T-Minus One – A Glimpse Into My Music Production Process

T-Minus One

A short glimpse into my music production process, regarding my latest release. 3am. It’s dark, and my wife is sleeping soundly. I crawl out of bed and sneak quietly downstairs to the part of the living room that serves as my music production studio these days. Headphones on, monitors disabled! The glare of the computer… Continue reading T-Minus One – A Glimpse Into My Music Production Process

Blue Paradise and Causality

This past week I released a couple of (chill/dance) songs that have been kicking around on the back burner over the last few months.  The first one (chronologically) is entitled Blue Paradise: Blue Paradise is a fun collaboration with my long term Wednesday Night Music cohort Paul Frick, and influenced by one of our favorite… Continue reading Blue Paradise and Causality

Mixdown Effects and the Mastering Chain

EDIT: October 2016 Note that since I posted this, I’ve become convinced that multiband compressors (like the C4 effect I had been using) can change the music in undesirable ways, so I’ve stopped using them in my mastering process. In this blog post, I hope to provide some insight into my music production process for my… Continue reading Mixdown Effects and the Mastering Chain

Wednesday Night Sessions With Paul Frick

I have some exciting music happenings to talk about.  One of the biggest is my ongoing long-term collaborative project with my friend Paul Frick. First a short bit about Paul.  We met several years ago, as Paul is my daughter’s boyfriend’s father (yep, they’re still dating).  Our families have always gotten along well, and it… Continue reading Wednesday Night Sessions With Paul Frick

Soft Summer Rain

I’ve been working on tracks for my 2nd album.  Here’s a sneak peek at one of the songs, entitled Soft Summer Rain.  Let me know what you think!