Thoughtful commentary on the craft of songwriting, gear philosophy, and music-making. A text-first space for exploring creative workflows, arrangement notes, and production ideas for independent musicians.
First, let me say that I have never attempted sync licensing, or writing music that could eventually be heard in a movie, or television commercial. I do like the idea and would like to muster up the courage to submit something in the future, but for now, I’ll stick to YouTube and maybe a little…
— Daily Journal Entry 019 — I should make a better effort to get back into programming my drum tracks as a more intentional endeavor. Of course, playing an actual set would be the most ideal thing to do, but that’s just not on my realistic radar at the moment. I’m jealous of a few…
— Daily Journal Entry 018 — The Sigma is another one of my past guitars that I cannot believe I let go. It originally cost me about $250 (I think) over 35 years ago, and I only got, maybe $100 for it on eBay. This was back during a time when I thought I was…
— Daily Journal Entry 017 — First let me say, that I’m not a “real” drummer. i.e., I can play the drums to some degree. I can keep a simple beat and maybe even throw a few clever fills on occasion. To top it off, if you needed an extreme emergency fill-in, on-the-spot drummer, I…
Bottom line… Of course not!… The first guitar I ever really learned to play on was a Fender Squire, made in Japan. I loved it, but for some incredibly “less-than-intelligent” reason, I got rid of it. I used it, and another guitar as a trade-in for (what I thought) was a better guitar. Photo Caption:…
— Daily Journal Entry 016 — And I WILL get another one at some point in the (hopefully near) future. I did purchase a Squire version to make up for it for the time being, but the one in the featured photo played like butter. Unfortunately, I had to sell it on eBay due to…
— Daily Journal Entry 014 — I used to think that the term, Middle C, only referred to piano. As in, the physical spot for the C note that is in the middle of the keyboard. But that’s not the case at all. It’s actually the C note right between where the treble clef and…
— Daily Journal Entry 013 — If you are a guitarist, you’ve heard of (and probably at some point used) a “wah” pedal. Or, “crybaby,” as they are also called, because… well… I guess that’s what it sounds like its doing to the sound… “Wah, Wah… Whee, Whee…” and so forth… and so on… They…
Now that AI is on the scene, why bother creating music? I’ve actually purchased a SUNO AI subscription and have had a go at prompting out some “original” music. Just to say that I’ve tried it (even though I paid for the premium plan). And the quality of the recordings is something I cannot match,…