Category Archives: Music Production/Studio Recording

Electronic music composition – the lesser options, the better?

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Fresh

Greetings. It’s 9:51pm and another workweek lies ahead. While I’m more than grateful to be employed, this time on a Sunday always makes me wish the weekend was longer. Nonetheless, this weekend was pretty productive. Got some yard work done … Continue reading →

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Welcome 2024

Posted on January 6, 2024 by Fresh

Well, here we are, six days in. It’s been pretty quiet thus far. I didn’t expect bringing in the new year, still testing positive from COVID since the day after Christmas, but it is what it is. One thing I’ve … Continue reading →

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Forward Motion – The WIP Rescore of a Dune 2021 Battle Scene

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Fresh

Greetings all, thanks for stopping by. In my quest to become better at composing music-to-picture (film music composition), I set out to find a short film clip to compose to. The exercise was two-fold in that I had small Logic … Continue reading →

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Overcoming Writer’s Block – An Effectual Approach to Writing Music for Film, Television, and Related Media

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Fresh

Greetings all. This year, I’ve decided to focus my efforts in one of two areas of music production: 1 – Composing music for film/TV/media 2 – Sync Licensing The first item I have some experience with, coming from scoring the … Continue reading →

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Quick Portrait (2022 Update) – Studio A

Posted on January 10, 2022 by Fresh

Greetings all and Happy 2022. I hope this new year is starting out well for you and will continue in that fashion. Back in November 2021, I posted an quick portrait about the main studio space I work out of, … Continue reading →

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Quick Portrait: The Lab – Studio A.

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Fresh

Studio A on The Lab. This is where the heavy lifting happens. The central recording and music production tool is Logic 10.4.8, with Native Instruments Maschine and other NI products integrated into the music production workflow. The computer – a … Continue reading →

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Music Monday – 30 Nov 20 – The Journey Continues

Posted on November 30, 2020 by Fresh

Greetings all. I’m back with another edition of Music Monday. This series was supposed to be weekly, however, habits only stick after consistent application of them over time – something which didn’t happen from the get on, BUT, I caught … Continue reading →

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Music Monday – 12 Oct 20 – Back To The Roots

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Fresh

Back in 2007, I registered this domain, vibesnscribes.com, to start a blog about two topics: (1) reviews about music I listen to and (2) general daily topics I felt compelled to blog about. Back then blogging was all the rage. … Continue reading →

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POTD – 13/365

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Fresh

*Definition of a throwback*You really know the meaning of “throwback” when your childhood friend, same guy who was the bass player in our neighborhood R&B band in the day, texts you a picture of the original lyric sheet of the … Continue reading →

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Simply Chilled – a new track by AfterSix Productions

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Fresh

Hello, Just a short blog post about an upcoming single we (Dan McCollum and I) are dropped onSaturday, 31 March. Take a listen here ::: oceans of rhythm ::: Fresh.

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