I promised some people I’d make a post about my song, Happy Every Day. So here it is. I was at Stanford, attending to my shiny new lungs – aka getting my regular check up. Oh yeah, as it happens, I had a lung transplant in 2013. July 4, 2013 to be exact. No big. …
This article first appeared in Recording Magazine. I reprint it here with permission, and I encourage you to subscribe to that publication, as they are a stand up bunch of folk! There’s nothing in the world like a great pair of…monitor speakers. It’s true. Whether you’re into Adam, Genelec, K-Rok, Events or Mackie, even if you’re old school …
A Brief Discussion of Audio File Types This article first appeared Recording Magazine. I reprint it here with permission, and I encourage you to subscribe to that publication, as they are a stand up bunch of folk! In my article “Keeping Track”, we covered data. We talked about the information you need to keep with your songs in …
DIY Drums – Part 2 – Programming This article first appeared Recording Magazine. I reprint it here with permission, and I encourage you to subscribe to that publication, as they are a stand up bunch of folk! Last month, I talked about recording acoustic drums yourself within whatever limitations you have. This month, we’re expanding the conversation into …
Studio computer, that is… Optimizing your Windows computer for audio This article first appeared Recording Magazine. I reprint it here with permission, and I encourage you to subscribe to that publication, as they are a stand up bunch of folk! If you read my “Roll Your Own (studio computer, that is)” article, you’ll remember I promised to talk …
DIY Drums – Part 1 – Acoustic This article first appeared Recording Magazine. I reprint it here with permission, and I encourage you to subscribe to that publication, as they are a stand up bunch of folk! It’s a common problem. You’ve got some mics, great chops, a decent voice, cool songs, and decent recording gear. You’re even …
Whether you’re a crooner, a diva, a rapper or a writer recording demos, cutting a great vocal track at home is very doable.
22 people die every day waiting for organ transplants. There are currently 119,000 people waiting. The above song and video, “Strong Happy Healthy Free” is dedicated to them. In July of 2013, I was lucky enough to receive a life saving double lung transplant, which revived me in ways I can never even describe. I’m …
Hey! Still (slowly) writing little bits about tracks. Here is track 3 from the main The Four Hard Edges Of War: I didn’t do it on purpose (except maybe subconsciously), but I can’t help but notice the beat is sort of like – well – a train chugging along. Chigga chigga chigga chigga – CHOO …
Kong, by Third Option and here we are at the green leafy apocalypse of it all fallen down broken bones temptation sin and banishment here we are in the locker rooms and candlewax shops we forgot about everything torn down and overrun king kong fallen in the night done in by monkeys mighty mighty mad …
