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Hey Teachers: watch how you ask the question
Hey teachers, when you ask your class any questions, it’s a little bit like saying, "Does everyone understand?" If you don’t hear anything, it doesn’t mean it’s time to move on.
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Compression: Good Talk
Let’s talk about why you’re having a hard time hearing compression.
Finding the sculpture inside the stone
Today in office hours I helped one of our students conform some of their free playing onto a tempo grid.
Plagal: meet the amen chord
Meet the Amen chord, the plagal cadence.
Bussing
As soon as you send a signal anywhere, your stereo output, your headphones, you’re using a bus.
Stop Singing
Stop singing. There’s nothing in your vocal chain that will substitute for a good performance. I can fix your pitch, I can fix your timing, but if the …
Patches Aren't Presets
I don’t give a rat’s ass if you use presets or not.
Color Tones
The color tones in a chord tend to be the ones that create a little friction.
Ten Things That Are More Important Than Your Signal Chain
Here are 10 things that are more important than your vocal chain.
Save A Song
Every day, thousands of potentially great songs are abandoned and left to wither away, unappreciated and unloved.
Tape Marker
Two things in the studio you’ll never see me without.
Exercise
As your equipment begins to age, it’s gonna need exercise, just like you will.
