Composer | Creative Drummer | Sound Designer
Exactly what I needed to read right now. As Brian Eno has said in a number of ways “The answer is not more options” BRAINSTORMING, THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, WORKING WITH FREE REIGN ON A PROJECT–THEY’RE OLD CREATIVITY MAXIMS, BUT […]
Awaiting some user feedback before hitting Software Update on my iPhone… From the apple site: iOS 7.1 is packed with interface refinements, bug fixes, improvements, and new features. Apple CarPlay introduces a better way to use iPhone while driving. And […]
From the handwritten transcription archives: FU BU KI From Kazumi Watanabe’s album SPICE OF LIFE TOO, Bill Bruford delivers a tight performance on this track which shifts through different time signatures and figures. It’s solid, and a great track to practice playing […]
Mark Zuckerberg talks about the future, Facebook, WhatsApp, internet.org, and making the world more connected.
Over at Contently.com there’s a great looking page aggregating all of my recordinghacks.com microphone reviews, microphone shootouts and more: https://jonmattox.contently.com/pub/recordinghacks-com My love of JZ microphones began with those mic reviews. Outstanding mcs! Thank you Contently.com! I
Brian Eno once said “Every note obscures another”. I was reminded of this the other day while working on a song with an artist in the recording studio. We were layering some rhythmic beds on a track which were […]
From Jeff Beck’s “WIRED” album This is the insane drum intro to LED BOOTS which should need no introduction. This is old school-in-your-face fusion drumming (in the vein of Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return To Forever). It’s intense, loose, and he […]
The television campaign for the Disney movie Tangled featured my song “Somebody Pinch Me”. An upbeat mixture of drums, bongos, percussion, and upright bass.