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You are the music while the music lasts.
- T. S. Eliot
May 25

Mastering Environment – Wavelab

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I have consolidated this information along with additional information related to studio hardware under the My Studio page on my blog. Please be sure to visit that page for additional information regarding my studio.

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Like most of us who have home studios, I perform my own mastering. I’m definitely not an expert – I’m a songwriter and that’s what I love to do. However, this is a necessary part of the process and over the years I have come up with some techniques that seem to work pretty well. I was only able to do this purely out of reading a lot of books, articles and [...] Continue Reading…

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May 18

Sledding

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A personal post – my wife Rachael and I took a trip back 2 months ago with our son Aidan up to the Lake Tahoe area to take him sledding. Having lived in Southern California up until last year, we never had the opportunity with busy schedules and such to get him out there to experience this. He had such a great time and was amazed. Anyone who has children knows the feeling of experiencing life vicariously through a child’s eyes all over again.

I recall sledding as a child – I could go all day long and never miss a beat and he took full advantage. I went on to do a lot of skiing and will certainly get him involved here in the next few years. Aidan will be five at the end of this year and now that we are in [...] Continue Reading…

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May 17

Hold Fast – Inspirational

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This video montage to MercyMe’s amazing song “Hold Fast” is something that totally worth taking in. Writing about it here cannot even do it justice. The song itself moved me so much which I first heard it that I played it 5 times over. Even the lead singer of MercyMe said that when he started putting the chorus together he knew this was something special. Below the video, take a look at the interview with MercyMe about the writing of the song. Enough said – take a look…

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May 16

Studio Projects C1 Condenser Mic

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I have tried quite a few condenser mics over the years – ribbons too. I’ve tried some rather expensive mics in pro studios such as Neumanns. As much as the Studio Projects C1 won’t compare to a $1,500 Neumann vocal mic, this mic ranks up there as high as you can go for the cost – a mere $250. I have used this mic exclusively for vocals, however, many have used it for close miking of instruments as well as a spot mic for wind instruments, strings, percussion and guitar amps. To give you some particulars (and if you don’t know technical details about mics, you can just skip the rest of this and go try one out!), the Studio Projects C1 is a large diaphragm, fixed-cardioid condenser microphone employing a 1.06” (27mm) capsule, high quality, low noise amplifier and balanced, transformerless output circuitry. It [...] Continue Reading…

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May 11

Over My Head (The Fray)

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May as well put the other great cut by The Fray up. This is the video for Over My Head (Cable Car) by The Fray. Another great song. Isaac Slade, the lead singer, pianist and songwriter is a talented guy and for a band that just formed in 2002 they are tight.

The song “Over My Head (Cable Car)” was written about Isaac’s brother Caleb (whose nickname is “Cable Car”) who had been the first bassist for the band. Feeling Caleb was not helping them reach success, the band asked him to leave. In the music video for the song, Isaac’s youngest brother Micah was cast as a childhood version of Isaac. Isaac Slade went to Faith Christian Academy with Joe King

Another interesting note – this video was made on their own before they were signed by a record label.

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May 11

Songcrafter’s Coloring Book by Bill Pere

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I thought I would take a moment to make songwriters aware of an amazing resource available on Bill Pere’s web site. Bill Pere is an internationally published songwriter, recording artist and songwriting coach. He has had 13 top-ten songs on various Indie charts for more than 120 consecutive weeks. He has been included on soundtracks and podcasts on college and satellite radio – quite simply, he has been extremely successful and knows exactly what he is doing. We learn from those who are successful and understand the craft, plain and simple.
What he has created, for all of us to learn from, is something called “The Songcrafter’s Coloring Book”. It is absolutely amazing. The links to the PDFs that make up the Coloring Book can be found on the link to his site above. It is worth pointing out, however, that [...] Continue Reading…

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May 10

Studio Rig

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For more detailed information related to my studio, check out the My Studio page.

I figured that I’d post some information pertaining to my home studio where I do all of my production. It consists of an array of tools all centered around a digital audio workstation. As with most home studios, the DAW is the centerpiece. I run Cakewalk Sonar Producer Edition, mainly because I have been using it for 15 years since it was a DOS-based program Those were the days!

The computer system I run is based on an AMD Athlon 3200 CPU. 4GB of RAM with 6 hard drives. The digital audio interface, the most important piece is an EMU 1820M. It has the same exact preamps as a ProToolssetup and it sounds just great. This coupled with a StudioProjects C1 Condenser Mic provide [...] Continue Reading…

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May 08

Welcome to Blogging in B Minor…

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Welcome to Blogging in B Minor. Hey, it’s just another blog, right – with a name that sounded catchy to me. You’re here, right? Well, perhaps because you found my site first. Good thing B minor is not the only chord I can play. With regard to a blog, doesn’t everyone have one these days? I figured as much so why not me.  What I plan to do here is post thoughts, information, discussion and, well – some rants here and there regarding music-making.  I have been producing an album over the past 6 months.  It’s based on a trial I have been going through with my health since December.  We’re not completely sure yet what it is but are starting to get a fairly clear picture that I might be dealing with a primary brain tumor.  My album deals with [...] Continue Reading…

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