I want to share with you my two songwriting techniques to assist you with your songwriting process and keep you in your creative flow. Whether you’re just starting as a songwriter or have been writing for years, these two little techniques can save you time and prevent you from breaking out of your flow when...
Have you ever discovered a band and liked their sound, only to think their production sounded a bit too rusty? Or maybe you’ve been following a band ever since their early days, and now that they’re gaining success, their recordings sound a little polished. You’re not crazy for thinking these thoughts. All of these nuances...
This weekend I spent most of Sunday morning struggling to fix the soft top on my 1998 Saab 93. I have it on permanent loan from people who live in town about two weeks of the year, so it’s a pretty sweet extra ride to have. I’m way too practical to buy a convertible, so...
Heard a really great quote on a podcast this morning while I was on my run: It was: “Every master starts as a disaster.” Now, the podcaster was talking about creating videos online, but the same can be said of anybody who wants to become better at audio. Luke didn’t start off as Luke Skywalker the...
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...
If you want to learn more about mixing drums, I’ve got a treat for you today. Scott Hawksworth of the Audio Skills Podcast interviewed me recently while I was promoting the Drum Mix Toolkit. In this episode, we discuss a bunch of tips and tricks on how to mix drums in the home studio. Here are a...
Do you want to witness the entire production process of a record from start to finish, while learning how to apply the techniques you learned for your own home studio productions? Then join me and Lij Shaw of Recording Studio Rockstars for the Recording Studio Rockstars Weekend Experience in Nashville, Tennessee where we’ll record a song from...
Mixing is probably the most fun out of all the things we do as audio engineers. It’s where we get to take all these recorded tracks and make them sound awesome. But….sometimes you might get a little overwhelmed when you’ve gone overboard during the recording process. There’s nothing you can do about that though. The...
In the past week we’ve been working on this year’s Long Wait Christmas song. Yeah I know. It’s weird to work on a Christmas song so early but that’s what you gotta do in order to release it on time! Last year’s Christmas song went overboard with fancy bells and whistles. No literally, there were...
This week’s Long Wait video (support us on Patreon for more) is about something important to do when you’re self-producing. If you’re self-producing your own album it’s hard to switch roles all the time but here are some tips on switching gears and putting your producer hat on. Or if that fails, at least get...