixing book is now available as an audiobook! And even better, I’m giving it away for FREE to anybody who purchases the Step By Step Mixing digital bundle this week. Here’s what you’ll get: Step By Step Mixing: How to Create Great Mixes Using Only...
Have you ever heard the oxymoron: boundaries create freedom? Have you ever intentionally used arbitrary constraints as a sort of a creative game within a music production session? The modern music production environment offers a limitless universe of possibilities. Any sound can be made, manipulated, re-recorded, etc. While an infinite range of options might sound...
Many people who are thinking about becoming a music producer have this question. Do I need to go to school? It’s a good question and not a surprising one at all. When we think of getting into a field like sciences or accounting, there are schooling prerequisites that we need to get. But what about...
Landing a lucrative job as a successful musician is by no means impossible, but it does take an incredible amount of time, dedication, and a good bit of knowing the right people. But don’t think that’s the only way into a satisfying career in the music industry. There are tons of jobs available for music...
When you’re mixing, it’s not uncommon to treat all your tracks individually, following classic procedures of first mixing the kick and bass by themselves and then the snare and then the individual vocal tracks and then the individual instrument tracks, and so on. Starting out, that’s the most logical thing to do. In order to...
Did you know Barry Manilow wrote the State Farm jingle? You know, “Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.” Of course, he’s also written jingles for McDonald’s, Pepsi, KFC, and many others. So why does this matter to you? He’s proof you can make money writing jingles. And if your jingle is great, you...