Quick tip 147 Touring tips 4.
When I started to book our first long tour with Sliotar, I was hungry for the gigs, and didn’t mind the long drives. But as soon as we hit the road, I realised the error in my planning. Scheduling will…
July 28, 2015
Quick tip 146 Touring tips 3.
This one goes for festival shows, or band nights, where there are more than one band performing on the night. I watched a band, who’s name I will not mention here, but lets just say they are professional band with years…
26th July Blog update
My weeks don’t really get much wilder than during the Sliotar tours. I started the week with a long and sweaty trip from Italy to the Czech republic, where we have been playing shows all week. It has been a…
Quick tip 145 Touring tips 2.
Touring tip number two, allow time for things to go wrong. Where ever you need to be, plan to be there early. I know the extra hour of sleep might sound tempting, but that extra hour might come to bite…
Quick tip 144 Touring tips
Right so, as you might know I am on tour with Sliotar at the moment. And I thought it might be time to give some touring tips for those of you embarking on your first tour. I’ll be posting these…
Quick tip 143 Push yourself
You will never know your own limitations as an artist unless you push your self to the limits. And it is in those moments when you think that you are done, you find news strength, and I bet you will…
Quick tip 142 Work within your means
Some friends of mine just finished an album, that took them one year to record and cost somewhere in the region of €10000. It was what I would call a labour of love. The album sounds great and it will…
Quick tip 141 Who are you as an artist?
Here is a thing most artist don’t bother to figure out, and at the same time it is one of the most important things you should do. Who are you as an artist? What do you represent? How do you…
Quick tip 140 Stop trying to skip ahead
So you tell me you want to record a great album and release it to the world, build a fan base and tour the world. But you want to do it “right.” You want to be professional, you want to…
Quick tip 139 Record levels in DAW
Through advising Melosity I lately had to have more detailed look into the input metering of a DAW. My early experience with recording was on an eight track Tascam tape machine, in a small studio back in Finland. It was…
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