Author: coldthewinter

In the last entry, I talked about the lead up to and the beginning of recording the songs that Skylines and the Horizon would eventually consist of. In this entry, I’ll be talking about the songs on it, what instruments I played, pedals I used, and bits and pieces of the mixing process. As these will get …

After spending  a week writing and recording songs, I took a bit of break from the music. It was an intense enough situation where I wanted to take a step back, let the experience stew, and then go back in with a fresh set of ears to mix things down. When I write a song, …

Sometimes, I regret not documenting what we used on the different songs when we recorded in 2017. As a musician and wannabe gear-head, I love learning what stuff was used to capture a particular sound, especially as I was getting a grasp of what certain guitars sound like. For example, the opening guitar for Pearl …

After the Watauga sessions, I spent the intervening six years playing along with the recordings I was able to finish. I practiced the songs, gained confidence in the parts, and knew I’d be ready when the time came. The real challenge would be vocals, but that’s always going to be and will continue to be …

In the previous blog, I began talking about the process of recording at my friends’ house back in 2011. I realized things were getting lengthy, so I decided to cut it into two parts. In this entry, I’ll going to share what I remember about the recording experience of the individual songs, but not really …

After the false start in Lewisville, I knew I needed to dedicate some time to getting my songs worked out. Also, when I listened back to the tracks I recorded, I wasn’t happy with the way the guitars sounded. It sounded like an amateur, bedroom recording. That happens with the volume limitations one runs into …

Everybody makes mistakes. Mistakes are a fact of life, often lead to failure, and, in the wise words of Yoda, “the greatest teacher, failure is”. Mistakes and failure can be wonderful teachers, at least they can be if we’re receptive to what they have to teach us. I’ve made plenty of mistakes in my life …

I’ve been trying to “seriously” record music since 2004 when I bought my first M-Audio USB preamp and the Shure SM57 that I still own 14 years later and sits on a desk waiting to be set up in front of an amp. Before that, I recorded music on my Tascam or Fostex 4-tracks using …