June - 2022

Jun 30, 2022
1 min

FORGET: Songwriting in style of Erra/Architects/BMTH | Post-Hardcore

NEW VIDEO! HOW I WRITE See how I write music, learn songwriting and arranging, get inspired! In this video I am showing you the 1st phase of my co-writing service which is all about bringing some fresh new ideas on the table, based on a client"s initial demo. So this is not the final production, this is more of a behind the scenes video of the creative process. I am trying to inspire the client with something new, based on his DIY demo. So a client can mix and match his origi

Jun 29, 2022
3 min

VOCAL SESSION

How much should you experiment when recording vocals in the studio?

How much should you experiment when recording vocals in the studio? Prepare carefully for the "must have" and experiment with the rest. It's not "black or white". There are several factors that can influence the answer. 1. WHAT IS THE GENRE? Some genres are meant to be more "produced" which means controlled or optimized than the others, right? For example if you are recording mainstream-radio-pop you possibly want to attract the listener ASAP so you need to develop a strong h

Jun 27, 2022
1 min

GUITAR LABORATORY

How to create the best guitar swells and risers? Use the fuzz!

GUITAR LABORATORY We all know that fuzz pedals have ultra-high distortion amount. And a good fuzz pedal also have a really good clean-up when you turn the guitar volume pot down. So the fuzz pedal can have really great distortion range. From clean to brutal fuzz. So fuzz pedals probably are the best tools for creating swells and risers, right? You can create really strong and dynamic swells and risers. To create a swell or riser in a song, for example 2 bars before the chorus

Jun 23, 2022
1 min

VOCAL SESSION

Upbeat Melodic Rock Song | Vocals Recording Session | Singer-Songwriter

VOCALS RECORDING SESSION What does it look like when a music producer works with a singer? Check out a little documentary video of one of my vocals recording session. I speak Czech, but there are English subtitles encoded in the video ;) Could be valuable for someone to see... May the muse be with You!

Jun 22, 2022
1 min

HOW I MIX

How to shape your drum bus with Pultec style EQ?

HOW I MIX When it comes to drums bus processing, I go pretty wild. And I like to really hear the drums bus processing, especially when it comes to heavier genres. I usualy go for 200Hz boost which adds more weight to the snare and also makes the drumkit sound more fat overall. Another thing I typically do is boosting the super-high frequencies, mostly 12kHz for that super-clear (not harsh) air Boost. Pulse-tec EQ plug-in by Nomad Factory also has a clipping circuit which I am

Jun 20, 2022
2 min

VOCAL SESSION

VOCALS RECORDING SESSION | Great - Again approach

PRODUCER: "this take was great! Again, please!" SINGER: "Why should I sing it again since this take was great?" ... VOCALS RECORDING SESSION How many good takes should a singer record? When recording a singer, my goal is to get at least 3 good takes for the main vocal line for every part of the song. Why? I like to use triple-tracking for choruses to make vocals really wide, full and really being "everywhere" in the stereo field. I like to have 1 main vocal track in the cente

Jun 15, 2022
1 min

HOW I WRITE

Morello-inspired songwriting

HOW I WRITE I am a big fan of Tom Morello stuff. I like almost all of his music, from RATM all the way up to his Atlas Underground. I like his tone, his riffs and I get inspired everytime I hear his music. Rock, Riff-driven, Groovy, Electronic, Experimental. I had an opportunity to write a guitar driven beat for a rap artist last year and I wanted to write something in style of Tom Morello. Yeah, the main riff is heavily inspired by Morello, but then for the verses I have bee

Jun 13, 2022
1 min

GUITAR LABORATORY

MXR Dyna comp | Guitar Laboratory | Re-Amp Test & Play Test

In case you are curious how the MXR Dyna Comp pedal sounds like, check out my new video :) May the muse be with You!

Jun 6, 2022
1 min

HOW I WRITE

How to get lush ambient guitar soundscapes? Try fuzz! And 2 long reverb

HOW I WRITE When I was writing the song for N-1 Fuzz by SMR Toys video review, I was experimenting with the fuzz controls and I have found really interesting setting for fuzzy-pushed-clean tone. Sounds really special to me. Does it fit any song or riff? Definitely not! But if you just start writing a new stuff with this tone, you can find the unique beauty in it. Sustain all the way down, Tone all the way down. Some fuzzes even get muted with this setting. But N-1 Fuzz not! I

Jun 2, 2022
1 min

GUITAR LABORATORY

How to make your fuzz tone even better?

GUITAR LAB When playing single-note fuzzy riff, I usually try to add the octave down FX. In my case it's usually Digitech Whammy. Well, it's not a good thing in every situation. But when it fits, it's great! Of course, you can ask your bass player to play along with you instead of Whammy. But, who needs a bass player anymore? Whammy plays so tight even it has several miliseconds latency! Whammy has so much better tone overal even it's digital. Whammy knows what I want to play

Jun 1, 2022
1 min

HOW I MIX

How to make distorted bass really fat and cutting through the mix in 2 easy steps?

HOW I MIX Distorted bass is my passion. But when I distort the bass that much, it usually becomes thin. Yeah, aggressive, bright, raw, harmonic, but thin. And that's what I don't want, because especially on mobile phone's speakers the bass becomes really thin, harsh or even lost in the mix (because there are no low frequencies translated on than tinny mobile phone speaker, right?). And between the hard-panned chunky hi-gain or even fuzzy guitars you definitely don't want that

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