In the first part of this little series on starting a song I shared the noodling method of songwriting. As a part of this method I also used to write a lot of songs starting with lyrics. I was especially drawn to lyric writing and most of my earlier songs Read more
I heard this question the other day and it got me thinking about my own song writing process. When I was a young lad I started many songs by noodling on the guitar. Webster’s dictionary describes noodling as the act of playing with chordal or melodic ideas in the hope Read more
I was working on the arrangement for a new Doxkyn track this morning. I was creating a downshifter for the mid-section of the song. I had a goofy 80s sort of sound and a white noise sample. I was shifting their start points back and forth to get the fall Read more
I own Sonnox’s Oxford Inflator plugin. If you’ve ever used it you know it has some kind of unicorn dust sprinkled into its code because it generally makes mixes better when slapped on the stereo bus. After owning this plugin for quite a few years, I took it upon myself Read more
If you spend time in a music production or audio engineering Facebook group maybe even on those stalwart audio forums from yester year you’ll quickly run across gearheads. What is a gearhead? Webster’s dictionary defines a gearhead as someone who confidently asserts the necessity for certain pieces of audio equipment Read more