In the last five years I’ve felt it was my responsibility to help you get better recordings. Whether you’re trying to get the mic placement right to get a full sound or getting the best bang for your buck when you’re shopping for gear, I like to think I try to help you out with...
I’ve started a new thing with my band The Long Wait. We’re aiming to release one song about every 6 weeks or so and through it all I try to document as much of the process as possible. Unfortunately the idea struck AFTER we recorded the drums so there’s no video of our living room...
Here’s another live recording tip from AES. When you’re recording everybody together in the room, you’re going to have bleed no matter what. So just to stop the negativity let’s call it blend instead. Sounds so much better already right? Well, when you have blend no matter what you can start focusing on what really matters. Which,...
Here’s one quick tip from AES this Monday morning. You know how some vocalists have a really hard time recording their vocals with headphones? They never seem to feel comfortable and they have pitch or phrasing issues, however well you create their headphone mix for them. Well you don’t need to record with headphones ever...
Finishing up this week’s “Thing I Learned at AES” lessons with this little rock vocal recording tip. If you haven’t read the previous posts you can check them out below: How Laziness Can Get You a Grammy The 3 Key Takeaways from Rumours by Fleetwood Mac The Different Career Paths in Audio Doing Live Sound?...
We’re up to the fifth part of the twelve part series of Things I Learned at AES. Here’s an exceptionally short tip for helping singers stay in place when recordings vocals, courtesy of Mike Senior who was spilling some of the tips inside his new Recording Secrets book. Use the Pop Filter as a Target...
I find microphones pretty boring. *Gasp* ! Yeah, get over it. They’re useful. But boring. To be honest, the whole recording process is way less sexier than mixing in my mind. You have to agree with me there. Sitting down and mixing a great song is FUN. It’s like I’m back in my childhood bedroom...
This is a guest post by Niklas J. Blixt. All right gals and pals, before I get any further into the topic I’m gonna debunk the myth that says that you can’t record professional sounding drums in your home studio. Or any other place that isn’t built for drum recording purposes. Maybe I’m sticking my...
Just like I said I would, I finished my in-depth report on my recent trip down to Mexico to record Los Borders, a funk fusion band. In case you’re interested in the full report I thought I’d give you a quick tease preview. For the full report I’ve now included it within the Recording & Mixing Strategies...
I’m gonna let you in on some of the things I learned from last weekend’s marathon recording session. I can’t believe we tracked 9 songs in 5 hours but when you surround yourself with incredible musicians they make it look easy. I’ll be giving away a much more comprehensive report of the whole thing to...