iancrewe, Author at DJ Chimney Sparrow

Harmonizing with Synths

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.

Goal #2 is on the way!

In my first post, I mentioned three immediate goals I had:

Produce my first song made entirely from notes I’ve created
Develop an ear for EQ and compression, starting by fiddling with the two songs I’ve already made
Continue building my loop library, by systematically going through every single instrument GarageBand has to offer, and building riffs from everything that sounds like it has potential

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.

New Studio Monitors! (And some other stuff)

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:

This is probably a mistake.

This blog is, like most of my ideas, not fully-formed. The idea was to document my current forays into the world of producing, mixing and mastering music. It is more for me than for you, and that approach seems to carry me further in my endeavours than trying to please others. Of course, it may end up with me just talking to myself for the entirety of this blog’s existence. But I suppose that’s nothing new.