Category Archives: Music Production

It’s not about the tools

By Ruben Kenig | Published: 19 August, 2010
There is an easy tendency in most disciplines to fetishise the state of the art tools, endowing them with the magical power to make your work (whatever it is) wonderful. Tools are important. If you create things with them and spend a lot of time using them the minutiae of their good and bad points magnify [...]
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The perils of modern music making, part 2: Blinded by the light

By Ruben Kenig | Published: 9 August, 2010
Music is a sonic medium. As obvious as this is it can be easy to forget when faced with the rich visual environment of modern music creation software. This is, mostly, a good thing but as a card-carrying grumbler I feel compelled to spin a cautionary tale of this land of milk and honey. Don’t let your eyes rule your ears. [...]
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The perils of modern music making, part 1: Too much too young

By Ruben Kenig | Published: 26 July, 2010
I’m aware that I’m going to come across as a curmudgeonly old fool, but to paraphrase Bill Hicks, I am so that’s how it comes out. By way of an apology, modern music making technology is wonderful, brings significant benefits to musicians and is helping to make the world of music as healthy as it has been [...]
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