Photo courtesy of Oliver Chesler

The producer and the producer-songwriter

September 26, 2010 | 4 Comments

You may have noticed that I haven’t written in a week. I probably should have posted up a “on vacation” notice…oh well. I just got back from San Francisco/LA and I picked up a Native Instruments Maschine so check back for a review on that soon.

Using Flow in your Music

Using Flow in your Music

September 15, 2010 | No comments yet

I am not a professional skateboader, snowboarder, or mountain biker, however living in Vancouver, I come to know and hang out with a few athletes. I have never been in contention for pro-level status but even I can tell when an athlete has good flow.

Kontakt Steve Slate Drums

Quick mixing tip : Using software drum instruments

August 26, 2010 | 5 Comments

I’m working on a track for my brother’s upcoming album, and while I was working with the drum part, I thought of a tip that might help some of you out. In situations where we cannot record live drums (definitely the case for a lot of us home studio guys), it’s pretty easy to pull up a great sounding drum plugin.

Photo courtesy of Kimble Young

How Rick Astley’s “Never Going to Give You Up” was made

August 8, 2010 | No comments yet

If you’ve been on the internet for any amount of time (which I assume you have been since you’re reading this), you’ll no doubt be familiar with the phenomenon of rickrolling.

Photo courtesy of Dan Machold

Matt Ridley says Idea Sex, I just say Collaboration

August 6, 2010 | No comments yet

I love TED presentations; I could waste all day watching them (and have). The talk below by Matt Ridley is about “idea sex”. While the sexification of the subject matter is a little iffy, I do agree with collaboration being a key factor in our personal evolution.