So Why Is Everyone Ignoring ME?

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

I got this article in my Inbox. Normally I don’t even bother to open these emails but this one offered something that might be useful: 8 reasons you aren’t getting publicity for your music. And it was useful. In many ways … Continue reading →

On Being Professional

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

In my last article I gave you the art of learning to see your actions in you mind’s eye. This time I want you to think with that big picture of how your actions promote or harm your chosen career. … Continue reading →

Practicing to See – the art of making Art

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

Dirty Dancing - getting the "Frame" right

Making electronic music in a DAW is a very complex thing. Most people find it really hard to learn because they approach it wrong. They want to run before they can even crawl. They want to launch into making a … Continue reading →

Why Better Sounds won’t help make Better Music – the Mistaken Strategy

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

Art is not made from having the right sounds or paints but from getting the right feeling on the page. Continue reading →

Synthesizing a Glass Armonica – Making you own Patches

Posted on August 19, 2015 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

Ok so you think this seems a pretty obscure thing to synthesize, let alone post about as a tutorial? Well not really as this is great example of how to create a pretty fair approximation of any sound you hear. … Continue reading →

Watchers

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

Cover photo courtesy of Finn Roff-Marsh. Finn is one of my nephews and is showing all the makings of a photographer/artist, with some great shots in his portfolio already. I chose this one as it shows an image that has … Continue reading →

Creating an Album Release – CD or Digital

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

So you got a collection of tracks and want to have a go at releasing your album to the world. Brilliant and well done. Seems quite a few people get confused at this stage with all kinds of arcane formats … Continue reading →

Digital Synthesis – a Rundown

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

This will be a long article (aren’t they all with me) but I will cover a lot of ground. As usual I will start with background and theory. Easy to want to skip that but you will spend more time … Continue reading →

Critics

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

Everywhere there are critics and people with opinions (yes I am one of those too). Critics have power, or at least think they do, which is a potential danger to us, the artist and fan, as we feel that we … Continue reading →

Aspergers – Adult Living With It

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Benedict Roff-Marsh

Aspergers. I feel like I always knew the word – I kinda knew it was related to being a bit “special” but not much more. Turns out I have Aspergers, an Austism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Reality is a lot of people do, … Continue reading →

Benedict Roff-Marsh

Monuments of Man

Documemted Fragments – synthesizer dreams

Impermanent Permanence

PLACES – details from the world we visit

Temporal Recidivist

the musical journey of Benedict Roff-Marsh

Albums that could only have happened in the 80’s

Being Told What To Do – and Tyranny

My Synths/DAW sound like crap. I need new ones that are better.

The Deconstruction of Music – possible reasons