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Monthly Archives: October 2010
How To Keep Your Colours Clean and Pristine
If you’re like me and you rely on using bright, luminescent colours in your paintings, one of the things that can work against you is when your colours inadvertently mix. We’ve all accidentally mixed mud – that indistinct, dull, brownish … Continue reading
Are Digital Recordings Too Clean and Clinical?
Lately, the legendary Jeff Beck has been on the television bemoaning the clean and clinical sound of modern recordings. It was also the subject of a forum debate on KVRaudio.com in the past couple of days. This subject comes around … Continue reading
Motivations
Lately, I have been feeling a loss of motivation. I’m not entirely sure why. All I can say is that my day job has become more demanding and stressful, with the introduction of some major new clients and that it … Continue reading
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Tagged Artistic Freedom, Commercial Viability, Excellence, Freedom, Fulfilment, Motivation, Productivity, Underemployment, Works of Art
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Getting a Great Performance
Project studios that allow ordinary musicians to produce demos and even finished tracks, to a very high technical standard, are now within the reach of many self-financed artists and bands, these days. Sadly, the expected wave of new and interesting … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists, Artists and Repertoire, Authenticity, Confidence, Demo-itis, Digital Audio Workstation, Effects, Excitement, Grooves, Loops, Moment of Discovery, Mood, Music, Musicians, Performance, Project Studio, Record Company, Record Producer, Recording, Recording Studio, Spontaneity, Technical Quality
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Integrity in the Culinary Arts
We’re told, by the endless streams of celebrity chefs that grace our televisions, that cooking is an art. It’s the new rock and roll. The orthodoxy goes that the artists who produce these culinary masterpieces are aesthetic geniuses and we … Continue reading
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Tagged Aesthetics, Celebrity Chefs, Culinary Arts, Experiental Pleasure, Integrity, Peak Experiences
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Creative Ideas for Starving Artists 