"Creating The Sound That Sets The Stage"

I love sound design cause it really makes me thing about how the sound is going to appeal to the person that is listening to it over and over and make the item its behind come to life. Without sound, the visual can be very boring. When I'm thinking about the sound I'm creating, I have to imagine how its going to play over and over again in the users head. Therefore, the process of creation really has to be done early on. This causes me to be in the mind set of "is this annoying?". Therefore its very important to think about the sounds you pick when making something that is going to be used by others. So just take your time and create a great project and not just something that is forgotten.

Explosion of the mind!

R. Frederick

"Pure Passion"

I love taking on new, challenging projects fore it allows me to let my internal creativity spawn out a little more and more with each. I really believe that research pays off. Its good to know what the competition is doing, so that you know what your either up against or to know how far you are ahead or behind of the different levels of production. Of course, I cannot think of anyone that would not want to be ahead and be doing things that are innovative and addicting. I can say that I feel blessed that I have a good ear for what I believe can become very catchy when put on the right track. Then once on that track, my blinders come on and its full steam ahead till the end of the project. You got to love it when there is passion behind what you do, sure does make it a lot easier to not call it work. :D

Excited,

R. Frederick

"Inspired By The Epic Music From Audio Machine"

Audio Machine.... Let me just say WOW!
I am more than amazed by the quality of the song writing and the quality of the music that is being produced by these guys. Doing everything from Avatar to the newest Star Trek release from JJ Abrams. If you have not checked them out, please visit their site today at www.audiomachine.com or search for them on You Tube. Amazing stuff, please enjoy and be inspired like I have been. If you listen to their music and let it guide you, I am thinking the result is going to be freaking EPIC!!

Inspired!

R. Frederick

"Where Is Hip Hop Going? Has Real Songwriting Been Thrown Away?"

So what is the deal with hip hop being thrown together with a bunch of premade loops and people thinking that their making music? Since when did you not need to know how to play an instrument in order to compose music. To a song writer like myself, this is frustrating cause people are just slapping stuff together and its 4 minutes of listening to a 2 to 4 measure loop over and over again. Dropping instruments in and out is not writing changes, its called muting tracks :|. If you do this, then I strongly urge you to make the music change when the chorus comes in and don't be afraid to make a bridge. Now sampling is totally different, there is a true art to sampling something and turning it into something of your own and then on top of that making something that is respectable. If you are going to make a new song and use a sample, I think there needs to be some sort of respect happening in the song in relation to the original production of the particular song that has been sampled. OK enough of the lack of creativity process in hip hop for now. Thanks for reading and share you thoughts with me.

Cheers!

R. Frederick

"Songwriting Through The SSL XDESK Mixer"

Usually I do not mess with sending my virtual instruments through the SSL XDESK when I am song writing, but today I decided to and just by running the sounds through individual channels on the mixer, it instantly made me hear these sounds differently. Therefore, it made me use them to paint my canvas in a whole different way. And the added benifit is that I am already that much closer to doing my mixdown with the SSL XDESK in the mix. Bottom line, this is a plus plus all the way around. If your reading this and love your music, buy an XDESK today. Its the best $3k you can spend for your studio!

Lost in the mix!

R. Frederick

"Gotta Be Startin Something"

Well just got out of the studio. Was in the dark for while before the lights came on and music actually started coming out of my fingers. But that is just the way that it goes sometimes when your wanting to be creative and it isn't just pouring right out. Started a new song that is going to be for the home page on my site. Hope to come back to it tomorrow (Monday) and revisit the idea and see if I still like it. You know how it goes, it may be total trash tomorrow. Stay tuned for the continuation.

The day has ended.

R.Frederick

"Sunday And A Song To Be Had?"

Ever wake up and you just can't stop thinking about getting in the studio for the day. This morning is one of those days. I have woke up early and am ready to turn everything on and start playing those ivory keys to see if there is something in me today or not. Hopefully there is to meet my excitement that I am feeling to write something new today. Stay tuned, I hope, ha ha.

R. Frederick

"Where Is This Thing Going?"

Ever wonder where your music is going or why your doing it? Hopefully first off your doing it for yourself, secondly I hope your enjoying do it at the same time. If your not enjoying it then it might not be the path for you to be going down. You never want it to feel like actual work if you don't have to. Do you know what I mean? With that being said, I have joined SoundCloud recently and its a great way to get your music out there for people to hear and not only that, its a great way for people to share their music back with you. Pretty incredible site if you ask me.

Thanks for reading my blog today!

R.Frederick