Exciters are… well, you can guess
Whenever I’m producing, one of my primary aims is to make sure each element has its own unique place in the mix. This can be partially accomplished by the use of EQ – adjusting the balance of frequencies present in a recording. By strategically cutting and boosting certain frequencies, the important characteristics of a sound…
Who said acoustic guitar shouldn’t be distorted?
Who said acoustic guitar shouldn’t be distorted? And I don’t mean as some strange and unusual effect to differentiate a punk song from the rest, or to satisfy the destructive experimentalist in us all. I mean plain old acoustic and vocals – the proverbial singer-songwriter with “a voice, an instrument, three chords and the truth”…
Working At Speed – Nora by Julian Blackshaw
Recently I had the pleasure of working with local Cardiff based artist Julian Blackshaw. Blackshaw’s been a fixture of the Cardiff open mic/music scene for the last few years, writing prolifically all the while, but up until now he hasn’t made the jump to recording and releasing a big project. He contacted me about a…
Ben Hughes Sound 