Feb 032010
The iPad is Going to Change Music Production More than You Think.

A lot of hoopla has been going around the internet this past week regarding the iPad. Love it or hate it, the fact of the matter is that Apple has a track record of producing new hardware that rocks industries in such a way that the entire industry changes. The question comes down to then [...]

Jan 022010

So the new year is upon us and the site has been dead for the past couple of months. I have been battling with what to do with the site since I do not have the time to do a regular podcast regarding music production and I do not want to try to keep up [...]

Sep 212009
Presonus Studio One (v1.0) Review

Presonus is a company that for years has prided itself as being one of the best mid-level audio equipment manufacturers around. They have long been known for producing some quality audio interfaces and pre-amps and generally dominate that sector of the market along with Motu. It would seem logical then that Presonus would want [...]

Sep 152009
Are Homepages Still Needed?

When Myspace stormed onto the scene several years ago bringing with it the social ecosystem design for bands, it in some respects changed everything. The dichotomy of information changed from the listener seeking out the artist to instead the artist almost seeking out the listener. In the social networking ecosystem the information that the artist puts out is pushed to the user.

Aug 052009
Top Five Music Communities to Distribute Your Music Online

As musicians we want to get our music out there to the audience right? Sure you do and there is no better way for a bedroom musician to get their music heard than to get it online. With all of the different sites out there though, what is the best way to get online and heard by listeners? Sure you can host it on your own website, but how much traffic is your own website really getting? So to help everyone out, here is my list of the top five best places to host your music online (and to get it heard).

Jun 162009
The Macbook Aftermath

Alright, so we are now a good week into the post announcements for the new Macbook Pros and I suppose everyone has had some time to digest the changes to the hardware. With the new announcements there have been a couple of changes to the hardware that could potentially have a pretty large impact on music producers. Being that Macbook (Pros) make up a pretty good chuck of the producer laptop market, lets take a look at some of those changes.

Jun 102009
Who is Leading Interface Design?

With the release of Record three weeks ago, there has been a lot of discussion floating around the net about its merit and place in the computer music world. While the merit of whether or not Record will succeed is certainly handled well in other conversations, there is one thing in the entire release that [...]

May 132009
Are Electronic Musicians/Composers Really Musicians?

This is a debate that I always love bringing up with people time and time again, and that is the question as to whether or nor electronic composers really are musicians. Now for me the definition of a musician is someone who plays an instrument or sings. If you think about it though, most people [...]

May 112009

As many of you can probably see the the site is undergoing a make over.  What you probably don’t see is the underlying tech for the site is also being completely rebuild. Over the past five months Orju was a Beta test for me to experiment with the podcasting and distribution of the site. Through [...]

Jan 072009
New Apple Macbook Pro 17”: The Battery is Not the Real Concern!!!!

Yesterday Apple had their last Macworld address and while the releases were moderately interesting, one of the most controversial is perhaps the announcement regarding the non-removable battery for the newly announce 17” Macbook Pro.