Mar 30
I am excited to announce that the long-awaited 6-track SPLIT EP featuring 3 songs from The Filthy Dix and 3 songs from Disfunction will be released shortly through the Necro21 label ON CASSETTE! (Vinyl, CD, & Digital may follow) … I engineered all 6 songs on the EP. The cover art, featuring a “split” skateboard …
Jun 26
When you are recording audio (or video with audio), there are often background sounds such as air conditioning (try to avoid that) or the sound of traffic from nearby busy streets. Sometimes you will also get electric guitar amp hiss. If you are doing multitrack recording and these sounds are present on several tracks, that …
Jun 12
When it comes to mastering music for vinyl records, one encounters different schools of thought. Part of the reason for this is that vinyl records predated the formats of CD and mp3, then fell out of popularity, and now they’re back in a big way. Consequently, many artists will record an album and mix it …
Oct 19
Dave Jerden shares recollections on 13 of the career-defining records he produced http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/production-legend-dave-jerden-on-13-career-defining-records-586973 More from Dave Jerden:
Apr 18
Here is the Quick Rundown of What To Expect in The Band Recording Process: Your Songs Should Already be Written & Well-Rehearsed. In most cases, we will record the drums first. While we are recording the drums, the bassist (sometimes the guitarist or other) will often also play along in a way that the drummer …
Mar 21
Sometimes a band member will have done some recording in the past, will have a very inflexible idea of how things should be done. Sometimes it is a matter of the musician wanting the record to sound “just like we sound live” … and an effort will be made to limit the “studio magic” used …
Mar 01
I have used drum loops since I began playing punk bass, and later guitar. My first song recording on a tape recorder in the mid 90s featured a drum loop with playing over it. I have gone on to use drum loops in all types of music recording projects from industrial and techno to hardcore …
