Faster Kill Pussycat – Analysis
What happens when you cross pop music and trance icons? Not trance, that’s for sure but you do end up with a guilty pleasure of mine. Back in 2006 Paul Oakenfold graced us with this…
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Ergonomics for the Computer Musician
Ergonomics for the Computer Musician Hey everyone! It has been a while and although I realize this may not be a topic you’ll find on too many music blogs, I think the information I’m about…
Dissecting Chill Part 4: Sia – Breathe Me
Finally… part 4. Way back in December or so I promised you a four part series on song structures and production techniques used in some of your favorite chilled out works and I have delivered. I actually…
Going 64-bit in Logic Pro and Ableton Live
Although there isn’t tons of chatter about 64bit applications too much these days, slowly but surely the industry has been migrating toward microprocessor technology that’s been in consumers hands since the early 2000’s. Recently I…
Dissecting Chill Part 3: Moby – Porcelain
Well folks I realized I promised you another song analysis quite a while back, and in fact, I promised you different songs, but hey – things just didn’t work out that way. This week’s track…
Book Review: Berklee Complete Guide to Film Scoring
Recently I took on a project to score a film. I’ve never scored a film before so I thought I should start by doing some learning. One book I read was Berklee Complete Guide to Film…
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New Music Release: Shall
Hey Folks – I’ve got a new release for all of you to enjoy. This is Shall, a progressive-ish song melding trance, prog house, and breaks together. As always, feel free to offer feedback if…
Dissecting Chill Part 2: Late Night Alumni – Rainy Days
Dissecting Chill Part 2: Late Night Alumni – Rainy Day And as promised we’re back again with another analysis. Today we’re taking a close look at Rainy Day by Late Night Alumni. This is a…
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Dissecting Chill – Part 1: An analysis of In the Waiting Line
Dissecting Chill – Part 1: An analysis of In the Waiting Line Early on I learned the value of really listening to the music to learn how to make mine better. There are so many…
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Acoustic Panel Placement for Mixing
A couple of posts ago I embarked upon an acoustic journey that I really had no hope of doing justice, but I figured I would try anyway. I’ve got some great feedback and as we…