Life hands you an offer – what do you do with it?

All day, every day, we are getting offers. If I misspelled that word it would be offal. Many offers feel like that so we get very used to saying No really fast. Is that wise though? I see quite a few situations where people seem to have said no before they thought it through. I … Continue reading Life hands you an offer – what do you do with it?

Opening a Door or Closing it – a look at a pair of business pitches?

Everyone hates an arrogant person. Being called arrogant is like a sort of social killer-punch. But I think we are a bit turned-around on what constitutes Arrogance vs Professionalism. I grew up in the 80s when we really started to see this sort of cult of personality thing come through to the masses. I remember … Continue reading Opening a Door or Closing it – a look at a pair of business pitches?

Do It Your Fucking Self – how not to establish a successful business relationship – and some “how to” as well.

Here's a message that just appeared this morning in a group of freelance Mix Engineers: What’s the best way for virtual networking with the musical community? I am looking for mixing and mastering engineers to weigh out my options in order to find a dedicated, fair priced, passionate engineer to help me finalize a list … Continue reading Do It Your Fucking Self – how not to establish a successful business relationship – and some “how to” as well.

Get a Song Produced

This is the first post of what I hope to become a series to sit alongside my Artist Development & Marketing articles series. The Proposal (sadly doesn't include Sandra Bullock) I am offering my Record Producer Services to one Act to produce one (1) Song (or Instrumental) from Demo to completion, incl. Mixed & Mastered. … Continue reading Get a Song Produced

Making Organic Instruments in a DAW

By the late-80's people had started to use "MIDI Music" as a derogatory term. I understand because there was an ever-increasing amount of highly programmed or quantized material out there. I don't entirely blame composers as it was a new frontier where we could have all our parts perfectly in time, with no distortion. And … Continue reading Making Organic Instruments in a DAW

What Makes a VST Plug-In High Quality and Should You Even Care?

Over and over I see people advertising their mixing services with terms like "using high quality plugins". Or customers who insist that they only want mixes made using "high quality plugins", or "professional plugins". The other variant is the idea of a Professional Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). Like one or two of them are used … Continue reading What Makes a VST Plug-In High Quality and Should You Even Care?

How to Reduce Credibility Really Fast?

This article may seem a personal situation. And it is. A very hurtful personal situation. But if you read it you can learn what sort of damage you do if you give in to ego and allow yourself to act unprofessionally when dealing with someone trying to act professionally. And the opposite too, when trying … Continue reading How to Reduce Credibility Really Fast?

The Edge of Transmission II

https://youtu.be/CWStEYsKbrk Full Movie The original "The Edge of Transmission" album was released in the year 2000. All the promises we were given in the 80's about what the future would be like didn't pan out. Nineteen years later it seemed time to re-approach this material with a new chapter. please purchase for $5 If you … Continue reading The Edge of Transmission II

Music Shouldn’t Be Sold – The Dangerous Lie

https://youtu.be/ouIqiWC8T_E You are a pretty compelling speaker Damian but you don't seem to have any concept of Intellectual Property (I.P.). That is: the work of a person's mind is as much worthy of value as the work of their body. Whether it infinitely duplicable or not is immaterial. There are still costs involved. By your … Continue reading Music Shouldn’t Be Sold – The Dangerous Lie

Should I Be Releasing Music More Often?

To Be or Not To Be - Posting, Posting, Posting... Last article, I spoke about the divide between Creators & Consumers and how these days the drive is to be constantly posting so you are in the eye of your (hopefully) adoring public more often. Release Singles Often and Abandon the Album. This is the … Continue reading Should I Be Releasing Music More Often?