DIY Sound Library

Full interview with Philadelphia's Camp Candle.  

Here is the full interview with Philadelphia's Drixxie.  He is great with finding catchy hooks on choruses, and doing a lot of the production process himself!  Learn how he does it in this episode. 

Acoustics affect everything when it comes to sound.  How the sound comes across, how big or close the track sounds, how clean or muttled the low end frequencies are, and a lot more.  We need to take into consideration how this works, and use it to our advantage.  Learn a couple tips and tricks with how to manage your rooms acoustics with music in this episode. 

This episode we take a look into one of my first recorded songs "Yesterday Eye" and how the demo differed from the final recording/mix.  What was missing in the demo? What was present in the final mix that made it better?  Why do we even do demos?  All of these questions and more explored! 

What do most people do during COVID-19? Probably relax at home and take a breather.  But Grant Hill and Mary Purcell did something different, they saw this moment as an opportunity.  They both have been home during quarantine, had some more free time, and decided they were going to start this new musical adventure titled "Not Gary".  On Bandcamp they describe their music as follows "sweaty mountain indie folkie screaming power outage music."  Thankfully I had the opportunity to help produce them and record them as they made their first few songs, and this podcast episode illustrates that entire process from the beginning.  What's it like starting a band during the pandemic?  What's the process of recording this new lively "sweaty mountain" sound? 

If you ever wanted to dance, and be fully immersed into lush chords of synth and bass, Camp Candle is your artist.  They come from Philadelphia, and present an amazing amount of catchiness, rhythmic hooks, and inspiration with the music they produce.  It will remind you of the 80s, 90s, 2000s, and why you should be at their next concert.  Meeting them in person really gave me a heads up why this duo is on the come up, and If I had a label, I'd sign them.   

A world in its own, catchy with rhythmic ear-candy thrown in for taste.  This, along with a distinctive visual and unique image is how I would describe Philadelphia's "Rentboy".  Simply put, a really good band, local to the Philly area that will knock your socks off with catchy electronic dance hooks, or a distorted wall of sound coming right for your soul.  They are very unique not only in their sound, but their visual image online.  And This is why I'd sign them, If I Had A Label. 

If I Had A Label series is basically my way of picking 3 artists in a given area and explaining why I'd sign them if I owned a record label.  What would I look for in artists or bands?  What kind of stuff do I personally like in an artist?  In this episode, we feature North Philly Native DRIXXIE.  Someone who is a multi instrumentalist, rapper, lyricist and more.  He's got catchy songs, and a natural sound to his flow.  This is why I'd sign him.