It's been some months since my last blog post. I've missed you guys. I got married. I did some traveling. I moved from one apartment to another, which is always an ordeal with my studio setup. And I've been working.

You're ready to publish your music and you can't afford a mastering engineer. You're familiarized with what a mastering engineer does, and you're ready to tackle this yourself. But one problem: you don't know where to begin…

Introduction

I love listening to dynamic music. There's just no replacement for those clear sounds and clean, punchy drums that make the mix sound powerful. With many of the songs I critique, loudness is one of the biggest issues…

Introduction

You're wrapping up production on a song and getting into the mix. Things are sounding pretty good, but when you demo your song on another set of speakers, the volumes all seem wrong. The vocals are too quiet…

My production blog took a little hiatus as I sorted out and launched my podcast and YouTube training series. Both are live now, and you can listen to the Golden Wok Studios Podcast on SoundCloud or your podcast app…

Thanks for hanging in there during this break of content.

My first podcast is now live on YouTube and SoundCloud! With many more to follow, thanks to you, my followers.

Unfortunately, it seems that it can take up…

I'm putting a temporary halt on my blog as I'm prepping for my upcoming podcast and YouTube training series. I can't wait to share this content with you.

Once the audio and video are flowing, I'll return to writing…

Introduction 

Maybe your DAW comes with a dithering plugin, or maybe you've seen dither as an option in your limiter, or in the export settings of your DAW. You have the vague idea that it's used for mastering…

Introduction

You make music because you're passionate about it. You wouldn't be reading this otherwise. But for many, making music can be a lonely road. And it takes a mountain of passion to carry the heavy load of learning…

The Problem

You have huge dreams for your music. You love music. You want it to be your career. And if you're being honest, you're pretty good at it.

But some days, it's just so hard to work…

Introduction

This is a tricky one where money comes in. Of course, we all can't afford world-class studio monitors. But we also can't mix everything on laptop speakers and expect our mixes to translate. The truth is that…

Introduction

I don't know about you, but I love the raw thrill of starting a brand new production. I love picking a new instrument and finding a way to play it in a new way, fluidly writing chords and…