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Posts about music production – engineering, recording, etc.
There is a superstition in multiple cultural traditions that hand-knitted projects should include a mistake – it might be to keep you safe from faeries, or because only God is perfect, or because you don’t want to trap your creative spirit in the knit item. Whatever the reasoning, I can […]
I am obsessed with a current remote recording project I’m working on. (Actually, I’m obsessed with several…) It’s a new kind of magic for me to watch a piece slowly come together, one voice at a time. It’s a blossoming of the art, segment by segment. It reminds me of […]
I think the reason it took me so long to try out the new software was because I was afraid. I’ve been a Finale user for 25+ years – enough to learn shortcuts for virtually everything I want to do, and solid workarounds for everything it doesn’t do well. I’ve […]
Recording at home requires some special strategies. Your bedroom, office, and living room are not acoustically designed for recording, and if you don’t do anything to adjust the sound, you won’t be happy in the long run with the recordings you create. You can do things to mitigate that with […]
I taught myself to use a new notation software today, and I did it by being almost completely uncreative. I use notation software throughout my creative process – to complete scores, but also as I am composing and arranging. It is a creative tool. But when you’re using a new […]
I was proud to produce eight virtual choir performances that premiered between May 18 and July 3. Here they are, all in one place. Happy 2020, y’all. Shades of Blue – “Fly Me To The Moon” (May 18) The Rockford Aces – “Hallelujah for the Day” (May 31) The Rockford […]