Touring is great. But it can very quickly turn into exhaustive, monotonous work. Here are 10 great tips to keep things interesting and fun on the road.
An Introduction to Playing Jazz Chords on the Guitar
Learning jazz chords is about so much more than the chords themselves, you’ll want to listen and sing and play along to your favorite songs first.
What Is the SOFAR Channel? Probably Not What You Think.
Learn about underwater acoustics and how sounds travel in different directions and across far distances via a marine audio highway called the SOFAR Channel.
The Anxious Aspiring Vocalist: How to Get a Grip on Singing-Related Insecurities
A motivational editorial on vocalist anxiety and how to get over it both in real time when anxiety strikes, and in the long term.
Listening Back to the Music of My Youth: How My Ears and the World Have Changed
A humble meditation on the way pop music’s sound and messaging has changed in the last 20 years, and how that makes me feel as a listener.
Scale Mode Cheat Sheet: How to Remember Each and Every Mode
Modes and Key Signatures have a variety of different characteristics and are great for outside-the-box songwriting. Here’s a cheat sheet to remember them!
György Ligeti’s ‘Musica Ricercata’: Is It Possible to Compose with Just One Note?
We look at Ligeti’s famous composition in order to decide how much, or how little, the use of music’s foundational parameters really matter in composing.
7 Inspiring Musical Quotes and Why They Resonate with Me Today
Now that I’m a professional touring artist myself, I wanted to revisit quotes from my favorite all-time artists to see if they’re still relevant. They are.
What Working in Surround Sound Did to My Stereo Mixes
Here’s why learning to mix in 5.1 surround sound has helped me listen better and understand the stereo mixing process more intimately.
Exploring Tonal Hierarchies in Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”
In his ongoing attempts to seek out the answers to why we like the music we like, Hunter Farris has uncovered a melodic hierarchy via Whitney Houston.