Perfectionism; if left unchecked can kill any creative and their processes including musicians and artists.

This is such an easy trap to fall into as musicians - the curse of comparison and what we can do to get away from doing it.

When I started off playing drums I held back from recording myself. Looking back I'm not sure why I did. I think part of me thought that...

As musicians and creatives we have the luxury of being able to do what we want with our career but that sometimes has its downfalls....

What is a reference mix? The idea of having reference mixes is nothing new and is done by industrial professionals. Put simply it just...

Goal Setting It's important to have goals to work towards but I know for myself I can get so focussed on getting to that goal that I...

There are days it can be tough knowing why we started doing music! It's because we LOVE it and with the down days we always have the up...

As part of my online session drum work I use these a lot in my recordings. Alongwith EQ the humble compressor, be it the real thing or a...

Adding drum layering to your recordings to give extra texture

I guess the first question to ask is why would you use a drum machine as opposed to a real drummer.