Category: Recording Journey
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Being Inspired by Sound

Some of my favorite guitar players soak their guitar in effect pedals. My journey with effect pedals is a weird one. I started with my first pedal, a Digitech Crybaby Wah-Wah, the GCB-95 specifically, in 2008. I bought it to play Ali ce in Chains’ “Man In The Box”. After digging into Rage Against The…
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WDIMTY LOG #1: Writing An Album Is Weird

The Title. That’s it. That’s the post… Kidding, but it very well could be. As a musician, writing an album is a really weird process. For a majority of musicians, whether you’re a singer, pianist, trumpeter, guitarist etc., you learn from your predecessors. Guitarists will listen to Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Slash, Wes Montgomery, Tom…
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Recording a High School Jazz Quartet

There are moments in music I feel you never forget. Maybe it’s that band that was busking on your way to work, or the opening band for that act you’ve been waiting five years to see. For me, one of those moments was this past weekend.