Best wishes this holiday season to anyone who reads this.  It was quite a year, to say the least.  I’ve been looking forward to Christmas vacation for quite a while… I plan on sleeping as much as humanly possible.
Started working with Solas again, and I’m just about wrapped on their new site design.  The site [...]

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A picture’s worth a thousand words, right?

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There’s an interesting article on Tunecore’s blog arguing for musicians to use professional studios.  Now, to solve the “making money off your music” problem.  I agree with the article, but I must admit I’m a bit biased.
You’re a songwriter. It’s what you do. It’s what you’ve trained yourself to do through countless hours of study, [...]

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Machine Gun Joe has decided to give away their latest album in digital form.  From the band:
We decided to post digital copies of our album “Worse Things Could Happen to a Man” for free download. So check it out and let us know what you think. Theres a smaller zip file of mp3s and theres [...]

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I’m not one to typically get on a soap box about things, but I recently came across very good cause that’s been started that I certainly feel needs attention.  A large majority of audio engineers and producers work freelance, and most don’t have health insurance.  Joel Hamilton, engineer and producer out of Brooklyn, has started [...]

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So after many months of working on the two new Shadow Loomis albums (“Walkin’ Stick” and “Where Angels Fear to Tread”), we’re almost finished. I finished mixing “Walkin’ Stick” a few weeks ago and got straight to work on the “Where Angels…” yesterday. One thing’s for sure: having free time can be very beneficial when [...]

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Finished mastering the album on Friday. All in all, I’m happy with the results. It’s loud, but I definitely didn’t crush it to oblivion. There’s still dynamics, especially for a rock album. The balance is good too — I A/B’d it against a number of records, and though there’s not as [...]

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