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YOUR JUDAS KIN The 2nd lyric video from my new album! Cross your T's and dot your I's. The enemy is closer than you expect. Family will sell you out quicker than your worst...

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SHE'S CASTING SPELLS (OFFICIAL VIDEO) The 3rd video from Wain Snyder's new album "Stowaway At The Helm".Featuring Jamie Adams on lead guitar. This song is about a sibling ignoring the dying wishe...

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ERASE YOU (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO) ERASE YOU (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)The first release from the album "Stowaway At The Helm"By Wain SnyderWritten byJustin Lashay and Wain SnyderCopyright 2026Ash...

More photos from the MSA 50th Anniversary Gala held at the STAX museum.

Thirteen years ago today, this was the first studio layout that was drawn up. My design stayed pretty true, with the exception of moving a few doors a bit, and adding a load-in door to the alley.

It’s time again for…
MORE BORING INFORMATION!

I can remember when SONY introduced their new Trinitron TV sets. As a teen, watching the commercial, the picture on our Quasar seemed to “light up” and looked much better watching their new TV on our set. WHAT? How could their set “look” better on our TV? Couldn’t they make our TV look like that all the time?
Ahh, the tricks marketing teams employ to get your attention.
BOSE, (Buy Other Sound Equipment) used to have an in-store section, although small, that resembled a small room that you could sit in and “listen to the difference” their system made. Then you’d get it home and it fell flat. More marketing trickery. That small space was acoustically designed to make the sound pop, while making you think it was just for comfort! They would have you believe their speakers were magic! No magic here, they were just using decades old technology and a few grand in room treatment.
This brings us to speakers.
On many occasions I’ve discussed with clients the Studio Monitors that I use. This rabbit hole can be a deep one.
The problem with hi-fi systems is that they are not flat. In fact they are designed to be better sounding so often they are very non-linear. It has to do with the frequency range mix between the speakers that the manufacturer chooses to sweeten the sound. Studio monitors are designed to give you as flat a frequency response as possible so that what you hear is what is there. If you mix on a hi-fi or home system then you are not hearing what is there but rather what is there plus whatever the manufacturer did to make it sound better. It will sound good there but most likely terrible everywhere else. You do need to know your monitors. Only time helps there, and a good set of monitors should be revealing a whole lot of details that you just won't hear in a normal home system.
So, why not just buy studio monitors for your daily home use, you ask? The short answer is they are boring and utilitarian to listen to. They aren’t built for your enjoyment. They are a tool. My prized Yamaha NS10’s have to be the absolute worst speakers to get enjoyment from. But they don’t lie about the mid-range. Get it right on those puppies; it translates great to other systems.
"Utilitarian" is what we want in our WORK environment, but in our personal environment people often want "plush". One of the points of studio monitors is that they show up the flaws in the music so we can fix them. Once you are home listening for enjoyment instead of for "work" you may want something that is a bit more forgiving, comfortable, etc.
When friends ask me for advice on home speakers, I tell them, it's simple, go to the store and listen and buy the ones you LIKE.
Maybe you like bass. You could get some home speakers that exaggerate the bass as much as you like. Now if your monitors did that, your mixes would come out bass LIGHT. If I am shopping for home speakers, I go with my heart, if I am shopping for studio monitors, I go with my head.

Worked on vocal sessions last night. Randy Herrington cut tracks on Bill Hall's song "Tellin' Myself". KILLER tune!

A compliation of songs from the 80's by Danny Jones (BIG STAR bass on three songs from the third album). He's got more in the pipeline coming soon!