Alex Thomason — Chicago Recording Connection

acoustics - Posted by Alex Thomason on 2016-05-03

today me and joe went over acoustics which was a very interesting lesson to me because it gave me understaning of how to build a roper sound enviornment fr a studio which is very beneficial for wen i want 2 make my own studio and helping others with their home studios... Read More >>

additive eq - Posted by Alex Thomason on 2016-05-03

today me an joe went over additive eq which was avery importantlesson to me because i had learn to cut out the frequencies that i dont want and now imlearning how to boost and polish up the ones that i do which makes a big difference in the sound of the track... Read More >>

compression - Posted by Alex Thomason on 2016-05-03

i swore i already made this blog ost but its not on here so ill make it again me and joe went over compression it seemed like it was definatey something that would require ime and [atience but i got the hang of it now  im excited 2 put my compression skills to use... Read More >>

lesson - Posted by Alex Thomason on 2016-04-04

me and joe had met up and went over the time based effects at first it seemed pointless but then he showed me a trick about adding in a aux track  and blending it in and mixing them together  that gave it a much better sound i like that technique alot and it made me want to go home and start using that technique Read More >>

EQ - Posted by Alex Thomason on 2016-02-02

today i had my lesson on eq it has been my favorite lesson by far joe went over subrtractive eq with me, everything made perfect sense when he was actually doing it nd showing me so the concept was pretty easy to grasp... Read More >>

session - Posted by Alex Thomason on 2016-02-02

I sat in on a session with joe for an artist named hot rod he was real cool peoples i fucked with him it was nice hearing what he was really bout and what the plan was for him when we started talking I hope all goes well for him... Read More >>

mid term - Posted by Alex Thomason on 2016-01-18

i went to the studio and took my midterm with joe we talked about the last project he gave me and what the upcoming lessons involved... Read More >>

session - Posted by Alex Thomason on 2015-11-23

i went in on a session with peoria star. It was a decent session i met John B. and he tried to give me some advice on my music career as did peoria star which i really appreciated... Read More >>

session wednsday 11/11 - Posted by Alex Thomason on 2015-11-13

I sat in on a big mixing session with joe for an artist named solo. He wanted to turn EVERYTHING up it was cool that he had the bass really knocking i will probably do the same with my own music but he wated to turn up everything and then again because everything else was too loud... Read More >>

sunday mic placement - Posted by Alex Thomason on 2015-10-27

i went in to set up mic's for a band who did like an afro punk type style, it was cool to have something a little different come in the studio... Read More >>