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I bought another guitar pedal. (Note to new readers. I do not actually own a guitar, but I do play...
Check out my weekday daily #blog and read more in my post: Broken Sounds
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I bought another guitar pedal. (Note to new readers. I do not actually own a guitar, but I do play...
Read more in my post: Broken Sounds
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Have you noticed that the advice on the internet rarely leans into imperfection. Very few people are writing tutorials about...
Read more in my post: Loop Jamming
🔗 https://8clicks.8r4d.com/2026/03/loop-jamming/
#Blog #Imperfection #MakingForFun #MakingMusic #Perfectionism
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CLASSICAL or JAZZᵃᵈʲᵃᶜᵉⁿᵗ musicians/vocalists† —
What has been your most successful resource for hiring a pianist / accompanist for long distance collaboration?
No, there is no-one local. Yes, I've looked. For years. It's all country and emo-punk around here, or the actually trained musicians are working as teachers and have no free time.My first thought is to go with Fiverr, but I wondered if anyone knew of anything "better." (Or anyone specific on Fiverr?) I know there are sortof musician-exclusive Fiverr-type websites, but I'm not sure about the userbase size and general trustworthiness vs "we hyped this up but it's pretty cobwebby"…
† yes, vocalists are musicians, too — I'm just covering all my bases
PS - Not looking for "live" recording, just someone I can give sheet music w/ some directions to and have them record me a track.
#classical-music #classical #musicians #accompanist #piano #pianist #vocalist #singer #jazz #showtunes #collaboration #music-making #making-music #recording-project #Great-American-Songbook #standards #vocal-music -
A Red Hook Sea Shanty
“A Drop of Nelson’s Blood” at Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook, 14 September 2025. Sony A7iii. 50mm.
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Engadget: Fender just launched its own free DAW software for recording music. “The iconic instrument and amp maker Fender is diving deep into the digital domain. The company just announced Fender Studio, an all-in-one music-creation software platform. It’s basically a digital audio workstation (DAW) but one that’s intended for newbies. Think GarageBand and not Pro Tools. Just like GarageBand, […]
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Engadget: Fender just launched its own free DAW software for recording music. “The iconic instrument and amp maker Fender is diving deep into the digital domain. The company just announced Fender Studio, an all-in-one music-creation software platform. It’s basically a digital audio workstation (DAW) but one that’s intended for newbies. Think GarageBand and not Pro Tools. Just like GarageBand, […]
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Having some fun weekend downtime together with OP-1 Field. Don't judge poor rhythm skills (although I feel like the drum loop turned out pretty tight)
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Having some fun weekend downtime together with OP-1 Field. Don't judge poor rhythm skills (although I feel like the drum loop turned out pretty tight)
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Having some fun weekend downtime together with OP-1 Field. Don't judge poor rhythm skills (although I feel like the drum loop turned out pretty tight)
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Having some fun weekend downtime together with OP-1 Field. Don't judge poor rhythm skills (although I feel like the drum loop turned out pretty tight)
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Having some fun weekend downtime together with OP-1 Field. Don't judge poor rhythm skills (although I feel like the drum loop turned out pretty tight)
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My little #nephew playing with my blue rain drum ☺️
#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Gaginang #Biracial #FunTime #MakingMemories #drum #Saanich #AsianFamilies #Playing #Musical #SteelDrum #RainDrum #FamilyBonding #FamilyTime #MakingMusic #Drummer #SweetKid #ChildrenAreSacred #FamilyPhotos
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My little #nephew playing with my blue rain drum ☺️
#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Gaginang #Biracial #FunTime #MakingMemories #drum #Saanich #AsianFamilies #Playing #Musical #SteelDrum #RainDrum #FamilyBonding #FamilyTime #MakingMusic #Drummer #SweetKid #ChildrenAreSacred #FamilyPhotos
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My little #nephew playing with my blue rain drum ☺️
#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Gaginang #Biracial #FunTime #MakingMemories #drum #Saanich #AsianFamilies #Playing #Musical #SteelDrum #RainDrum #FamilyBonding #FamilyTime #MakingMusic #Drummer #SweetKid #ChildrenAreSacred #FamilyPhotos
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My little #nephew playing with my blue rain drum ☺️
#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Gaginang #Biracial #FunTime #MakingMemories #drum #Saanich #AsianFamilies #Playing #Musical #SteelDrum #RainDrum #FamilyBonding #FamilyTime #MakingMusic #Drummer #SweetKid #ChildrenAreSacred #FamilyPhotos
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My little #nephew playing with my blue rain drum ☺️
#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Gaginang #Biracial #FunTime #MakingMemories #drum #Saanich #AsianFamilies #Playing #Musical #SteelDrum #RainDrum #FamilyBonding #FamilyTime #MakingMusic #Drummer #SweetKid #ChildrenAreSacred #FamilyPhotos
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One downside of OP-1 is that I don't have a setup to video the process of making music. I can overlay live playing with the final mixdown, though! ...and so here you go!
