SoundCloud has decided to stick to it’s old policy so our music still is and will be available trough SoundCloud. Today two new tracks were added – fresh mixes and 100% original songs! Two completely different tracks: one song leaning towards hard rock and the other is ‘christian rock’. — update: tracks moved to the …
Sounds Like Van Spirit – Street musicians
What a great project! A sound engineer traveled trough 25 countries with his Van packed with recording gear and recorded 50+ street musicians. Watch the video below to learn why he did this. An amazing story. I listened to some of the recordings and decided to order the album straight away. This is music as …
Lay Lady Lay – Classic Bob Dylan song
Bob Dylan has been an inspiration to me and many, many, other musicians for decades. His music has been sung and recorded by thousands of singers and bands and inspired many people to start a career in music and write songs. So far he’s also the only artist who ever won a nobel prize! For …
Figgy Pudding – Free Christmas Song
It’s the time of the year again, Christmas is almost here! So here it is: Figgy Pudding. A free Christmas song. You can download it for free at SoundCloud or listen at Drooble. ABOUT THE SONG The song was written many years ago and recorded in 2014 using a Fostex 4Track Tape-deck. For the backing …
Has SoundCloud just killed itself by blackmailing it’s users?
SoundCloud is an amazing platform for sharing and listening to music – especially a perfect place for musicians on a tight budget and independent musicians looking for a place to host their tracks or share them with the world. Many bands, solo-artists, talkradio, local radiostations and so on share their audio on SoundCloud. This has …
New songs! Solar Powered Love & Happiness (in full size)
New tracks are being recorded on a regular base at the LoftStudio (there’s a new site for the studio also, please click here to visit). A new EP will be released within a few months, probably somewhere aroud april or may next year. So, keep an eye on this site if you’re interested in getting …
Acoustic Home Studio Sessions – Bob Marley’s Redemption Song
Bob Marley is of course a well known reggea singer and songwriter. I like many of his songs a lot, especially ‘Redemption Song’. So, while testing some improvements on my studio (video) I was playing it and decided I wanted to record it for the ‘Acoustic’ series. For this track I used the following: Guitar …
AVL Drumkits with Mixbus5 and Ardour
Recording Drums using Harrison Mixbus5 or Ardour with AVLDrums, a free LV2 plugin for Linux Audio Workstations (DAW) offering professional drumtracks. Mixbus5 & AVL Drums (LV2 plugin). A video by the LoftStudio, Home Recording Studio Project and home of the Solid Rock Blues Band, the One Man Band Studio project. AVL Drumkits offer you professional …
Mixing bass for lofi equipment – home recording tip! Hint: EQ and distortion!
How to mix bassguitar for Lo-Fi equipment like smartphones and laptop speakers? These simple tricks will help you create a mix that sounds fine on them! Ever considered this: many people listen to music using (cheap) earbuds, a smartphone or laptop. Does your mix sound good on that equipment? Most of ours didn’t. Not until …
Al We Talk About Is You – Official Video Released
What’s it we talk about today? You! All we ever talk about is You. Always. And I don’t mind. Let’s be clear about this. Narcissism is very good for your own EGO. Right? So let’s write a song about! The video was created using royalty free stockvideo and edited using FlowBlade (Linux video editing). The …