You know how to make music, but maybe you’re a little frustrated by getting it actually done? Can’t seem to produce new works? This post is for you. It’s not that you can’t make music, it’s just the tediousness of it all and it is much more fun to pl...

Where exactly do songs come from? Not an easy question. But, I believe there are two distinct ways that music arrives to the musician. Well, here’s what frequently happens to me, and the explanations I have for each. Make My Idea I have some specific...

Wondering how to get started making music? It’s not hard and I can tell you what I did. Read on and you’ll be able to know my experiences and can adapt these ideas for your own. My background is not music. For me, I had a little piano experience when...

Last updated: 3-December-2021 I had the goal of creating a great multi-band compression/expansion scheme using Pro-MB. Fortunately for me, Xfer Records gives away a free plugin effect called OTT that is a three-band compressor. It performs upward and...

Brian Eno is, to me, the undisputed king of ambient music. He coined the term, “ambient music” in his groundbreaking album “Music for Airports.” Here I will revel in his sound-creating process and offer some captured bits of what I know of it – not a...

Cinematic music is fascinating to me. It moves the story of the movie along and the movie itself is nothing without it (at least it is a completely different movie). I’m interested in deconstructing the sound of cinematic music and Hans Zimmer is one...

Pianobook is a site self-described as “Curated by one of the founders of SPITFIRE AUDIO pianobook is a collective sample project that aims to bring together a community of likeminded music makers to talk about their stories through the pianos they us...

Here’s one of a number of brief guides and details about the microphones available in Pianoteq. Last updated: 9-January-2019 Microphones in Pianoteq Here is a picture showing the microphone types available in Pianoteq. The R84 This is an AEA Ribbon M...

Here’s one of a number of brief guides and details about the microphones available in Pianoteq. Last updated: 09-January-2019 Microphones in Pianoteq Here is a picture showing the microphone types available in Pianoteq. The Royer Labs Microphones The...

There’s not a manual with the Gwylim Simcock Felt Piano by Spitfire Audio, so here are my notes about the microphones used to record this wonderful piano. This piano is excellent and I highly recommend it. Microphones recorded the sound with Neve pre...