Fish(er) Tales

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! These posts will give you a better idea about what this site is about. Start here, then go here, and here, and then here.Dear Santa, It’s been a while since I last dropped you a letter. I recall the last time being when I was around nine years old. Let me just say thank you for the spaceship model and Battleground...

Andrew Lauzon inquired recently with this: “I recently received a message from a Non-Exclusive library I belong to, informing me that they will be switching over to Exclusive licenses as of the new year. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on the Exclusive vs. Non-Exclusive debate.” He went on to say: “On one hand, I understand the reasoning and how an exclusively represented...

Senator Bernie Sanders in his history-making filibuster (or #filibernie on Twitter) presented a huge amount of information along with his impassioned, emotional pleas for helping middle class and working Americans. Where did all of this data come from? Read these books: Rebooting the American Dream: 11 Ways to Rebuild Our Country by Thom Hartmann (For a short time, you can read this one for free). Griftopia:...

Ducking is the funny little word we use in audio production when we want to lower the volume of one sound so another sound can better be heard. Typically this means ducking the music under a voice over. It could also mean ducking a bass guitar so that the thump of a kick drum comes through, too. Ducking is a useful tool that can really make your mixes more dynamic. For instance, using the aforementioned...