Here is a cool article, complete with a video on explaining the different types of microphones and how they work. Some people use a tool and never really care how they work, but there are times when knowing exactly how the tool works, will allow you to chose the right tool for the job! Click […]
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Making Money from your Music PT 2 – Music Libraries
This is part two of the blog series “Making money from your music”. In this post we will discuss music libraries. The first blog post in this series spoke about streaming your music over internet radio and how to submit your music to Pandora. That post can be found HERE. Based on some feedback I […]
The advantage of giving away your music for free
Giving away your music for free (or really cheap) has its benefits. This is a follow-up article to http://www.homerecordingwizard.com/make-money-music-pt-1-submitting-music-pandora/ . Most business models involve giving away selected products for free. or at a loss, to attract customers. You want to look at the long-term benefits of having customers, vs the short-term of “losing money”. Think of […]
Make money from your music PT 1 – Submitting your music to Pandora
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 […]
Getting a realistic MIDI performance
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. […]
Mixing Instrument levels and finding “the pocket”
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 […]
Room Acoustics for Home Studio
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 […]
Using Long Delay on Vocals
Here is a free Lynda.Com video, from the course “Foundations of Audio: Delay and Modulation” Automating delays and other effects can often be one of the telling differences between a “pro” sounding mix and an amateur mix. The technique he teaches in this video will change the way you use delay on your vocals. It’s a […]
Using a Reference Mix
Using reference mixes We have all been there, we start to mix our song. We add a little boost in the high end of the vocals. A few more slider moves and it seems like our mix is finally coming together. We boost the high end on the vocals just a smidgen more and […]
Getting started checklist for newbies
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 […]