DJ’s regularly use cross faders to adjust the volume of two sound sources simultaneously (i.e. fade out one track while fading in another track). There are several really useful ways to use a crossfader as a keyboardist- probably my favorite is adjusting the volume balance between two channel strips (a piano and a pad, for instance). Here’s how to do it:
Read MoreI spend a lot of time on the road, and the podcast Snap Judgements makes the time go by a lot faster with it’s true stories. These guys tell the most entertaining non-fiction stories about everything from escaping the muslim mafia, to discovering secret boiling rivers in the Amazon.
Read MoreI realized that I've never shared which MainStage blogs were the most read of all time. Here’s the results, according to the numbers:
Read MoreThis last weekend I attended a mixer at a large music agency in downtown Nashville. I had a half dozen people walk up to me, rattle off their name, hand me their business card and run. Here are 5 things I’ve seen really skilled networkers do that work:
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