Sometimes, it’s fun to tinker with technology to see what makes it tick. Take something apart, reconstruct it, see what turns on and what explodes, etc. This is certainly the case with digital audio. There’s a whole galaxy of digital audio recording effects, techniques, and equipment, that creates an impalpable hurdle that can overwhelm the most determined musician and his music.

Fight through it. Find help. There are many online forums that specialize in digital audio home recording frequented by musicians who love to share both their music and their wisdom.

The Homerecording BBS was my chief point of advice, comfort, and commaradery during some dark times when I was a complete newbie.

Now, the MT Forums have taken that role. Please forgive the delay between posts as I struggle to understand this new medium. 😉

Thank God for music. Thank God for digital audio. And thank God for the simplification and proliferation of new media applications to the masses.

Seriously. Without the above, my most beloved and satisfying hobby would have produced nothing more than a few scratches in a notebook. As a musician without the ability to read music, without a record label deal, and without a national marketing budget, I wouldn’t have had much more than a few musical ideas to ponder and a few friends to torture them with.

Flip to the B-side of independent musicianship. Garages and basements aren’t just places where bands crank amps to 11. They’re also launchpads where music is written, recorded, produced, and marketed.

Thousands of bands and musicians are empowering themselves with technology. Thousands more are joining. I started last year. I’ll be sharing what I (and you!) learn about home recording, song writing, and marketing in the digital world.

Time to hit that power chord.