The story behind the song Good Night Baby:Many moons ago, while working and studying near Munich, Germany, I managed to find some time to play guitar for a local rock band. The lead singer asked if I could help him…
In this vlog, I share with you a solution that I discovered when recording midi instruments in my DAW. Ever record a midi (or instrument) track, only to find that it doesn’t play back? It’s as though you lost the…
Urban Murals is a smooth jazz tune that I wrote for a video collage of urban mural art. The murals exhibit a vibrant in use of color and I wanted the music to reflect an upbeat mood with an urban…
I’m primarily a PreSonus Studio One Pro 4.0 user, and the reason I checked out the recent version of Cubase by Steinberg (which is owned by Yamaha), was that I watched a few YouTube videos showcasing some of the new…
FabFilter Pro Q-3 Sonnox DEQ I was wondering if anyone could share some insights on the topic of Dynamic EQ or DEQ for short (FabFilter Q3, Sonnox DEQ, Waves F6 e.g.) vs static EQ (Pro-Q2 e.g.) vs MultiBand compression (ProMB).…
In this video, I share an experience I recently had selling a Fender Jag Johnny Marr Vintage guitar on Ebay. I’ve had good and bad experiences selling stuff on eBay, and there seems to be some lessons to be learned…
This may have happened to you if you’ve ever mixed and mastered your own tracks. You spend hours over the course of several days trying to produce a demo quality recording of an original composition, and it sounds great in…
Given the recent appeal made by the Randy Craig Wolfe estate for the rights to Stairway to Heaven, I decided to share my two cents about the issue of plagiarism in music. Fact is, copying musical themes and ideas is…
Afterthought is an original orchestral arrangement written originally for the acoustic guitar in the key of C major. It has a mellow, yet melancholy feel. I added two string parts, a solo flute and french horn part to the arrangement.…
Hi everyone! Just wanted to share with you an experience that I had lately, where I installed some new EQ plugin from an up and coming plugin developer – but it ended up crashing my Studio One session. Not only…
