A community for home recordists , musicians and recording engineers
Making money from your music is not just for the rich and famous, anyone can do it and I will show you how, in this upcoming series. In part 1 of this series we will discuss submitting your music to Pandora. A short video by Bob Owsinski at the bottom of this article will spell […]
As some of you may know, I also write music for media with my company M & J Music Creations LLC. Many of the projects I have worked on required realistic sounding orchestral pieces, but without the budget for a real orchestral. In these cases I turn to sample libraries for the MIDI mock ups. […]
The most important part of a mix is finding the correct balance for each instrument so they fit “in the pocket”. From my experience, for an instrument or vocal to sit correctly, it needs to have the correct volume level in the mix and frequency space in the arrangement. Every song and arrangement will have […]
The Gallery Studio – by Mike Lizotte A peak inside one of Connecticut’s oldest recording studios and interview with the man who started it and continues to operate it after 50+ years in the business, Doug Clark. The Gallery Studio I’de like to preface this interview with my own back story on how […]
Having proper room acoustics is probably the #1 overlooked and misunderstood subject for a home recordist. Sure, you’ve skimmed over an article that mentioned Bass traps that one time, and seen those cool little foam designs on studio walls, but you figured it didn’t apply to your home studio. Well, I’m sorry to report, room […]
As a musician or band, using Twitter to gain followers and release information can be extremely valuable. However, if your like me, you have seen some of those Twitter posts using # (Hashtags) and had no idea what they meant. Below is a short Lynda.Com video, explaining the Hashtag and making the most effective use of them. This video is titled, […]
Your Facebook fans may not see any of your posts! All that work you’ve done to create a great Facebook fan page, complete with gig dates, links to recent music or downloads, may not be reaching as many of your fans as you think (or hope). As a matter of fact, unless you are very active, there […]
Getting started checklist for newbies: For this page we will mainly focus on DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) based recording. Although there are other recording options out there, you will have the most options recording with a DAW based system. A computer – Mac or PC – Both work equally well (yes, I said […]