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 [...]
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 [...]
It happens to all of us at some point. The well of creative juices just seems to run dry for a time (which can feel like eternity) and we just feel off of our game. In sports they call it a slump, in the rat race they call it being [...]
So the story is told that a young recording engineer was working out of one of the nicest studios around. He had tons of guitars, amps and microphones at his disposal. He learned that Eric Clapton would be coming in to record a few tracks. In preparation he used his [...]
You and your band mates have written 10 of the greatest songs ever written. The world needs to hear your music. So you decide to record your music. You picked up a set of drum mics specifically designed for drums. You bought some other mics you heard were good for [...]
Over the last several months, I've been releasing a series of videos on YouTube called “What I Learned.” I basically research famous artists and bands and then give my two cents worth on, wait for it: what I learned. While a major factor in the creation process is entertainment, I couldn't [...]
Let’s face it. We live in the era of song singles. Why fight the tide when we can swim with it? With this in mind, I have come up with what I believe to be the best strategy for new and emerging bands or artists. I am in a band [...]