Before I begin to describe my process of songwriting I should be very up front about something. Writing music for me is easier than breathing. I have never struggled to write music or songs. I don’t say this to sound arrogant or conceited, but to explain that I have never [...]
The year is 2003. Me, my brother and a close friend of ours decided to go to a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at a local outdoor venue. We laid out on the lawn along with 100’s (maybe 1000’s) of other fans and excitedly waited for the show to begin. [...]
RCR Recording Studios: Be an original, not a copy. The world is full of unoriginal ideas, what it needs most is your unique sound. We are just beginning 2024 and if you listen to the top 40 music charts you may start to see a pattern. Every song is well [...]
It’s been said that writing a song is easy but writing a good song is very very hard. That’s always made perfect sense to me as to be totally honest, writing a song really requires no understanding of music or language. Anything goes and the sky's the limit. You can [...]
https://youtu.be/y5cRzSR7Fqo Behind the Scenes with Tropidelic Chances are if you've wandered into the Cleveland music scene over the last few years you've heard the name Tropidelic thrown around. They’ve sold out the House Of Blues in Cleveland toured with 311, Bad Fish and other huge names in the reggae rock [...]
When I ask most artists who their music is for the inevitable answer I get regardless of genre or style is “Everyone”. I want everyone to hear my music they’ll tell me and to be fair that is completely understandable. You do want everyone to hear your music. If only [...]
Here is the next What I Learned video from Cary Crichlow. Cary has a way of getting to understand what a made a band become successful, not just that they had great music. He then uses these principles to help the bands and artist he works with in producing there [...]
Here is the next What I Learned video from Cary Crichlow. Cary has become an accomplished recording engineer and producer, with over a decade of experience. Bands and artists come from all over the state (and sometimes beyond), to work with Cary. RCR Recording Studios is excited to continue the [...]
Cary Crichlow, Senior Engineer and Producer at RCR Recording Studios, has for the last few years, researched several successful bands and then created an entertaining video from what he learned. The last three were produced by our studio, while the other seven were produced by Porch Crew Productions, a group [...]
No one is perfect. We all make mistakes big or small, some of us on a daily basis. And while learning from your mistakes is an invaluable way of growing and improving, I find that when possible it's always better to learn from the mistakes of others. This is a [...]