I recently went to hear a motivational speaker discuss the concept of living the way God wants you to live. Most of the audience was older and I sensed that he was talking mainly to them, trying to encourage them not to give up, not to coast through life but rather to make their lives meaningful.
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A few people wrote in after a recent post and mentioned that they feel guilty about changing written arrangements (such as piano offertories or choir pieces). Let me take a moment to relieve you of that guilt and tell you this: the idea that you can’t change music is almost always completely without merit. I […]
Pine Lake Music is one of the larger retailers/distributors of Christian music in the country and they are only a short distance from my house. They host various seminars throughout the year including some geared toward church pianists. Sometimes I will go to them and there is always something I can learn.
Many young musicians come to me and ask me how they can earn a living in Christian music. For someone who is passionate about music, making music your occupation seems like a dream come true.
Some of you have no interest in the topic I am going to discuss today but others of you really get into the technical side of recording. For that reason, I want to talk about the audio set up for my concert next week.
I recently helped a recording artist on a new project during mixing. The mixing process involves a lot of listening as the artist and engineer work together to tweak tiny things that will make the music more impactful.
Good idea or bad idea?
I have never been able to completely hide my disdain for the great majority of the music industry that finds ways to fleece musicians without providing any service of value. I am referring to the majority (not all) of publishers, producers, distributors, labels, etc.
I have a lot of YouTube videos
and they generate a lot of emails and other communication. Most of it
is positive but not always. For example, I got this comment a month or
so ago.
Obviously, recording involves a lot of decisions. Here is a discussion of one of them.