Getting A Better Guitar Tone: Part 3

Today marks the last part of my series on getting a better guitar tone. Electric guitar is such a crucial part of many genres, and I hope that you take away something from these articles that can you help you get better sounding guitars in your mixes.

Let's get started!

Getting A Better Guitar Tone: Part 2

Today I will start part 2 in my series of getting a better guitar tone in your mixes and recordings. If you haven't already, check out Part One and start there. Today we are going to talk about how you can get a big guitar tone, and how you can guitars to stand up front without covering up the vocal. This applies particular to alternative and rock music but you'll find this useful in any genre that needs the electric guitars up front.

Getting A Better Guitar Tone Part 1

Electric guitars are the corner stone of rock music. Heck, electric guitars are a major part of most music today. Chances are if you are a songwriter or musician and you are into producing your own music, you are going to want to have electric guitars in your mix at some point. But how do you get a good guitar tone? When you hear the pro mixes their guitars sound huge, in your face, and punchy. How do you get that sound for yourself?

How To Get Motivated

Working on music isn't always a fun endeavor. Sometimes it takes a lot of setup time, technical work, and frustration to get the ball rolling. Whether you plan on recording, mixing, or doing some songwriting, all of us hit times where we just don't feel motivated.

So how do we get motivated to start working on our music? 

I've found two ways that almost always work for motivating and energizing me to start working on my music. These two methods are simple, easy, and effective.

Know That Your Mix Sucks

Discontentment isn't a good feeling, but can be one of the most helpful things you can feel as an audio engineer. If you aren't discontented with your mixes and recordings, then that means you are satisfied with the way they sound. If you are satisfied with the way they sound, then you aren't hearing what could be better. And let's face it, there is always room for improvement.

Why You Should Mix And Record For Other People

A lot of you probably got into mixing and recording because you wanted to be able to produce your own music. I know that's why I did. I wanted to have the freedom to make my own music on my own time and not rely on other people to do it for me. Also, I didn't have a lot of money so it was a great way to create an album on a budget. Hopefully, if this is you, you have continued to try and hone your skills and grow as a mixing and recording engineer. That's probably why you are reading this blog. However, there is one thing you may not be doing that you need to. Doing work for other people. 

Two Ways To Get More Punch Out Of Your Drums

If you ever mix any sort of alternative or rock music, you probably want to have punchy sounding drums. Drums can add so much energy to a mix and really carry along the other instruments, especially when done correctly. But with the increase of using samples drums and using a home studio to record, how do you get really good, punchy sounding drums that just cut through your mix? Today I'm going to share with you two ways you can do this simply by using mixing techniques.