Online Mixing Engineer vs. In-Studio Mixing: Which is Right for You?
Introduction Choosing between an online mixing engineer or in-studio mixing is an important decision for musicians and producers because...
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Adam Whittaker
- Jan 10
- 4 min
How To Write A Music Bio
Like so many of the things indie artists have to do now as well as making great music - learning how to write a music bio might seem like...
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Adam Whittaker
- Dec 15, 2022
- 5 min
How To Reach Out To Bloggers And Playlisters
As we head through 2023 streaming playlists and music blogs are still some of the most important resources we in the indie community...
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Adam Whittaker
- Dec 6, 2022
- 3 min
Recording Drums - Overheads
Recording acoustic drums is one of those things that people seem to think is difficult but is also one of the most fun. I’ll cover...
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Adam Whittaker
- Nov 14, 2022
- 5 min
How Do I Mix An Album?
As a mix engineer, sometimes I get asked about my mixing process. Doing a single mix is one thing - but how do I approach album mixing as...
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Adam Whittaker
- May 12, 2022
- 6 min
Recording Guitar
First, simply use the right tool for the job. Any guitar tone is a combination of three things: The player, the guitar, and the amp....
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Adam Whittaker
- Apr 14, 2022
- 4 min
Bass Traps, Part One
When I first started working from my own small studio everything I mixed was too bass heavy even though it sounded totally fine in the...
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Adam Whittaker
- Apr 7, 2022
- 7 min
Room Setup 101
There is an acoustics expert out there who says his products affect sound waves at a some kind of a voodoo molecular quantum level (and...
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Adam Whittaker
- Mar 16, 2022
- 2 min
Saturation
Saturation, for lack of a better definition is typically very mild distortion, also referred to as “coloration”, “vibe” “flavour” and...
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Adam Whittaker
- Mar 9, 2022
- 3 min
Preset F**ker
In my pond, there once was a guy known as "the Gordon Ramsey of recording” or, as I liked to call him - Preset F**ker. He was by all...
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Adam Whittaker
- Feb 23, 2022
- 4 min
Headphones For Recording
One of the most common questions I see is "what are the best studio headphones for recording?" and I'm afraid there isn't a simple...
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Adam Whittaker
- Feb 9, 2022
- 4 min
Surviving The Pandemic in Music
This was an article I wrote back in 2020 when we all thought this pandemic thing was going to only be a few months, little did we know. I...
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Adam Whittaker
- Feb 2, 2022
- 3 min
Choosing Your Mix Engineer
You worked hard on your music, and recording can be a difficult and emotional process as well as one of the most amazing things ever -...
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Adam Whittaker
- Jan 26, 2022
- 3 min
Rock Climbing Part Two
Back in the dark ages (the 90’s) music magazines, to music kids like me were as important almost as the music. NME would slander a record...
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Adam Whittaker
- Jan 12, 2022
- 3 min
Rock Climbing Part One
Rock Climbing is going to be part of a series that discusses what you, as an artist can, and should be doing to promote yourselves. First...
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Adam Whittaker
- Jan 12, 2022
- 3 min
Your Mindset Vs Success
Today's post is a short pep talk about where your head is. As I have tried to take this amazing thing I get to do for a living and make a...
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Adam Whittaker
- Jan 5, 2022
- 4 min
Adventures In Mastering
So, I finally started to make recordings that you could actually call records, and of course, was really interested in this mysterious...
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Adam Whittaker
- Dec 29, 2021
- 3 min
Record Pluggers
There are only about 30 or 40 songs that typically get played on a major radio station throughout the day in differing frequencies and...
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Adam Whittaker
- Dec 22, 2021
- 3 min
Songwriters Block
Unfortunately being creative is not a tap we can switch on and off. Sometimes we need inspiration and when it comes to songwriting if we...
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Adam Whittaker
- Dec 15, 2021
- 3 min
What Is The Difference Between Mixing And Mastering
Many people ask the question what is the difference between mixing and mastering and I shall attempt to answer that today! Once a song is...
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