Home Studio Tips

I have some new songs on my website. Please take a listen and let me know what you think. I'm always looking for outside opinions, good or bad. These songs were recorded in my basement using Pro Tools LE 7.4 and an Mbox. Pretty basic and inexpensive equipment, can produce pretty professional results.

I am happy to announce that home studio tips now has a companion message board. I thought it was important for people to be able to discuss things other than in the comments of this blog.

Please sign up and post as often as you like. I'd like to build a community where we can share all of our home studio tips!

iSound is having a Battle of the Bands contest with over $12,000 in prizes for bands and musicians! You will have a chance to get your own CD pressed, get 2 songs on the upcoming iSOUND compilation, get your band t-shirts printed, internet distribution for your music and a ton of free promo on iSOUND.com.

iSound will pick the 8 top artists. The top 8 artists who receive the most unique MP3 plays from April 17th to May 15th will be picked as the winners!

First place battle winner receives:  read more »

The greatest thing about going digital for me was the fact that I can cut and paste sections and I could automate my faders. Two very simple things that completely changed the way my recordings sounded.

Back in the day, I used an old Tascam 4 track. It was good for what I was doing. I loved it. It wasn't until I started using my PC with n-Track and Pro Tools that I really discovered how much more flexible digital recording was.  read more »