music

Making it, listening to it, recording it, all that

Familytronica

I sat down with my son (5) and the Alesis Micron that is now anchoring my live set and we made a little track together. It was going to be called "Disco

Making "Heroes"

Here's cool video with Tony Visconti discussing the creation of "Heroes," the title song of maybe the best of Bowie's Berlin albums. It's amazing just

Synthesizin'

One of the more fun things about playing electronic music is figuring out how to perform live. To some people, Ableton Live and its external controllers made the question moot. And to a

Reapin'

In the quest for audio perfection, I've found myself trying yet another tool. This time it was thanks to a mastering project — at the end of the day I still ended

IKEA hacking for the studio

Any time that I spend recording these days tends to be remote, and mixing happens 100% in the box. So loading up the rack spaces in my mix desk with outboard gear doesn&