by MemberMouse Reports | Aug 10, 2015 | Audio engineering, Blog
How to fail your way to successTo dispel any myths you might be thinking. Music production didn’t come naturally to me. It took years of making some pretty embarrassing mistakes & getting my ass handed to me to learn what works & what doesn’t.I...
by MemberMouse Reports | Oct 29, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog, productivity, songwriting
Producing is mostly problem solving Many new and old producers have a really difficult time looking at their own work and saying “This is done”. There is a huge paranoia that there is a gaping hole in our work that is immediately going to be spotted by...
by MemberMouse Reports | Sep 2, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog, productivity, songwriting
How Long Will it Take Me to Sound Like ______ ? This is a question I get asked often from new aspiring producers. They often ask me this after they have purchased a training course from me or joined my Producer’s Playground, so given their current mindset,...
by MemberMouse Reports | Jul 13, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog, sound design
Steal This Ableton Tip: How to Crossfade in the Arrange Window This is a very quick & simple tip but can really com in handy when wanted to crossfade several audio files on the same track. This option has been around since Ableton 8, but there are still a lot of...
by MemberMouse Reports | Jul 1, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog, creative mindset, productivity, songwriting, sound design
Find your creative strengths, borrow the rest As a veteran producer, I am not great at everything & you shouldn’t have to be either. In another life, I was a guitarist in a Goth/New Wave band. I wasn’t a great guitarist, but I knew what I was good at...
by MemberMouse Reports | Jun 8, 2014 | Audio engineering, Blog
Ableton Production Q & A As many of you know, I encourage my readers to email me with any questions they have regarding Ableton or production. Often the questions are too specific to be helpful to many others, but I do also get some questions worth sharing....