I found this cool video online. Doesn't have much to do with home studio recording. But I thought some of my fellow musicians could appreciate the talent this guy has. Wow. Some mad skills. Check out the video here: http://www.vidzest.com/media/196/Thea_Most_Amazing_Drum_Solo_Ever_to_Exi...

I've been noticing recently that cassette tapes, still sealed in their original packaging are very collectible. People are paying good money for these. Some items are going for over a hundred bucks. Wow. Wish I had saved some of mine instead of taping albums on them. I have tons of cassettes, but they all have been used and aren't in their original shrinkwrap. But who knows, maybe these will be worth some money in the future. Gotta love ebay!

I am writing to let you know about our new web site - Krazees Effects Processor Guide. We know you have a great community of musicians, recording engineers and artists here at Home Studio Tips and wanted you to be aware of our new site.

The site hosts articles about pro audio equipment - reviews, how-to's and helpful tips for people at any level of expertise. We are adding content to our site each week on many different topics.

If you find the information on our site of value, let us know how we can help your community - either by referral or by requesting custom articles for your site (all for free).

Thanks for having such a great community and keep up the good work.

125th AES Convention
Moscone Center
San Francisco, CA
Thursday October 2 - Sunday October 5, 2008
Audio Engineering Sociecty
http://www.aes.org/events/

I'm happy to announce that Home Studio Tips is two years old...we're in our terrible twos. It's been a great ride. It started out as just a tiny little WordPress blog, and the site is growing up to be a full fledge social networking site for do it yourself musicians and producers.

If we have helped even one person along the way, then we have been successful. We hope to be around as long as you'll keep reading. If you have any ideas on how to make Home Studio Tips more usable, please let us know.

Thanks for reading! 

The Music King is selling kits to build your own guitar. They have Strats, Telecasters, PRS, SG, but unfortunately no Flying Vs. This looks like a pretty fun little project. The quality is probably horrible and if I built it myself it would be completely screwed up.  But for those of you with some DIY skills, check these out.

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Once in a while you'll stumble on to something cool. Today I did. I found this guy named Andy McKee who plays acoustic guitar. Although, he has his own unique style. To me he sounds like a cross between Michael Hedges and Stanley Jordan. Very cool and percussive style. Extremely unique and talented.

Check out some of Andy McKee's videos on youtube. You can also check out his website for more info.

It's funny how I have a studio full of equipment that I urge my 11 year old to play with all of the time. But he has no interest...until now. I got Guitar Hero II over the weekend and we've been playing it together. Now he's like, hey when are you going to teach me real guitar?  read more »

I've been spending so much time in my studio lately and playing by myself that I've gotten a bit rusty. Last weekend I had an old drummer over. Neither of us had played together for over 10 years. We stumbled through some old cover songs and tried some of the old originals.

The good thing was, he was just as rusty as me so I didn't feel so bad. We rocked for quite a few hours, drank plenty of beer. We tried to do some improvising, which is how we used to write our songs...just jam em out. We used to come up with quite a bit of material this way.  read more »

I know I promised to keep this site about music and recording in the home studio, but after yesterday...there's a topic that's hard to ignore.

We have witnessed the worst massacre in American History. 32 People shot dead. It's really scary how the world is becoming a place where you cannot feel secure anywhere. It also worries me that incidents like this will continue to happen.

Nobody has the right to take human life.

My prayers go out to the families affected by this tragedy.

In my studio I have two PC's. One that is my DAW and one that does everything else. They are both slammin with hard drive space. I'm one of those guys that loves to play guitar or bass along with my favorite CD's. I like to pretend I'm in the band.

But up until now, it's always been a hassle finding the songs I want to play along with. What I did was turn my PC into a giant iPod. I went thru all of my mp3s and all of my CDs and loaded on all the songs I love to play along with.  read more »