The volumes of your recordings are of utmost importance while you are recording, mixing, and mastering. In other words, it really matters how loud your stuff is. This affects the quality of your finished product and the ease by which you can manage multiple tracks and get the best sonic results. The trouble is, it [...]

In September, I hosted a new event at my Meetup group, The Songwriting Supermarket. I invited members to get together and collaborate on writing a song in two hours. Three other talented songwriters showed up, and we had a blast writing and recording a new song, Don’t Fix Me. Before the session, I [...]

I attended the Song Studio Student Showcase at Hugh's Room in Toronto this year. Song Studio is a week-long songwriting camp in Toronto, hosted by Blair Packham and others. I know several songwriters who have attended and they all say it's an amazing experience. For the week's grand finale, the students put on a show with [...]

I designed many banners for ONPHA's website and social networking channels, often with calls to action to direct visitors to key content on the website.

Use of Windows Content Manager, HTML, CSS, and Photoshop to manage content, design graphics for, and layout hundreds of webpages.  Use of Intelligent Query Architect to include member-specific information from the associated database.  Also trained other staff in the content system to manage their own content. I was also responsible for setting up and managing [...]

I completed the graphic layout for an independent singer-songwriter's album release, including disc sticker and folding lyric insert. All work was completed on a tight deadline for a Valentine's Day release. I made use of Adobe Photoshop and InDesign and delivered press-ready files to the printer.