With Black Friday deals only 39 days away I can hear the rubbing of hands at the sweet deals people are going to pick up. As a music producer, does this sound like something you’ve done before? You see a shiny new plugin from an audio manufacturer. The marketing copy sounds Read more…
I started out learning guitar when I was 10. I learnt for 6 – 12 months and thankfully got a foundation through A Modern Method for Guitar – Volume 1 (I highly recommend this book for guitarists of all levels). It wasn’t until I was studying music composition that I Read more…
I was mixing a song for a client recently and they were asking for the song to be “softer”. This was definitely a mastering thing as the song was as loud as the rest of the tracks on the album but this didn’t serve the flow of the album or Read more…
I was recently recording some session guitar parts for a local Sunshine Coast producer. It’s not my usual gig. Most of my guitar recordings are for projects I’m working on or a client. I have some nice pedals, a nice amp and cab but I find the flexibility of using Read more…
There is a thought that has been rolling around in my head lately and it comes back to the idea of survivorship bias. What is survivorship bias? It is the mistaken belief that a small group of successful individuals and their actions to achieve success represent the normal for that Read more…