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New Year, New Stuff (to learn) - Posted by Alan Holmes on 2015-03-31

Cheesy as my titles may be (yes, I am aware) I sincerely hope that 2015 is going to go a bit smoother than the first few months in the program... Read More >>

On the 10th Day of Christmas My True Love Gave to Me - Posted by Alan Holmes on 2014-12-20

At this point, my true love is music and it gave me itself. Fa la la la la, joy to the world, and all that jazz. Continuing on from my last post, Chapter 9 and 10 had essentially been squished together because of technological delays... Read More >>

9 - Posted by Alan Holmes on 2014-12-20

Like a generic name for an album (such as both Beyonce's and One Direction's fourth albums each being entitled '4') this ninth blog post shall simply be titled... Read More >>

Before Pro Tools - Posted by Alan Holmes on 2014-12-03

Week eight has come and gone. Admittedly not the most remarkable of the chapters, 8 served as an introduction to Pro Tools... Read More >>

The Magnificent Seven - Posted by Alan Holmes on 2014-11-25

Week number seven has been a success, sickness pervading aside (I was quite ill this week)  ass kickery was to be had... Read More >>

666 - Posted by Alan Holmes on 2014-11-18

Satan may not have much to do with Lesson 6, but I'd be lying if it wasn't frustrating. Although I wouldn't say I tanked the quiz, this is definitely the worst that I've done in the program thus far... Read More >>

Catch Up and the Fifth Amendment - Posted by Alan Holmes on 2014-11-18

While not actually being an amendment, this blog entry does serve back to the fifth chapter/lesson/quiz/in-studio session: microphones... Read More >>

Post-AllHallowsEve - Posted by Alan Holmes on 2014-11-04

At the time of writing this, the link between the living and the dead is now closed (aka Halloween is over, November has sprung, and week 4 of the program has come to a close)... Read More >>

Moving on Down the Highway - Posted by Alan Holmes on 2014-10-28

After some difficult setbacks the past few days (nothing program related, but delays nonetheless) we are back ladies and gents! Going what feels like way back to the Saturday before last, I'd been involved in a student weekend where the students were invited in to record an entire track, by ourselves... Read More >>

The Sequel (aka Week 2) - Posted by Alan Holmes on 2014-10-17

With the second week now complete, the "swing of things" concerning the program has commenced. I find things to be going well and I'm quite pleased with how seamless the first couple of lessons have come together... Read More >>