You’ve probably mixed a few songs already. Have you tried mastering your songs as well yet? In case you’re still struggling to get your head around mastering, this article might just give you the head start you need. When it comes to mastering, my approach starts with what I call “the triangle of mastering“: Levels...
If you want to record great music from your home studio and need a list of the best budget audio interfaces to get started, look no further. Technology is amazing. We can do today what the best audio engineers couldn’t do 70 years ago. We can record, edit, mix, and master pro-level music all from...
Live sound. The dream. The thrill. The drama. The agony. The rush. It’s all there. And when a great mix comes together at the last minute and the crowd goes wild… It’s hard to want to be anywhere else. Amazing. It’s where I got started with audio and I always look back fondly at the...
I gave an Audio Issues Insider some quick feedback over the weekend that made his mix a lot better. One of the main tips I gave him for adding more punch to his drums was to add some simple parallel compression to the drum bus. Here’s what he had to say after he tested it...
Getting into the studio to record your music is one of the most exciting parts of being a musician. However a combination of time pressure, high stakes and plenty of room for error can make preparing to record stressful for even the most experienced artists. Having spent plenty of time in studios, both as a...
There’s no excuse for you to “not know how to do something” nowadays. Simply search for something like the “best music production podcasts” and you should instantly have enough to keep you entertained for hours. Chances are, that’s exactly how you found this post about music production podcasts. So if you want to be a...
Inefficiency just means: “this system is broken and we need a better one.” It means that you have things in the way, or too many steps, to get to the final result. Everything that stands between you and the work is friction. If you identify and eliminate those barriers, you increase your productivity and finish...
I made brownies. The recipe said to cook for 22 – 25 minutes. A minute can make a big difference, but I started with 22 minutes to get a reference point. They were delicious, naturally. The next week I made brownies again. We discovered that making thin brownies makes them better, so we craved them...
I taught a Music Accelerator to about 25 students this week as a part of the TENWEST Impact Festival. I am very grateful for the opportunity to share my experience and story to help musicians make a bigger impact with their music career. One of the big take-aways the attendees told me was my “Good...
One of my favorite plug-ins lately has been the Scheps Omni channel strip from Waves. As you know if you’ve followed me for a while, I think you can make great mixes if you only know how to use five plug-ins: EQ Compression Reverb Delay Saturation The Scheps Omni Channel has three of them, which...