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The Lazy Engineer’s Guide to Mastering

Callum James Greens — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:22:47 +0000

If mixing is an art, then mastering is voodoo magic. Mastering is often considered this taboo thing. Everybody knows that it needs to be done, but no one is quite sure how to do it. It supposedly makes your song sound better and louder, but for some reason you need a specialist that is sensitive [...]

I love the DJay app

Callum James Greens — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:51:00 +0000

Posted in Blogs Music Technology

Why You Should Use Metering Tools while Mixing and Mastering

Callum James Greens — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 09:50:16 +0000

Posted in Blogs Music

Last AES convention I met a manufacturing rep for a very prestigious equipment company. He was demoing a piece of equipment for me, showing me all the great knobs and buttons that it had to offer. Then he said something along the lines of, “We don’t include a screen for these things since you’re supposed [...]

Legendary Daniel Johnston

Callum James Greens — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:55:00 +0000

Posted in Blogs Music Video

“True Love will find you in the end” written and performed by Daniel Johnstone.

Calzo & Six Impossible Things Live In Thailand 2011

Callum James Greens — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:10:00 +0000

Posted in Music Travel Tumblog

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Listen to a 7 minute preview from my set live in Bangkok on the Six Impossible Things tour 2011. You can also download the preview from the discography page for free! Play or download on Soundcloud Live In Bangkok 2011 – Six Impossible Things & Calzo Houdini by CalzoHoudini

Your first music purchase…

Callum James Greens — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:20:00 +0000

Posted in Music Tumblog

What was your first music purchase? Me… I bought the original 7″ Vinyl of He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother by Bill Medley which featured in the 80′s classic Rambo 3. Although the vinyl was released in 1988, I think I bought it in or around 1990 when I was 11. It’s probably still in [...]

The Role of The Studio Producer

Callum James Greens — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:12:43 +0000

Posted in Blogs Music

The producer has a job that consists of many roles. Some of them happen in the studio, and some of them don’t. I’m going to spend a few articles talking about the various roles in the studio and what to expect from those fulfilling them. These aren’t going to be job descriptions; we’re going to [...]

Frequencies – You better recognise!

Callum James Greens — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:39:37 +0000

Posted in Blogs Music

Working in studios with different producers and engineers you will no doubt hear varied slang terms for audio frequencies. We know that each frequency has its own specific sound, and many times we use slang such as boom, whack, or sheen to illustrate our meaning further. It’s easier to say things like, “Can I get [...]

Sit down McElderry

Callum James Greens — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 08:02:00 +0000

Posted in Music Tumblog

Old people all over the UK rejoice, Joe McElderry has released an album. Who? What? It's good to see Joe McElderry playing to his strengths *sarcasm. Releasing an album titled "Classic". That's one of the worst album titles in the last 300 years. Who ever came up with that needs to get out of the business....

~ Calzo

The Metronome of War

Callum James Greens — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:44:00 +0000

Posted in Blogs Music Tumblog

I’m one of a dying breed of the Scottish “younger” generation who still really enjoy the sound of the bagpipes. Here is one of my favourite tunes. The song is Sgt. McKenzie which appeared in the Mel Gibson film ‘We Were Soldiers’. The song has words/lyrics spoken in traditional Scottish tongue. Skip to around the [...]