Hello music lovers!
Firstly, I appologise for no blog post in June. I was very busy preparing to perform at the National Arts festival in Grahamstown, South Africa and this was taking all my energy. If you want you…
Jul 26 2017
May 31 2017
Recording and mixing a single acoustic guitar track using RealBand
For more information on creating your first song using Band-in-a-Box and RealBand check out my online video course First Song with Band-in-a-Box for Windows
I am currently performing with a wonderful musician, Lebogang Lechela ,who plays some fantastic covers…
May 1 2017
Options for mastering your Band-in-a-Box album
For more information on creating your first song using Band-in-a-Box and RealBand check out my online video course First Song with Band-in-a-Box for Windows
Questions that are often asked in the Band-in-a-Box community include things like: "What is the…
Mar 26 2017
How to Create a scrolling lyric and chord video
For more information on creating your first song using Band-in-a-Box and RealBand check out my online video course First Song with Band-in-a-Box for Windows
I recently asked the PG Music forum community for blog post ideas and the one…
Feb 17 2017
How to create an instrumental melody line that follows the vocal using Band-in-a-Box and Melodyne
For more information on creating your first song using Band-in-a-Box and RealBand check out my online video course First Song with Band-in-a-Box for Windows
In this blog post I will walk you through the process that I use to…
Jan 24 2017
The easy way to create a backing track from a midi file using RealTracks and Band-in-a-Box
For more information on creating your first song using Band-in-a-Box and RealBand check out my online video course First Song with Band-in-a-Box for Windows
In September 2016 I wrote a blog post called 6 easy steps to create a…
Nov 18 2016
Using Band in a Box cover song backing tracks with scrolling karaoke guitar chords and lyrics
For more information on creating your first song using Band-in-a-Box and RealBand check out my online video course First Song with Band-in-a-Box for Windows
A few weeks back I wrote a blog post about an easy way to make…
Oct 14 2016
5 steps to recording harmonies using Band-in-a-Box® and RealBand®
For more information on creating your first song using Band-in-a-Box and RealBand check out my online video course First Song with Band-in-a-Box for Windows
I always get comments on the harmonies in my recordings so I thought I would…
Sep 27 2016
6 simple steps to make cool backing tracks for popular cover songs using Band-in-a-Box
For more information on how to create your first song with Band-in-a-Box and RealBand, check out my online video course. First song with Band-in-a-Box video course
If you are anything like me, you like to use Band-in-a-Box to make your…
Sep 16 2016
My musician’s digital tool box for music making and marketing – Part 1
For more information on creating your first song using Band-in-a-Box and RealBand check out my online video course First Song with Band-in-a-Box for Windows
1. Song Writing
1.1 FAWM - February Album writing Month. www.fawm.org .This is a wonderful…
Aug 25 2016
How I am using Facebook to build my brand as a musician
I have been promising to write a blog post about how I am using Facebook to develop my brand as a musician and am finally getting round to delivering on my promise.
For a few years now I have been…
Jul 26 2016
What I learned about performing at the National Arts Festival
In July this year I performed at my very first National Arts festival. It was loads of work (you have to do all your own marketing) but all in all it was a wonderful experience that I hope to repeat…