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One downside of OP-1 is that I don't have a setup to video the process of making music. I can overlay live playing with the final mixdown, though! ...and so here you go!
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One downside of OP-1 is that I don't have a setup to video the process of making music. I can overlay live playing with the final mixdown, though! ...and so here you go!
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One downside of OP-1 is that I don't have a setup to video the process of making music. I can overlay live playing with the final mixdown, though! ...and so here you go!
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One downside of OP-1 is that I don't have a setup to video the process of making music. I can overlay live playing with the final mixdown, though! ...and so here you go!
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There were a few tracks in between, but here is #7!
I still suck at writing drums by hand, but this time exploring odd time signatures
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There were a few tracks in between, but here is #7!
I still suck at writing drums by hand, but this time exploring odd time signatures
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There were a few tracks in between, but here is #7!
I still suck at writing drums by hand, but this time exploring odd time signatures
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There were a few tracks in between, but here is #7!
I still suck at writing drums by hand, but this time exploring odd time signatures
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There were a few tracks in between, but here is #7!
I still suck at writing drums by hand, but this time exploring odd time signatures
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"I was so traumatised by the #musicindustry, severely depressed. To have the thing you love destroyed by other people is soul-destroying." How #DuBlonde quit trying to please #toxicmen and #musicbusiness #scumbags, and started living her best life
https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-music-industry-tried-to-crush-du-blonde-but-failed
"Being signed to #recordlabels made me fall so out of love with #makingmusic that I almost stopped." The #music industry needs more artists like Du Blonde, but she doesn't need the music #industry at all
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Just wrapped up mixing and mastering for my next Arcade Destiny EP "Trash Talk" just gotta work on the album art next!
I'm aiming for an early August release 🤘
#makingmusic #musicupdate #synthpunk #skatepunk #poppunk #synthwaveYou can listen to my last release on Bandcamp https://arcadedestiny.bandcamp.com
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My favorite song? Well, like picking a favorite child but unlike that situation, no one's feelings are gonna be hurt so... I'd say "Psychedelic Ghost Story" overall but it's close! "The Mystic Swims..." is very close for me and there's nothing I don't like.
But I guess "Dream Vessels on the River of Time" works the least well for me in hindsight.
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary #PostMortem
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And the #MPC of course... 85% of the effects on the album are from the MPC. I used a bunch of its plugin synths. Its #workflow and capabilities shaped the album from beginning to end. And unlike #Ableton, which is an incredible program, I am able to get into true #flowstates with the MPC.
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary #PostMortem #Songwriting #MakingMusic #Production #MusicProduction #HomeRecording #HowItsMade
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The #MicroFreak was both a driver of the album's sound ("New Machine Gods" wouldn't be remotely the same without it) and a shockingly flexible chameleon when needed (it's everywhere -- bass, drums, leads, pads, fx, frigging VOCALS!). Wouldn't trade it for the world. Love that thing.
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary #PostMortem
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So, in the way of TV crews who want to push their narrative of a star quarterback leading the team to victory while acknowledging the boring old defense kept the other team from scoring *probably* had something to do with it, I am naming the #MicroFreak and #MPC co-MVPs.
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Real quick, here's a couple last things and I am done. I was thinking of what the #MVP of the process was and my first instinct was to say the #MicroFreak since that little synth is on nearly every track but then it occurred to me that the #MPCOne that the whole thing was created within was probably the real answer. ...
