Writing, Recording, Mixing, and Mastering a Song from Scratch Writing a great song can be fun. You might think you can easily write a great song and make a million topping the billboard charts, but you’d be wrong. It takes a lot of effort, trial and error, and time and money to make a…
Monoculture – Let the Seasons Breathe (Live From Bad Racket) Check out this song from Monoculture’s album Blueprint for Dysfunction. Performed Live at Bad Racket Recording Studio in Cleveland, Ohio. https://open.spotify.com/album/2U324O… https://www.monocultureband.com/ Filmed by: Black Valve Media Edited by: Evan Prunty https://blackvalvemedia.com
The Musicians Guide to Making Great Recordings Audio Interfaces, Analog to Digital, and other Recording Gear Audio Interface is the standard modern way of recording. While other options like tape machines do exist, the cost and availability of such systems is growing more and more expensive. Unless you have a ton of money or some…
Intro to Audio Engineering for Musicians and Songwriters Audio Engineering 101 Everything in the studio starts and ends with the musician. From the performance, to hopefully collecting a check. Musicians rely on the principles of audio engineering to record sound from analog to digital. The gear can make a big difference too The music…
Music creation can be easy and fun with new technology like samples, koops and different music creation software like Pro Tools, Logic, Reaper, Reason, Ableton, Garageband, Studio One, Etc. Loops in the Studio Recording and music making is no longer a process of creating sounds from scratch with new technology like loops and flexible licencing…
Musicians and beginner songwriters can benefit a lot from some basic music theory. In today’s increasingly competitive world, music theory is the difference from successful rehearsals, performances, and recording studio sessions for composers. Use music theory to drive your creative performance. You can develop using time tested techniques, step by step, using the same terminology…
Using a Rhyming Dictionary for Songwriting A lot of people use a rhyming dictionary or even a dictionary to help with rhyming words. While there’s many rhyming apps, popular Rhyming dictionary sites like rhymezone, and others, is it cheating, or even a good idea to use something like this for inspiration? Some offer slant rhyme or…
Recording and Mixing at Bad Racket Recording Studio Bad Racket is a recording and listening space built to be a good listening environment free from distractions. We encourage you to turn off your phone, wear a nice comfortable pair of your own headphones, and be prepared to take notes, or focus on the next few…
WAV or AIFF vs MP3 or M4A: Which audio file format is best? Quick answer… which is best to use to store audio data? WAV AIFF MP3 or M4A? Answer: WAV is usually best quality and most common for studio recordings and audio samples. MP3 is suitable for emails, but m4a is the…
Speaker Repair Diagnosis and Troubleshooting Speaker buggered? Is it not making any sound? Making a funny noise? Speaker problems can be a variety of issues, and repair and maintenance is usually the audio engineer’s responsibility. Check it out! Problem: Speaker Not making any noise First check obvious problems, like wires not being plugged in…