by beachraven | Feb 23, 2019
At my first real job in a recording studio, sitting in sessions and watching the producers, engineers, musicians, and singers go through their process, it struck me how intangible it all is. The components are known: instrumentation, lyrics, chord changes, and the...
by beachraven | Feb 16, 2019
One of the things I’ve always loved about working in the studio is walking in, flipping on the equipment, opening the project, and dropping down into the process. Time begins to disappear, and my ubiquitous mind-chatter calms as if it’s also captivated. Many things...
by beachraven | Feb 9, 2019
Volume gets everyone’s attention. It’s powerful, and all too often, it can’t be ignored. But it’s also a cheap trick. You can hide in loud. It covers the truth of lousy pitch, weak songs, or a bad performance in the same way over-the-top visual effects deflect...
by beachraven | Feb 2, 2019
I read an article the other day that stated, “In the digital era, guitars no longer rule popular music.” Yeah, well, that’s been happening for a long time. Drums became the thing when disco turned into House Music, Hip Hop, Euro Disco, and now EDM. Twenty-five years...
