Folk songs are often social. Folk songs are often raw. In form and delivery, their point is to get across the story. Nothing else is more important. A Chance Meeting Social networks, on the other hand, have gone through a lot of upheaval, especially in the last few years. Still, they have been a source […]
Peter Gabriel in concert on the i/o tour: Attending this concert inspired me to share how much he and his music have influenced me.
A book review of Sammy Stein’s “Fabulous Female Musicians”
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DreamState: Awakening releases into the wild. Enjoy these 8 songs – added to the 24 that came before it. Listen, dream, and awaken.
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Inspiration often comes from surprising places. Not surprisingly, some may say that Twitter and music-making don’t mix. So, it’s quite true that I never expected social networks to be a source of such strange inspiration, but there you go: since social networks are a reflection of human interaction in some form or another, they’re filled
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A song may change over time. And in more ways than one. Stan Stewart explores the morphing of the song “Magic”.
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be announcing and focusing on some services that I provide professionally. Many of these have been in development for months or years. As a result, I’m very excited to be getting close to revealing them to everyone! Here’s offering number one: PresentSongs. Please click through to learn more. MUZ4NOW
Two of my favorite virtual instruments for creating arrangements and recordings.
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When making music, there’s nothing that compares with sounding like yourself.
Ever been curious how people like me get full orchestras to play on their recordings? I don’t. Instead, I use what’s known as “sample libraries” to produce the sounds of an orchestra without packing 20 or more people at a time (not possible) into my tiny project studio. How do songwriters get sounds they can’t play
