LITTLE CRICKET

The technology available in 2021 bypasses many of the limitations there are to recording a real acoustic piano.

I like to take the same approach to recording electric guitar that I take to bass guitar.

The acoustic guitar makes a great songwriting instrument for several reasons.

This is most often the case with hip-hop and ambient, but electronic drums can find their way into pop music and even rock, on occasion.

Shakers and tambourines are great for adding energy to a song and filling in the rhythmic gaps left by the drum kit.

Due to their piercing tone and their duration, crash and splash cymbals make great accents to a beat kept by the shells.

Shells, the more transient elements of the kit, consist of kick drums, snares, and toms.

This is the reality of bedroom production. Composing and producing are two very different tasks, and they don’t always get along.

Probably the one aspect of songwriting that I’ve struggled with the most until recently is coming up with lyrics.

Although it sounds a lot like a chorus or a flanger, a phaser works by a slightly different mechanism.

By the time I've worked out a song's structure, I'm ready to open my DAW.

I want to share with you my general workflow and why I complete specific tasks in a particular order when mixing.