What is an Electronic Press Kit or EPK

In the old days, physical press kits were paper-based and mailed old skool. Today, music artists can use digital media for promotion. This is known as an electronic press kit, or EPK. What is an EPK? An Electronic Press Kit is a digital resume for all audiences that is the promotional materials, giving everyone an Read More …

Notes – Limiters

With acoustic guitars you will hear some strums that are really loud and some strums that aren’t quite as loud.  It could be very well played but you will still have some variation between strums.  Sometimes the dynamic is quite loud and a compressor sometimes just can’t get a hold of that because the difference Read More …

Improvised Pedal Music

Lately in the mornings I have begun making heavily delay infuse music with the bass pedals I have collected so far.  I have nothing like Janek Gwizdala’s or Mars Volta guy’s toys, but I like the one’s I have.  Here is the playlist where I will put all of these clips and what not. Playlist Read More …

Initial Experiments

This is the announcement for my first official solo release.  I have released self published/ produced albums as part of a group, and have played on a fair share of other people’s albums.  This is the first one from start to finish that it is just me doing everything.  There is still a ton of 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 …

First Release Suggestions

I have been reading up on how the steps to do this for some a little while, and I am confident in these bare minimum requirements before anyone start releasing albums. This does not stop you from posting songs, on Soundcloud, YouTube, Jamendo, Reverb Nation, Drooble, or similar.  These are the steps meant to be Read More …