Just a little public safety note that I discovered, and I am not particularly angry yet, because for some reason I had made a back up before I tried to upload my file to keep a back up safe. There seems to be a bug when using iCloud to backup a project file in GarageBand... Continue Reading →
“A Dying Man” Sings His Tale?
https://youtu.be/LV2xVl6oW3w I believe in inspiration and I believe in creation and I believe in editing, but sometimes: You're inspired to just put something out without any editing and that's OK You create something without pure inspiration and you edit it and that's OK. You have an idea and you put it down and it needs... Continue Reading →
Storm In A Teacup
I always liked the phrase "Storm In A Teacup." It's British, but the Americanized version is a "tempest in a teapot", which aside from being alliterative would allow for a slightly larger storm, or perhaps a copy of that Shakespeare play. I don't know why it's changed, we have teacups, too. In any case it's... Continue Reading →
Good Luck on Sunday, Lin Manuel-Miranda!
I do think La La Land may take it, but "Where I'll Go" is a fabulous film song. Not as funny as "You're Welcome" and "Shiny" but critical to defining Moana. But I am really here (spoiler?) to finally say (now that everybody has had a chance to see it) how glad I am to... Continue Reading →
Music Making Needs Control: GarageBand iOS
I really like Garageband iOS on my iPad. Lately it's been improved to the point where the annoyance of not being able to do something critical has been replaced by the smaller annoyance of needing to learn where they have hidden how to do some things. Did you know that if you long press on the... Continue Reading →
Free NPR Audio Training Online
A primer on audio issues with tips on preferably preventing them or trying to fix them after. This is fantastic if you use a microphone to record anything, for audio, video, music, podcasts, whatever. It will make you think first and have (less) problems later. At the very least, you'll learn the vocabulary so you... Continue Reading →
Build A Better Mousetrap
"And the world will beat a path to your door." That's the saying, isn't it? I don't know why the mice-killers get all the foot traffic, but I get it. Who wouldn't want to be able to mass murder cute little rodents? (I wonder what Walt Disney would counter with. I suppose he just made... Continue Reading →
I Make Music. I Simply Need To.
Usually I just fail to record it, or I will make a simple demo that I don't share. But my wife deserved a love song and I thought I would be grand about it, instead of quiet. So this time it ended up on my Bandcamp page! Click for a free listen. As I said on her... Continue Reading →
Happy Holidays Bring A Musical “Change Of Season”
Change Of Season instrumental on BandCamp I was a huge George Winston fan on discovering him in college (in addition to many other influences in very different genres) and always felt I didn't play piano as well. That's probably still true, but I can play and this song certainly touches on some of the same reflective feelings... Continue Reading →