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A Tale of Four Mixes
I became unnecessarily excited over my newfound ability to create tracks that sound less like ass. But, I have to say that I am still pretty interested in this whole phenomenon of “compression.” This is, indeed, my production blog and I’ve decided that the time has come to take this on. Now, partially, my issue [...]
A Step in the Right Direction – Motion Blur (2010)
So, I got a new condenser mic. And while it doesn’t output at 96k, it still has a pretty good sound. I’ve uploaded the track [Motion Blur (2010) [12 MB] · The labeling might be weird if you open it in iTunes, I’m not sure what that’s about but it should be Æthereal – Motion [...]
An Ode to Pete
Up until now I’ve never really had a childhood icon pass away and I tend to not do a lot of the hero worship stuff that a lot of other musicians do. But Peter Steele from Type O Negative counts as an exception, because Type O, Life of Agony and that whole group of bands [...]
Working on a Buddy’s Track
I’ve spent the afternoon nailing down a bass part for a track that one of my friends has been working on. I think it’s going to sound totally fantastic, actually. I’ve sent off the rough version to him and hopefully he’ll dig it. It’s been so long since I’ve played this much bass, however. My [...]
Working on a New Track
While I don’t want to show off too much, I’d like to say that I’m really stoked with the work that I was doing today. I was feeling particularly inspired due to some reading that I was doing that was totally separate from anything to do with metal at all. I don’t know how everyone [...]
Thoughts on the Production Blog
Something that I’ve never tried before, and something that I’m very excited to try, is this idea of having a production blog to sort of talk about what things I’m actually involved in and what I’m working on in reference to the Æthereal project. One of the great things about being a musician in this [...]
Premonitions Re-Recorded