You know that moment after you’ve spent hours mixing and it’s sounding great in the studio? Then you listen to it in your car, on your earbuds or on your Bluetooth speaker, and suddenly half of the mix is gone because there’s no bass? It’s a constant problem to get your mixes to translate to...
Sync licensing is all the rage now. Artists are realizing they can sit in their home studios, make film-friendly music, and earn a nice full-time or supplemental income. But the trick is knowing how to do it effectively. So in this post, I’ll cover how to make the right kind of music, how to submit...
Hey there, Happy Sunday! Hope you’ve had a good weekend. I wanted to give you a quick reminder that my weekend flash-sale ends today, so if you’d like to get my Quick Mixing With Stock Plug-ins training for free, you have to grab it before the day is over. The three-part video series usually sells...
Lennon and McCartney. Richards and Jagger. Simon and Garfunkel (but mostly Simon). We all know these names as the power songwriting duos they were. Their stories show us how to go about co-writing a song — with a teamwork mentality. In this post, I’ll go through the benefits of co-writing, how to find a co-writer,...
One little improvement at a time. That’s all you need to get better. Small incremental improvements over time will grow your potential like a snowball. It’s the beauty of having a growth mindset versus a fixed mindset. In Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D. shows us that the most important thing...
You may be a good songwriter. But imagine if you knew some basic music theory. People say it can give your songwriting a serious boost. As a songwriter myself, I was curious. So I did some digging to see what music theory could actually do for me. And here are the three most compelling ways...
Chances are, you’ve either learned my entire mix process through Step By Step Mixing, or you’ve seen me write about it ad nauseam. That’s Latin for “I can’t believe he’s going to bring this $#!t up again.” Don’t worry, I won’t. You’ve already heard enough about it for now. However, just because I have a...
It’s not 1979 anymore. There are no more staff positions at recording studios. If you want to make a living as an audio engineer, you have to find your own clients. It’s up to you to make a name for yourself. In part one of our three-part series on how to make money as a...
On the cruise around Cuba, my mother-in-law looks at me with a puzzled expression. “I’ve never seen anyone eat a kiwi like that,” she says. I scoop another spoonful of kiwi into my mouth and realize that this is the only way I eat a kiwi. You cut it in half and then eat it...
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