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By: Steve Bolanda George’s Music A Basic Guide to Picking the Right Mic – From Stage To Studio As musicians, mics are an important part of what we do. We depend on them to translate the sound of our voices and instruments in a clear and concise manner. But there are so many different mics [...]

By: Kevin Manieri George’s Music You’ve been practicing and playing for some time now.  It’s only logical that you want to commit your ukulele-playing to a recording!  Here are some tips and products to help you get a great recorded sound from your ukulele. First, there are several ways to record any instrument, not just [...]

By Ben Blakesley George’s Music Man, that practice was awesome! Great strides were made on your band’s journey to excellence, fame, and fortune.  Some great song ideas were tossed around and jammed on, certain to be a #1 hit very soon… But then, you head back to your daily routine until next week when the [...]

By Ben Blakesley George’s Music The personal computer has changed the world in countless ways (can you imagine NOT receiving/checking your email constantly?) and as musicians, its biggest contribution is in the affordability and portability of computer-based recording.  Recording yourself or your band has never been more accessible or more cost effective. But even with [...]

By Ben Blakesley George’s Music There are many aspects of recording that will drive you nuts: getting the perfect drum sound, recording an isolated vocal in the same room as the band, getting rid of that annoying air conditioner hum! Fortunately for us guitarists, recording electric guitar is one of the easiest tasks we get [...]

By Ben Blakesley George’s Music Working as a recording (and sometimes live sound) engineer, I get a lot of clever comments about how complicated the gear looks. Really, that’s one of the fun parts about being an engineer.  You’re a part of an exclusive club of people who know what all those lights, knobs, and [...]

By Ben Blakesley George’s Music Recording an acoustic guitar can be a real challenge, even for seasoned veterans.  But it doesn’t have to be a horror story.  Here are 4 ways to quickly get a realistic and usable acoustic guitar recording. Before you strum… As with any recording, the instrument, player, and room are more [...]

By Ben Blakesley George’s Music Congratulations, you’re a drummer! That means you’re the coolest member of the band, you have less drama in your life, and an excellent outlet for your anger on the rare occasion you do have issues. Being a drummer is great.  What’s not great is that you have the most gear [...]

Getting Your Music into the Computer Cheap & Simple By Jon Chappell If someone asked you, What was the simplest and least-expensive to get into computer recording? What would your response be? Would you immediately recommend your favorite DAW? Would you steer them to a lite version of Cubase, Live, or Cakewalk? And what about [...]

By Craig Anderton It’s one of the most used, and most misunderstood, signal processors. While people use it to make a recording “punchier,” it often ends up dulling the sound instead because the controls aren’t set optimally. And it was supposed to go away when the digital age, with its wide dynamic range, appeared. Yet [...]