The arrangement is probably the most critical element of any piece of music ever created. It is the process of transforming individual musical components into one complete, smooth-sounding track, but it is always the last hurdle where a lot of artists fall flat, making excuses and avoiding it for as long as possible. Here are...
The transient designer is one of the most overlooked mixing processors It’s an incredibly helpful tool to help you shape the waveform of a signal, and can help you fix subpar sound sources with just a couple tweaks. Here are four ways I use transient designers during a mix. 1. Adding Attack to Drums If...
If you’re a musician who works on your own songs or helps other bands in the studio, then you’re gonna like today’s message. If you’re worried your songs aren’t good enough and you want to make sure you’re confident in knowing that your songs are the best they can be, you have to make sure you...
I saw A Star is Born last week. It made me cry because I’m not nearly as tough as I make myself sound in these blog posts. However, there’s a really great scene in the movie you can learn from when it comes to recording insecure musicians. When Ally (Lady Gaga’s character), is recording her...
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,...