As Few Mics As Possible

Daily Blog - May 26th 2021 I love a great challenge. And one of the best challenges you can try for yourself is to record a complex instrument,

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Are You Overthinking It?

Daily Blog - May 25th 2021 There's a million ways to do any task in audio. How do you decide what's correct? What matters? Step one: Don't overthink

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Your Guitars Are Out Of Tune

Daily Blog - May 24th 2021 Yes, they probably are. Out of tune guitars are one of the most common problems in DIY recordings. 9/10 DIY recordings I

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“The Only Thing That Matters Is What Comes Out Of The Speakers”

Daily Blog - May 21st 2021 I love this quote by Andrew Scheps! There are no rules and nobody cares how you got to the final result. How

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Systems, Processes And Creativity

Daily Blog - May 20th 2021 Using systems, processes and a streamlined workflow doesn't sound very creative, right? For me, those are my number one creativity enhancers. I

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#66: Software Configuration Explained – How To Set Up Your DAW

Have you ever wondered whether you chose the right settings in your recording software? Do you fully understand what they all mean?  Which sample rate is recommended?  What

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A little music theory…

Daily Blog - May 14th 2021 ...goes a long way.  I started playing the piano and learning music theory when I was 6 years old and it changed

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Demoitis Is Real

Daily Blog - May 13th 2021 Have you ever gotten so attached to your demo, rough mix or raw tones that any change in the mix seems to

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The Record Is What Matters, Isn’t It?

Daily Blog - May 12th 2021 I got a great comment on a video in my online course, The Self-Recording Band Academy, the other day. One of my

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#65: How To Translate The Sound In Your Head Into Your Recordings

It's probably the biggest challenge we're all facing when we're starting out making records. And we can almost think of it as the audio engineer's job description. A

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