Let me start by saying that things are starting to go great music wise. Last week I had a small brain storming session on ways to make the practicing / playing / recording experience better and easier. What I came up with was another small rearrangement of the studio. I basically ended up turning turning [...]
Tonight marked the start of the bands venture into the studio to record The Madness. I used my usual methods to record both bass and drum tracks. I also managed to set up a nice tone for each as well. I may still tweak the drums sound, but for now this will work. If I [...]
I wanted to jump on here and give a small update. Lately I’ve not been able to do much work on music due to several reasons. I have another damn ear infection, and can almost hear nothing in my left ear. It’s been getting a lot hotter in the studio, and my body can’t deal [...]
In 2004 I wrote a song that was nicknamed Twilight due to the sound of the guitar riffs. To be honest all that was ever written was the guitar parts of the song. However, this song has remained probably my favorite of all my own songs over the years. The song’s riffs soothe me in [...]
Today I finished writing the keyboard parts to The Madness, which you can read about in the Band Journal post called Song Update: The Madness (5). Using Sonar at the Unbounded Productions Studio I created a 3 layer keyboard track, and a strings only keyboard track. I’m going to post them both here for your [...]
Blissful Misery