Author: coldthewinter

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 …