A fledgling artist's journey into music production
Every once and a while, I come across information so unexpected and brilliant, that it seriously adjusts my understanding of how the world works.
It started happening again, while reading the Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee.
Continue reading “The First Pivot”Writing is hard. At least good writing is; dodging all the hackneyed phrases and tired cliches to produce something semi-original and authentic.
More and more, I find myself craving a better grasp of the english language. With each word learned, I come closer to saying something completely honest. But it’s still just an approximation.
Continue reading “Communication, and Why We’re Terrible At It”Declaring something to the world is a dangerous business; the world has a way of immediately testing you to see if you’ll hold to your convictions, or pointing out flaws in your theory.
For example, yesterday I talked how useful the piano was in helping me find melodies and harmonies I liked. And IMMEDIATELY after that, I began to see where this strategy falls short.
Continue reading “The flip side”The jazzy foxtrot is mastered and ready to go! Sadly it will never see the light of day it’s mostly made up of proprietary loops, and the one track I composed myself is a terrible-sounding saxophone. Oh well, still good practice.
Speaking of practice, I’ve figured out a faster way to create harmonies when designing tracks.
Continue reading “Harmonizing with Synths”In my first post, I mentioned three immediate goals I had:
Goals #2 and #3 have been seeing the most action lately, as I’m a completionist who can’t stand starting a new song without being sure I’ve completely “finished” the mixes I’ve already played around with.
Continue reading “Goal #2 is on the way!”It’s hard not to feel obligated to write about what I think others want to hear. I have the same issue when I teach dance, concerned with how I come across to others and if they doubt my abilities. I want to produce something more honest, and this blog – and the potential career path it represents – is my stab at that.
Sorry, there’s going to be a lot of insecurity here. But that’s part of my Truth.
I picked up a pair of KRK Rokit G4 Speaker Monitors on Monday. In case you are interested, here’s their stats:
Continue reading “New Studio Monitors! (And some other stuff)”