Home Recording Weekly Podcast

Congratulations Hillel! Your song is a hook in disguise and it has embedded itself into my brain. Yep, it is a catchy tune that I am really digging on as of late. Really, try to get it out of your head after you listen to it, I dare you! Congratulations Hillel!!! Thanks everyone for entering […] The post Episode 69, Winner number three and a vocals rant. appeared first on Home Recording Weekly.

Welcome to The Home Recording Weekly Podcast. My name is Kern Ramsdell, and we have some important stuff to discuss today. Inside of todays show, I discuss how I find gear and how I get it at less than full price. I explain why it is that I don’t use a lot of fancy plugins, […] The post Episode 68, “G.A.S. my gear addiction, and the truth” appeared first on Home Recording Weekly.

Congratulations to Eric, his friends and family, on a song well done! Eric has taken home a long list of awesome prizes, here is the list, which is always a great way to say “Job well done”! Wow, talk about a catchy track, eh? If you are a songwriter and you have a song that […] The post Episode 67, Winner number two of the HRW Songwriting Contest. appeared first on Home Recording Weekly.

Winner number one, of the 2015 Home Recording Weekly Songwriting Contest, Mike S. of the band “TroubleShot” are on todays show. Mike has put in some hard work here, and we are very lucky to have this clip. Listen in and learn what it took to make the winning song, “Some days”, as they go […] The post Episode 66, Welcome “TroubleShot” appeared first on Home Recording Weekly.

Inside of todays show I mention a few things that you need images for, ands a few products. Here are the things that I mention in Episode 65… The brand new Home Studio eBundle … Here are some images of “The first gig” with the new band that I “work the sound” for. The ship […] The post Episode 65, “The first gig” appeared first on Home Recording Weekly.

Hello all, Congratulations to Mike and the band “Troubleshot” for taking the first batch of prizes from the 2015 Home Recording Weekly Song Writing Contest. They killed it with their song titled, “Some Days”, a song that I can totally relate too. What a great song and a job well done! For a complete list of prizes and […] The post Episode 64, Winner number 1 appeared first on Home Recording Weekly.

Making a great song is like making a great pizza. Well, at least in my head it is. As I listen to the songs that I have on my hard drive from years back up to recent entries, a theme sort of comes to the surface. There are a lot of us working harder than […] The post Episode 63, “A great song is like a great pizza”. appeared first on Home Recording Weekly.

In todays show I answer a listeners great question. While answering this question I mention many training videos that have helped me with certain techniques. In case you might like to learn more about these training videos, here are the review links, “The Art of Balancing a Mix“, Matt Butler “Mixing Vocals“, David Glenn “Mixing […] The post Episode 62, “Listener Q&A” appeared first on Home Recording Weekly.

The WORLDWIDE 2015 Home Recording Weekly Song writing contest is the biggest to date! Let me show you the coolest in workstations, the UPLIFT DESK, from The Human Solution. My UPLIFT DESK was ordered with black legs and a black (60 by 30 inch top), with three gromits too boot. It is simply awesome and […] The post Episode 61, 2015 HRW Songwriting contest begins! appeared first on Home Recording Weekly.

  What more can I possibly say about the amazing recording/mixing/engineering ninja that is David Glenn? If you decide to purchase any of the following video training products, I will toss in my video bundle, “The Pro Mixers Playbook“, for free. Please follow the links provided to learn more about the products. “Mixing Drums“, Since […] The post Episode 60, Midi hacks for realism. appeared first on Home Recording Weekly.

In todays episode I talk about a few things. Here are the links, “Mixing Drums“, from mixing engineer David Glenn “Mixing Acoustic Pop“, from mixing engineer David Glenn The “UPLIFT Desk Dual Monitor Arm“, my ergonomic monitor product. “The Human Solution“, makers of products that help people with pain issues become more productive. The post Episode 59, Big trick for awesome mastering. appeared first on Home Recording Weekly.

Here are some links from todays podcast. “Mixing EDM” from mixing ninja and nice guy, Matt Weiss. Purchase now and receive free video bundle, “Pro Mixers Playbook“! “Studio rescue videos”, from Rode Microphones, here, here, and here. My interviews with David Glen, here and here.

In todays show I use a song titled “Lets Fall in Love”, a song that I learned how to mix from The Mix Coach, Kevin Ward, as a reference track. Here is a link to “Mix Coach pro“, a month to month  mixing training aide, where you can become a much better mixer. At  “Mix […]

 That’s right. Tone is dynamic and it is personal. To better explain, here are some links to a couple of videos… “Tone is a lie“, a funny and true video by the great “Just Nick”. Rabea Massaad is a great guitar player and a great teacher too. He really shed some light on what it […]

Links from todays show: Here is a link over to the review I posted for “Recording Electric Guitars” from Joe Gilder. Here is a link over to my review for “The Mix Academy” from mixing mastermind David Glenn. Here is a link over to my review for “Dueling Mixes“. Here is a link over to […]