Whether you’re a musician making music in your home studio or a digital creator making online content to promote your brand, your recorded audio must sound great. You cannot get away with crappy audio quality if you want people to pay attention. People may forgive low-quality videos with sloppy edits but they’ll NEVER tolerate bad...
People always tell us to think outside the box, and they would be correct. But throwing the box away to embrace creativity will have disastrous consequences because you’ll be left with unlimited options that will paralyze you. My suggestion is that if you want to create inside the box, make sure you create that box...
Introduction Using an electronic drum kit to get a drum track is often an easier alternative to recording a full acoustic kit. Electronic drum sets have many benefits and simple recording features are some of the biggest. We’re going to have a detailed look at why this is the case and how to record drums...
This year, I’ve been lucky to have plenty of gigs and work to do. I spent a lot of hours in the studio mixing and mastering, and I felt so happy about it… but unfortunately, my body didn’t. I ended up developing a tennis elbow, and my back was stiff as a stick. I couldn’t...
If you’re looking for ways to earn more money with your music skills, especially during the COVID-crisis, these two options below might spark some ideas for you to earn an income. #1 – Non-Traditional Merch Ideas If your gigging income has dried up lately due to the pandemic, you might need some alternative ideas to...
Beat cabin fever by organizing and re-decorating your Home Studio with these helpful tips! Coronavirus has kept a lot of us confined to our homes, which isn’t really anything new for most of us producers and engineers who are used to spending hours in the studio, however, there’s never been a better time to organize...
Do you constantly create new ideas but never finish anything? Have you always been attracted to make music, but never made the plunge? Are you constantly confronted with writer’s block? If any of these questions resonate with you, I’d like to show you how combining your music production with the principles of Alchemy can help...
Okay, you did it! Your monitors are perfectly positioned AWAY from the wall. You placed foam and furniture all over your room. You are ready to begin a side-hustle mixing and mastering demos for your friends and fellow artists! But how do you actually land your first mixing client? And what is the right mindset...
Headphones are pretty great. You can record with them, mix with them, and do it all without bothering people around you. So in this post, I want to cover the best studio headphones under $200 for all you home producers on a budget. First, I’ll go over the different characteristics to consider in studio headphones....
As a home studio owner, I’m continually trying to find “that sound”—the lively yet polished character of my favorite records straight from the hands of the best mix engineers in the world. Through years of learning and practicing professional audio recording, one thing is certain: the better you can capture a quality sound at the...