Video Blogging Update
I'm having a bit of trouble getting the video blogging underway. First off, just finding the time right now is a bit daunting. I'm traveling alot for a couple projects and there's always something on my plate, but thats no excuse, i always try to make time to blog. But i also bought the wrong camera, and it doesnt work as well with my Mac as I'd hoped. So, i have to find a better one, i'm trying one out tomorrow. But i did find some kick ass software that will help me do this, so thats a good thing.
The response from you guys about video blogging has been very encouraging. Its always nice to know that there will be someone out there who actually might benefit from these things, as they take alot of time from my schedule and i dont wanna feel like i'm talking to a wall. I've been getting alot of good suggestions about topics to do video blogs about. Keep those ideas coming, and keep them focused to a topic that i can actually cover in a blog or two. I had one person say something like "Can you blog about how you get your mixes sounding like a tight record". Now while i'd love to be able to convey that in ten or fifteen minutes, I'm not sure i could effectively convey that in ten hours. I cannot teach you how to mix from a video blog, but i hope to pass along to you some tools, tips, tricks, techniques, about specific things that you can take with you and try on your own, and incorporate them into your own musical creation. In fact, alot of what i blog about might not be mixing at all. You know i do ALOT more than just mix. I recreate samples for guys like Kanye and Just Blaze, i am a studio musician and multi-instrumentalist / singer for ALOT of big records, (you've probably heard my voice on a record and did not know it, and you'd have to live under a rock to have not heard my playing), I also produce alot of records. I'm currently in various stages of production on seven different projects spanning several different genre's. I'm a songwriter. And i also happen to record and mix records for a living as well. I'll be offering my thoughts on all of the above subjects at different times. Also, i'll be offering my thoughts on the music industry in general, which might be some of the most valuable stuff of all for some. I've learned enough in 14 years of making major label records that i hope i have some useful tips so that you may sidestep some of the pitfalls that may lie ahead.
Anyway. Keep the ideas coming. I am reading all of them. I am getting some great ideas from you all, and obviously the things i think will connect the best will be the ones i probably tackle first. What are those things? From super beginner to semi expert, what do you want me to cover?
- Ken Lewis
check out indieTunes.com the Best Place on the Net for Indie Artists!!!
The response from you guys about video blogging has been very encouraging. Its always nice to know that there will be someone out there who actually might benefit from these things, as they take alot of time from my schedule and i dont wanna feel like i'm talking to a wall. I've been getting alot of good suggestions about topics to do video blogs about. Keep those ideas coming, and keep them focused to a topic that i can actually cover in a blog or two. I had one person say something like "Can you blog about how you get your mixes sounding like a tight record". Now while i'd love to be able to convey that in ten or fifteen minutes, I'm not sure i could effectively convey that in ten hours. I cannot teach you how to mix from a video blog, but i hope to pass along to you some tools, tips, tricks, techniques, about specific things that you can take with you and try on your own, and incorporate them into your own musical creation. In fact, alot of what i blog about might not be mixing at all. You know i do ALOT more than just mix. I recreate samples for guys like Kanye and Just Blaze, i am a studio musician and multi-instrumentalist / singer for ALOT of big records, (you've probably heard my voice on a record and did not know it, and you'd have to live under a rock to have not heard my playing), I also produce alot of records. I'm currently in various stages of production on seven different projects spanning several different genre's. I'm a songwriter. And i also happen to record and mix records for a living as well. I'll be offering my thoughts on all of the above subjects at different times. Also, i'll be offering my thoughts on the music industry in general, which might be some of the most valuable stuff of all for some. I've learned enough in 14 years of making major label records that i hope i have some useful tips so that you may sidestep some of the pitfalls that may lie ahead.
Anyway. Keep the ideas coming. I am reading all of them. I am getting some great ideas from you all, and obviously the things i think will connect the best will be the ones i probably tackle first. What are those things? From super beginner to semi expert, what do you want me to cover?
- Ken Lewis
check out indieTunes.com the Best Place on the Net for Indie Artists!!!
posted by Protools Mixing at 12:45 AM
3 Comments:
Hey,
I attended a mixing/recording/production workshop with rob feaster last week and although it was awesome to get to know that guy and to listen to the stuff he was telling us about, his bottomline was that no one will tell you anything about mixing, recording or production in general once you've started working at a professionel facility and that all the knowledge comes from observation and practise. And mainly that you only screw up once, cause then you're gone. Maybe he exagerated a bit but having said that, I just want to say that we really appreciate what you're doing here and no matter what you cover in your blogs, someone will benefit from it.
I've already told a shitload of people about your blog, because it's so rare that someone as professionel as you shares their knowledge etc. in the way you do.
So thanks for that and keep it coming!
Ken,
I can't wait to see some video blogs! And UE is definitely signing up for Indie Tunes!! Keep up the blogging, its great!
-Caliph (UE)
Hey Ken,
Thanks for the video blog. Good stuff!
Best regards,
Tony Hurley
Mobile Rock Entertainment, Inc.
www.DaytonBands.com
937-318-4119
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