Hello fellow DIY Musos and thanks for checking out this new blog post. It’s been a while, I know… terribly sorry and all that but I do have some excuses…
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The Cheapest Basic Home Studio Setup
Are you totally new to the recording game? Do you really just want to get started with the minimum spend possible? Well there are options for you. Yes, it’s great to have high end equipment that costs thousands but we all have to start somewhere. There is plenty very good, affordable gear out there to get you putting out […]
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DIY Music Blog #16 – DIY Music, One Year On
It came so quickly I nearly missed it but this website is now just over a year old. The official ‘birthday’ would have been the 25th of April, last week. So it’s only right that we should have a little nostalgic retrospective of DIY Music’s first year of existence. It will involve lots of numbers…
Read MoreDIY Music Blog #15 – Home Studio Challenge?
Hey there guys and gals. Thanks for swinging by my little DIY Music website and checking out this latest blog post. As usual I’ve had plenty of stuff going on to talk about but this time I’ve got one major new thing. In my last blog post I talked about facing my fears and forcing myself […]
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DIY Music Blog #14 – Face Your Fears
Hello, you! Thanks for clicking whatever you clicked to bring you to the fourteenth DIY Music Blog post. I really do appreciate you being here and I genuinely hope that you find the stuff I’m writing about interesting or valuable in some way… Today I’m going to write about something that I’m afraid of, for some reason, […]
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Yamaha HS vs. KRK Rokit
Here’s a question you will see a lot in forums and groups online. Which are the best studio monitors for my home studio or production setup, Yammies or Rokits? The reason I think we see this a lot is because both are high quality and reasonably priced studio monitors, and ideal for someone with a small […]
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DIY Music Blog #13 – DISASTER! And how to be prepared for it…
A new blog post so soon?! Well, yes… and there’s a reason for this. I’ve suffered from a pretty major setback in the DIY Music home studio recently and haven’t been able to get a lot of stuff done that I’d hoped to. However, I’m going to find the silver lining around this and also share […]
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DIY Music Blog #12 – Boosting Your Mixing Skills
Hey there guys and gals, thanks for clicking through to the latest DIY Music blog. It’s been way over a month since the last one, in which I wrote about some of my plans for 2016. One reason for the long gap is because I’ve been getting on with working on those targets, among other […]
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10 More Significant Mixing Lessons
A while ago I wrote a list of my ten most significant mixing lessons. These were definitely the biggest game-changing discoveries I made as I was beginning to learn how to mix and if you haven’t read that article already, I think you should have a look before reading this one. Of course, there are a lot […]
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DIY Music Blog #11 – What are Your Big Plans for 2016?
So here we are in 2016. I’ve had a little break for Christmas and New Year (from work and the website, but not from music). Now I’m thinking about all the things I want to get done in the year ahead. What about you?
Read MoreFive Great Dynamic Compression Tutorials
Dynamic compression is one of those concepts in audio that can be difficult to get your head around. I know it took me a long time to fully understand it. This is partially because of the many different types of compressors available, partially because of the terms used like ratio, threshold and make-up gain, and […]
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DIY Music Blog #10 – Peak Plug-in?
It seems it’s DIY Music blog o’clock once more. Yes. Here we go. Today I’m writing about reaching ‘peak plug-in’, a term I made up recently, interviewing people who know much more about stuff than I do, the holiday season, and a bunch of other things. So please, do read on if that interests you…
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Recording ‘Back to The Drawing Room’ – Interview with Aled Jenkins from Smokey Bastard
I’ve known the band Smokey Bastard for some time now, my old band shared a stage with them a few times, they played at my 30th Birthday party and I helped with their previous album artwork (my typography work even appears on one of their T-shirts). I have always admired their exceptional talent and musical abilities […]
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Audio Mastering – Interview with Adam Matza
Adam Matza is the founder and owner of Magic Ears Mastering as well as being a talented musician and writer with a rich history in the art of sound. I recently took the opportunity to talk to him about his company and the subject of audio mastering in general. If mastering is something you’re interested in, […]
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Xmas Gifts for Home Studio Fanatics
Yes. It is nearly that time of year. CHRISTMAS PRESENT TIME! If you’re anything like me, you may be quite specific about the things you would like. My wife appreciates this as it makes her Christmas shopping that much easier. This year I figured I’d share my list of things I’d quite like and maybe […]
Read MoreDIY Music Blog #9 – All DIY *All* the Time?
Hey there guys and gals! Here’s the ninth (not tenth as originally thought!) DIY Music Blog. I’m sticking with the new format of thought of the day / my news / other news again as I think I can fine tune that into a decent blog style. Let me know if you agree or not. Once again, there’s […]
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DIY Music Blog #8 – Everybody Gotta Start Somewhere
Hello! Yes, it’s time for a brand new DIY Music blog. This is the part of the site where I write about what I’ve come across recently in my musical journey and maybe talk about about my thoughts. As I’m still working out the best way to do this I’m going to try a new […]
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5 More Great Websites for DIY Musicians
I previously wrote about my five essential home studio websites which have helped and continue to help me enormously in my journey. If you’ve not read it already I’d recommend checking it out. Since publishing that article I’ve discovered a few more gems on them there internets that I would like to share with you.
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Talking Acoustic Treatment – Interview with Ethan Winer
From running a professional acoustics business to playing Tchaikovsky on the electric guitar with a full orchestra, whilst writing numerous valuable articles and a book in between, Ethan Winer has a wealth of experience and insight into music and the science of audio acoustics. I had the great privilege of being able to ask Ethan a few […]
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DIY Music Blog #7 – Six Month Anniversary
Hello to you out there! Welcome to my seventh DIY Music Blog which happens to mark my first half-a-year of writing, blogging, making videos and basically putting myself about on the internet via this website. If you’ve just joined me, welcome… if you’ve been keeping up with my output for any amount of time, thank […]
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