About a year ago Ian Shepherd published a neat infographic on loudness of online music platforms, and he recently updated it with current details for Tidal. It’s a handy snapshots of the online loudness environment. Check it out at: Loudness online – how loud is loud enough, and how loud is too loud ?
Hellbringer are a great local heavy metal band who I have worked with on a few recordings (well, all of them to at least some degree). I recorded and mixed their 2nd full length album which is due to be released soon, and the first review is in, coming from Marco Stebich on the Voices […]
Sylvia Massey has produced some fantastic records, having worked with artists like Tool, Johnny Cash, Cog and System of a Down. In this short video from Sound on Sound magazine Sylvia discusses “Adventure Recording”, including why you should always have a handy piece of hose with you:
Bob Katz is one of the masters of technical audio. His book Mastering Audio is an amazing reference book. In this article he discusses his approach to setting up a subwoofer with (almost) no test instruments: http://www.digido.com/articles-and-demos12/13-bob-katz/14-subwoofers.html
Having some multitrack music projects available for practice or classes can be pretty handy, and there is quite a varied collection available at: http://www.cambridge-mt.com/ms-mtk.htm
“I just learned a lot of lessons on the job, that took me, probably took me about 10 years to learn what I could have learned in a couple of years of school.” – Mark Mothersbaugh in this nice little 1 minute stop motion animation. Mothersbaugh is one of the great composers of our time, […]
BMA have named the new Looking Glass album the “Album of the Issue” and given it a gushing review. Reviewer Josh Nixon writes, “I feel that the three-piece of Marcus De Pasquale (guitar/vocals) and brothers Lachlan (bass/vocals) and Clinton Paine (drums) has been perfectly captured as a band; it’s their best performances on any record to […]
I had the pleasure of tracking drums, bass and electric guitars for Looking Glass’ new album in the last couple of years, and mixing the album late last year. It was released today on Goatsound Records and is a powerhouse album. Classic rock lovers should get all over this. Volume 4 by Looking Glass
A little while back I was interviewed in the CIT Woden Control Room by a few CIT students as part of ACTSIA’s Canberra Creatives series of profiles. The students did a great job (thanks Eddie, Vince and Jonathon) and you can check out a short profile here: Canberra Creative Presents Sound Engineer Tim Duck […]
Colossal posted up an article and video about a sea organ installation in Croatia constructed back in 2005. It sounds kinda cool. Check it out at: http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/11/the-sea-organ-makes-perpetual-music-with-ocean-waves/?mc_cid=2f7907f1d8&mc_eid=b70530c66d