You know what the worst audio advice ever is? It’s “use your ears.” Do you know why? Because it’s empty advice with no actionable steps. “Use Your Ears” is actually a garbage cop-out when it’s given without any context or actionable steps. It’s similar to other empty advice like: “Exercise and you’ll be skinny” “Buy low, sell high!”...
Today I want to talk about how you’re going to tackle your music and improve it in the new year. Are you going to stick to the same stuff and stay stagnant in 2018, or are you going to take action to improve? Here’s the story of my friend Jevan Cole from Australia who decided...
Hi there, How’s the new year treating you so far? I wanted to thank you for being a reader this last year. Your continued support by reading my posts, engaging in the Facebook group or investing in my products really makes every year incredible. All because of you. I’ll tell you, last year was a...
Exactly 365 days ago, on Christmas Day, a crazy thing happened to me you need to hear about. Here’s the story: Last Christmas morning, I had to get up in the middle of the night to do my old-man pee routine when I caught a flicker of something red in the living room. As a...
Mixing bass can be tough. You can end up with a really muddy mix because it’s overpowering the low-mids. Even worse, you might try to overcompensate to get rid of the boominess and end up with a thin low-end instead. I asked our Facebook followers about their favorite bass mixing tricks and boy did they...
I asked the Audio Issues Facebook followers a question about their master bus processing the other day. They did not disappoint in their answers and it was interesting to see the diverse responses. I thought you might want to get some ideas from your peers so I wanted to share their 2-buss processing with you....
Howdy, One of the best things I’ve done in the last couple years to completely transform my drum sounds is to use drum replacement software to enhance the kick and the snare. I show you how to do this in detail inside the Drum Mix Toolkit, but the gist of it is this: I don’t...
If you’ve ever mastered your own mixes, you might be familiar with the sense of confusion you have for trying to make something better that you already think is pretty kick-ass. I mean…you mixed it and you’re happy with the mix so you don’t really know exactly what you’re supposed to do? Maybe some multi-band...
You may have noticed that I don’t talk about gear an awful lot in my emails to you. I think mastering your skills as an engineer is more important. However, having the equipment you need to make the music you want to make is important, but there’s a million different ways to make a record. Gear-shaming...
Please take a minute to share this guide on Facebook or TwitterIf you’re looking for gifts for music producers, look no further. I’ve updated and combined a few of my gear guides together into one giant list for all of you to enjoy. Whether you’re a musician looking for equipment for your own studio, or...