by monica | Nov 4, 2024 | UnTrivia
There’re a few things that partly deaf neighbours and sleepless family members who live in the vicinity of a drummer can do to preserve their sanity. You could always try politely asking them to switch to another instrument… Or, a new solution seems to have come...
by monica | Oct 28, 2024 | Gear
In an older post about the basics of setting up a home studio, we saw that a MIDI (if you’re not sure what that is, you’ll need to look it up first!) keyboard is pretty much essential if you’re planning on creating or recording music at home. Whether...
by monica | Oct 21, 2024 | C Sharp
If you’re a pop music fan, you might have seen Charlie Puth (the artist behind the hits Attention and We Don’t Talk Anymore) gain even more popularity after he spoke about what it’s like to have perfect pitch. One of the stories he told on Jimmy Fallon was that he got...
by monica | Oct 14, 2024 | Gear
The humble microphone or ‘mic’ is such a vital, indispensable part of any musical recording involving singers or ‘real’ instruments. Every famous vocalist has their own way of approaching and using the mic on stage, with people like Freddy Mercury becoming famous for...
by monica | Oct 7, 2024 | Gear
Most guitars have 6 strings, and most guitarists seem to get by quite fine with that many, thank you. But – from the intro to The Eagles’ Hotel California to the iconic guitar part in Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here (both featuring 12-string guitars); from the...
