I almost always have a book or magazine open when I’m eating lunch; it’s the only time of the day when I can consistently get in a few minutes of readying. A couple days ago I went to Arby’s for lunch, and I had Atomic Habits by James Clear on the table as I was …
Happy International Artists Day! (Why does it have to be “International”? Why not just Artists Day?) Take a minute to admire a piece of art, or even better, to make a piece of art. And for my fellow music producers, here’s an idea: Choose a famous piece of art and let it inspire you. What’s …
So apparently there’s such a thing as the “Random Acts of Poetry Day.” Who knew? And yes, it’s today, October 4th. So, to celebrate, I thought I’d offer you some original poetry, by yours truly, to use as fodder for your musicking. Feel free to use it as is, or to mangle it beyond all …
About a year ago, I did a video talking about Bitwig’s Transient Control module. By splitting your audio into two chains, then inserting a transient control to isolate transients on one and a separate transient control to isolate the body on the second chain, you could approximate what Eventide’s SplitEQ does, but without limiting yourself …
Apparently Google didn’t think I really meant “hocket” when I started researching this video. But I persisted so that I could bring you the finest video on using the Instrument Selector device in Bitwig Studio to implement the hocket technique that I’ve ever seen. 😎
Today I was thinking about how I remember audio editing from when I was a kid, and how far we’ve come… We’re actually incredibly spoiled by the technology we have available for the price of a computer and a modern DAW. For a while, the church where my dad was a pastor produced a weekly …
A Follow-Up to My Review of Soundspot Plugins Introduction Over two years ago, I posted a short review of a couple plugins from Soundspot, Oracle and Nebula. I was generally positive about the plugins… with one huge caveat. Two years on, has anything changed? (Well obviously, or else why would I post a follow-up?) Let’s …
I’m starting a new series of videos this week: Hymns. I’ll be taking several of my favorite hymns and adding some modern production techniques to see how they turn out. This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, but I’ve never felt confident in my ability to pull it off. To start …
My daughter is the smartest 12 year old I know. I mean, I did okay in school, but she’s amazing. She consistently scores in the 90th percentile or higher on her state standardized testing, and she’s in her school district’s gifted and talented program. So when she got selected as student of the month from …