Is Your Creative Graveyard Failing? What to do with the folder of almost good enough tracks…
Is Your Creative Graveyard Filling Up? Is Your Creative Graveyard Filling Up?Yeah. Mine too. I’ve got 139 unfinished music projects sitting in folders — demos, riffs, mixes, ideas I once swore were The One. I finish maybe a dozen a year. And I’ve got excuses out the ass. But none of them are any good. […]
Building the Backbone: How I Create Rundowns for Podcasts and Audio Shows
Building the Backbone: How I Create Rundowns for Podcasts and Audio Shows The Invisible Blueprint Every great show — whether it’s a sports podcast, a comedy series, or a narrative feature — is held together by an invisible structure. In radio, we call it a rundown. In television, a script format. But in my world? […]
Universal Audio Plugin Masterlist: What They Do, When to Use Them, and How to Keep Track
Universal Audio Plugin Masterlist: What They Do, When to Use Them, and How to Keep Track Universal Audio Overload: Conquer the Plugin Pile (Free Spreadsheet Inside) Universal Audio Plugin Masterlist: What They Do, When to Use Them, and How to Keep Track (as of July 2025) If you’ve ever scrolled endlessly through your UA plugin […]
Sculpting a Radio-Ready Drum Mix: A Top-Down Journey with Audio Examples
Noose & Lament [a smashed guitar] Sculpting a Radio-Ready Drum Mix: A Top-Down Journey with Audio Examples Introduction In this post, I want to walk you through a complete top-down drum mix workflow, focusing on tone, balance, and vibe—the kind of process that makes a kit feel finished, fat, and mix-ready before a single vocal […]
Tips from a Music Supervisor: How to Pitch Your Music for Sync
Tips from a Music Supervisor: How to Pitch Your Music for Sync Cold Pitching Cold pitching your music for placements in film, TV, and advertising can feel like navigating a maze. I reached out to two seasoned voices in the industry to get the inside scoop on what makes a pitch stand out—and what trips […]
How To Register A Song on BMI — And Why It Matters :: Music Biz Pro Tips
How To Register A Song on BMI — And Why It Matters How To Register A Song on BMI — And Why It Matters The Conceptual Side 1. Introduction Whether you’re a bedroom beatmaker, a full-time composer, or somewhere in between, registering your songs with a performance rights organization (PRO) like BMI is one of […]
Building The Podcast I Couldn’t Find
How I Built the Weirdest, Smartest, Best-Sounding Word/Vocab Podcast on the Internet LISTEN WHILE YOU READ! Why Another Word/Vocab Podcast? The Conceptual Side Creating What Wasn’t Available At first glance, Nerd Word sounds like something that should already exist. A clever podcast about cool words. Surely someone’s already nailed that? They haven’t. Trust me—I checked. […]
Noose & Lament [composing dark cowboy music]
Noose & Lament [a smashed guitar] Everything I Went Through To Compose Dark Western The Conceptual Side From Creative To Technical; I smashed a guitar. Not on stage. Not in front of a crowd of screaming fans. Not for show. Not for the drama. Just me, alone in the studio, after a week of trying […]