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3 Key Ingredients For Better Songwriting Structure

In the last post I talked about songwriting structure in terms of traditional popular music songwriting structures and the energy/feel of a songs as the guiding force in helping to get a working structure for your songs. In this post Read more…

By Luke Garfield, 2 weeks2 weeks ago
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Songwriting Tips

Songwriting Structure Tips

Getting the structure right for your song can make or break the flow and impact of a piece. Thankfully there are some solid principles which can help guide you when structuring your music. Whether you’ve got some experience songwriting or Read more…

By Luke Garfield, 4 weeks4 weeks ago
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Songwriting Tips

How To Finish More Songs

If you’re a songwriter chances are you have a bunch of unfinished songs. The secret of how to finish songs is actually pretty simple: “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” (Either Kate Sanborn or Thomas Edison said something like Read more…

By Luke Garfield, 1 month4 weeks ago
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Studio Recording Tips

Vocal Recording Tips: How To Record World-Class Vocals

If you’re looking for vocal recording tips you’re heading in the right direction. Recording a great sounding vocal is key to releasing music that impacts your listeners and makes them fans. Forget about mics and preamps etc. THIS vocal tip Read more…

By Luke Garfield, 9 months4 weeks ago
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Songwriting Tips

Songwriting Tips: Nailing Your Arrangements (Writing Songs People Won’t Ignore – Part 3)

Song writing tips 101: A bad arrangement will sabotage your song and rob it of the right energy. No not some mystic energy – the perceived energy of the track. The rise and fall, the build up and the releases Read more…

By Luke Garfield, 9 months4 weeks ago

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Handy-craft time. Picked up this little guy for so Handy-craft time. Picked up this little guy for some mobile mixing/mastering recently and he needed a home so he'd be safe in his travels. Let's see if this GoPro case can be modified to fit just such a vocation. 

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How did you spend your rainy Sunday afternoon? Can How did you spend your rainy Sunday afternoon? Can't wait to run some sounds through this guy.

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Looking forward to cracking out the soldering iron Looking forward to cracking out the soldering iron and making a start on this project soon.

Amazing product and pre-order process by the guys from @diyrecordingequipment . Congratulations on the launch of #colourduo, you guys are first class.

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Such a great little tool. I bought this guy years Such a great little tool. I bought this guy years ago and never really read the manual so I never appreciated its simple but powerful uses. A big lesson there - read the manual. 
This guy has been at home on the mix buss and mastering duties of late. 
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Not the hottest bit of new studio kit but makes a Not the hottest bit of new studio kit but makes a big difference to the sound you make. 📣

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This guy is off to the doctor for a checkup. #tub This guy is off to the doctor for a checkup.

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