Got Tools?
You know the old saying, “the right tools for the job…”
The Future of Audio Mastering
Has mastering become an overloaded term in audio production? What is it and where is it going?
Explore the Music
Greetings! I’ve been uploading select samples of music I’ve recorded or collaborated on since this blog’s inception. Explore all posts tagged with audio uploads.
Graceful Degradation
Music produced in January 2024. Graceful degradation is a computer science term describing system designs that maintain essential or mission-critical functionality when significant components are rendered inoperative.
Microsoft’s Productivity Research
Microsoft research estimates that knowledge workers spend 60% of their time in meetings, answering emails, or chatting. They call this Digital Debt.
Obsolete Dreams
Music written, performed and produced by Ernie Gray for the project, “Vacations In Color” between 2021-2023.
1987: The Year U2 Broke The Big 80s
It’s difficult to appreciate now, but from an audio production standpoint, almost everything about “The Joshua Tree” was antithetical to the prevailing norms of 1987.
Lossy & Loud: The Modern Music Streaming Experience
What is the relationship between maximizing loudness, psychoacoustics and perceptual lossy compression? Does loudness maximization affect the quality of streaming audio?
Creativity, Models & Archetypes
Comparing AI models to human creative processes, considering why people like certain styles of music, and how lateral thinking tools can help us create more original music.
You Don’t Believe This Sounds
Perhaps the most important bias in our tone is the cognitive one.
Drop Dead Sunset – Animalism
The single by Drop Dead Sunset
“If we studied any other creature in nature and found the record of intra-species violence that human beings have, we would be repulsed by it. We’d view it as a great perversion of natural law – but we wouldn’t deny it.”
— Gavin De Becker
Drop Dead Sunset – No Guarantees
A post apocalyptic psychedelic blues ballad from the point of view of a mother trying to explain to her child why it happened.
You Think It’s Analog Vibe, But It’s Really Garbage
Music producers who work exclusively in the digital domain seem to be obsessed with “analog vibe and character.”
As computers become more powerful, the quest for convincing “analog emulation” is more intense than ever, but there are still misconceptions about the underlying technologies and their inherent applications. Discover why it has taken so long to convincingly bridge the divide.
R1NG$ – Imposter Syndrome EP
Five tracks written, performed & produced in September of 2021. R1NG$ is an ongoing music project that combines elements of modern rock and pop.
Vacations In Color – One More Try
A “B-Side” recorded during the 2018-2019 sessions for the Vacations In Color II album. Imagine Genesis-era Peter Gabriel produced by Trevor Horn in 1990. The cat in the cover photo is my good pal Peachy.