Thursday, July 31, 2014

The Secret to Getting Motivated

Today I want to share with you a very powerful and simple technique that will help you get motivated to making more music. This can be used in pretty much any area of your life, but I want to focus on how it can help you both in the studio and as a musician. 
If you have any decent amount of experience recording music, mixing, mastering, or songwriting, then you have probably struggled at some point and time with being motivated. You want to make good music but you just don't feel like it. Maybe it's just the thought of having to set up all the gear or spend your one day off doing more work. Whatever the reason, there are times where it is just simply difficult to get motivated. 

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Using Compression on Drums (Video)

Compression is an amazing tool and can take your tracks very far. Today I want to show you how you can use a simple stock compressor on drums to get a clear, energetic, and punchy drum sound in your mix.

Thursday, July 3, 2014

How To Stand Out In An Over Saturated Market

Over the years the audio industry has become a much more accessible field. It doesn't take much money or time to start making your way in the music industry. Whether you want to be an engineer, producer, songwriter, or performer, you can enter into the industry in ways that were never possible a couple decades ago. You have major advantages like low cost gear, world wide distribution through the internet, and even free tutorials and courses to get you started. In short, this is an amazing time to be a musician! The walls between you and your clients/fans are very thin.

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