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Which DAW is the Industry Standard?

A hot topic in the world of audio and composition is who is using what software and why? What is the industry standard? What software should I be learning and what would I prefer to use? In order to assess the preference and perception of software currently in use by music producers, engineers and artists, […]

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You Are Not Who You Think You Are

Here’s a thought: Who you think you are is not who you are because who you think you are is a thought. Think about that for a minute. What is a thought? It’s an idea. Vision boards, mission statements, letters from the future and goals are all well and good. Then you take your first […]

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Music Success in Nine Weeks – My Goals – One Year Later

Have you ever embarked on a well-intentioned journey only to take a detour? Often we find ourselves embarking on a journey in life only to seemingly never get there. We have grand plans with specific destinations in mind and vision boards to help us visualise what we would like to achieve. Yet, like a boat […]

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Interview with Jordan Reyne

Musicians, have you ever made money from playing a gig online? Jordan Reyne has. Hailed by New Zealand’s National Radio as the pioneer of a new sound, Jordan’s music has been variously described as “Celtic industrial”, “Folk noir” and “Antipodean steam-punk” – imagine the trouble that causes on websites when you have to find her […]

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Do You Live Sound?

From the moment you wake up to the moment you crash out again do you think about, experience, listen to and consider sound? We can’t touch it but we know it’s there. It changes us and it makes us feel certain things. Sound moves us It can scare us. It can make us happy. It […]

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What a Deaf Musician Can Teach Us About Listening

Evelyn Glennie is a unique musician. Not just because she is a Grammy-winning percussionist and the first person in musical history to successfully create and sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist. Not just because she has worked with Bjork, Julian Lloyd Weber and Sir James Galway. And then become a commander of the […]

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Remember You’ll Be Dead Soon Too

Remember You’ll Be Dead Soon Too ‘Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, […]

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Write Like There’s No Tomorrow – The Three Step Trick to Getting It Done

Ever written like there’s a gun to your head? Following my own advice to take more breaks, I applied the discipline (not my favourite word) to get the job done today. Having finished a session of five 90-minute bursts of re-writing, it feels good to get another big chapter (pun intended) of another project finally […]

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Why You Must Check Your Active Guitar Pick-up Battery

Study the picture above carefully. What can you see? One fine September morning I’m tracking some new ideas in the home studio and the guitar sound starts getting a little crazy. Nothing too bad. A little nasty rasp somewhere in the upper mid-range. First I check: The output signal path consisting of my monitors and […]

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Interview with Sinah Blohberger

SINAH (pronounced XENA) is a warrior of another kind. Originally from Berlin, Germany, Sinah discovered her love for music early on by learning the piano at the age of 8. Eventually, Sinah got introduced to the bass guitar, which would keep her attention until today. Having just been picked up by Brownswood management, we managed […]

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