Nov 13, 2024 | General, Hints and tips, Recording, Studio
I’ve been doing quite a lot more mixing for other people recently, where they are recording using a DAW, editing it themselves and then sending the mixes to me to finish. The one thing I think I’ve noticed more than anything else is bad audio edits....
Oct 30, 2023 | Music, Recording, Studio
Since moving to the Netherlands I’ve not been doing much live work; mostly to spend the first few months of post-lockdown normality learning about my adopted home country, but of course it also has to be said that 700 miles is a long way to drive for some of the...
Jul 11, 2020 | General, Hints and tips, Music, Recording, Studio
A friend of mine has just started using Audacity because his ageing hard disk recorder has given up the ghost. Audacity is a pretty good way of experimenting with digital recording and editing without the expense of a full on digital audio production program, because...
Jan 10, 2018 | Bands, Recording, Space Elevator, Studio
We’ve been and gone and done another album! Space Elevator II has been finished, and we’re in the process of getting the physical copies made… very exciting! It’ll be available on CD, vinyl and as digital download via the ol’ iTunes,...
Dec 10, 2015 | General, Hints and tips, Recording, Studio
As part and parcel of being a musician these days, you seem to need to do so much more than just play music. You need to understand marketing, social media, website maintenance and management, and (certainly if you use a DAW – home studio recording system) you...
Dec 10, 2015 | Bands, Hints and tips, Recording, Studio, The Missing Persians
I started writing this post when we’d booked some time together to begin recording the Missing Persians second album – I then saved the draft. I’m typing the text you’re reading now when we’re about halfway through the recording process....
