You’ve found it! Everything about the singer-songwriter, life-story-in-song album, “Dream This”! where to listen and download (Please do – this is the only way the charity will benefit!) besides the kudos for each song (see the links to those below), here are general affirmations of the songs, arrangements, and recordings music videos of several of the …
When you are practicing the piano, you might want to use headphones to keep your playing private. There are lots of reasons for wanting to avoid your practice being audible to others, and headphones are the best way to do this. However, wearing headphones while playing piano can start to hurt your ears after a …
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Would You Sell Your Soul? What would you give up to get what you want? What price would someone have to pay to make you sell out? There are things you want passionately in your life that you have not been fully able to attain. What bribe would you accept to reach them? In many …
Curtis Dean provides 7 pointers for the beginner home studio recordist and producer.
Unmixing – sort of the reverse of a mixing/recording session where the technology gets untangled from the creativity.
When making music, there’s nothing that compares with sounding like yourself.
Familiar tunes like Christmas carols affect us consciously and subconsciously. Music impacts our brains, emotions, bodies, and — some would say — souls. You can easily find examples of moods and spirits (however you interpret that word) being changed by a song. Caroling, Caroling, Here We Go Though I often consider making Christmas or other …
My music act is currently a duo. The collaboration is with Zane Seubert. He’s a singer-songwriter and a percussionist. We are preparing for our first gigs. (Contact me if you’d like to book us.) Multiplied by more than 2 Zane and I started our collaboration very organically. When I first asked him if he wanted …
Size Doesn’t Matter “There are no small parts.” When I was in secondary school (equivalent to high school in the USA), this is what my theatre director said to me. Because I had wanted to get the lead in a musical, I was bummed. I got a part, but not the lead. Apparently, I was …
This is a guest post by Ben from Subreel. Recording is becoming more and more popular, with more people having access to studios in the 21st century and more audio engineers trying to make their way in the world. Recording techniques can be a complicated subject, which we’re trying to demystify with our tips for …
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