Fix Undefined Mixes with Better Arrangement & Reference Tracks You can do some pretty amazing things with a song at the mix stage BUT honestly, a great arrangement makes or breaks a song and a mix. I’ve written a number of times about this before so I won’t rehash those Read more
One of the biggest issues I hear with projects I’m sent to mix is less than ideally recorded instruments or voices. You don’t need expensive equipment to record your music well but you do need to work at recording the sound you want to hear in the final mix from Read more
Many of the artists and bands I work with are DIY artists. This means they’ve often tried to mix the music they’re making before it gets to me. They tell me they’ve spent dozens of hours tweaking plugins, only to feel like their mix still sounds ‘small’ or ‘amateur.’ They Read more
A Better Moog In 1975 a young Peter Vogel finished highschool and his school-friend, Kim Ryrie, had recently discovered “Switched On Bach” which was one of the earliest successful albums to feature the Moog synthesiser. This album inspired both of them to see the great potential of electronic music. This Read more
Get The Best Deals For Black Friday (and the rest of the year) I’m posting this on the day of Black Friday because this isn’t a list of products for you to buy. Instead it’s a thought I’ve been having about buying music making products. Buy Things That Inspire You Read more