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary #PostMortem
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My primary goal for the album was simply to continue my development as a creator from my last release -- to make an album that was better written, better sounding and more indicative of where I was at creatively. And I hoped to build on my successes with the last release -- in terms primarily of number of listeners/stream, but also in terms of sales.
#MusicProduction #Workflow #HomeRecording #HowItsMade
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Here it is, my final #PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary! Time for the post mortem, where I look back over the whole thing. This should be quick, I think? Guess we will see.
I spent five months on the album, more or less, including all the pre and post production. That was about a month or so longer than planned but it was worth the extra time.
LINK: https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories
#MusicProduction #Workflow #HomeRecording #HowItsMade
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And that is it, the tale of making the album! One more thread incoming, a post mortem looking back at everything two months (ish) after release... then it's time to start on the next album!
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary
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And I actually kept my first mastering pas! It wasn't perfect but I was frankly exhausted and more than ready to be done. I was concerned I was going to start making things worse if I kept at it, so I released it! (Art is never finished, merely abandoned.)
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary
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Once I had some mixes I was more or less comfortable with (and I definitely have things on every track I would go back and tweak... but it was time to let them go) I transitioned to #mastering. And if #mixing felt like occult science, mastering was the purest of dark arts, just complete black magic.
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary
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Side note: Jesus did I realize what I mess I am when composing while trying to mix! I am going to try to be more organized in the future (like, for example, not putting a bunch of foley into a drum track just because I have some open pads on the drum program) to save myself some trouble...
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary
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I finished up my mixes around Jan 23-24, somewhere in there. It was basically two full drafts. Did a mix of everything, did some test listens, then a round of edits and revisions, then more test listens. Then I was ready to master!
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary
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Point 2 was a reminder not to get distracted trying to figure out a bunch of whizbang shiny bullshit that may or may not actually help. On the #MPC platform (all mixed and #mastered inside the #MPCOne) there's less of this than on a proper DAW, but there's still a bunch of different stuff -- exciters, limiters, different EQs, etc -- that ostensibly *could* help...if you knew WTF it was.
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary
#MakingMusic #MusicProduction #Workflow #HomeRecording #mixing
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Seems obvious... hell, it *is* obvious, but it hadn't occurred to me until I heard it in one of my half ignored mixing tutorials and then it was like OH DUH. Anyway, that was the main key to me getting this done. Just knowing where to start and a rough plan to follow was like, 90% of the battle.
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary
#MusicProduction #Workflow #HomeRecording #HowItsMade
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1) determine the most important element(s) of the song; mix to those. 2) Stick to tools and processes you understand* 3) always trust what your ears are telling you, even if it contradicts what you've heard as the "right way" to do something.
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I almost forgot I have to do a #PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary entry for...#mixing and #mastering! Not the sexiest or most exciting part of putting out an album, but a pretty gods damned important one.
Here's the link, judge my mix and master: https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories
#MusicProduction #Workflow #HomeRecording #HowItsMade
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And I think that's about it for this one... Guess I'll append another post if I think of anything else. As always, happy to answer questions about this or any other track any time I can.
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary
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Oh, should mention the water theme came into play during sequencing too, when I realized it made perfect sense for the river to flow into the seas (the previous track is "Dream Vessels on the River of Time" and this one starts with seaside sounds, of course). That made me happy.
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary
#MusicProduction #Workflow #HomeRecording #HowItsMade
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The final key element I haven't mentioned is a #Morphagene based #ModularPatch that I used to create a performance of an old #FieldRecording I made of some kids on a tire swing. It blended in amazingly well with the wild vocal pad-meets-didgeridoo sounds that most of the track hinges on.
#PsychedelicGhostStories #ProductionDiary
#MusicProduction #Workflow #HomeRecording #HowItsMade
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Musically, the melody and the bass came first -- melody from the #opsix and the bass from the #Hydrasynth. The crazy synth pad/vocalesque thing that dominates the back half of the song is also Hydra. #MiniBrute2s provides some analog plucks throughout. Lots and lots of #Foley in this one, most of it stuff I created myself, including a rainstorm I recorded by sticking my #Zoom recorder in the window well.
