Nathan Baker — Portland Recording Connection

Lessons 14-17 - Posted by Nathan Baker on 2014-01-24

Jeez, I guess I haven't written in here in awhile. Time is flying and I've been really busy lately with a new job and visitors and all else... Read More >>

Gripe session - Posted by Nathan Baker on 2013-12-26

I'm not sure if the Recording Connection has any sort of feedback/evaluation type of setup for the mentors, but you should... Read More >>

Lesson 13 - Posted by Nathan Baker on 2013-12-26

I don't think I really have much to write this week. EQ I definitely understand and i have for years so its really nothing new in the learning process... Read More >>

Overdub session - Posted by Nathan Baker on 2013-12-19

A few days ago we had another overdub session and it was just the singer coming in to do three songs. For this session there was almost nothing for me to do except observe... Read More >>

Lesson 12 - Posted by Nathan Baker on 2013-12-10

Mixing, yay! I've done a lot of mixing over the years but usually with inferior source material and with an amateur setup, so it's always been a stretch to get truly good results... Read More >>

Lesson 10 - Posted by Nathan Baker on 2013-11-30

Plug ins. Effects have perhaps always been a necessary part of music, and plugins are the most modern version. I've always been a fan of tremelo, vibrato, synchronized delay and saturated reverb, and eq's have appealed to me since I was a kid messing with my dads stereo... Read More >>

Lesson 9 - Posted by Nathan Baker on 2013-11-21

I've been running the last few Thursday sessions by myself! It's pretty cool! It's usually the same three kids, guitar bass and drums so I'm having fun experimenting with microphones... Read More >>

Lesson week 8 - Posted by Nathan Baker on 2013-11-08

Somewhere in there I lost week 7! It was last week but I did not write about it. It was very uneventful. I was under the weather and the rehab kids didn't stay long, so Abel and I didn't do much... Read More >>

Lesson/week 6 - Posted by Nathan Baker on 2013-11-06

The pace that I'm learning in the studio is definitely out of sync with the weeks and chapters of the book, but in a good way... Read More >>

First editing session - Posted by Nathan Baker on 2013-10-22

Today we spent a few hours editing. I'm not a fan of chopping tracks to bits and getting every single bass note to match the kick drum down to the hundredth of a second... Read More >>