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Screenshot of my YouTube channel as of 11-17-2025

  • Nov 17, 2025

Here's what a year of weekly YouTube uploads did for me

    November marks one year of consistent, weekly YouTube uploads without fail. That's a huge milestone!
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    • Oct 27, 2025

    "I like to publish and move on."

      That fact has been true in my creative life for some time now, but only with respect to certain areas. This newsletter is one of those areas. YouTube is another one of those areas. One area in which this hasn't been true, however, is music.
      Picture of a whiteboard diagraming subtractive synthesis

      • Oct 20, 2025

      How to learn any DAW (Part 2) - Signal Flow

        It isn't that you need to memorize signal flow for every single DAW. It's that you need to learn to think in terms of signal flow.
        a photo of a presentation slide that reads "euchre is a utopia."

        • Oct 13, 2025

        "I didn't know you write songs!" and other reflections on my birthday

          I, like you and everybody else, have this image of who I am in my mind. The people in our lives can only see this image if we show it to them.
          Carmy from The Bear

          • Oct 6, 2025

          How to learn any DAW (Part 1) - Think like a chef

            ...despite the fact that every kitchen in the world is laid out differently, if you put a chef in a kitchen, they're going to start cooking.
            A screenshot showing my subscriber count as of September 29, 2025 which is 10,283

            • Sep 29, 2025

            10,000 Subscribers!

              10,000 subscribers felt like a goofy goal to throw out there when my channel was in the triple digits.
              Frequency response graph for the Alpha EVO series. It shows a relatively flat frequency response. The image was sourced from Audio Science Reviews: https://www.audiosciencereview.com/forum/index.php?threads/focal-alpha-evo-line-new-speakers.21773/page-2

              • Sep 15, 2025

              How to mix in an untreated room

                A lot of people will say online that you can't mix in an untreated room and, frankly, that's a lie.
                An image of my YouTube stats from May until August 2025 which shows an overall increase but also a massive jump and dip.

                • Sep 8, 2025

                YouTube blues and riding the dips

                  When things change slowly over time, it's easy to miss the impact.
                  image of a slide from a presentation about working in game audio. the slide mentions that players only care when the audio is super noticeable and that you cannot make everything perfect. you have to be okay with being just okay.

                  • Sep 1, 2025

                  "Mid" audio saves lives

                    "Sucking is a pro skill" is perhaps the most succinct way to summarize the 70% rule I've ever heard.
                    image of me adjusting my audio interface

                    • Aug 25, 2025

                    These plugins are making you worse

                      At what point do you stop being the producer? How much self-expression do you give up in exchange for immediate gratification? If the focus is just on the songs, then you don't matter. Take the focus off the songs.
                      Image of me sitting in front of shelving with with books and an amplifier.

                      • Aug 18, 2025

                      Teaching music production is one of the fastest ways to build a music career

                        There is incredible demand for music production educators today.
                        overhead shot of me at my desk playing bass

                        • Aug 11, 2025

                        Artistry vs creativity for music producers

                          What if it didn't have to be complicated? Or even mysterious?