So in comes the hybrid job: songwriter/producer. Doing both enables the songwriter to get into sound design, which otherwise would be left to the producers and the recording engineers. Sound design applies the science of the engineering on the producer's part of the recording process--putting together the song by whatever means necessary. People can use … Continue reading Musical Careers – A Different Path – Part 3

After acknowledging that the qualifications for a studio musician are basically all of my weaknesses, I first tried to see if I could address these issues. My weaknesses are essentially technical aspects of playing. Regular or frequent practice would help with learning songs, reading sheet music, playing different styles, and singing while playing. So why … Continue reading Musical Careers – A Different Path – Part 2

Until the start of 2018, I thought I wanted to be a musician for hire. Specifically, I thought I was on the path to be a studio musician. Since then, I have been learning more about the music industry and what's expected from today's musicians and I've started down a different path. Now I'm planning … Continue reading Musical Careers – A Different Path – Part 1

Hi everyone! For my first of a series of longer blog posts (expect at least 10 minutes of reading), I wanted to start with some of the pros and cons of learning multiple instruments. Before getting too deep into the weeds, I want to point out that I consider Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) as instruments … Continue reading The Good and Bad of Learning More than One Instrument

Hey, all. Thanks for sticking around between posts! It's definitely been a while. In the past couple weeks, I changed the tuners and strings on my 7-string guitar. It's far from perfect. I ruined two 80-gauge strings and broke the tremolo bar coupler trying to do things without thoroughly preparing, but I learned quite a … Continue reading My First Guitar Mod

Welcome to another installment of sheet music breakdowns. I'm revisiting Vulture, but this time, we'll be looking at the bass guitar parts. I'm still considering doing a breakdown of the guitar parts, which were written by my guitarist, David. But as mentioned in the drum post last week, the guitar parts for this song were … Continue reading Flaccid Acid – Vulture – Bass

Hi everyone, [edit: I've included a link to my sheet music for this song] This week, I'm sharing some breakdowns of the drum sheet music for Flaccid Acid's song, Vulture. The drums for this song have undergone many revisions, but throughout the entire life of the song, the guitar parts have been mostly untouched. I … Continue reading Flaccid Acid – Vulture – Drums