Music today is beyond what it has ever been in terms of the equipment available for recording and creating your own sound, entirely from the comfort of your home. In just a small reserved space could become a wonderland of opportunity for a musician. The first basic equipment most of us have access to is a computer. From there, the programs available range from Ableton live and Protools, to Apples very own Logic Pro. The amount of recording microphones available from online stores like Long and McQuade are endless and the price points start low and then go as far as your imagination can handle. For a trained musician, these tools will take your music to the next level. Artists today such as Canada’s very own DeadMau5 started on these very softwares, and now have upgraded home studios to the point where the sounds he achieves at home far exceeds any studio he could travel to! With world-wide pandemics, along with travel fees and pure ease of access, creating music from home has never been a better or safer idea. It is possible to learn all of these skills from your home and skip the hourly recording and engineering feess, even if you need to send your work out to get mastered you will still be saving money this way, and you are still able to send files out for mastering via internet instead of a physical meetup!

As the COVID-19 situation continues to get more serious, the immediate changes to how we enjoy live music have been seriously underwhelming. Although the heart and soul is there from some of our favourite artists, they are performing from the comfort of their homes and the connection and energy felt in the concert halls cease to exist. I have tons of respect for the attempt to connect with a live audience but to me it just doesn’t hold the same special energy and effect. As we literally face the music to accept that this is as good as it gets right now, I continue to wonder how long until live music will be allowed again. Canadian artist ‘Snak the Ripper’ recently took to the internet a live performance from his living room, adding fog machines, lighting, costume, and enough energy to fill a concert hall. It is these types of performances that we are being graced with while quarantining, and although so very heartfelt and on point for quality, you still aren’t in a room with that artist, you can’t feel the sound waves from a PA system, and at the end of the day you are simply watching an online video. I ponder the thought of this pandemic and how it will affect live events in general and it is a hard reality that we face in the music industry that performing live for an audience without a virtual aspect is at the very least, temporarily a thing of the past. My heart aches for these musicians who are doing their best to remain vigilant in booking online events via live stream for people to tune into, alls while knowing they might not be performing live again for potentially years. Stay healthy, my fellow colleagues and readers.

My blog URL: greengallantmusic.wordpress.com

My blog will generally be based on music, up and coming Artists & local events.

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