(Want to improve your song writing? Take a look at my free 10-week songwriting mini-course.) Lists of songwriting tips are great … but what I wanted to compile was a list of real game changing tips that if you action you’ll get serious results from. This is a list of Read more…
Do I need to get my music mastered? Yes. End of blog, I’m off to grab a coffee. Okay, you’re still here. I can see that you’re going to need more than that to be convinced. First of all, who is this article for? If you’re a recording musician, producers Read more…
I find the Billboard Hot 100 end of year charts fascinating. I’ve done a lot of research to try and understand why some songs become number ones. Typically it’s not just for musical and lyrical reasons. Having a song in an iconic movie or television show seems to really help. Read more…
In the most basic sense mixing is taking many individual tracks and combining them together (mixing) to create a stereo version of the song. This is the “knob twiddling” part where you’re making sure all of the different elements that have been recorded separately work together to create a great Read more…
Asking “How do I choose a mastering engineer” is a bit like trying to find a good car mechanic. Not everyone understands what a mechanic does. How do you know you’re getting good work done? When you talk to your friends you might get the line “you need to go Read more…