One Mic, Free Software & An Acoustic Guitar From 1964 Did you know that the Grammy winning album “For Emma, Forever Ago” by Bon Iver was recorded with a mic that cost less than $100, on a free copy of Read more
That Last 5% I was at a songwriting meet up a couple of weeks ago and the old “last 5%” of finishing a project came up in conversation. If you’ve written and recorded music for a while you know the Read more
Arturia’s MiniFreak If you’ve read some posts on this blog you’ll know I’ve been leaning into an 80s synthpop thing in the last 12 or so months. It started by sketching together some songs which then grew into an album Read more
The Proliferation Of Pitch Correction Did you know that 82% of people who quote data to support their point are making it up? That’s not true, I made that up. My point is, 84% of music made in 2023 used Read more
I was having a chat with a friend recently that’s known me and listened to my music for over 20 years. He always jokes about a juvenile habit I had of writing a really good pop song and then ruining Read more