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December 30, 2025

Tag: home recording

Overcoming Recording Anxiety: How I’m Learning to Hit ‘Record’ Without the Stress

Dec 31, 2025

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Thirty Seconds

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Does anyone else suffer from “Red Button Syndrome”? You know the feeling: you’ve practiced a piece for weeks. You can play it flawlessly while sitting on your couch. But the second you open ProTools and hit that red record button, everything changes. Suddenly, your fingers feel like lead, you’re overthinking every note, and the mistakes…
Looking to record a cover song?

May 5, 2025

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Thirty Seconds

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Vocal booth made out of an old mattress

Aug 21, 2024

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When you live in an apartment and are on a tight recording budget sometimes you have to improvise. This is my new vocal booth made out of an old mattress that I spit in half and propped up against the wall. It definitely helps contain the sound when I’m doing a vocal track so it…
Home studio on wheels

Aug 20, 2024

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