I’m a big fan of the Norse gods. In fact, back in 1000 AD, Iceland converted to Christianity, but everyone who wanted to keep swearing(that’s their badass way of praying) to the Norse gods could do it as long as they did it in secrecy. The Vikings had some pretty cool gods. The big cat...
I bet many of you would love to study music production at a kick-ass music school. Your classes take place in high-end studios instead of musty classrooms. Sounds swanky don’t it? Too bad it’s not always worth the trouble. You can learn most of the stuff they teach you at home. I’ve actually crunched the numbers...
A cheap condenser microphone can make a great gift. For whom? For you of course! I always have problems asking for gear for Christmas because it can be so expensive. I can’t just walk up to Grandma and ask her for a U87, can I? That’s one condenser microphone that’s not cheap. But I feel...
Ever since I read the “4 hour Work Week” by Tim Ferriss I’ve sworn by two simple rules. Parkinson’s Law and the Pareto Principle. Parkinson’s Law simply dictates that the amount of work needed to finish a project will expand to the total available time until completion. So if you have a week to mix...
If you want to pass the test to see if you’re really a lover of audio, read on. What follows is a list of ways both winners and loser think in the studio. I want you to honestly decide what your answer would be. If you get too many “loser” answers, don’t worry. We’ve all...
This is a guest post by Todd Cardon. So you are passionate about audio recording. You are an excellent guitarist, singer/songwriter or composer. You have minimal spare income to spend to get your recording gear up and running. If this applies to you, let me show you the 5 best types of quality recording equipment...
Last weekend was the AES convention. I had a blast, meeting up with people, listening to Grammy winning engineers talk about their craft and partying in legendary studios. In a word, fun. AES, to me, is less about the gear and more about the people and the best practices they teach you. Walking the trade-show...
Last Friday’s email got quite the reaction from readers. Some people wrote in telling me that something similar had happened to them, or their friends. Others questioned the usefulness of my Soundcloud idea. Because after all, if you can listen to it over the internet you can just pull up Audacity or something and record...
Recently this audio engineer I know got burned by a complete @-hole musician. This musician(who shall remain nameless because I’m not sending any traffic his way) had his song edited, vocal-tuned and mixed by the engineer. And then when it was time to pay, he said he wasn’t using his mix and had no obligation...
A reader recently showed me a These technique have been used so often that they’re almost laughable. So I took some of them to share with you and made up some of my own along with some great input from Jon Tidey on Twitter. Have you done any of these? I know I’ve been guilty...