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Editing? Arranging? Writing?
What is it to craft songs in 2008? The roles of producer and writer are eroding and melding before our eyes. So, it’s back in the day and you have a big artist and a big session. Everything’s tracked at once, because overdubbing hasn’t been invented yet. No studio is booked [...]
Technology is Not Your Mistress
I know… strange title. I had a music theory professor at Azusa Pacific University who first introduced me to music technology. He was a Logic beta tester back in the day when it was still designed in Germany and it wasn’t even recording audio. It was but a humble MIDI sequencer. Anyways, and [...]
Rain and Vocal Tracking
Today, it’s pouring in Southern California. I know that most people think that Californians are wimps when it comes to rain, and they’re right, but this is a real rainy day. It’s also a long workday for me, and I’m working on tracking a guide vocal as I build a track, or at [...]
Habit Forming
We have a blog now. Blogs need content. Content comes from… well… us. I’ve blogged before, but it’s been at a friend’s communal blog. There I would (and continue to) have brain droppings about everything from film to faith to masculinity and sexuality and beyond. But this is our blog. [...]