Peter Gabriel Remix
Please vote for my remix at indabamusic by clicking on the widget below, and ask all of your friends to vote for me too. Voting goes until July 15, 2010. And, if you send me to London I promise to bug...
View ArticleMy New CD is Out!
I’m very excited to announce that my new CD is out, Erik Hawk & The 12-Bit Justice League. If you like electronic dance music fused with orchestral elements, I think you’ll enjoy this CD. Plus, the...
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Stutter Edit by BT
The new Stutter Edit plug-in, conceived and developed over the past fifteen years by pioneering electronic music artist and composer, BT, is pretty amazing. Upon installing this plug-in on my system I...
View ArticleHip-Hop Drum Beat and Bass Tutorial
I’ve received many requests for tutorials on writing/producing a hip-hop or dance beat. In theory, this is a nice idea. In reality, there’s just no way you can encapsulate all of the creative and...
View ArticleWhy Mixing Through a Gain Maximizer is a Bad Idea
Here’s a common mistake I see over and over, producing and mixing a track with a gain maximizer on your mixer’s main output. Examples of gain maximizers are the Waves L2 Ultramaximizer, Avid Maxim, or...
View ArticleScatman Remix Video Tour
I recently had the opportunity to remix a previously unreleased Scatman Crother’s song, “Scoot On Over To Scat’s” (produced by Andrew Melzer in 1979). It was a lot of fun to work on a track from such...
View ArticleSidechain Compression in Reason: That Pulsing Dance Music Sound
It’s super easy to sidechain compress in Reason. And this is the key to producing that classic, pulsing synth pad sound you hear in dance music. You know, the synth pad that throbs in time with the...
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Headed to SXSW
I just want to let everybody know that I’ll be in Austin for the SXSW Conference next week. I will be presenting a workshop on producing music in Reason in the Artist Central area on Thursday, March...
View ArticleProper Home Studio Set Up
It doesn’t matter if you’ve got the best gear money can buy if your studio isn’t properly set up. I can’t tell you how many home studios I’ve seen with improperly positioned monitors, uncomfortable...
View ArticleEasy Sound Design in Reason
I’ve worked in a lot of DAW programs: Digital Performer, Cubase, Pro Tools, Logic, Live, and Reason. I keep coming back to Reason for its amazing sonic palette (which has grown immensely with the...
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Awesome New Features in Reason 7
I’ve got to say, the new features in Reason 7 are killer! I’m having a whole lot of fun working with everything from the new Spectrum EQ Window, to the buses and parallel channels on the Main Mixer....
View ArticleGot Rack Extensions?
One of my favorite things about Reason is that you never need to worry about updating your DAW’s third party plug-ins. This is because all the virtual instruments and effects you need are built right...
View ArticleWhy Mixing Through a Gain Maximizer is a Bad Idea
Here’s a common mistake I see over and over, producing and mixing a track with a gain maximizer on your mixer’s main output. Examples of gain maximizers are the Waves L2 Ultramaximizer, Avid Maxim, or...
View ArticleSidechain Compression in Reason: That Pulsing Dance Music Sound
It’s super easy to sidechain compress in Reason. And this is the key to producing that classic, pulsing synth pad sound you hear in dance music. You know, the synth pad that throbs in time with the...
View ArticleHeaded to SXSW
I just want to let everybody know that I’ll be in Austin for the SXSW Conference next week. I will be presenting a workshop on producing music in Reason in theArtist Central area on Thursday, March...
View ArticleProper Home Studio Set Up
It doesn’t matter if you’ve got the best gear money can buy if your studio isn’t properly set up. I can’t tell you how many home studios I’ve seen with improperly positioned monitors, uncomfortable...
View ArticleEasy Sound Design in Reason
I’ve worked in a lot of DAW programs: Digital Performer, Cubase, Pro Tools, Logic, Live, and Reason. I keep coming back to Reason for its amazing sonic palette (which has grown immensely with the...
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Awesome New Features in Reason 7
I’ve got to say, the new features in Reason 7 are killer! I’m having a whole lot of fun working with everything from the new Spectrum EQ Window, to the buses and parallel channels on the Main Mixer....
View ArticleA Tour of EastWest Studios
If you ever have the opportunity to visit a major recording studio, someplace where the history of recording was written, such as Abbey Road Studios in London or Fantasy Studios in Berkeley (CA), take...
View ArticleFrom Demo, to Mix, to Master
I often find that inexperienced producers try to make their song sound as loud as possible before they’ve produced a solid mix. But in their defense, it’s difficult to imagine how your song will sound...
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