Sometimes you have a bad night. Your guitar was out of tune, you forgot the lyrics, you missed cues, and...
Year: 2016
What Makes the Artist? Make Up Your Mind Already
So into the studio walks this woman, like a ray of sunshine into a Taliban cave. It’s always interesting when...
Walking the Beat (Producer or Engineer? You Decide)
What am I? More than a few times I’ve been on the job for more than 30 hours at a...
Up All Night? Love Those Late, Late Sessions? Bad Idea.
Sometimes your heart is in it, but your body won’t go the distance. Case in point: A few years ago,...
Time, Beats, and Beatles – Using Tempo and Meter Changes to Enhance your Tracks
It was about 4 a.m. and we had just wrapped up a long session. While I w as packing up...
The Wide World of Panning
A SOLID LEFT! A HARD RIGHT! WHAT A MIX! I hate my Jeep. I need it to lug my scuba...
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards Commentary
Well I’m still on a high from Grammy week! There were a series of events and parties, all leading up...
Interview with Arty Skye: Music Producer & President of SkyeLab
Our good pal Katie McCort at Creative Spotlights decided to run a piece on our man Arty Skye. Now, I...
Do’s and Don’t’s of Social Networking – Know Your Fans to Keep Your Fans
From time to time, SkyeLab likes to publish articles that we didn’t write but contain useful knowledge that may interest...