Warming Up Your Digital Mixes
So you’ve just recorded and mixed your latest song digitally in Logic or ProTools, and gotten every little detail just the way you want it. But something, you decide, is… Read More →
Why Originality Matters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KZjnFZvCNc”
If you’re a musician, you probably get asked whether you do original songs or covers. And as unassuming as that question sounds, it’s actually a hornet’s nest buzzing with speculation… Read More →
DIY: Echoes of the Echoplex
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBK4utC1QbQ”
In 1982, I bought a used Maestro Echoplex, old and worn and scarcely functional, at a little music shop in Fairfax, Virginia. The store carried as much used stuff as… Read More →
Kowtow Popof: Tastes Like Armageddon
The first CD Wampus ever released, Songs from the Pointless Forest, was the debut of Rockville, Maryland-based singer-songwriter Kowtow Popof. A veteran of Washington, D.C. mainstays The Senses Bureau and Bellyland, Kowtow… Read More →
The Artist Compensation Storm
As sure as dark clouds gather in hurricane season, a storm is brewing around artist compensation. Art and technology are at odds. However, it wasn’t always that way. From the advent… Read More →