Last Saturday I came out of “live sound retirement” as a favor to my wife. She’s the director of the TENWEST Festival and we threw a big local music showcase downtown to celebrate arts, entrepreneurship, and technology. So naturally, we shut down one of the busiest intersection in downtown Tucson for a concert with four great local...
You’re here because you want to make money from your home studio on the side. I already told you what to think about when charging for your time, and I even gave you a handy calculator to make it easy to calculate how much you should charge for your sessions. Although knowing how much you...
Yesterday I gave you an invaluable tool for finding the right rate to charge for your projects. If you haven’t checked it out already, head on over here and download the Recording Session Calculator. However, pricing yourself is only a small part of the struggle. It doesn’t matter how much or how little you want...
Yesterday we talked about the struggle of setting the right rates when you want to start charging for your services. I struggled with this problem in the past because it was difficult to visualize how long things would truly take, and how much I should charge for each service. Have you felt the same way?...
If you want to do audio work professionally, sooner or later you’re going to have to answer the crucial question: How much should I charge? Pricing yourself is hard because there are so many different ways to look at it. Do you charge hourly? Do you charge a flat rate per project? Do you charge...
Some of you may know that I tend to keep a fairly extensive mixing template on hand when I’m mixing. I have my go-to settings, stand-by plug-ins and regular effects busses always set up and ready to go. This is something that I walk you through in detail inside Quick Mixing, where I teach you...
Finally. That song came together. You charted the chords, you finished the lyrics, and the melody is strong. Now what? It’s time to record it for all to hear. However, recording can be a stressful task if you’ve just started. There are so many recording techniques and things to think about that it can quickly...
In this in-depth guide, you’ll find all the recording tips you need to finally make that song come together. You’ve charted the chords, you finished the lyrics, and the melody is strong. Now what? It’s time to record it for all to hear. However, recording can be a stressful task if you’ve just started. There...
GET YOUR FREE VOCAL PRODUCTION CHECKLIST: 47 THINGS YOU NEED TO DO WHEN YOU PRODUCE VOCALS The easiest way to make your vocals stand out in a song is the clever use of vocal effects to make the singer jump out the speakers. Whether you’re looking for parallel processing tricks for larger vocals, cool slapback...
It’s the best feeling. You send the band their final mixes, mastered together in a nice playlist that plays seamlessly from one song to the next. Even though we did the songs throughout the course of the year, they all sounded nicely balanced from one to the other. And man do they sound aggressive! The...