Narrator: 
When we last left our hero, he had begun to learn the ways of recording on quality equipment, but was mired in the merciless maze of mixing.  With some essential element missing, he decided to break the music down to its most basic pieces to deduce the elusive issue… 
  
The Road So Far… - Pt. 3: Year 2 
  
At its most basic level, mixing is the practice of taking the individual recorded audio files for each separate instrument in a song, and arranging them for clarity, filling the “sonic space” to…

Narrator: 
In our last adventure, our hero was despairing of his job search and had decided to write music as a side project to fill the time and possibly make some money.  He also made a particularly entertaining comment on children who are terrible at finger painting.  When we last left him, he had just made a startling and devastating revelation… 
  
The Road So Far… - Pt. 2: Year 1 
  
A well-considered metaphor for luck is being struck by lightning.  I like this metaphor because of the implications of its…

Hello everyone, and welcome to my official website! 
  
The Road So Far…
 
About two years ago, I was staring the job market in the face.  It looked embarrassed, and wouldn’t meet my eyes.  For once, I caught the social cue.  The answer was no. 
  
I’ve always been a musician, focusing almost exclusively on writing my own music.  If you’ve listened to me play for an extended amount of time, you know that when I’m not playing one of my own songs, I quickly descend into improvisation on guitar, which continues…