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Mark Midwinter

6 Essential Tips for Recording Pro-Quality Drums in Your Home Studio

Achieving professional drum recordings from the comfort of your home studio is a goal that many musicians aspire to. With the advancement...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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...

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5 Things You Can Do With A Compressor

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...

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Add spice to your drums with layering

Adding drum layering to your recordings to give extra texture