Welcome to another DIY Muso Spotlight, where I talk to fellow DIY Musos and find out a bit about how they do their things. This time I’m talking to my good man Nick Hanslip who is a great source of production advice.
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Tag: Home Studio
DIY Muso Spotlight – Jeffrey Johnson
Welcome to DIY Muso Spotlight, where I find out what’s going on in the home studios and musical minds of fellow DIY musos. On this occasion I’m very pleased to have a chance to delve into the wonderful world of Jeffrey Johnson.
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Managing Time for Music in a Busy Life
One of the most common reasons that DIY musos like you and I just fail to get stuff finished, or even started, is an apparent lack of available time. Since the wife and I decided to have a baby this lack of time has become something I’ve needed to really think about. I’ve found a few methods that have […]
Read MoreThe Best Affordable Headphones for Bedroom Producers
One of the questions that gets asked time and time again in bedroom producer communities is this… what are the best affordable headphones for new producers. In this article I’ll give you my opinion, and ask you for yours.
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DIY Muso Spotlight – Jeroen van Kuik
Welcome to the latest edition of DIY Muso Spotlight, where I ask a few questions of other musicians who are doing it for themselves. This time I’m talking to Jeroen van Kuik, a DIY hardware loving, heavy metal monster from the Netherlands.
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DIY Muso Spotlight – Jake Duffie
Our next DIY Muso Spotlight is pointed at Jake Duffie from The Underground Alliance. They are a house full of Heavy Metal loving musicians based out of Woodstock, NB, Canada. While the other three members are in a band known as MONTEITH, Jake’s main focus has been on the recording element. Let’s find out more…
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DIY Muso Spotlight – Michael O’Mara
Welcome to the second DIY Muso Spotlight. In this instalment we will be looking at the musical goings on of Michael O’Mara who I’ve know for a while now via the various online social groups we both belong to.
Read MoreDIY Muso Spotlight – Steve Broadbent
Hello! Welcome to a new thing for DIY Music. This is the first of my DIY Muso Spotlight articles, in which I will be shifting the attention to you, my fellow DIY musicians. The idea is to get an insight into what everyone is up to, what gear their using and how they approach their music.
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A Quick Catch Up
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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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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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 […]
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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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DIY Music Blog #6 – Home Studio Gear on a Budget and More
Hello to you, DIY Musos! How are you? Good? Good. Well here’s a new blog post from me where I’ll tell you a little about what I’ve been up to recently, including writing new articles about building up a decent home studio on a budget, more on my adventures in acoustic treatment, a new track […]
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Home Studio Gear on a Budget
If you are anything like me, and many other DIY musos around the world, then you probably don’t have thousands of pounds (or dollars/euro/rand/rupees/etc) to spend on gear and software for your home setup. It’s still currently just an (all consuming) hobby after all, so there’s no return on investment, no tax relief, no sponsorship… […]
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DIY Music Blog #5 – Acoustic Treatment in a Small Room
Hello DIY Musos and thanks for checking out the latest DIY Music blog. Today I’m writing about something I’m finally getting around to looking at properly; acoustic treatment. EDIT: Since writing this I was lucky enough to get to talk to Ethan Winer of RealTraps and get some really vauable info on acoustic treatment, as […]
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DIY Music Blog #3 – Slate Digital, Mixing and Hip-Hop
Hello there DIY music people. How are you all? All well, I hope… Been busy? I have. Here’s a little catch up with what I’ve been doing DIY musically since the last post, including testing out the Slate Digital plug-ins, working on new mixing projects and guides as well as finding myself writing a new […]
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My 10 Most Significant Mixing Lessons
Every now and then you come across a bit of knowledge which makes a tremendous difference to the way you do certain things. Those little tricks or hacks which make life so much better and you wish you’d discovered sooner. This definitely applies to mixing. I’ve experienced a number of these important ‘mixing lessons’ since […]
Read MoreMy Home Studio Journey – Part 4
Here we are at the fourth part of my Home Studio Journey blog type thing. Thanks for checking it out. If you’ve not read the first three parts, you can find them here.
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Choosing the Best Budget MIDI Controller for Your Home Studio
In this article I look at the best affordable MIDI controllers on the market. A MIDI controller is basically a bit of kit that generates and send MIDI information to any other bit of kit. They can include keyboards and pads for sending note pitch and velocity values, dials and sliders of various kinds, buttons […]
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Audio Interfaces for Home Recording
If you want to be able to record into your computer you are going to need an audio interface. This is basically a bit of gear which allows you to plug real world audio devices such as microphones and guitars into your computer, as well as send audio from your computer to external monitors. However, there’s […]
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