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?

On Working Together

We all win, far more than any downside from compromise, when we really work together on building something. If you don't like to read and want to skip to the cheery positive bit and don't mind missing all the reasoning (and potential pitfalls), then scroll to "We've Only Just Begun". See ya down there. Yesterday … Continue reading On Working Together

Mix Engineer Advice Stems: “Handing Out Hysteria”

Advice on preparing & sending Stems to a Mix Engineer

Tips for Setting Up for Podcast or Audio Program Recording

Companion to How To Develop a Great Podcast or Audio Program If you look online you will see endless tips & tricks and adverts for all these things you must have to be “pro” when making a Podcast or audio recording. Generally, they are not helping you. Here is the advice I give to my … Continue reading Tips for Setting Up for Podcast or Audio Program Recording

How to Develop a Great Podcast or Audio Program

Audio Programs are many and varied. Most go under the catch-all term Podcast these days. Making great audio material is not particularly hard these days, so long as you keep your focus on what matters. Basically there are three parts to developing a podcast or audio program 1. Create the Material I am amazed at … Continue reading How to Develop a Great Podcast or Audio Program

You Don’t Know Me At All – Selfish Marketing 101

I haven't done a marketing article for a while and today I had the perfect thing show in my Inbox that wraps up what I've been thinking for a while. This is Dumb: eBay sent me an email with the Subject "We thought of you when we discovered these goodies..." This actually worked as it made … Continue reading You Don’t Know Me At All – Selfish Marketing 101

Music Theory Simplified (and cheated)

This article is really a holder for a series of videos on simplified musical theory as I compose a piece of music. What I set out to do in this series is to compose a piece of music whilst taking time to explain what I am doing and why. This won't be a set of 5 … Continue reading Music Theory Simplified (and cheated)

An Unpaid Update – Money & the Muso

Hi Buddy I hear you wanna be a Rock Star? Congrats but may I suggest that you take up digging holes, prostitution, being a mercenary or even a crash test dummy. These are professions in which you will get paid. Love Benedict I would like to look at a few of the issues around making … Continue reading An Unpaid Update – Money & the Muso

Avoiding Avoidance – getting on with things

Do you find that you avoid making music? I have spoken about this concern a time or two before but it has always been a bit more abstract, about the thinking and not so much the doing. This time I will try to be more practical in my look at the dilemma and possible solutions. … Continue reading Avoiding Avoidance – getting on with things

Are You Making Music, or Are You Making A Noise?

Until only a few years ago if you wanted to represent the concept of music visually, you used something like a graphic of notes and a wavey line. It worked well because it actually represents the flow of notes (story) in music over time. Nowadays music is commonly represented with a Soundcloud "worm". This may not … Continue reading Are You Making Music, or Are You Making A Noise?