Welcome!

Welcome to Rob's Studio!

In the inaugural post for this blog, I'm just going to talk briefly about my purpose in creating this forum and to list out what I hope this blog will become.

• First and foremost I'm going to use this as a forum for posting my home recordings. I'm always happy to hear comments and suggestions on my recordings and I encourage others who are recording at home to send me what they're doing.

• Second, I hope to post about the music I'm listening to lately, and especially how its influencing my recording. Sometimes its more about how good a certain album sounds or what things I hear in a album that I don't like. I also want to post about artists who aren't well known.
  

• Third, I hope to post about the little bit of music theory that I know and how to apply that to songwriting and recording. I became interested in building chords and theory in high school when I was first learning guitar. Even though I never majored in music, I took enough guitar lessons - both classical and jazz - in college to learn a fair amount of theory. What I'm finding out is that theory is elusive for many musicians, even trained ones! I hope that I can post some hints and tips that have helped me over the years.

• Fourth, I will talk about my opinions in music. I played trombone and tuba all through college. I was not that good, but enjoyed it. It wasn't until high school that I started playing guitar and my musicianship REALLY took off. I have some strong opinions on what music education has becomes and the sad shape of adult musicianship that exists today.

At the end of the day, I just want this forum to be fun and interesting. I want opinions and comments about my recordings and what I post. I want to hear from others - whether you are a home recording artist or someone who enjoys music. I am an amateur. I don't do music full time, but I am very passionate about it. I think we as a society have lost the idea of amateur music and amateur musicians - I want to proudly declare that I do music on the side, I have a day job, I was NOT a music major, and I still enjoy every minute of it!