Performing music can be good for your health 😁 By playing an instrument and performing you’ll raise the “feel good” chemicals in your brain, alleviating stress and elevating your pain threshold. So when you have pain and you’re reaching for some over the counter pain reliever, try playing music instead. Playing music can also be…
Compression it’s dangerous in the hands of amateurs. How do you tell when compression is overdone? That’s easy, just use your ears! Take rock for example, you want your rock music to sound dynamic, punchy, warm and exciting. The mix should make you want to get up, jump in the air, it should make you…
What is a recording all about? To me its all about creating a bigger than life experience for your listeners that will litterally change the way they feel. You can influence a great deal of people with your music, you can change the world! As an artist put yourself in the listeners shoes, maybe they…
The most common way of recording is to get the rhythm section down first, then move on to guitar, vocals, harmonies and other background elements. We use the same method that Neal Avron (New Found Glory, Yellowcard, Fall Out Boy) employs in his sessions which is recording drums and then guitars. The reason for this…
There are a few things that people seem to forget when recording an instrument like electric guitar. To get a great guitar recording you have to start with a great guitar tone. Before you even consider setting up a microphone, take a second to listen and adjust the tone. If the amp is loud, turn…
It’s a common misconception that having great gear will in turn make great music. On the other hand mediocre gear is like starting to draw a picture with a dull pencil vs great gear as starting to draw a picture with a perfectly sharpened pencil. Just because you have a perfectly sharp pencil does not…