August 2011
2 posts
1 tag
“Good design means as little design as possible.
Simple is better than...”
– Dieter Rams, 1987
1 tag
“Many desperate acts of design (including gradients, drop shadows, and the...”
– Noreen Morioka
September 2010
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June 2010
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December 2009
1 post
“A&R reps at labels used to develop artists, then managers, now producers end...”
– Cameron Mizell – Music Industry 2009 Wrap-Up
November 2009
4 posts
WatchWe’ll Fix It in the Mix- Overcoming Bad Production/Engineering Habits in the Era of Unlimited Tracks
Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, discusses how the era of digital recording, with its presets, wizards and unlimited tracks, encourages novice engineers and producers to get lazy about capturing performances that are...
WatchRobert Hadley on the importance of professional mastering
Robert Hadley gives an excellent explanation the role of today’s mastering engineer and why you should always get your record professionally mastered.
(Scroll down on the right side of the video).
Ignore Everybody
This book offers brilliant straight-to-the-point wisdom on creativity. It’s divided into 38 simple ideas – here are some of my favourites:
1. Ignore everybody.
2. The idea doesn’t have to be big. It just has to be yours.
3. Put the hours in.
4. If your business plan depends on you suddenly being “discovered” by some big shot, your plan will probably fail.
5....
October 2009
2 posts
Project Pedalboard
After years of collecting a random mix of beat-up, vintage, wallet-busting and thrift store guitar pedals – add a healthy amount of geeky tinkering and custom modifications - I finally decided to build a pedalboard.
I wanted to keep the pedalboard pretty compact so I could easily take it to band practice or on the road, but still have the essential pedals I needed. I also wanted to keep things...
September 2009
16 posts
30 Days to Become a Freelancer →
Excellent article - this should be required reading for anyone getting into freelancing.
“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and...”
– Jack Kerouac
Grand Archives - Oslo Novelist
American Camels Myspace →
Recording and mixing sessions for the debut EP are going well - we should have a few preview tracks up on the myspace within the next week or so.
American Camels debut EP
…is coming soon.
“If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don’t even start....”
– From the movie Factotum (by Charles Bukowski)
What inspired me to finally start this blog →
“The world is changing rapidly.
The way we work is changing, the way we live has already changed. Entire industries are crumbling, and more are growing on their ruins. People are empowered to express themselves, to create, to become a part of a global conversation and transformation, in a way that has never existed before.
What will you do with that?
What will your place be in this new,...