Nothing confuses the novice recorder quite like mixing and mastering - in fact, let's be honest, mixing and mastering confuses a lot of people who are well past the novice stage. Unfortunately, making heads or tails of the whole messy affair is an extremely important part of the recording process....

I was honored to be interviewed by Thursday Bram, as I am a fan of hers (and not just because of that ultra-cool name!) Her last question was about the very best piece of advice I could give new and intermediate freelance writers, which, for me, was a hard one....

I don't remember who I was talking to the other day, but I suggested she go to the local public library for help with career planning. This person was truly shocked. She said it never would have occurred to her to turn to her library for help with that. In...