Author: Adam Harkus
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Slooply Launches Desktop App and Bridge VST for Seamless DAW Integration
Audio platform Slooply has released a dedicated desktop application alongside its Bridge VST plugin, introducing a more integrated way for producers to work with samples inside their DAW. The system is designed to remove common workflow friction, allowing users to browse, preview, and use sounds without interrupting their creative process.By combining fast desktop browsing with… Read more
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The Importance of Music for Childhood Development
Music is known as the universal language, but it’s so much more than that. For some, it’s their favorite form of entertainment. For others, music can feel like it completes their whole life. When it comes to childhood development, music is even more important. Multiple studies and various forms of research have shown the positive… Read more
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5 Lessons Learned from 400 WordPress Blog Posts
As The Blogging Musician reaches its 400th blog post, here are 5 lessons I learned since the 200th and 100th milestones. Lesson 1: Don’t mess about with WordPress themes (too much) I should listen to my own advice on this, but I just can’t help tinkering with WordPress themes, particularly when a new, lightning-fast, all-singing-all-dancing… Read more
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Why Escaping the Home Studio is the Ultimate Cure for Songwriter Burnout
Every musician knows the feeling. You are sitting in your carefully treated home studio, staring blankly at the glowing screen of your digital audio workstation. Your fingers rest on the MIDI keyboard, but no ideas come. You loop the same eight-bar section over and over, hoping inspiration will magically appear. Instead of feeling the joy… Read more
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Rock Island Bar: My Story
Rock Island Bar is the longest-running live music venue in Corralejo, Fuerteventura, featuring the best live acoustic music you’ll ever hear. It also changed my life. I first read about Rock Island Bar on my first (and only) holiday to the popular canary island. It must’ve been around 2005. A flyer left by the travel… Read more
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Brian May’s top 5 Queen Guitar Solos
A detailed analysis of my top 5 Queen Guitar solos by Brian May, in no particular order, and most of them sadly forgotten. The Hero Flash Gordon – 1980 The Hero is unique for a Queen song in that it serves as a sort of epilogue at the end of the Flash Gordon album, revisiting… Read more
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