It's the Wednesday after the holidays; a 4 day work week for most of us. Let's face it, you're probably at work procrastinating because it's almost the weekend! - I get it! Anyway. One of the great things about running a studio and a YouTube channel is that I get to demo a lot
I've had this one sitting around far too long! Here's a look at the very affordable Joyo Mjolnir all tube mini guitar head. It's 15 watts & we measured the output at 120db!! That's REALLY freakin' loud. Loud enough to keep up with a drummer. We measured 120 db coming out of this 15 watt
This is the last Viewer's Comments of the year! Lots of great comments and questions this week. Adam Muszynski asks: Just saw a mixing tutorial (not gonna mention the channel) where the engineer basically quantized all the guitar tracks. The band recorded their tracks slower (!) and then they did what they proudly called
The first video I ever put out was called "How to get your BAND ready for the studio." That video went viral and started my YouTube career. I can't believe it's taken me so long to do today's video, because it's the opposite of that video- "How to get your STUDIO ready for the band"You
Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you've had a wonderful morning, and if you happened to get a gift certificate for a music or pro audio store, I've got a great suggestion for you: Get a real compressor! I had a conversation in LA a few weeks ago about using a real hardware compressor
Happy Friday/holidays! Today's Viewer's Comments is centred around "Finding Success in Rock and Metal." Let's get right into it! One viewer wrote: "Hey Glenn you got kids? My son just started his own studio and does get work. He has a young family, his wife refuses to allow him to pass the business down
It's the time of year where we celebrate Jesus's phony birthday party by giving gifts to loved ones. And, hey. We might not love them, but bass players sure give us a lot to laugh at! My hat is off to you for caring for and tolerating such a burden on what should otherwise
When it comes to balancing work and band, that is the motherfucker. As you know, I still have my day job. I still work full time, run the studio and the YouTube channel. My schedule is a bit different than when I was recording a lot bands! So let's take a step back a
If you record metal guitar, you REALLY want to pay attention here! :) Recently, I had my eyes opened up by some of the best recording engineers in the business! I had a chance to hang out with Bob Marlette (Rob Zombie, Anvil, Shinedown, Alice Cooper), Cameron Webb (Motörhead, Megadeth, Sum 41, NOFX) and Ulrich
Running a studio typically means that you're going to be putting up with a bunch of crap. It also means that you'll be working bass players, drummers who can't keep time, singers who can't sing and guitar players that love their Line 6 Spiders. If you've been watching the channel for a while, you