23/06/2015
Building Blocks: Is It Really Worth It?
Cost / benefit analyses –– you're not alone if those words make your eyes glaze over. What do cost/benefit whatchmadingies ...
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X-Factory: Unknown Mortal Orchestra – Multi-Love
This is the second time I've looked at an UMO song in as many years. Multi-Love's unconventional design stood out from ...
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Finding Your Voice: Phrasing…
Fray zing... or how to get the Em-PHA-Sis right. I believe the most important element of phrasing is feeling: feeling the ...
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Deep Thinking: What’s Going On with James Jamerson
Following the James Jamerson lines we looked at a few issues ago, I thought that we might look at a different side of his ...
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Guitar Cool: How Dynamic Is Your Playing?
One of the things that noticeably separates professional players from amateur ones is the use of dynamics. Dynamics normally ...
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Tutors’ Tutorial: DIY Mastering
Many musicians nowadays record and mix their own material. This has allowed for an explosion of new music on the landscape. ...
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Building Blocks: Peak Performance Part 6 – Last-Minute Emergencies
Over the past five NZM issues I've taken you step-by-step through the hands-on process of nightclub gigging – from transport ...
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Tutors’ Tutorial: Compression
The topic of dynamic range compression (not to be confused with data compression like zip, rar, mp3 etc.) is always worth ...
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Guitar Cool: Octave Licks
Guitar players are always borrowing ideas from each other no matter what genre of music they are involved in. In the 1960s ...
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