Weezer has a new album, Hurley (yes, as in Hurley from LOST), coming out on September 14th. But despite having this new album coming out Weezer singer Rivers Cuomo recently said “We have this really exciting idea to do a tour where we spend two nights in each city, and the first night, we play [...]

Occasionally I like to peep into the world of mainstream music to check out what teenagers and secretaries are listening to lately. This could be seen as a waste of time (and I won’t argue too strongly that it’s not) but I do think it’s a decent idea to keep a bit of perspective on [...]

REAPER is my favorite DAW (digital audio workstation) and not just because you can buy a personal/small business license for only $60 (although that is pretty cool.) I’ve tried a lot of different DAWs (including Pro Tools) and REAPER is easily my favorite. In my opinion it’s better software than programs that cost about 10 [...]

Today I’m continuing my series for “three great albums” for each year beginning in 2007 and working backwards (I’m planning on keeping at this until I reach 1964.) I’m at 1997 today and this is a year I’ve been looking forward to as I think it’s my personal favorite year for music for the last [...]

Continuing my series on “three great albums” that were released in any given year (I began in 2007 and am working my way back to 1964.) I’m at 1998 today. Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea This album has become a true classic over the years. It seems to have influenced [...]

I just came across a couple of OK Go’s music videos that I thought were so groovy I had to share them here. It’s quite rare for me to be excited by any music video but these are something different from the norm. The first is for “WTF?” and features some rather insane special effects [...]

Previous entry: 2000. This is my series on “three great albums” which I’m highlighting from each year. My intention is to draw attention to albums that I feel truly standout from the pack. Albums that have stood the test of time (this is, obviously, more and more true the farther back I get) and deserve [...]

Previous Entry: 2001 (I’m working my way backwards.) Radiohead – Kid A Not a difficult decision to include Kid A. I still vividly remember the first time I listened to this album back in 2000. I’m sure it helped that I was out of my mind at the time, but it was one of the [...]

I’d been considering buying the MXR Carbon Copy for some time (because I’m a bit obsessed with getting more analog in my signal chain and delay is an effect I use a lot) when I finally decided to get one this week after reading a lot of positive reviews about how much better the delay [...]

I’m a home recording enthusiast who has got to the point of being able to record and mix high quality recordings without putting myself in too much credit card debt. In this post I’m going to share with you all of the most important tools that I use and a little bit about how to [...]