Part 2 - Lighting After learning about your camera, perhaps the next most important part to understand when shooting your own video is lighting. If at all possible I'd advise lots of practice with light placement, finding out about different types of lighting available etc. Several tutorials online talked about three main essential ingredients, which [...]
Shooting your first band video. I recently shot my own band for the first time taking on various roles myself. Through the process I learned a great many crucial lessons, which I thought might make helpful reading for anyone thinking of going down the same path. All my life I've been on the band's side of the camera lens, in [...]
A DJ phones his DJ friend up. "Fancy seeing a movie?" "Hmmmmm not sure, who's the projectionist?" This favourite joke of mine has an underlying message. We laugh at the guy who regards the projectionist as more important than the movie, being more focused on the movie's delivery mechanism than on the acting, cinematography, [...]
For more than 25 years now, colleagues & clients from all sides of the industry have been asking my opinion and advice about everything to do with recording, producing and mastering. Whether they want to know about producing an entire project, improving on one aspect of the production, or simply [...]
Let's face it, everyone and their dog calls themselves a music producer these days. So how do we sort out the men from the boys? Perhaps you've been pointed by someone you already know towards a producer they know or know of. How do you decide if this producer is the right one for [...]
The drums, the drums! Have you ever woken up in the middle of the biggest tropical thunderstorm you’ve ever heard, looked outside to see clear skies and bright sunshine and slowly realised that the ‘boom boom’ is NOT thunder, but a more organised rhythmic, human phenomenon; have you witnessed the sound of 40+ African drummers laying down [...]
How important is being a multi-instrumentalist to your process? "Let me start by saying that there is NOTHING like being in a room full of the right people who excel at what they do and who bounce ideas off each other. This is how I learned my trade, by playing in studios and on stages with [...]
We asked Gordon Hulbert about some of the qualities he brings to his recordings and how they can practically benefit clients. S0, how does orchestral training help in pop and dance productions? "I think people regard orchestral training as being only useful for 'classical' or 'serious' music, when actually the mindset it creates can benefit absolutely [...]
