Many websites offer pro song critiques, with prices varying from £10 ($20) up to £50 ($100). Should you get one?
The debate is rife on songwriters forums and mostly, songwriters do not agree. In fact, this article was inspired by a thread on the subject over at Just Plain Folks.
Like many of these decisions, it depends on your […]

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So far, we have studied sounds as if each instrument was on its own. For example, we have talked about how you’d like your guitar to sound, or the drums, or the bass and so on. But of course, a recording is about how all the sounds work together.
Different instruments cover different areas in […]

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Knowing what guitar or drum sound you want is good. But how do you make that sound? 
Let’s look at sound and its components: timbre, tone, effects.
The timbre is the primary personality of a sound, the first way to describe a sound. Basically, each instrument has a different timbre. Let’s say you hear a recording with a trumpet with a reverb […]

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