If you’ve had a music lesson, your teacher has probably told you to use a metronome in your practice sessions. If you don’t, shame! You’re missing out on a useful tool in the shed. It’s only as strong a tool as you make it though.

Today, otherfather release our first track, which Chris Turnbaugh mixed and mastered.

John Krane has released a new single, “14 Days,” which features St. Louis musicians from their own homes. I performed bass, as well as mixed and mastered the song from my house. It’s a tune that’ll have you singing about quarantine in no time, so check out the post.

Sometimes I get obsessed with a trick or idea in some aspect of my musical life and use it constantly. Lately, it's been new uses of my old friend, sidechaining, which is a very versatile tool in the recording studio.

Devon Allman just started a label, Create Records, and its inaugural release is Jackson Stokes self-titled album. I was an engineer on a sizable portion of the record and mixed it, both at my favorite studio in St. Louis, Sawhorse Studios.

Haley came to me with 12 songs she had been performing as a solo artist. She wanted to flesh out the songs with more instruments and was looking for input. In the end, I think we did right by the music, bringing each song to a new place that was still true to the intent of the original composition.

Composition is like many other things in music, it is a skill you can develop. So what if you’re wanting to improve your songwriting but are having trouble starting?