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Gig Ready in a Week: What It Takes to Step Into a Tribute Band Without Rehearsal
When I got the call to sub for a tribute band with no rehearsal, I had just one week to get gig ready. Here’s exactly how I prepped—mentally, musically, and technically.

Mark Midwinter
Jun 183 min read


Exploring the Role of Clippers in Drum Production: Make Drums Louder and Warmer
Clippers can make drums louder and warmer than just using compression or limiters.

Mark Midwinter
Mar 104 min read


Unlocking Success: The Power of a Musician's Mindset
Mindset plays a crucial role in the success of musicians. It can be the determining factor between achieving greatness and remaining...

Mark Midwinter
Nov 12, 20232 min read


Mastering the Art of Distortion: Exploring Types and Techniques for Enhancing Your Drum Sound
It's been a big talking point for guitarists since the birth of the electric guitar. Most guitarists will have their favourite pedal be...

Mark Midwinter
Oct 25, 20234 min read


3 Ways to use Gates on Drums
Gates are a great tool to have and can help move your audio productions up to another level. As most things in the production world -...

Mark Midwinter
Sep 11, 20234 min read


Transient Designers and why you need them
Transient designers work on the ADSR envelope which contains four stages

Mark Midwinter
Aug 8, 20233 min read


Musicians: Rome wasn't built in a day
🚨for any musicians: Rome wasn't built in a day ❗️There is an element of our culture that leaves us thinking everything should happen...

Mark Midwinter
Jul 24, 20231 min read


No Great Things came from Comfort Zones
I realised early on that not getting out of my comfort zone directly affected my growth in creativity, focus and self-confidence. And...

Mark Midwinter
Jun 21, 20231 min read


Musicians; focus on what you can control
👉🏻The truth is that we don’t have as much control over situations and eventualities as we think we do. 💣Speaking from personal...

Mark Midwinter
May 28, 20231 min read


Taking care of yourself and your career
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....

Mark Midwinter
Nov 4, 20212 min read


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

Mark Midwinter
Nov 4, 20212 min read


Enjoy your musical journey
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...

Mark Midwinter
Oct 16, 20211 min read


Musician's Survival Kit
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...

Mark Midwinter
Oct 12, 20212 min read
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