A quick post this time. Just a small post on the floor, so you can see how it started. There are some new rugs now, by the time this post comes out, so I will add those as I get them up. I have been busy working on other parts of the family basement. Non-music Read More …
Category: Music
Reading Links from 2022
2022-09-20 9 Beginner Mistakes – NI Blog A few in here I can easily identify with. Guilty of 4 and 6. #2 I am good about. Never quite thought of #3 I guess. 2022-10 Reid Stefan – Realist Puppet – Ableton Stock Plugin Tutorials Audio Effect Rack Autopan Amp, Cabinet, & Pedal Auto Filter Beat Read More …
Drum Room Project :: Make a new ceiling
I know the curtains post, came before this one. Things are all jumbled up right now. I need a better media organization system, than the current one. Anyway this post highlights the building the ceiling portion of this task. This was all basically from found lumber. The sheets of plywood came from a friend who no Read More …
Some Kick Drum EQ Tips
More notes to myself… (and the other bedroom producers out there.) These are some of the Kick Drum EQ Tips from some recent videos. I have yet to test these out, so YMMV. With the bass drum there could almost be a problem around 300 Hz to 600 Hz. Check the EQ. How do the Read More …
More Quick & Dirty Synth Stuff
A few notes for me. How about a simple sine wave in Ableton or a similar DAW. Add in some distortion or Over drive. Draw in some automation. ofc, you can double the track. Add space with an octave. Add chorus, by bumping one of them. Normally I grab sounds and use default settings, but Read More …
Drum Room Project :: Hang Some Curtains
Drums can be quite loud, especially when you have a spouse, children, and various animals in your house as well. The dog is not fond of the drum set at all. My thinking, as flawed as it may be, is that it will take many layers of objects and surfaces, along with types and angles in Read More …
More Bass Guitar Recording Tricks
Tune the bass. Tune the bass. Tune the bass. Everything harmonically else in the song is going on top of the bass. If it is a little bit our of tune, then the rest of your tracks are not going to sound right. I like to tune the bass just a little bit flat, so Read More …
Notes :: Music Licensing
So I am trying to figure this out. This to me seems the easiest, and maybe quickest way to financial freedom using music as my means of getting there. At this point this page is a random collection of tips and quotes from resources I have found on the web. Consider it a notes page Read More …
Notes :: Music Grants
A spot for some note taking. More posts on these to come in the future. National Organizations for USA Art Work Fund BMI Foundation Foundation for Contemporary Arts Artists Power Center Musical America Worldwide Artwork Archive Gentracks Bandzoogle Ideas NEA Grants Music Cares Chicago Focused Grant Opportunities for Chicago Musician Chicago Federation of Musicians Illinois Read More …
Quick and Dirty Synth Sound
Quick Filthy Bass Line You could buy a synth pedal, or if you collect other kinds, you can have a DIY emulator. Here is a quick and dirty synth sound you can try. 3 Elements …….. Something to create space. This could be Reverb or Delay. I guess Echo, if such a pedal exists. Something Read More …