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...
Oct 22, 2018 | Bands, General, Recording
This year has been quite a busy one for me, with three albums released to which I’ve contributed. Space Elevator II, and Blake Shake’s Funk Biscuit are out now and Toneheadz’s Taboo Guitar coming very soon. Playing live has always been my passion...
Apr 16, 2018 | Bands, Public Gigs, Recording, Space Elevator
Just a quick one – the second Space Elevator album is being released on SPV/Steamhammer on 25th May 2018. Chuffed to bits with how it sounds and looks, and really looking forward to touring the album in the next couple of months! It’s taken a little longer...
Jan 31, 2018 | Bands, Blake's Funk, Recording
More recording, this time with the Blake Shake funk outfit. Bandleader Nick was showing me the finished mix of the album and it does sound very cool indeed – looking forward to this one being released early this year! We were fortunate to have a couple of guests...
