by admin | Apr 5, 2024 | Studio Recording 2024
Last time we looked at the awesome musicians helping me take my record to the Junos. Today: Mixing! We’re mixing my album now, maybe even as you read this. It’s a lot of staring at the wall between the speakers, listening intently to everything. There is a bit of a...
by admin | Apr 3, 2024 | Studio Recording 2024
Last time we looked at Outboard Processing Gear. Today it’s Musicians! Some musicians play all the instruments on their records. Here are some examples: check ‘em out. I can play a lot of instruments, and I can even play a few well! However, when it comes to making a...
by admin | Mar 22, 2024 | Studio Recording 2024
Last time we looked at Mixing Boards. Today, it’s outboard processing gear. There’s a lot of info in this one, I know you keeners will make it to the end!There’s a huge range of outboard gear that lets the recording and mixing engineers tailor and manage the...
by admin | Mar 9, 2024 | Studio Recording 2024
OK, we’ve looked at some of the basics of what goes on in the studio. Now here’s a look at a very interesting part of studio recording: the Mixing Board. It’s true, today most records are produced “inside the box,” meaning it’s all taking place inside a computer....
by admin | Mar 9, 2024 | Studio Recording 2024
I’m sure you’ve seen pictures and videos of bands in the recording studio. Those Beatles clips that are coming out are pretty cool to watch, hey? My recording process is a little different than those big bands. I’m recording in a tight, functional, purpose-built...
by admin | Nov 22, 2023 | JML videos
2023 has had some really exciting stuff going on for me: Switzerland Medieval Video!!!! https://jmlmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20230610_131220.mp4 https://jmlmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20230610_121119.mp4 I travelled to Switzerland back in June....
by admin | Dec 14, 2022 | Song a Month
I screwed up. Earlier this year I embarked on my Song-A-Month record and release project. I managed to get 4 songs recorded and released before… It crashed and burned. I began the project at a time when I had few live bookings coming in, and it looked like I’d have...
by admin | May 3, 2022 | Song a Month
This song is a little different – See what you think Hi! Song #3, the April song in the JML Song-a-Month Release Project is here! It’s called Valentine’s Day (Wasn’t So Great). – listen to it at my website JMLmusic.com. Like many a Monday Night Movie, ValDay is based...
by admin | Mar 25, 2022 | Song a Month
Can you share? Share my song Sidestreet Motel with your friends & family? (Simply forward them this email! Right now. Click the forward button!) Can you add Sidestreet Motel to your playlists? Can you blast it on your car stereo at the A&W? OK, maybe that’s...
by admin | Mar 20, 2022 | Song a Month
Song #2 in the JML Song-a-Month Release Project is here! It’s called Sidestreet Motel – listen to it at my website JMLmusic.com. Here’s some background on how it was written… I was travelling on the highway through Duncan BC, on Vancouver Island on the West Coast of...
