Computer recording vs the old days: spent about 4 hours yesterday trying to recover a lost track. Weird stuff with lots of blind alleys trying to rectify. I’d done all the right things with incremental saves and backup files but it seems many of the saves were corrupted. So how would this play out in … Read more
For a while I published “Song Story Sunday” where I took a song and made a collage of it, going through the various stages of development. Today I’m reviving this feature for a song called “One of A Kind”. This song was co-written with Tommy Morrison. Just under a week ago I heard this song … Read more
With version 7, in my view, Cubase has finally got it right and I’m referring largely to the mixer. I could never really get to grips with the mixer in all previous versions. It was baffling and the window just floated all over. Now the mixer is much more solid visually and is a full … Read more
Finally, procrastination begone ! First track for a project started years ago to produce a collection to be called “Down To The River” based on Tom Kelly‘s epic poem “Geordie”. Now after thumb twiddling, technology traumas and distractions, I’m calling this complete. I could tweak this and adjust that but I’m not letting this boy anywhere … Read more
I’m developing a new course for seeking employment supported by digital tools and social media. This also gives some consideration to Digital Footprint, sometimes referred to as Net Rep (Reputation). There are lots of horror stories about potential employers Googling a candidate to find all sorts of really embarrassing and compromising pictures and texts in … Read more
I’ve been watching developments in this field for a while. The process I use most is the sending of a track to a vocalist to add record their part which they then transmit back to me. I then compile the finished mix. Actual online collaboration has been attempted by several software producers but has never … Read more