As you’re undoubtedly familiar with, we humans have five senses. Touch Smell Sound Taste Sight But there’s one sense we sometimes forgot. It’s the sense that my favorite cookbook author, Samin Nosrat points out to us aspiring chefs in her cookbook, Salt Fat Acid Heat. When we cook, we use our senses. Wolfgang Puck says...
If you went to audio school and were frustrated with the lack of real-world experience, let me tell you a story that you may relate to: My wife went to law school so naturally, a lot of our friends are lawyers. She isn’t a practicing attorney, but in her CEO role, she uses her legal...
My least favorite plug-in company has to be Universal Audio. Whoah Nelly! Put down the pitchforks! It has nothing to do with the quality of their products. I have an Apollo and I love their plug-ins. But I hate the way they waste your time by making you feel like you need all of them....
Blondino (bad-ass name!) writes in with a review on Step By Step Mixing: “Having bought a number of mixing guides by now, each maybe catering to slightly different levels, what I like about this one is that it really makes sure all the bases are covered and clearly explained. Björgvin has a very user-friendly writing...
Quick vocal effect tip for you today that I used on a mix last week. The artists referenced the song “The Mother” by Brandi Carlile and the vocals have a spacious delay sound that sits firmly in the background so I tried to emulate that. A simple reverb wouldn’t really work because it felt like...
Gary Ross wrote and directed the movie Ocean’s 8. It’s the Ocean’s movie with eight strong female leads, and definitely worth the watch. In 1994 he wrote the screenplay to Lassie, arguably one of our culture’s most cherished canine heroines. You don’t know where people will end up. You’re only meeting them at a point...
If you live in a city that’s been invaded by motorized scooters, you know the amount of controversy these things bring with them. One side hates them because they don’t like change and want things to stay the same. They think the scooters clutter up the streets and cause accidents and mayhem. Obviously, much of...
I made brownies. The recipe said to cook for 22 – 25 minutes. A minute can make a big difference, but I started with 22 minutes to get a reference point. They were delicious, naturally. The next week I made brownies again. We discovered that making thin brownies makes them better, so we craved them...
I taught a Music Accelerator to about 25 students this week as a part of the TENWEST Impact Festival. I am very grateful for the opportunity to share my experience and story to help musicians make a bigger impact with their music career. One of the big take-aways the attendees told me was my “Good...
One of my favorite plug-ins lately has been the Scheps Omni channel strip from Waves. As you know if you’ve followed me for a while, I think you can make great mixes if you only know how to use five plug-ins: EQ Compression Reverb Delay Saturation The Scheps Omni Channel has three of them, which...