Your Mid-Tenn Jedi were honored to be asked to write for our friends at 101 Distribution, in their latest project of covering the nation by state (guess which one we’re covering). Following is an excerpt from our first article. I hope you’ll take the time to visit 101 to read the whole thing, check out […]
Falling Water makes a Splash
You know my thoughts if you read my review, here it is in the words of some others. Mark Rechler’s Falling Water Project Flows onto Playlists Around the Globe While smiles and excitement are abundant as the holidays approach, many often have strong feelings of depression and a fear of being alone during the cheerful […]
How To Prepare Your Studio For Recording
The original article was first published on Small Barn Sound. Take a trip to the foothills for the full length feature. I’ve been making recordings since I was eight years old, and in the interest of making a good recording, I learned early to be prepared. As a musician, I often “write a song” and […]
How To Prepare Your Studio For Recording – part II
Making the studio comfortable for the musicians and engineers ( usually just that guy they call, “me”) is only part of the secret to fast, groovy tracks. Having the gear set up and gobos in place, drums tuned, and selecting the mics is not going to get you all the way there. I told you […]
How To Prepare Your Studio For Recording
I’ve been making recordings since I was eight years old, and in the interest of making a good recording, I learned early to be prepared. As a musician, I often “write a song” and run to record it only to find that I haven’t written a song, yet. Meaning, I find myself with some chords, […]
Streamline the Studio Today
What? What’s wrong, Now? You have problems. We all do, I understand. One of the biggest problems indy musicians (especially those that do their own recording) have is how to quickly improve the studio to advance the workflow and move those recordings along. What is the single best improvement you can make to your studio […]
Up-grading for Cubase and UAD Computers
When was the last time you up-graded your recording (DAW – digital audio workstation) computer? If you’re like me, it’s been a while. You watch as update after update rolls out. 2 cores, then 4, 6, 8 ! What’s next, a cellphone sized machine that will just record and mix what we hear in our […]
A Modern Day Poet
Yesterday and Today Follow @JeffGrizza Jefferson Grizzard is a singer/songwriter from Rome, GA who has recently released his first album “A Crack in the Door” on Backporch Syndicate Records. Jefferson began both playing the guitar and writing at the young age of thirteen. As he grew up his writing style began to take the mold […]
Country for a Cause – a good Cause
Two years ago, songs starting coming to me. I tried to block them out – they persisted. So I bought a guitar. I wrote. I recorded. My first release hit #1 in Las Vegas. I made some important decisions. To not relive the rock n roll life, I chose Country. To take money out of […]
Testify – Sky Hi’s new record Rocks!
Be sure and check out Sky Hi on the Murfreesboro Music Sampler presented by the Murfreesboro Pulse. Now available at Hastings, Media ReRun, and online! Click here for more info. Man there has been some good stuff landing on my desk lately! I was lucky enough to receive an advance copy of Sky Hi’s new Album – Testify and it’s […]
