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Buy Beats, Share Beats – Will You Be Part of the Golden Age for Home Recording Artists?

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by Owen Critchley
Warner/LoudThud recording artist
Author of Easy Home Recording Blueprint

Buy Beats – Worldwide Collaboration Era Has Now Begun
My Beats365 Test: I’ve been having a ball messing around with the over 100,000 beats over at Beats365 created by top hip hop producer Nebula 3. We took a straight up beat and blended it with [...]

Beat Making Programs – How to Make Your Own Beats Online Using DubTurbo Beats

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by Owen Critchley
Warner/LoudThud recording artist
Author of Easy Home Recording Blueprint
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Professional quality online beat making software has now arrived.

It was just a matter of time before someone put it all together and created true high quality web-based beat making programs. The issues and limitations that were apparent with other, earlier online beat software have [...]

The Cell Ring Tone – How Indie Musicians Can Take Advantage of New Earning Opportunities

Get Your Ringtone in the iPhone Ringtone Store with Tune Core
Cell ring tone? New opportunities? What am I on about?
For indie musicians, something interesting is happening on your way to a career in music. Instead of heading down that age old road with the single goal of getting signed to a record label, (whose role [...]

Recording Multitrack Audio for Professional Sound at Home

by Owen Critchley
Warner/LoudThud recording artist
Author of Easy Home Recording Blueprint

Recording Multitrack Audio – Part 1
(For part 2,  go to Home Recording Tips)

3 goals you should be setting before you record

Professional quality sound
Simple to use recording tools and software
Affordability

Although, everyone successfully guesses the first of the goals listed above, they often are misguided as they attempt [...]

Learn to Produce Music – How to Speak the Language of Sound

Becoming a Music Producer
You’d like to learn to produce music. Before you start, it’s important that you understand that good producers do not start their careers by learning how to use a ton of studio equipment. They do not even start by learning all the studio tricks. Instead, a good producer is someone who builds [...]

Emo Songs That Make You Cry – Songs About Loneliness

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by Owen Critchley
Warner/LoudThud recording artist

Song: “Before The Waves Come”
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I didn’t set out to write emo songs that make you cry, but apparently, judging by the reaction to the character of Melanie in Billboard Song award winning song, “Before The Waves Come,”  it has definitely become one of those songs.

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Making a Demo of Your Songs? – The New Rules

by Owen Critchley
Warner/LoudThud recording artist
Author of Easy Home Recording Blueprint

How to Make Demo Recordings That Stand Up and Stand Out
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1. The “Message and the Melody.” Before making a demo cd, we must accept that the song itself must provoke some kind of emotional response from the listener, either in its message, its melody, or both. [...]

The How to Home Recording Studio – Recording a Great Sounding Record at Home Doesn’t Have to be Rocket Science

by Owen Critchley
Warner/LoudThud recording artist
Author of Easy Home Recording Blueprint

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Let’s define the title of this article, The How to Home Recording Studio, and how you can realistically achieve the commonly shared dream of all aspiring recording artists: Affordable, professional recording at home and in a way that does not require an engineering degree. In [...]

Learn Garageband the Right Way

by Owen Critchley
Warner/LoudThud recording artist
Author of Easy Home Recording Blueprint

If you would like to not only learn Garageband, but also learn how to use it (or any recording software) to easily make hit-quality recordings, I invite you to read on, explore the site, but most of all, get yourself signed up for my free [...]

How to Record Guitar on Computer

by Owen Critchley
Warner/LoudThud recording artist
Author of Easy Home Recording Blueprint

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In this edition:
1. Recording acoustic guitar using “direct in” method
2. Recording acoustic guitar using mike
3. Recording electric guitar using “direct in” method
4. Recording electric guitar – miking an amp
Introduction
Before we begin to talk about specific methods about how to record guitar on computer, let’s agree to [...]