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From Walter Sear to Wilco with GRAMMY-Winning Producer/Engineer Tom Schick

GRAMMY-winning engineer, producer and Berklee grad Tom Schick could be called the consummate audio professional’s professional. Quietly working away on a steady stream of amazing music over the past 20-plus years, Schick has collaborated or made records for the likes of Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams, Mavis Staples, Norah Read more...

The Lazy Musician’s Pre-Production Checklist: 8 Steps to Much Better Recordings

Let’s face it. We musicians can be a bit “motivationally challenged” when it comes to the minutia of having a real career in music.

We’d rather play a speed-metal version of “Stairway to Heaven” at rehearsal than slog through the intricacies of our set one more time.

Most of us Read more...

A Beginner’s Guide to Mastering: The 5 Key Benefits & Goals of Music Mastering

This is a guest post by Mark Bacino. For even more on mastering, try Justin Colletti’s new full-length course, Mastering Demystified.

If you’re planning to send your music out into the world, whether it is through iTunes or Spotify, Bandcamp or Soundcloud, CD or vinyl, you’ll probably want to imbue Read more...

Great Mixes Come from Great Arrangements: How to Craft a Mix-Friendly Song Arrangement

It an be argued that the making or breaking of a mix is really determined by the quality and strength of your song’s arrangement. Shortcomings in a song’s arrangement or production choices are a burden we all struggle with on a regular basis—whether knowingly or unknowingly.

Whether it’s frequencies from Read more...

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