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…
Brit Fox at Bad Racket: Hip Hop and Rap Studio Producer in Cleveland Brit fox brings her Rap Studio experience to Bad Racket Recording studio to create a premier Rap Recording Studio experience for artists, producers, and musicians from the community. We would love to hear about your musical ambitions, and we want to hear…
Recording Services from our Recording Studio in Cleveland Ohio Recording in the Studio and Audio Post Production from our Studios Near Cleveland Bad Racket hosts a variety of professional sound engineers producers and freelance audio engineers spanning decades of experience across the US and internationally. We are equally experienced in mixing and mastering in teht…
Getting the most of your recording studio session at Bad Racket Tip: There is no computer program or plugin, or production technique that will make your awful performance into a hit record. There’s no way around it, you have to make great content in the recording studio to make great recordings. Practice…
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…
Electrical and Lighting Considerations when Building or Setting up a Recording Studio TL; DR: Fluorescent bad, dimmer questionable, lamp good. Grounded AC power: Also good 🙂 All studios start out as a mess of wires in the back of a desk filled with stuff. Somehow everything gets plugged into a circuit breaker strip. Eventually you…
WAV vs AiFF vs mp3 or m4A: Which audio file format is best? Quick answer which is best to use 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 worst and should be avoided. AIFF…
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…
Beasts Without Biomes – Goodbye to Summertime (Live From Bad Racket) Now available on Apple iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/say-goodbye-to-summertime/1382354005 On a cold snowy day in Cleveland, we recorded an album for Beasts with out Biomes. Evan and Hunter came by and shot this sick video for a song called Goodbye to Summertime live from our Recording Studio…