OFFICE HOURS: we talked about sound treatment and snares
OFFICE HOURS: We chatted about creating songs with objects and just chatted
OFFICE HOURS: Music Industry- balancing different workflows, and income sources. How AI is impacting film music. Music platforms and streaming vs artist direct to fan and creating community.
OFFICE HOURS: Discussed an element in Alee's song, some ideas for follow up, and ways to experiment over the break.
OFFICE HOURS: David's new song
Listening/Critiquing
The importance of following your gut
The points of diminishing returns
OFFICE HOURS: We briefly talked about patch bays, and touring strategies for regional tour of PCNW.
OFFICE HOURS: Vocal tuning with Melodyne and Autotune. Covering basics and using a verse of her song for the example. Showing a few of the basic pitch functions and comparing the vocal in context of the music with Melodyne, Autotune and no vocal tuning.
OFFICE HOURS: We covered ways to approach using reference tracks for our productions. sometimes reference tracks are for guidance on overall vibe, and sometimes they're for more granular production areas. But we talked about how to navigate that within the context of our own creativity.
OFFICE HOURS: we had a mostly quiet working session together - Alee worked on her chords for a new song, and we caught up a tiny bit.