— Daily Journal Entry 037 — And in my opinion, takes a bit more effort than your typical “talking head” video. Let’s take a really basic beginner guitar tutorial, for example. In order to make a fairly decent engaging video, one needs to film himself playing the guitar in a full, waist-up (or full body…
— Daily Journal Entry 028 — When it comes to writing and recording music in the home studio, there are a variety of challenges that await each musician. Sure, there’s the act of creating and recording the music itself. But sometimes before even to get to that part, there are other things that can stall…
— Daily Journal Entry 026 — I guess what I’m wondering is can the 48 Volts that’s needed for condenser microphone phantom power destroy the mic’s circuitry if its applied in the wrong way. i.e., should the 48V be applied after the mic is connected, or before, or does it even matter? Turn on Phantom…
— Daily Journal Entry 024 — To be perfectly honest (not that I would normally be dis-honest, on purpose), I have complete faith in my ability to occasionally come up with a pretty good musical idea, whether on guitar, or piddling around on the keys; however, I still worry about the audio quality of any…
— Daily Journal Entry 023 — I’m talking about the old TDK, Memorex and BSAF cassette tapes that I used to use for 4-track cassette tape recording on my Tascam Porta 05 multitrack recorder. I mean, just taking off the outer plastic cover of one of these blank cassette tapes excited me and made me…
— Daily Journal Entry 021 — First, let me say that I have never attempted sync licensing, or writing music that could eventaully 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…
— Daily Journal Entry 020 — Ok, so you’re sitting down, playing the guitar and gold strikes. You have a new idea that you really love and so you ensure that you capture it in voice memos (if you’re using an iPhone), or wherever… That’s fine and dandy, but if you never get to turning…
— 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 012 — 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…
It’s easy to create music while traveling these days. Everything you need fits in a small backpack or under an airplane seat. If you don’t mind checking bags with gear, you can take everything you need. This post, however, focuses on the ‘Carry-On’ approach. Before diving into examples, you might wonder: why even consider bringing…