Sunday Shoegaze – Slowdive
Since Slowdive announced at the beginning of the year that they are getting back together, it’s pretty obvious I need to do a Sunday Shoegaze on them… [Sunday Shoegaze will... read more
Since Slowdive announced at the beginning of the year that they are getting back together, it’s pretty obvious I need to do a Sunday Shoegaze on them… [Sunday Shoegaze will... read more
Recording a snare tone you’re proud of starts way before actually recording anything. The snare has to sound great in the actual room you’re using as the recording space. Otherwise,... read more
If you want drum tones that sound great in your recordings, then you have to spend time getting them to sound great in the real world. Recording a great sounding... read more
It isn’t about having some rare vintage microphone. It’s not using some killer mic pre. And it isn’t using some flashy EQ or compression trick. It’s all about what happens... read more
Recording on laptops has become a routine affair. It’s accessible and ideas can be hashed out on impulse. The typical approach is to program and record one part at a... read more
I’ve featured My Bloody Valentine before in a “Sunday Shoegaze” post (when I was publishing it on the Producer Notes blog), but since MBV is playing a show in Chicago... read more
I recently co-wrote a song with Wes Speight called “Bloodletting”. We also co-wrote and co-directed a video for the song which we shot last Friday. It all turned out fairly... read more
Future Unlimited is fronted by David Miller, former drummer of Mother/Father, who I used to produce/manage along with Jacquire King a few years back. Doing a post featuring Future Unlimited... read more
This week I’ve been jamming Diiv. Diiv started as a solo project of Zachary Cole Smith, who plays guitar in the band Beach Fossils, but the side-project has since grown... read more
There’s that recent article written by David Byrne on The Guardian going around where he makes the statement, “The internet will suck all the creative content out of the world”... read more