Capturing Magic

Capturing Magic

When you really look at them and analyse why they work, a lot of classic songs and recordings of their success to a musical hook or a particular sound. From a music production point of view this can be called the capturing of magic. When the right player with a written instrument is recorded in the right environment with encouragement and inspiration then the chances of achieving some musical magic and some unique sounds are
greatly increased. It is part of the recording and production process to try to create his opportunities for recording musical magic important to ensure that instruments are in tune and the recording environment is always ready to capture the magic moment.

Kick drum and bass level

Kick drum and bass level

When producing tracks that need a good kick and bass balance (that would be most if not all tracks!) it is interesting to see what happens when monitoring on small monitors or headphones. If there is no sub in the system then it can be too easy to overdo the level of bass so that when the track is played over a big pa it distorts and overpowers the track. Many is the time that I have thrown together a new track for a live show that sounds great until I get to play it out live. Now my solution is to use a little 2.1 system with two little tops and a small sub. If it sounds good on here then it will sound good live. I have always wanted to have the luxury of a live pa set up in the studio just for checking mixes. Maybe one day…

New samples and loops library

New samples and loops library

I have been meaning to start an online store selling loops and beats. It’s time to make that happen. I think that there is a room for a more useful format for loops where there is a lot more creativity left in the selection of sections of longer loops. I also always look for loops with starts, variations and endings so that they can be really used in the creation of a song structure rather that just one bit of audio that does only one thing. I hope that there will be other people interested in these more customisable loops.