Do you remember when you were at school or uni and you had an assignment that you had to get finished? You had two weeks to have it done and life was cruisy. Two weeks out you’d be, “great, plenty of time, I’ll get stuck in tomorrow and start knocking Read more…
Did you ever think a 19th century Italian economic philosopher could teach you how to write better songs? Neither did I until I read about the pareto principle. So what is this 80/20 principle? This phenomenon goes by a number of names. The Pareto Principle, the law of the vital Read more…
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. Pablo Picasso Musicians are sometimes not great at being pragmatic or at least, it’s not our natural leaning. This is especially true when it comes to songwriting. The Creative Mythos I think this is in part because there is a mythos Read more…
Is my mix ready for mastering? This is a tough one to answer however if you check these 5 things before sending off those mixes you’ll be closer to being done than not: 1. The Right Format You absolutely want to send your mix as a stereo .wav or .aiff Read more…
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