SLACK-AUDIO

You may have heard this term "Dawless".  The general idea is to stop using a computer for recording.   Part of the reason is that you have to force yourself to be a better musician!  When you are recording linear there is a lot less possibilities for fixing things, etc.  The other reason is to honestly get down to business.  There are a lot of people doing instrumental jams with synth setups, everything wired together via midi using a sequencer and sometimes loop pedals.   There is a really good community on reddit for that kinda of thing right here:  https://www.reddit.com/r/dawless/ What I'm talking about though is going to dawless to create acoustic music.  Harkening back to the old days of using a 4 track cassette recorder (or something similar).  The general idea is to take the computer away, and the crazy amount of options you have.  A lot of the times I end up in "analysis paralysis" trying to get a drum loop going or pick the perfect synth sound.  In the

HEY!  My name is Shane and I'm a bit of a writer.  I suppose I should start with the plan for this blog.   I'd like to talk about audio recording, cool products I'm excited about, guitars, guitar pedals, possibly DIY audio stuff.   A little bit of background, I was a "audio engineer" for 18 years at a small record label in Canada.  I am now a full time music retail sales person.  I've written a few articles that have been published about music.  I've written a bunch of Dungeons & Dragons adventures (of course this has nothing to do with audio!).   Interesting tidbit I just learned, technically in Canada you cannot call yourself an Engineer without a accreditation.  Which basically means that saying Audio Engineer isn't really a title in Canada.  Alas I was the guy behind the board, pro-toolsing stuff, cheering on musicians, etc.  Call it what you want.   I should note that I still do a bit of audio mixing work, so if you need a mix you can hire me